Odaily Planet Daily News: ZK technology verification company Pi Squared has completed a $12.5 million seed round of financing, led by Polychain Capital, with participation from ABCDE, Bloccelerate, Generative Ventures, Robot Ventures and Samsung Next, as well as angel investors including Justin Drake of the Ethereum Foundation and Sreeram Kanaan, founder of EigenLayer. The new round of financing will be used to expand the products the company plans to launch. Pi Squared CEO Grigore Rosu said that Pi Squared's first product is a "universal settlement layer" that can settle blockchain transactions in any programming language. (Coindesk)