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The Frontier Data Research Laboratory idler announced the completion of a $9 million seed round financing, led by Alpo and Frankie from Paradigm, with participation from Y Combinator, Long Journey VC, as well as angel investors including marrc, catheryn_li, dcposch, Janine Leger, Lynett Capital, feross, and nur_daulet_.idler is positioned as a frontier data research laboratory, and this round of funding will be used to build evaluation systems, benchmark testing, and reinforcement learning environments for leading frontier laboratories worldwide to train and measure their model performance.

Former NVIDIA research scientist Sanja Fidler announced the co-founding of VeedaAI with long-time collaborators ZGojcic and HuanLing6. The company is dedicated to building simulated realities for Physical AI, serving as a key infrastructure layer for robotic interactive learning and evaluation, allowing robotic intelligence to learn at scale through trial and error in virtual worlds.Fidler stated that real-world trial and error training for robots is unsafe, costly, and time-consuming, necessitating the use of simulated realities to achieve scalable interactive learning. The team believes that world models are the core technology, capable of learning from vast amounts of sensor and physical world data to generate simulated environments with quality, diversity, and physical realism. VeedaAI has received support from Khosla Ventures and Radical Ventures, and team members have years of experience in simulation, generative AI, 3D, robotics, and embodied intelligence.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, SevenX Ventures will collaborate with everVision and BuidlerDAO to launch a $10 million AO ecosystem fund to invest in and incubate early projects within the AO ecosystem, helping to accelerate the development of the entire ecosystem. In addition to financial support, everVision will provide technical support to help projects better develop within the AO ecosystem, while BuidlerDAO will organize hackathons and acceleration camps to lower the entry barriers for developers and entrepreneurs, guiding them towards sustainable development.SevenX Ventures founding partner Eraser mentioned, "As an early supporter who has been focusing on and continuously investing in the Arweave ecosystem since 2011, SevenX is equally optimistic about the prospects of AO. We are pleased to collaborate with SevenX's portfolio companies—everVision and BuidlerDAO—to launch the first AO ecosystem fund, hoping to help developers better connect with the AO ecosystem while contributing to the prosperity of the ecosystem."

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 talent and project network BuidlerDAO announced the completion of a $2 million angel round financing, led by Sequoia China Seed Fund and SevenX Ventures, with participation from Bing Ventures, M77 Ventures, DRK Lab, Gate Labs, MirrorWorld, Conflux, Nicholas Hu (PlanckerDAO), Xiao Zhang (zCloak Network Founder), Paka, Vitalbridge, Inverse Ventures, Doc Labs, and others.BuidlerDAO officially stated that it was established in June 2022, with a seed round investment of $500,000 from Panda Capital, and is also a project of Sequoia China's startup accelerator YUÈ01. According to the crypto data platform RootData, BuidlerDAO is a crypto community that brings together engineers, researchers, and operators to produce high-quality content and develop Dapps, aiming to establish a leading network of influence and productivity for Web3 builders and project accelerators.

ChainCatcher message, BuidlerDAO confirms the first version of the white paper through [ BIP-001: Genesis Proposal ] and [ BIP-002: First Guardian Election Proposal ]. It officially establishes the treasury and multi-signature (led by 5 sword bearers), elects the guild Head and Guardians. Its white paper is based on three principles: incentive compatibility, effective governance, and long-termism, defining the organizational structure of the guild + Guardians, a hierarchical decision-making mechanism, and establishing a contribution incentive system that combines reputation tokens (BRP) and stablecoins.It is reported that BuidlerDAO was initiated in May 2022, gathering practitioners such as Web3 developers, researchers, and operators to organize content output and product practice in a DAO manner, exploring governance paradigms of Social DAO and providing governance tool solutions; building a deep talent and project network to jointly promote large-scale applications and ecological prosperity in Web3. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Buidlercon 2023 summit hosted by AC Capital will open on July 26, 2023, in Hong Kong, aiming to promote交流 among builders in the Non-EVM ecosystem and to explore the future development and market landscape of the Non-EVM field. To allow builders to deeply experience the charm of Non-EVM Web3.0, OKX and AC Capital have jointly issued the "Web3 Buidler" NFT, which is now available for free claim.It is reported that holders of the "Web3 Buidler" NFT will receive various benefits, including ticket vouchers for future events hosted by AC Capital, the opportunity to collect OKX and AC Capital merchandise on-site at BuidlerCon 2023 on July 26, priority questioning rights during Q&A sessions, and opportunities for collaboration discussions with the OKX Web3 team, among others. (source link)