Thrilled to share closing of our Pre-A round valued at $150m led by
@SanctorCapital
@HashKey_Capital
@MeritCircle_IO
@citizenxcrypto
.
With closure of this investment round, we're excited to expand our team and scale development of our Decentralised Cloud Infrastructure (DCI).
Pick 3 out of these -
1 that helps you develop mentally:
• Read
• Write
• Travel
1 that helps you develop financially:
• Stocks
• Crypto
• Business
1 that helps you develop physically:
• Lift
• Run
• Sports
Go all in and you will be ahead of 97% of the people.
1/8
@Opepenedition
is one of the most exciting NFT projects.
Its latest collection launched last week, and has had more than 40,000 mints generating more than 40 $ETH.
🧵: The ULTIMATE thread on Opepen and its potential in 2023 and beyond. 👇
At
@_Aethir
, we're addressing the $116B mobile gaming market's primary challenge:
❌Hardware Limitations❌
Our approach?
Harnessing the power of cloud gaming! 🎮
Enter Aethir's Cloud Gaming for Mobile, a game-changing, decentralized solution 🚀
🧵👇
Biggest lesson I've learnt from building a company:
People don’t want money.
They want freedom.
People don’t want promotions.
They want status.
People don’t want recognition.
They want confidence.
Always talk about the benefits behind the item.
Sam Altman says he doesn’t care if he burns $500 million, $5 billion, or $50 billion a year if it means creating AGI.
AGI can self-educate and is far broader in scope than AI, which is pretty limited and only suited to narrow tasks.
1/
@worldcoin
just launched the token $WLD to distinguish humans from bots.
This could have massive implications for crypto, AI and the "world" as a whole.
Some quick thoughts 👇
My hope is that DEPINs prove more effective at incorporating new technology like
@GroqInc
than centralised solutions. At the very least I expect we will be the early movers.
Asia is one of the most exciting and fastest growing regions for gaming in the world.
It has grown explosively and is set to reach US$321.1B by 2026.
🧵: The ULTIMATE thread on gaming in Asia and its potential in 2023 and beyond 👇
Why is this cycle cooked? Why is everyone miserable?
We can distill all of our problems down to the fact that retail can no longer make real money in the current market structure
1/ Some jumbled thoughts on returning to our roots and unfucking the current cycle
I watch Netflix.
I eat cake.
I take hot showers.
But I still manage to do deep-work, workout and read every day.
Don’t let people online make you think you can’t enjoy life AND get shit done.
One of the best AI industry breakdowns I have seen - hugely valuable read. Great work
@apoorv03
. I particularly liked
#3
and how it helped me think about DEPIN and its value accrual over the next few years. Is DEPIN a leading or lagging indicator of the trend towards value
The Semis layer makes ~90% of all Gen AI profits today!
Where does future value accrue and how do we get there?
I explore where the $$ in Gen AI is today (semis), where it's headed (apps), and how it compares to prior tech breakthroughs.
Building a startup sometimes feels like doing a puzzle where you have the final image, but not all the pieces.
On these days I remind myself:
• Embrace uncertainty
• See what’s working and what’s not
• Iterate quickly
• Trust your instincts
We’ve partnered with
@AethirCloud
, who are leading the development of decentralized cloud GPU infrastructure!
Depin is a narrative that has the potential to be a key portfolio value generator for Lingo’s reward ecosystem.
We’re thrilled to also announce that our community
Excited to launch the first episode of our podcast - "Behind the Screen," with
@paulthind
.
Watch below to see how he went from starting a metal record label to being a pioneer of Free-to-Play games in the US to now working at
@Aethir_
👇
Want to hire an amazing team?
Look for:
1. Passion
2. Curiosity
3. Hunger for learning
4. Entrepreneurial mindset
They will challenge your thinking and grow with you.
#StarWarsEclipse
is the best
@StarWars
game I've ever seen. Do you want to play it on mobile - on your phone - via our
#Aethir
Gaming Cloud? Let us know in the comments down below.
From now on, we'll talk much more about what we do, why we've just rebranded, and how our gaming
15 years ago, today
@YouTube
was acquired.
2008: Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion.
2021: YouTube generates $1.65 billion in ad revenue every 3 weeks.
Name a better acquisition.
Have loved working with the
@KIPprotocol
team. Very focused, deeply knowledgeable about the sector - they’re doing big things and we’re excited to support them!
KIP Protocol Teams Up with Aethir 🤝
Today,
@KIPprotocol
is thrilled to announce a strategic alliance with
@AethirCloud
– the leading decentralized GPU cloud infrastructure for Gaming & AI.
This key partnership establishes Aethir as our Preferred Compute Partner, providing
(1/6) Monetary Authority of Singapore (
@MAS_sg
) has commited S$112M to support fintech solutions like Web3.
This could have massive implications for crypto in Singapore, and the industry as a whole.
Some quick thoughts. 👇
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will commit up to S$150 million over three years under the renewed Financial Sector Technology and Innovation Scheme (FSTI 3.0).
Learn more about it here:
#MASNews
#FSTI3
#FinTech
#SGEconomy
@saylor
@MicroStrategy
This is such a great market signal, but also such a inclusive signal to new crypto investors.
MicroStrategy hold $4.5b of BTC at an avg buy price of $29.6k.
You are NOT too late.
My five step process for moving from an early stage startup to a growth stage one -
1. Celebrate milestones
2. Keep pushing the boundaries of what's possible
3. Embrace the discomfort of growth
4. Continuously challenge yourself
5. Empower your team to grow with you
Companies like
@Google
,
@Meta
and
@LinkedIn
are using this fitness hack at work.
It has skyrocketed productivity at Aethir.
Read the thread to find out 🧵👇
(1/6)
@GooglePlay
has started permitting game publishers to start selling NFT games on its platform.
This could have massive implications for Web3 gaming, and the industry as a whole.
Some quick thoughts. 👇
1/ Last week,
@Ripple
had a landmark win against the SEC.
This could have massive implications for other tokens, and crypto as a whole.
Some quick thoughts. 👇
The biggest reason I am a believer in crypto is because it creates access and democratizes access to the financial market, to people who otherwise may not be able to participate in it.
With companies like
@Bybit_Official
even offering Wealth Management services to retail
I worked out for 4 months before I saw changes
I wrote tweets for 5 months before I grew on Twitter
I invested in crypto for 1 year before I made profit
Long-term goals require long-term patience
1/ The
#SEC
has extended its review of
#Ark21Shares
$BTC Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) application.
This could have massive implications for the industry as a whole.
Some quick thoughts. 👇
Access to AI will eventually be synonymous with UBI, so UBC is a natural precursor. And the only way to achieve UBC is with a global compute infrastructure that links up distributed compute into a single usable matrix aka
@AethirCloud
Building a company is about people.
So...study people.
Study cognitive bias:
• Scarcity
• Anchoring
• Loss aversion
• Authority bias
• Framing effect
• The halo effect
• Commitment bias
• Bandwagon effect
You’ll be ahead of 90% of people.
.elonmusk put temporary limits on the number of posts you can view on Twitter per day.
This could have MASSIVE implications for the platform, and social media as a whole.
Some quick thoughts. 👇
(1/8)
To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits:
- Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day
- Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day
- New unverified accounts to 300/day
🗣️ AMAethir: Aethir x Aethir Edge x Qualcomm
Join Aethir's co-founder & CCO,
@MRRydon
, as he discusses
@AethirEdge
, an innovative edge computing hardware device powered by
@Qualcomm
, and the partnership in detail with the panel.
Link 🔗:
Details 👇🏻
Maybe obvious thought but last night I realized:
The internet was just a way to move all human knowledge into a structured format easily accessible by computers so that AI could then arise and train on all of that
Before the internet that knowledge was too dispersed, in books,
Layer 2 scaling solutions.
This is a narrative I am bullish on for the next cycle.
With projects like
@0xMantle
preparing for their mainnet, it's gonna be exciting to see what
@Bybit_Official
and
#Mantle
bring to the L2 ecosystem.
Can't speak for the rest but the reason cloud is so expensive is because most cloud-providers use centralized servers.
This is where we come in - our decentralized cloud infrastructure (DCI) is super cost-effective, and actually gets cheaper as consumption increases.
1/ Led by India,
#G20
nations are set to draft global rules for crypto.
This could have massive implications for the industry as a whole.
Some quick thoughts 👇
Totally agree, a very underrated market that is paying the price of some early hype. However, I would also encourage people to think about the necessary infrastructure required to scale ARVR in the future. Are we going to be strapping GPUs to our heads forever? Always attempting
We believe ARVR is among the most underrated markets today. Most people fixate on past (and current) missteps, leading to assumptions that are simply wrong.
With ~30m Meta Quest headsets sold and a favorable industry outlook, we think the time is now. ⬇️
1/
@friendstech
is a super exciting project that launched this month.
Within 24 hours of launch, it had driven 4400 $ETH (US$8.1M) in trading volume, surpassing even
#OpenSea
in the same timeframe.
🧵: The ULTIMATE thread on
@friendtech
and its potential in 2023 and beyond. 👇
One of the biggest ways to make crypto more mainstream long-term is through educating people from the ground up.
And companies in crypto know this -
@Bybit_Official
recently just partnered with a university in the UAE (AUS) to give scholarships to 38 students worth Dhs1M.
GM! Opportunity for creators & communities!
@AethirCloud
did $125M in sales. 100s of creators & communities took part in it.
As you know I've been cooking up
@AethirEdge
, if you are a creator or community who would like WLs for Edge devices. Only picking a few.
Comment below!
AI will have MASSIVE applications within crypto.
We’re already seeing some awesome examples.
ToolsGPT, a
#ChatGPT
-based AI trading tool allows users to access technical analysis, backtested price data, and other essential investment metrics.
Definitely worth testing out on
I worked out for 4 months before I saw changes
I wrote tweets for 5 months before I grew on Twitter
I invested in crypto for 1 year before I made profit
Long-term goals require long-term patience
Great take. I totally agree.
The next bull run will be led by infra and DePIN, leveraging token based economics to spin the flywheel for some of the worlds most traditionally expensive to scale networks.
DePIN Is the biggest winner today. Hardware rollout is really f'ing hard, token incentives are a way to overcome that hurdle. World with DePIN incentives
🌴🛸🌞
Pick 3 out of these -
1 that helps you develop mentally:
• Read
• Write
• Travel
1 that helps you develop financially:
• Stocks
• Crypto
• Business
1 that helps you develop physically:
• Lift
• Run
• Sports
Go all in and you will be ahead of 97%
A trillion dollar compute cluster is inevitable. AGI appears to be just a point in the top right of a graph that we’re predestined to cross. 2027 is as good of a guess as any. Based on progress in decentralized compute I expect that within this timeframe we will have solved the
"The compute scaleup from GPT-2 to GPT-3 in a year was an unusual overhang, but all the indications are that the longer-run trend will continue. The SF-rumor-mill is abreast with dramatic tales of huge GPU orders. The investments involved will be extraordinary—but they are in
The bulls are back, and
@redbullracing
is as well, with their latest win in Baku. 🇦🇿
#RedBull
Boss Christian Horner says '
@Bybit_Official
is emerging. They are growing in an exciting new market, making it a natural fit to partner."
The long-awaited question of "Wen Airdrop?" has finally been answered. Aethir proudly presents the Aethir Cloud Drop to you all ☁️🪂
Launching today and continuing until May 12, this campaign will distribute a portion of the upcoming $ATH token supply to the community 🌍
My biggest lesson in crypto so far as a founder has been that the market is constantly gonna move.
It's important to ignore the noise, keep your head down and just focus on building. 🛠️
@milesdeutscher
Similar to Silicon Valley in the early days of the internet, bold ideas thrive amidst an environment of innovation and relatively lax oversight.
The rest of the world wants access to US talent, and the US seems determined to give it away.
Round 2 of Aethir Cloud Drop:
With 380,000+ participants and more than 330,000 badges earned, Aethir Cloud Drop is a massive success. Now, Round 2 is LIVE 🟢
Read our blog post for round 2 information:
🔹 Several additional Web 3.0 communities will join
It’s even crazier when you look at the avg hardware specs of the majority of the worlds mobile gamers, and realise this capital is being spent on non-AAA gaming experiences.
These gamers aren’t playing COD mobile, LoL, Diablo or PUBG….yet.
Imagine if they were - think of the
Here's the
#Crypto
Fundraising Summary for July 2023.
Seeing the investment flow in the
#Web3
,
#DeFi
,
#NFTs
, and Infrastructure categories is fascinating.
Get involved and contribute your thoughts in the comments!
.
@DrDisrespect
claims that
@Deadrop
will change gaming forever, and I believe him. Here’s why:
• Two-Time Back-to-Back 1993-1994 Video Game Champ
• 6’8”, Ripped
• Tactical Eyewear & Mullet
• Game Design Expert
A quick breakdown of what this means for
#gaming
👇
There are also other ways to fit in fitness with your daily work life -
@Bybit_Official
’s “Performance Accelerator” is a great example.
This is a series of fitness videos designed for traders and gamers to empower them to level up their performance.
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(1/5)
#Nvidia
's CEO, Jensen Huang, recently visited India and even met the country's PM.
India, with its talent, chip manufacturing ambitions, and vast market, is on the verge of becoming Nvidia's next big play.
This could have MASSIVE implications.
Some quick thoughts. 👇
As I'm gearing for my move to Singapore next week, I’ve been thinking about how much has changed in the last couple of years.
Just in this year, we have grown from an early-stage startup to a growth-stage.
And one of the biggest changes with this growth has been wrt hiring 🧵👇
@elonmusk
@narendramodi
Where’s India’s on generative AI?
There don’t seem to be any contenders competing with
@OpenAI
etc, but we know how vibrant the tech sector is over there.
Is this an area we can expect to see more from India in?
My dad doesn’t know BTC is pumping.
My mum doesn’t know BTC is pumping.
My friends don't know BTC is pumping.
None of them know about the ETF.
We are incredibly early!
Cheat codes I know as a second-time founder that I wish I knew building my first startup -
•Hire people that believe in your vision
•Product will never be “perfect,” just GTM
•Talk to customers 2x more than you think
•Get the right investors
•Hire domain experts, and
The future of game developments is no longer Unreal Engine or Unity.
It will be render by player actions.
Why create a world when u can render one immediately.
And all a player needs is a screen that responds dynamically to the keyboard and mouse actions.
Now, what’s next
I started 2023 with a 60% productivity rate
Until I began using AI tools
In 1 year, my productivity has scaled to over 90%
Here are 5 AI tools that made it possible. 👇
Fantastic marketing. Also love the founder marketing push that’s trending in tech.
@bchesky
and Zuck leading the charge here - feels authentically shared, which adds a lot of power to the brand
1/
@Disney
may soon turn into a gaming giant.
The company’s been facing losses in the box office and its stock price has been crashing, so it is looking for ways to recover it.
The ULTIMATE thread on Disney’s potential in gaming in 2023 and beyond. 👇
Save the date this Wednesday!
Join us as we talk:
- State of web2 and web3 gaming
- Global rendering bottleneck – constraints of personal GPU ownership
- AI cloud resources (GPU scarcity)
- The future of gaming
Bullish on gaming
Customer obsession is the ultimate competitive advantage.
I stay laser-focused on solving real problems for my customers.
Obsessing over their needs, understanding their pain points, and delivering solutions that exceed their expectations, is the biggest moat.