ChainCatcher news reports that the decentralized AI-as-a-service cloud project Heurist has completed a $2 million Pre-Seed funding round, with participation from institutions such as Amber Group, Contango Digital Assets, Manifold, Selini Capital, Sharding Capital, X Ventures, Zephyrus Capital, Mozaik Capital, Steroids Capital, and several angel investors.According to RootData, Heurist is a Layer2 network based on ZK Stack for hosting and inference of artificial intelligence models. It provides serverless access to open-source AI models hosted by a decentralized computing resource network. Its vision is to leverage blockchain to democratize artificial intelligence, ensuring accessibility and equitable innovation.

ChainCatcher news, according to Tech Funding News, London-based AI creative workflow platform Workflow has completed a $3 million pre-seed funding round. This round was led by Venrex, an early investor in Revolut, with participation from 8VC, investors in Asana, as well as scout funds from Sequoia, Octopus, and Index Ventures.Workflow was founded in 2023 by former Meta AI engineer Allis Yao, former Yelp product manager Paul Sanglé-Ferrière, and Rota co-founder Will Taylor.The platform integrates mainstream design software such as Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud, helping creative teams manage assets through an AI-driven review system, saving creatives hundreds of hours of work time each month.

ChainCatcher news, Web3 AI content recommendation system ❜mbd has completed a $3 million Pre-seed funding round, led by Mask Network and Polymorphic Capital, with participation from a16z CSX, Forward Research, Social Graph Ventures, and WAGMI Ventures.❜mbd has established a machine learning recommendation system that pre-trains on on-chain data, aiming to provide dynamic and relevant content and actions for each user. ❜mbd's flagship product is a set of machine learning APIs for Web3 developers, designed to provide users with relevant and timely social content, minting, and trading by integrating on-chain and off-chain data.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the smart weather data network operator SkyX has announced the completion of a $1 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by EV3, EOT Ventures, and Waterdrip Capital, with participation from Daedalus, J17 Capital, and Opulence.According to RootData, SkyX is a blockchain-driven meteorological network that employs an incentive system and web3 protocols. Its goal is to establish an innovative meteorological ecosystem by combining advanced IoT devices for weather stations with blockchain-based decentralized service protocols, utilizing SKY as a utility token to achieve economic benefits and address the traditional challenges of the meteorological industry. SkyX originated as a company selling smart devices and data services for weather stations, operating a network of 16,000 weather stations.

ChainCatcher news, according to businesswire, the decentralized, multi-agent AI orchestration platform Naptha AI announced the completion of a $6 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by Arche Capital and Cyber Fund, with participation from Seed Club Ventures, Polymorphic Capital, GnosisDAO, Halo Capital, and others.It is reported that Naptha AI provides developers with a platform for building and deploying large collaborative intelligent agent systems. The platform will enable decentralized, multi-agent orchestration in a scalable, trustless, and collaborative environment, transforming the narrative of AI from a single entity to a dynamic, interconnected entity system.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the verifiable data infrastructure Vlayer has completed a $10 million pre-seed funding round, with participation from a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX), Credo Ventures, BlockTower Capital, and others.According to reports, Vlayer is a crypto startup developing "verifiable data infrastructure," referring to it as "Solidity 2.0." Its goal is to enable developers to verify and integrate real-world data into Ethereum smart contracts.Specifically, Vlayer will introduce four new features to Ethereum's Solidity language: time travel (executing smart contracts using historical on-chain data), teleportation (running contracts across multiple EVM-compatible networks), Web proof/zkTLS (verifying and integrating web content, including APIs and websites), and email proof/ZK email (accessing and verifying email content).

ChainCatcher news, according to TheBlock, the verifiable autonomous agent network Axal has announced the completion of a $2.5 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by CMT Digital, with participation from a16z Crypto Startup School, Escape Velocity, IDG Vietnam, Artichoke Capital, Trident Digital, Blockchain Builders Fund, Blockhunters Group, Echo, and Mentat Group, as well as angel investors such as Rushi Manche, Darius Rugys, and Comfy Capital.As part of the Movement Labs Move Collective accelerator program, Axal plans to deploy on Movement's main chain at launch, supporting Movement DeFi applications such as Meridian and Echelon through verifiable agents.

ChainCatcher news, according to Chainwire, the Web3 open software library KRNL Labs has completed a $1.7 million Pre-Seed funding round, with participation from TRGC, Superscrypt, Ryze Labs, Builder Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, WAGMi Ventures, STIX, YAP Capital, and several strategic angel investors.KRNL Labs is innovating at the RPC node level to achieve cross-chain communication, creating a new type of software management for Web3. KRNL Labs unlocks the ability to share libraries across blockchain networks, changing the way tasks are executed.It is reported that KRNL Labs was founded by Tahir Mahmood and Asim Ahmad in 2022, aiming to address the fragmentation issues in Web3 and the inefficiencies of integrating existing solutions.

ChainCatcher news, KRNL Labs has completed a $1.7 million Pre-seed funding round, with participation from TRGC, Superscrypt, Ryze Labs, Builder Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, WAGMi Ventures, STIX, YAP Capital, and several strategic angel investors.KRNL Labs is innovating at the RPC node level to achieve cross-chain communication, creating a new type of software management for Web3. KRNL Labs unlocks the ability to share libraries across blockchain networks, changing the way tasks are executed.It is reported that KRNL Labs was founded by Tahir Mahmood and Asim Ahmad in 2022, aiming to address the fragmentation issues in Web3 and the inefficiencies of integrating existing solutions.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, blockchain-based payment company Borderless.xyz has completed a $3 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by Amity Ventures, with angel investors including Talos founder Anton Katz and Fireblocks founder Michael Shaulov.It is reported that Borderless.xyz aims to develop payment infrastructure that allows global fund transactions between stablecoins, real-world assets, and other "internet-native currencies" with fiat currencies. The company operates in over 50 countries and accepts 23 currencies.

ChainCatcher news, the Bitcoin re-staking protocol Echo Protocol has completed its Pre-seed funding round, led by The Spartan Group, with participation from ABCDE, Maelstrom, Selini Capital, Presto, Sats Ventures, Web3Port, and others.Echo Protocol stated that only WL members can stake BTC in the first public treasury ifykyk, which will open on October 28.It is reported that Echo Protocol is the first Bitcoin liquidity re-staking and yield protocol on MoveVM, aiming to bring BTC liquidity and re-staking solutions into the Move ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin protocol layer Surge announces the completion of a $1.8 million Pre-Seed funding round, with participation from Autonomy, Gerstenbrot Capital, Double Peak Group, Sats Ventures, Vamient Capital, Samara AG, and angel investors including Rushi Manche from Movement Labs, CoinGecko co-founder Bobby Ong, and TM Lee.The new funding will drive the development of its MetaLayer to fully realize Bitcoin's potential as a global currency base layer.Surge stated that it plans to launch its testnet soon.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin protocol layer Surge announces the completion of a $1.8 million Pre-Seed round of financing, with participation from Autonomy, Gerstenbrot Capital, Double Peak Group, Sats Ventures, Vamient Capital, Samara AG, and angel investors including Rushi Manche from Movement Labs, CoinGecko co-founders Bobby Ong and TM Lee.The new funding will drive the development of its MetaLayer to fully leverage Bitcoin's potential as a global monetary base layer.It is reported that Surge plans to launch its testnet soon.According to RootData, Surge is a modular Rollup as a Service (RaaS) platform aimed at the Bitcoin ecosystem. Surge provides a platform for launching high-performance, customizable, general-purpose, or application-specific Rollups on Bitcoin, significantly reducing their time to market.

ChainCatcher news, the Avalanche ecosystem social protocol The Arena announced the completion of a $2 million Pre-Seed funding round. Investors include: Blizzard (Avalanche ecosystem fund), Ava Labs and members of the Avalanche leadership team, Balaji Srinivasan, Abstract Ventures, D1 Ventures, Saron Funds, Alpha Crypto Capital, as well as other angel investors from Galaxy Digital, Fenbushi, Republic, Espresso Systems, Efficient Frontier, and Dao5.

ChainCatcher news reports that the Bitcoin ecosystem AVS platform Pell Network has announced the completion of a $3 million Pre-Seed funding round. This round was co-led by Halo Capital, Mirana Ventures, and Paper Ventures, with participation from ArkStream Capital, Caliber Venture Builder, Cogitent Ventures, and Contribution Capital.It is reported that Pell Network is a fully-chain, composable, adaptive decentralized verification service network based on re-staking technology. With the completion of the funding, Pell Network's testnet has officially launched.According to RootData, Pell Network aims to create a decentralized token economy security leasing platform for the Bitcoin ecosystem. By building a network that aggregates native BTC stake and LSD re-staking services, it allows stake holders to choose verification for new software modules built on the Pell Network ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, the on-chain venture capital platform Fission Labs announced the completion of a $1.6 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by SALT Fund and Kraynos Capital, with participation from Anthony Scaramucci (Skybridge). The new funds are intended to drive Fission Labs to bring venture capital into on-chain DeFi applications. Its platform has launched a testnet on Ethereum to support both cryptocurrency-native users and traditional financial participants to invest in and trade tokenized private equity.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Base ecosystem token launch platform Trendies has completed a $1.75 million Pre-seed funding round, led by Archetype, with participation from Coinbase Ventures' Base Ecosystem Fund and several angel investors.It is reported that Trendies is a launch platform designed for token holders, who will be rewarded for their activity in the community. On Trendies, token holders earn rewards by creating memes, liking popular content, and staking tokens.

ChainCatcher news, blockchain and AI climate tech company Coral has completed a $3 million Pre-Seed funding round. According to a statement it disclosed, information about the investors and valuation will not be made public at this time. The new funds will enable Coral to open a new office in Abu Dhabi, hire more experts, and improve its AI platform, while also expanding its business and enhancing its blockchain-based carbon emissions management platform, which can achieve "full lifecycle traceability" of carbon credits using a blockchain backend.

ChainCatcher news, the encrypted front-end hosting solution EarthFast announced the completion of a $1.4 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by TheGP and Nascent, with participation from Bodhi Ventures, Infinex founder Kain Warwick, and Audius co-founder Roneil Rumburg.According to reports, EarthFast was initially launched in 2022 as a community project called Armada Network. EarthFast's first product is a front-end hosting solution that allows projects to transfer the responsibility of updating and deploying websites to a DAO, governance contract, or any other on-chain entity.

ChainCatcher news, the re-staking protocol Helix Labs has completed a $2 million Pre-Seed financing round, led by Tribe Capital, EMURGO Ventures, Taureon Capital, LD Capital, and Double Peak Group. This financing will accelerate the increase of L1 asset application scenarios, solve the cold start problem of L3, and promote Cardano liquidity into a broader DeFi ecosystem by providing liquidity and users.Helix Labs aims to enhance the yield opportunities for non-Ethereum L1 asset holders and support future MoveVM Rollups through liquidity abstraction and the OmniVM technology stack. By enhancing token utility, expanding EigenFi capacity, and providing liquidity as a service, it offers greater returns to users and brings more liquidity to DeFi. Helix Labs has joined the Move Collective accelerator program of Movement Labs, and the protocol will allow Cardano's ADA token holders to stake while obtaining liquid-staked ADA, which can then be bridged to Movement, thereby unlocking approximately $12 billion in liquidity for Cardano.