OnePiece Labs officially announces the launch of the OnePiece Labs x 0G Incubator Phase Four! This groundbreaking project has received strong support from our esteemed partner 0G, jointly promoting the cutting-edge development of Web3 and AI technologies. The carefully selected startups will redefine the boundaries of decentralized technology and artificial intelligence, and we are honored to support them on their innovative journey!

What Makes This Incubator Unique?

This phase of the incubator brings together a group of the most promising startups in the Web3 and AI fields, each leveraging the powerful momentum of blockchain and artificial intelligence to launch groundbreaking innovative solutions. These projects cover a wide range of areas, from optimizing knowledge management through smart algorithms to exploring new realms in gaming and data privacy protection, firmly positioning themselves at the forefront of technological innovation.

Highlights of This Incubator:

• Exclusive Support: Startups will receive 10 weeks of intensive training support, including valuable opportunities for in-depth engagement with the OnePiece Labs mentor network and community.
• Valuable Funding Opportunities: Each startup has the chance to secure up to $50,000 in funding, with the potential for additional follow-up investments from OnePiece Labs and the 0G Foundation, totaling up to $200,000.
• Service Credits: We provide $50,000 worth of service credits covering top technology platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Brex, and GitHub.

Focus on Startup Teams

CARV

CARV was founded by Chloe Gu with the aim of building a vast integrated data architecture for gaming and artificial intelligence, reshaping the model of data sharing, and leading a future era where data creates value for all by maximizing personal privacy, ownership, and control. CARV has attracted over 750 gaming and AI companies, with more than 2.5 million registered players and monthly revenues exceeding $1 million. CARV has successfully raised over $50 million and is on the fast track to development.

Cygnus Finance

Cygnus Finance was founded by Eric Cheung and plans to build a modular real yield layer two network, dedicated to integrating non-EVM systems like TON with the EVM ecosystem. Cygnus's EVM-compatible ZK rollup technology achieves deep integration of systems like TON with the EVM ecosystem, launching a lucrative liquidity validation system aimed at helping over 7 billion users worldwide easily access digital assets. This round of financing is led by OKX Ventures, supported by the Optimism Foundation, with a total locked value exceeding $50 million and over 100,000 users, currently raising $15 million.

Polyverse AI

Polyverse AI is led by AI technology leaders from Meta, OpenAI, and Google, and is supported by the NVIDIA and Microsoft accelerators. Polyverse AI is at the forefront of revolutionary AI data and privacy computing (FHE), through its innovative zero-trust AI data engine and decentralized AI data marketplace. Polyverse AI focuses on applying cutting-edge technologies such as fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) and privacy-enhancing technologies (PET), enabling secure, privacy-preserving data training, transactions, and computations. The company serves a variety of clients from large enterprises to research institutions, facilitating secure data exchange and monetization while ensuring compliance with global data protection regulations. Through its platform, Polyverse AI empowers the development of powerful AI applications across multiple industries, setting new standards for AI data confidentiality and usability in the digital age. The company is committed to transforming the landscape of AI data and privacy computing using zero-trust PET and fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) technologies. Polyverse AI is currently raising $8 million.

0xKnowledge

0xKnowledge is led by Joshua Sum and is spearheading a revolution in the integration of AI and blockchain technology, aiming to create a self-updating knowledge management system. Our platform aims to optimize the collection and integration of knowledge, providing each employee with a customized AI assistant to address efficiency bottlenecks in data and document unification, thereby rewriting the way knowledge is acquired, used, and shared in the industry. The company has already gained support from five clients and established partnerships with two distribution partners, currently working on raising seed round financing.

DataHive

DataHive was founded by Ray Gill and is pioneering the first layer two network for AI data assets, connecting data publishers and consumers in a decentralized network and marketplace, creating a decentralized AI future where users' own AIs are based on underlying control, utilizing real-time data for bottom-up creation and control. DataHive has achieved $150,000 in pre-booking revenue and quickly attracted over 1 million users after launch. Following a successful pre-seed round, DataHive is actively raising seed round financing.

Heph

Heph AI was co-founded by Andreas Schemm, Marius Hamacher, and Will Mercer and is a leading platform for AI model training and quality assurance, with over 174,000 data annotators worldwide. Heph AI employs an innovative hybrid human-machine annotation technique that is not only more cost-effective but also faster. In 2023, Heph AI successfully annotated over 2.5 billion data points with an accuracy rate of 97%. The company is currently raising $2 million in funding.

Infinity Ground

InfinityGround was created by Lani Zhang and is the world's first AI-native gaming application chain equipped with SVM Rollup technology, dedicated to providing modular development tools for AI game developers. InfinityGround has launched a series of tools such as RAG Engine, Creator Copilot, and Model Router, greatly simplifying the development process of AI games and building a unified ecosystem to effectively alleviate fragmentation in the AI gaming field. In just one month, InfinityGround successfully launched five games and four movie IPs, creating an interactive AI movie experience. The company has raised over $200,000 in angel round financing, and seed round financing is also progressing smoothly.

MetaPals

MetaPals was co-created by Max Giammario and Lingga Pradipta, integrating virtual companions into every corner of daily life through its unique overlay technology. Through a browser plugin game engine, MetaPals cleverly combines AI with blockchain technology, presenting virtual companions in a browser overlay format, avoiding the complexity of standalone applications and achieving a seamless user experience. MetaPals utilizes cutting-edge AI and blockchain technology to provide personalized, gamified AI companions that can learn users' interaction habits and establish deep emotional bonds with users, making every digital interaction meaningful. MetaPals has already gained over 55,000 users, achieving high user retention rates, and the release of NFTs has also been significantly successful. The company is currently raising $1 million in funding.

Fractopus

Fractopus was co-founded by Handuo Zhang, Chao Chao, and John Zhu, dedicated to creating an innovative protocol that connects internet content to a peer-to-peer revenue-sharing network. On the internet, content is often isolated, either constrained by centralized platforms or facing challenges in seeking revenue and exposure. The Fractopus protocol innovatively addresses this issue by building a content-interconnected peer-to-peer network that enables sharing of revenue and exposure. Fractopus is gradually achieving a perfect fit between product and market through the monetization of AI-generated content and has partnered with ComfyUI, which has millions of users, and WaytoAGI, which has 800,000 members. The company has raised $380,000 in angel round funding and is moving towards pre-seed round financing.

About the 0G Foundation

The establishment of the 0G Foundation aims to promote the growth, development, and security of 0G—a decentralized ecosystem. The 0G ecosystem is centered around the fastest modular AI chain, building a comprehensive on-chain AI infrastructure, including the fastest programmable distributed autonomy (DA), storage, and reliable AI service frameworks. Our protocol design can achieve processing speeds of up to 50GB/s per consensus layer, making it possible to train large language models entirely on-chain.

Upcoming Important Moments:

The Demo Day scheduled for September 26, 2024, will undoubtedly bring this phase of the incubator to a climax! At that time, each startup will showcase its business concepts and development potential to a wide range of investors.

• Start Date: July 15, 2024
• Duration: 10 weeks
• Demo Day Date: September 26, 2024
• Location: Online/Silicon Valley

Join us on this exciting journey!

We are looking forward to this series of innovative solutions and eagerly anticipate how these projects will shape the future landscape of Web3 and AI. Stay tuned as we continue to follow up and cheer for their achievements.

Together, let's embark on a new era filled with innovation and collaboration opportunities!