John Shipman

Ex Populus brings together elite developers, visionary artists, and fire-blooded gamers to build the future of entertainment. As creators of Raijin and Final Form, the team is focused on building products that elevate gaming culture, empower players, and make the industry a better place for everyone. “Ex Populus” is latin and translates in English to “from people”. The name is intended to provide a juxtaposition and provocation to “Ex Machina” which translates in English to “from the machine”.

Portal is the only custody-less interoperability protocol for Bitcoin. Portal enables fast, low cost atomic swaps between native Bitcoin assets like BTC, Ordinals, and Runes, to L2s and other L1s. With Portal’s technical breakthroughs, there is no bridging or wrapping. User funds are always safe. Invested by Coinbase and OKX

Governed by the worlds leading organizations, Hedera provides a trust layer for AI, digital payments, tokenization, and more.

Heres a LinkedIn company description optimised for search discovery — LinkedIns algorithm picks up on keywords in the About section: Tagline (125 chars max): The Operating System for AI Agents About (2,000 chars max — paste this in): EightX is the infrastructure layer for the agentic economy. We provide the identity, routing, governance, and marketplace infrastructure that every AI agent needs to operate in production. As AI agents proliferate across enterprise and developer workflows, the critical question is no longer which model to use — its how to route, identify, govern, and connect them at scale. EightX solves that. What we build: • Agent Passports — cryptographically signed identity for every AI agent • Smart Router — intelligent routing across 12+ AI providers with 94% cost savings • Agent Marketplace — where agents discover, transact, and build reputation • Governance & Compliance layer — spend controls, audit trails, and BYOK enterprise support Who we serve: Developers building AI-native products. Enterprises deploying agents at scale. Anyone who needs their agents to work, transact, and trust each other. Built for the era where agents are the buyers, builders, and users. 🌐 eightx.app

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Ex Populus brings together elite developers, visionary artists, and fire-blooded gamers to build the future of entertainment. As creators of Raijin and Final Form, the team is focused on building products that elevate gaming culture, empower players, and make the industry a better place for everyone. “Ex Populus” is latin and translates in English to “from people”. The name is intended to provide a juxtaposition and provocation to “Ex Machina” which translates in English to “from the machine”.

Portal is the only custody-less interoperability protocol for Bitcoin. Portal enables fast, low cost atomic swaps between native Bitcoin assets like BTC, Ordinals, and Runes, to L2s and other L1s. With Portal’s technical breakthroughs, there is no bridging or wrapping. User funds are always safe. Invested by Coinbase and OKX

Governed by the worlds leading organizations, Hedera provides a trust layer for AI, digital payments, tokenization, and more.