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The latest cohort of Alliance graduates reveals an industry shifting focus beyond internal growth, now targeting real-world needs like payments, education, short-form video, and ad tech.
Amid ongoing market volatility, the crypto space continues searching for clear direction. Yet Alliance (@alliancedao) consistently cultivates narrative-driven projects poised to thrive in future cycles. As the ecosystem's premier accelerator (alumni include Pendle and Pump.fun), Alliance just graduated 20 new startups:
9 AI-powered ventures
5 stablecoin/payment solutions
6 spanning DeFi, on-chain trading, and scientific/cultural innovation
Below are the standout graduates:
Sector: Multi-chain trading platform
Key Differentiator: Asia-optimized UX addressing localized needs for 150K+ existing users. Founders bring 3 years of crypto consumer app experience.
Sector: AI-driven K-12 education
Innovation: Replaces traditional tutoring with adaptive AI, leveraging team expertise from Google Education and scaling apps to 150M users.
Sector: Decentralized peer-review tools
Mission: Streamlines $8B/year academic review inefficiencies using blockchain transparency. Founded by Cambridge/Oxford/Harvard alumni and ex-IBM engineers.
Sector: AI-powered ad tech
Solution: Hyper-realistic avatar generation for TikTok campaigns, built by ex-Uniswap/Revolut product leads.
Sector: Decentralized misinformation combat
Mechanism: AI + blockchain verification with stablecoin incentives for crowdsourced truth-seeking.
Sector: Retail DeFi banking
Value Prop: Democratizes yield farming with institutional-grade risk management (team previously oversaw $100M AUM).
Sector: AI model matchmaking
Vision: Curates optimal AI agents for users' needs. Founder previously scaled a 400-employee startup serving 100M+ users.
Sector: AI chess gaming
Hook: Train AI opponents, earn crypto rewards. Merges博弈论 with on-chain incentives.
Sector: Cultural prediction markets
Twist: Wager on pop-culture trends via decentralized social gaming.
Sector: Cross-chain trading
Backing: Ledger/WalletConnect/Coinbase alumni building the "universal gateway" for multi-chain assets.
Sector: African payment rails
Solution: Unified mobile money/stablecoin infrastructure for faster, cheaper remittances.
Sector: Off-grid transactions
Use Case: Disaster/event-focused payments with UNICEF/WHO-tested protocols.
Sector: DeFi onboarding
Tool: AI assistant simplifies yield strategies for retail users.
Sector: No-code dApp builder
Edge: AWS/Phantom/Meta veterans enabling drag-and-drop smart contract deployment.
Sector: Asian crypto payments
Tactic: QR-code integration bypasses merchant tech upgrades.
Sector: Privacy payments
Tech: Novel cryptography by Stanford/Google X/Apple researchers.
Sector: AI video generation
Play: TikTok-style platform for AI-native content creation.
Sector: AI data acquisition
Niche: Browser-based private data sourcing for model training.
Sector: LatAm stablecoin access
Fix: Cash-to-crypto ramps for dollar-starved economies.
Sector: Cross-border settlements
Backers: Harvard/Morgan Stanley/Amazon Pay alumni rebuilding B2B payments.
Real-World Focus: Payments, education, and media dominate this cohort.
Global Adoption: 40% target emerging markets (Africa, Asia, LatAm).
AI Synergy: Nearly half integrate AI, cementing its role in crypto's evolution.
Alliance's track record suggests these startups—like predecessors Pendle and Pump.fun—may soon become household names in crypto.
