Alliance Graduation Season: Overview of this Issue's 20 Crypto Startups

Author: Deep Tides

The overall market is experiencing constant fluctuations, and the market is still exploring the main directional themes in a haze.

Despite the confusion in sentiment, every year Alliance (@alliancedao) incubates a batch of outstanding projects that grasp the narrative direction and take root and grow in the future market trajectory.

As the largest accelerator in the crypto world, Alliance has incubated well-known projects in the market such as Pendle and Pump.fun.

Last week, 20 startup crypto companies successfully 'graduated' from Alliance, among which 9 projects are driven by AI technology, 5 projects are involved in stablecoins and payment sectors, and the remaining projects focus on on-chain trading, DeFi, and cultural development.

Here are introductions to these 20 startup companies:

1.8020 (@8020_trade)
Product Direction: Multi-chain trading platform

Project Twitter: https://x.com/@8020_trade

Introduction:
8020 claims to 'create a Moonshot for Asian users', optimizing the front-end interface and on-chain support to meet the Asian market's demand for efficient on-chain trading. The platform aims to address the inadequate experience of existing trading platforms for Asian users, providing more intuitive operations and localized support.

The founding team has three years of experience in developing crypto consumer applications, having launched two crypto-native applications with a total user base of 150,000. 8020 aims to attract more Asian users to crypto trading through technological innovation and localization strategies.

2.Afterschool (@afterschoolai)
Product Direction: AI-driven tutoring education platform

Project Twitter: https://x.com/@afterschoolai

Introduction:
Afterschool aims to transform K-12 education in the U.S. by providing a dedicated AI tutor for school-age children, replacing traditional classroom teaching. Through AI analysis of students' learning habits, it customizes learning plans to help children learn more efficiently and easily.

Its goal is to address the uneven distribution of traditional educational resources and lack of personalization, ensuring every student receives high-quality educational support. The founding team is experienced, having expanded consumer applications to 150 million users and developed products in Google Education, with a strong background in educational technology.

3.CollectiveScience (@CollectiveSci)
Product Direction: Decentralized 'peer review' tool

Project Twitter: https://x.com/@CollectiveSci

Introduction:
CollectiveScience aims to solve a longstanding issue in the scientific community—peer review. It attempts to optimize this process using blockchain technology to reduce delays, biases, and fraud in reviews. Scientists worldwide reportedly spend as much as $8 billion annually on reviews, yet efficiency and fairness remain concerns. The platform utilizes decentralized technology to enhance review transparency and efficiency, minimizing human intervention and ensuring fairness and credibility in reviews. The founding team consists of alumni from Cambridge, Oxford, Berkeley, and Harvard, including PhD scientists and IBM engineers.

The project aims to provide a more efficient and fair review tool for the global research community, promoting the quality of scientific research.

4.CreatorGen (@creatorgenapp)
Product Direction: AI-driven advertising marketing tool

Project Twitter: https://x.com/creatorgenapp

Introduction:
CreatorGen provides AI advertising tools for brand marketing teams, generating realistic virtual avatars specifically for TikTok advertising. CreatorGen's technology can create lifelike virtual characters suitable for short video platforms, helping brands quickly produce eye-catching advertising content while saving costs. The founder has led product teams at Uniswap and Revolut and has developed software for AI and crypto startups, with both technical and business experience.

5.FactCheck (@factcheckdotfun)
Product Direction: Decentralized AI rumor verification platform

Project Twitter: https://x.com/factcheckdotfun

Introduction:
With rampant rumors on social media, FactCheck utilizes blockchain and AI technology to verify false information on social media through a decentralized marketplace, aiming to address the societal issue of widespread misinformation. The platform combines stablecoin market incentive mechanisms to encourage users and AI agents to participate in fact-checking, ensuring the authenticity of information.
6.Fido (@fido_cm)
Product Direction: Low-barrier DeFi retail services

Project Twitter: https://x.com/fido_cm

Introduction:
Fido aims to be a new bank friendly to ordinary people, using the DeFi lending market to provide users with stable returns. They believe traditional bank savings account yields are too low, while the investment market carries too much risk. Fido hopes to allow ordinary users to enjoy DeFi returns through DeFi technology while reducing participation risks and addressing the inefficiencies of traditional financial services. The team has risk management experience and has operated a similar startup managing assets of up to $100 million.

7.FreedomGPT (@FreedomGPT)
Product Direction: AI agent model smart matching

Project Twitter: https://x.com/FreedomGPT

Introduction:
In the future, as the number of AI agent models surges, FreedomGPT will match users with the best AI models suited to their needs through intelligent algorithms, simplifying the selection process. The platform supports users in obtaining efficient AI services through simple prompts, covering various application scenarios such as text generation, data analysis, etc. Its goal is to become an 'intelligent intermediary' for AI services, enhancing user experience and reducing the complexity of AI usage. The founder previously created and sold a startup with nearly 400 employees, serving hundreds of millions of users.

8.grandmAIsters (@grandmaisters)
Product Direction: AI agent-driven chess game

Project Twitter: https://x.com/grandmaisters

Introduction:
grandmAIsters transforms chess into a crypto game, allowing players to train and compete against AI agents and earn token rewards. The project combines the incentive mechanisms of blockchain with AI technology, creating a brand new gaming experience. Players earn rewards by enhancing the chess skills of AI agents.

9.Guess.Best (@playguessbest)
Product Direction: Cultural creative prediction platform

Project Twitter: https://x.com/playguessbest

Introduction:
Guess.Best is a novel prediction market where users participate by guessing which of two popular cultural concepts or items is more favored. The platform utilizes blockchain technology to ensure the transparency and fairness of predictions, incorporating social entertainment elements to attract users. The founder has long collaborated in developing creative crypto consumer products and possesses relevant experience.

10.Junction (@JunctionFi)
Product Direction: Cross-chain asset trading platform

Project Twitter: https://x.com/JunctionFi

Introduction:
Junction aims to become a 'unified gateway' for cross-chain trading, promoting connectivity in the blockchain ecosystem. It allows users to trade any asset across any chain, addressing the complexities of cross-chain trading. The platform simplifies user operations through integrated technology, enhancing trading efficiency. The founders come from Ledger, WalletConnect, and Coinbase, with rich experience in blockchain and payment fields.

11.Lemonade Payments (@lemonadepayment)
Product Direction: Payment infrastructure for Africa

Project Twitter: https://x.com/lemonadepayment

Introduction:
Lemonade Payments focuses on the pain points of the African market, integrating mobile payments, banking channels, and stablecoins to allow users to quickly send, receive, and convert funds, reducing costs and shortening settlement times. The platform addresses the inadequacies of Africa's payment infrastructure and leverages stablecoin technology to enhance payment efficiency, meeting the demand for low-cost financial services in the region. Its goal is to provide more convenient financial services for African users through blockchain technology, promoting financial inclusivity.

12.Offline Protocol (@offlineprotocol)
Product Direction: Offline communication and transaction services in special scenarios

Project Twitter: https://x.com/offlineprotocol

Introduction:
Offline Protocol supports users in offline communication and transactions in disaster areas or crowded event venues, aiming to solve payment and communication issues in environments without network access. The platform utilizes blockchain technology to ensure the reliability and security of offline transactions, suitable for special scenarios like natural disasters or large events. Its goal is to provide blockchain solutions for special scenarios, enhancing users' financial and communication capabilities in extreme environments. The founder has successfully exited startups twice, collaborated with UNICEF and WHO on policy formulation, and has experience developing payment systems at Mastercard.

13.Orbit (@orbitcryptoai)
Product Direction: DeFi AI assistant

Project Twitter: https://x.com/orbitcryptoai

Introduction:
Orbit is an AI assistant that helps users quickly engage in the DeFi space, simplifying yield farming and liquidity provision operations, providing an intuitive AI experience and user interface. It helps users manage crypto assets more efficiently, addressing the complexities of DeFi operations.

14.Poof (@poofnew)
Product Direction: AI-driven dApp development platform

Project Twitter: https://x.com/poofnew

Introduction:
Poof utilizes AI technology to help technical and non-technical users quickly prototype, build, and deploy dApps, lowering the complexity and technical barriers of dApp development. The platform simplifies the development process through AI tools, enabling more people to participate in innovations within the blockchain ecosystem. Its goal is to drive the popularization of dApp development through technological empowerment, accelerating the growth of blockchain applications. The founders have successfully exited a startup, with backgrounds including AWS, Phantom, Coinbase, and Meta.

15.Ripe (@PayWithRipe)
Product Direction: Crypto payments for Asia

Project Twitter: https://x.com/PayWithRipe

Introduction:

Ripe aims to promote the popularization of crypto payments in the Asian market, addressing the low acceptance of crypto payments. Targeting the trend of QR payment adoption in Asia, it connects crypto wallets to QR payment systems, allowing users to complete crypto-to-fiat payments by scanning merchant QR codes, without requiring merchants to adopt new technologies. The platform simplifies the payment process by creating wallet addresses that match bank information, reducing the barriers between crypto payments and traditional payments.

16.Seismic (@SeismicSys)
Product Direction: Privacy-protecting transaction payments

Project Twitter: https://x.com/SeismicSys

Introduction:
Seismic aims to become a leading solution in the privacy-protecting payment sector, promoting the application of privacy technologies. Seismic employs novel cryptographic techniques to provide encrypted payment and transaction services for privacy-conscious businesses and individuals, ensuring transaction security without compromising privacy, suitable for financial, commercial, and other confidential scenarios. The founders have researched cryptography at Stanford and worked in R&D at Google X and Apple, possessing strong technical backgrounds.

17.Slop Club (@slopdotclub)
Product Direction: AI video generation platform

Project Twitter: https://x.com/slopdotclub

Introduction:
Slop Club aims to innovate user-generated content through AI technology, exploring new models in the short video field. It intends to create an AI-generated video platform similar to TikTok, where users can discover, interact with, and create AI-generated content. The platform provides intuitive tools such as prompt suggestions, media inputs, and preset effects, lowering the barriers to AI video creation and attracting short video enthusiasts. Its goal is to promote innovation in user-generated content through AI technology, exploring new models in the short video domain.

18.Wootzapp (@WootzApp)
Product Direction: AI data collection tool

Project Twitter: https://x.com/WootzApp

Introduction:
Wootzapp addresses the training data shortage for AI companies by developing a browser that can access private data, meeting the demand for high-quality non-public data for AI models. The platform helps AI models access private data, enhancing training effectiveness, and solving the bottleneck problem of data acquisition in the AI industry. The founder has over 10 years of experience in AI and payments, having successfully exited two startups and possessing industry background.

19.Zabio (@Zabioapp)
Product Direction: Stablecoin trading in Latin America

Project Twitter: https://x.com/@Zabioapp

Introduction:
Zabio helps Latin American users purchase stablecoins with cash, meeting the high demand for US dollars and cash forex trading volumes, addressing the shortage of dollars and the prevalence of cash transactions in the region. The platform utilizes stablecoin technology to provide convenient exchange channels, supporting users in protecting asset value in high-inflation environments. The founder has over 10 years of financial technology experience in Latin America and is familiar with the regional market. Zabio targets the pain points of the Latin American market, with great potential but facing local regulatory and cash transaction complexities.

20.Zynk Labs (@ZynkLabs)
Product Direction: Stablecoin cross-border settlement

Project Twitter: https://x.com/@ZynkLabs

Introduction:
Zynk Labs aims to become a leading solution for cross-border payments, promoting the application of stablecoins in the payment sector. By utilizing stablecoins, it helps payment companies achieve instant, high-capital-efficiency cross-currency settlements, addressing the delays and high costs of traditional cross-border payments. The platform optimizes the settlement process through blockchain technology, enhancing efficiency in the payment industry, suitable for global payment companies. Its founders come from Harvard, Morgan Stanley, Amazon Pay, and India's largest B2B working capital loan platform, Lendingkart, with financial and technical experience.

Conclusion
Looking at the new projects graduating from Alliance, the current main directional theme of industry development is no longer just internal growth, but more about addressing real-world demands in payment, education, short videos, and advertising marketing. It also emphasizes crypto adoption in the Asia, Africa, and Latin America regions.

From the perspective of AI project proportions, the integration of AI and blockchain technology remains one of the hot directions for the future development of crypto applications, with the popularity of on-chain trading leading to more excellent on-chain trading platforms beginning a comprehensive competition from trading efficiency to user experience.

Alliance DAO continues to pave the way for these projects through precise narrative direction and strong resource support, and in the future, they may become the backbone of the market like Tensor, Pendle, and Pump.fun.