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Nex is helping families reconnect with the joy of movement through fun, social, and interactive content that’s accessible to all ages. Its award-winning Nex Playground console, launched in December 2023, uses cutting-edge AI, mobile and vision technologies to merge digital and physical worlds, immersing players in the experience using their natural body movement. Nex Playground games range from original sports and fitness titles, to educational games and titles in collaboration with Hasbro and Sesame Workshop. Since its founding, Nex has been recognised as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has been awarded the prestigious Apple Design Award. Nex Playground is also kidSAFE+ COPPA certified, highlighting the company’s firm stance on privacy and safety for kids and families. To learn more, visit https://www.nex.inc or follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Looki focuses on creating intelligent consumer electronics that quietly support your everyday life, helping you connect, notice and create more effortlessly.

Pharos Network is revolutionizing the blockchain landscape by introducing a high-performance, EVM-compatible Layer-1 solution designed to address the scalability challenges faced by decentralized applications. While the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) remains the dominant standard in Web3, with a significant portion of DeFi capital locked in EVM-based applications, existing EVM-compatible blockchains struggle with low throughput. Pharos Network tackles this issue head-on with its innovative full-stack parallel blockchain architecture. At the core of Pharos Network is the Pharos VM (also known as Dora), a cutting-edge virtual machine that brings exceptional performance, stability, and interoperability to the blockchain space. By implementing deep optimizations across all levels of the stack - from the database layer to the virtual machine and consensus layers - Pharos achieves remarkable transaction processing capabilities. The network introduces advanced features such as parallel execution, superscalar pipelining, and a unified Intermediate Representation (IR) that harmonizes EVM and WebAssembly (WASM) specifications. The platform is optimized for various use cases, including fully on-chain CLOB DEX, real-time payments, institution-level Real World Assets (RWA), and scalable Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN). By leveraging geographical decentralization and supporting heterogeneous software and hardware, Pharos Network aims to spark on-chain innovations and drive mass adoption of blockchain technology. Pharos Network secured $8 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its ultra-fast, full-stack parallel Layer-1 blockchain. This investment, led by prominent venture capital firms, underscores the potential of Pharos Network to reshape the blockchain landscape and provide developers with the tools needed to create interoperable, high-performance decentralized applications.

peaq gives robots and machines everything they need to do business, on every chain. peaqOS enables machines — robots, vehicles, devices, AI agents — to show up on any chain as liquid assets with identities, wallets, reputation, and the ability to provide services, trade, and prove what they did. peaq is the economic system for a human-centric Machine Economy where autonomous machines are a new asset class and every human can have a stake. It is home to 60+ applications in 20+ industries and to the millions of machines that run on them. For more information, visit peaq or follow peaq on Twitter/X for updates.

A Bitcoin Layer 2 that integrates ZK-Rollup network, decentralized oracle network, and on-chain BTC fraud proof modules. Merlin Chain is committed to empowering Bitcoins native assets, protocols, and products on Layer 1 through its Layer 2 network, to Make Bitcoin Fun Again.

Nothing exists to make tech feel exciting again. We’re building a different kind of company, one that puts design, emotion, and human creativity at the heart of everything we do. From the way our products look to how they sound, feel, and function, we care about the details that make technology not just useful, but inspiring. This is a place for the curious. The creators. The ones who ask why not and mean it. If youre drawn to bold ideas, fast moves, and work that actually makes you feel something, you’ll fit right in. Were not here to follow the rules. Were here to make better ones. Founded in London in 2020, Nothing is a design-led tech company building an alternative to the industry giants. Our products, from award-winning smartphones to expressive audio and wearables, blend iconic design with intuitive engineering to put people and creativity back at the centre of consumer tech. Backed by GV (Google Ventures), EQT Ventures, C Ventures, and influential investors like Tony Fadell (iPod), Casey Neistat, and Kevin Lin (Twitch), we’ve grown from startup to global challenger in just a few years.

rabbit inc. is an AI startup developing a personalized operating system (OS) through a natural language interface and dedicated, affordable consumer hardware to host the OS. rabbit OS is capable of understanding complex user intentions, operating user interfaces, and performing actions on behalf of the user. The key technology powering rabbit OS is the Large Action Model (LAM), a new type of foundation model that understands human intentions on computers. We are a small, fast-moving team based in Los Angeles. We are well-funded and backed by Khosla Ventures, led by Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems.

Founded by Google & Apple veterans, VITURE is determined to become the entrance to the future world.

Taiko is an Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup, scaling back Ethereum by supporting all EVM opcodes in a layer-2 architecture that is decentralized, permissionless, and secure.

Galxe is the leading platform for building web3 community. With over 12 million users, Galxe has propelled the growth of Optimism, Polygon, Arbitrum, and more than 3700 partners with reward-based loyalty programs. Start your campaign today at galxe.com!

A world-leading open-source infrastructure and cloud platform for computer graphics

Officially founded in 2020, Yahaha is a series-A start-up building a brand-new UGC platform for 3D interactive experiences. We are thrilled to create interactive social scenarios for users to empower their real-world immersive "ReadyPlayerOne" experiences. Our products include a no-code digital interactive content creation tool allowing all kinds of creators without prior knowledge of coding and server deployment to build 3D multiplayer experiences, and a platform for players.

Meet the worlds most popular and intuitive free AI 3D model generator. Transform text and images into stunning 3D models in seconds with our text & image to 3D model tool—no experience required! Meshy empowers artists, game developers, and creators to bring their visions to life!

CyberConnect is web3’s earliest and biggest decentralized social network, that enables developers to create social applications empowering users to own their digital identity, content, connections, and interactions.

OPay gives you the freedom to do more! Transfers are fast and free, our network uptime is 100% with amazing cashback on data & airtime recharge. We are Beyond Banking

Nex is helping families reconnect with the joy of movement through fun, social, and interactive content that’s accessible to all ages. Its award-winning Nex Playground console, launched in December 2023, uses cutting-edge AI, mobile and vision technologies to merge digital and physical worlds, immersing players in the experience using their natural body movement. Nex Playground games range from original sports and fitness titles, to educational games and titles in collaboration with Hasbro and Sesame Workshop. Since its founding, Nex has been recognised as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has been awarded the prestigious Apple Design Award. Nex Playground is also kidSAFE+ COPPA certified, highlighting the company’s firm stance on privacy and safety for kids and families. To learn more, visit https://www.nex.inc or follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Looki focuses on creating intelligent consumer electronics that quietly support your everyday life, helping you connect, notice and create more effortlessly.

Pharos Network is revolutionizing the blockchain landscape by introducing a high-performance, EVM-compatible Layer-1 solution designed to address the scalability challenges faced by decentralized applications. While the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) remains the dominant standard in Web3, with a significant portion of DeFi capital locked in EVM-based applications, existing EVM-compatible blockchains struggle with low throughput. Pharos Network tackles this issue head-on with its innovative full-stack parallel blockchain architecture. At the core of Pharos Network is the Pharos VM (also known as Dora), a cutting-edge virtual machine that brings exceptional performance, stability, and interoperability to the blockchain space. By implementing deep optimizations across all levels of the stack - from the database layer to the virtual machine and consensus layers - Pharos achieves remarkable transaction processing capabilities. The network introduces advanced features such as parallel execution, superscalar pipelining, and a unified Intermediate Representation (IR) that harmonizes EVM and WebAssembly (WASM) specifications. The platform is optimized for various use cases, including fully on-chain CLOB DEX, real-time payments, institution-level Real World Assets (RWA), and scalable Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN). By leveraging geographical decentralization and supporting heterogeneous software and hardware, Pharos Network aims to spark on-chain innovations and drive mass adoption of blockchain technology. Pharos Network secured $8 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its ultra-fast, full-stack parallel Layer-1 blockchain. This investment, led by prominent venture capital firms, underscores the potential of Pharos Network to reshape the blockchain landscape and provide developers with the tools needed to create interoperable, high-performance decentralized applications.

peaq gives robots and machines everything they need to do business, on every chain. peaqOS enables machines — robots, vehicles, devices, AI agents — to show up on any chain as liquid assets with identities, wallets, reputation, and the ability to provide services, trade, and prove what they did. peaq is the economic system for a human-centric Machine Economy where autonomous machines are a new asset class and every human can have a stake. It is home to 60+ applications in 20+ industries and to the millions of machines that run on them. For more information, visit peaq or follow peaq on Twitter/X for updates.

A Bitcoin Layer 2 that integrates ZK-Rollup network, decentralized oracle network, and on-chain BTC fraud proof modules. Merlin Chain is committed to empowering Bitcoins native assets, protocols, and products on Layer 1 through its Layer 2 network, to Make Bitcoin Fun Again.