According to TechFlow, a16z Crypto today announced the 21 selected companies for the Fall 2024 Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) program. They cover all levels of the crypto technology stack, including AI, DeFi, infrastructure, and consumer applications such as photo sharing and maps.
It is worth noting that PIN AI, which was previously reported, is also on the shortlist. The 21 selected companies include:
Anera Labs: Building infrastructure to unify all on-chain liquidity;
Banyan: Using AI to bridge the communication gap at work and bring clarity to the enterprise;
Blocksense: supports the creation of oracles that can utilize Internet data and CPU/GPU computing;
Cork Protocol: Risk pricing protocol to accelerate on-chain credit;
Dot: Converts user-created pixel art into game elements for on-chain games.
Fermah: Building a universal zero-knowledge proof generation layer.
Future Primitive: Creating a new home for Internet photo enthusiasts;
Kuzco: LLM Reasoning Market;
MeshMap: Build a 3D map of the world and a network of AR content;
Opacity Labs: Privately verifying web2 data with zkTLS;
OpenGradient: Building a blockchain that brings the world’s computation on-chain;
PIN AI is building an open personal AI platform (data + agent);
Pod: A new L1 primitive with no blocks or leaders, which relaxes the concept of total transaction order.
Sekai: Easily create, share, and monetize interactive narratives;
Skyfire: An open payment protocol that enables AI agents to pay for anything.
Suave: Enables DApps to accept any token from any wallet on any blockchain;
t1: Real-time proof generation, unifying Ethereum;
TACEO: MPC encryption computing for Web3;
Term Labs: A DeFi lending platform that matches borrowers and lenders at fixed interest rates.
vlayer labs: Trusted and verifiable data infrastructure driven by zero-knowledge proofs;
zkSpin: Building a highly parallel blockchain to run demanding DApps on-chain;
a16z CSX will invest at least $500,000 in each selected company. The program will be an 8-week training in New York City, where selected companies will gain first-hand experience with top crypto founders, receive guidance and support from the a16z crypto investment and operating team, and build connections with other companies and the broader a16z network.
