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He Just Raised 2.7 Billion, and Li Fei-Fei Also Invested

Pete Florence, a former senior research scientist at Google DeepMind and a key contributor to the Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model architecture, is deliberately distancing his startup, Generalist AI, from the trendy "world model" label. He argues that the industry should prioritize concrete goals over buzzwords. His goal is to create robots that can perform a vast range of unseen tasks with high speed and success rates, without needing task-specific training data. Recently, his company raised $400 million (¥2.7 billion) at a $2 billion valuation. Notable investors include NVIDIA's NVentures, Bezos Expeditions, NFDG, as well as Xiaomi co-founder Lin Bin, Zoom founder Eric Yuan, and renowned AI scientist Fei-Fei Li. Florence's approach stems from his academic background at MIT under Professor Russ Tedrake, focusing on understanding the physical world. After joining DeepMind, he developed models like Transporter Network and co-created the VLA framework. He left in 2025 to found Generalist AI. The company has launched two models: GEN-0, which demonstrated that scaling laws apply to physical motion, and GEN-1. GEN-1 was trained on over 500,000 hours of physical interaction data collected via a specialized wearable device. It achieves a 99% success rate on precise mechanical tasks like folding boxes and maintains performance three times faster than its predecessor. Florence believes GEN-1 is reaching a commercial utility threshold similar to the GPT-3 inflection point. The substantial funding round, following GEN-1's release, signifies strong investor confidence in Generalist AI's practical, goal-driven path to creating versatile, useful robots, regardless of the "world model" terminology.

marsbitHace 8 hora(s)

He Just Raised 2.7 Billion, and Li Fei-Fei Also Invested

marsbitHace 8 hora(s)

Matt Damon To Speak At Ripple Swell As Water.org’s RLUSD Push Draws Attention

Matt Damon is scheduled to deliver a keynote at Ripple Swell 2026, representing the non-profit Water.org which he co-founded. His appearance highlights a partnership between Water.org’s "Get Blue" campaign and Ripple, the campaign’s exclusive digital asset and payments partner. Ripple will utilize its payment network and RLUSD stablecoin to facilitate faster, lower-cost cross-border transactions for the campaign’s microfinance partners. This collaboration provides RLUSD with a mainstream, humanitarian use case focused on operational efficiency in aid funding, moving beyond typical stablecoin narratives centered on trading and finance. For Ripple, the partnership offers a reputational boost by framing its technology as practical payment infrastructure for social impact, though the actual adoption and scale of such use cases remain to be seen.

bitcoinistAyer 11:52

Matt Damon To Speak At Ripple Swell As Water.org’s RLUSD Push Draws Attention

bitcoinistAyer 11:52

Manus Buyback Plan Emerges: Chinese Investors Plan to Repurchase Equity with $2 Billion, Path to Hong Kong IPO Becomes Clearer

According to a report by The Information, early Chinese investors of Manus, including Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, and ZhenFund, are planning to repurchase the company from Meta for $2 billion—the same price Meta paid in its acquisition last December. This move is a direct response to the Chinese government's prohibition of the foreign acquisition in April. As part of the repurchase plan, Manus is considering establishing a Sino-foreign joint venture within China. This structure is seen as a way to ensure regulatory compliance for its Chinese investors and to pave the way for a future IPO in Hong Kong. Notably, U.S. investor Benchmark will not participate in the buyback, which will concentrate ownership even more among Chinese capital. Since its acquisition by Meta, Manus's business has grown rapidly, with its annualized revenue run rate reportedly increasing four-to-fivefold to $400-$500 million in roughly six months. This strong growth underpins the investors' willingness to repurchase at the original price. Financially, the forced unwinding of the deal may benefit the early investors, allowing them to regain equity at a cost far below the company's current implied valuation, with the added prospect of an independent future listing. However, specific terms of the repurchase, including funding proportions and the joint venture's equity structure, are still under negotiation. This "repurchase-joint venture-Hong Kong IPO" approach could serve as a reference model for other Chinese AI startups navigating cross-border M&A regulations.

marsbitAyer 10:28

Manus Buyback Plan Emerges: Chinese Investors Plan to Repurchase Equity with $2 Billion, Path to Hong Kong IPO Becomes Clearer

marsbitAyer 10:28

Playnance’s $GCOIN Lists on KoinBX Amid Rapid Growth in India

Playnance's native token, $GCOIN, has been listed on the cryptocurrency exchange KoinBX as of June 18. This move aims to enhance accessibility for its rapidly growing community, particularly in India, where the blockchain-powered Web3 iGaming ecosystem has gained significant traction. Over 130 partners in Playnance's "Be the Boss" program have built communities engaging thousands of active players in the region. The "Be the Boss" model allows participants to create and manage their own gaming communities, earning rewards tied to community activity. CEO Pini Peter noted India's high engagement, with community leaders successfully building player networks. One partner, Dr. Nicolas, reported earning over $57,000 through the program in recent months, highlighting both the financial rewards and the opportunity to grow an engaged community. $GCOIN serves as the ecosystem's core utility token, incentivizing participation and aligning the interests of players and community leaders ("Bosses"). The listing on KoinBX is part of Playnance's strategy to expand globally, increasing the token's utility and accessibility by combining community ownership, gamified engagement, and blockchain-based incentives. Founded in 2020, Playnance is a Web3 iGaming infrastructure company focused on creating live, non-custodial, on-chain products to onboard mainstream users. It currently processes approximately one million transactions daily, aiming to simplify the user experience while maintaining full on-chain transparency.

TheNewsCryptoAyer 05:52

Playnance’s $GCOIN Lists on KoinBX Amid Rapid Growth in India

TheNewsCryptoAyer 05:52

Matrixdock Featured Again in SBMA’s 《Crucible》: Discussing How Tokenisation Enhances Efficiency in the Precious Metals Market

Matrixdock's research article, titled "Why Tokenisation Matters for the Bullion Industry and How Carrying Costs Fit In," has been featured again in the SBMA's industry publication *Crucible*. Authored by Matrixdock lead Eva Meng, the piece examines how tokenisation enhances the efficiency and utility of the precious metals market. The article argues that tokenisation builds upon the accessibility improvements brought by gold ETFs, not by redefining gold's value but by enabling it to function within digital finance. It extends gold's role beyond a portfolio holding, potentially facilitating instant settlement, digital collateral, and operation in 24/7 markets. A key focus is transparently handling the unavoidable carrying costs (storage, insurance) of physical assets like gold and silver. Matrixdock introduces the Fungible Reserve Standard (FRS) framework, based on an "Economic Purity Principle," which aims to reflect these real-world economic costs clearly within the token mechanism, rather than bundling them opaquely. The platform's practical applications are highlighted, including its gold token XAUm and its silver token XAGm, the first built on the FRS framework. As the tokenised gold market surpassed $6 billion in February 2026, the industry's focus is shifting from initial proofs of reserves to broader concerns of market efficiency and capital utilization. Tokenisation is positioning gold and other precious metals to become active components within the evolving digital financial system.

marsbitHace 2 días 09:20

Matrixdock Featured Again in SBMA’s 《Crucible》: Discussing How Tokenisation Enhances Efficiency in the Precious Metals Market

marsbitHace 2 días 09:20

As Capital Rotates From Crypto to AI, Zoomex Traders Already Have Access to Both

Zoomex, a crypto derivatives exchange, launches Zoomex Stocks, a tokenized equities trading solution that allows users to access both AI/semiconductor stocks and crypto from a single Unified Trading Account. This comes as institutional capital rotates from crypto (with Bitcoin ETFs seeing outflows) toward surging AI equities. The product offers 12 tokenized U.S. stocks/ETFs (like TSLAx, NVDAx, QQQx) backed 1:1 by real assets via the xStocks model. Key benefits include 24/7 trading with USDT, no separate brokerage account, a flat 0.50% fee, near-instant on-chain settlement, and no geographic restrictions. It enables crypto-native traders to seamlessly diversify into traditional high-growth equities without leaving the Zoomex platform.

TheNewsCryptoHace 2 días 08:23

As Capital Rotates From Crypto to AI, Zoomex Traders Already Have Access to Both

TheNewsCryptoHace 2 días 08:23

Cardano Van Rossem Upgrade Moves Closer To Mainnet As Governance Phase Advances

Cardano's Van Rossem protocol upgrade is progressing through its final governance and readiness phase, following its successful enactment on the PreProd testnet. This upgrade is a key test of Cardano's on-chain governance model post-Voltaire, involving coordination among stakeholders. Traders are monitoring the rollout closely, as a smooth process could boost confidence in ADA, while delays could hurt sentiment, especially in a weak market. While PreProd success is a positive step, the focus is now on mainnet activation and clear communication from official channels. Ultimately, a technically sound and uneventful execution would validate Cardano's governance process, serving as a concrete development catalyst.

bitcoinistHace 2 días 08:02

Cardano Van Rossem Upgrade Moves Closer To Mainnet As Governance Phase Advances

bitcoinistHace 2 días 08:02

BitTorrent Launches BTTInferGrid: The Decentralized Infrastructure Layer for Scalable AI Inference

BitTorrent has launched BTTInferGrid, a decentralized GPU computing network designed to meet the surging demand for AI inference workloads. The platform aggregates global idle GPU resources into an open-access, verifiable, and pay-as-you-go infrastructure, aiming to solve the cost, scalability, and supply bottlenecks of traditional centralized cloud providers. BTTInferGrid addresses a key market shift, as industry forecasts indicate over 70% of future AI compute will be for inference—a continuous operational cost. It tackles centralization issues like inflexible resource allocation during volatile demand, prohibitive GPU pricing, and the underutilization of fragmented global compute capacity. The platform establishes a direct corridor between AI developers and idle hardware. On the supply side, it allows providers to monetize underutilized GPUs through tokenized incentives. On the demand side, it offers developers cost-efficient, on-demand inference with on-chain verification. Key differentiators include permissionless access for providers, verifiable service quality through blockchain validation, and a sustainable, demand-driven economic model. Built on BitTorrent's proven DePIN expertise from the BitTorrent File System (BTFS), BTTInferGrid follows a phased roadmap. It begins with network bootstrapping in 2026, focusing on scaling GPU nodes, and aims to evolve into a foundational Web3 AI infrastructure layer by 2028, supporting diverse model architectures and decentralized fine-tuning.

TheNewsCryptoHace 2 días 07:33

BitTorrent Launches BTTInferGrid: The Decentralized Infrastructure Layer for Scalable AI Inference

TheNewsCryptoHace 2 días 07:33

Football Draw Harvests Whales: Extreme Profit-Loss Divergence on Polymarket's World Cup

A bettor known as "fishalive" made a stunning profit of nearly $9 million on the Polymarket prediction platform by correctly wagering against favorites during the 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage. The account, registered just before the tournament, risked roughly $400,000 on two contracts for a Spain vs. Cape Verde match: one that Spain would *not* win, and another on a Cape Verde +2.5 goal handicap. The resulting 0-0 draw triggered both payouts. This single event, with a total market volume of $64 million, highlighted extreme profit-and-loss divergence. Other traders, like "betoor619" and "leeeeroyjenkins," lost millions by betting heavily on favorites Spain and Belgium to win outright—contracts that become worthless in a draw. The article explains that while markets heavily favored strong teams, the "team to win" contracts are binary and do not account for the common outcome of a draw. This creates high-risk, low-reward scenarios for favorite backers, while asymmetric profits flow to those betting on underdogs or against outright wins. The transparency of Polymarket's on-chain ledger publicly documents these massive wins and losses, driving mainstream media coverage. As the tournament progresses, the author suggests traders may shift towards hedging strategies that account for draws. The piece also notes growing regulatory scrutiny in the US and Europe, questioning whether such large-scale, anonymous sports prediction markets should be regulated as gambling or financial derivatives.

Foresight NewsHace 2 días 06:02

Football Draw Harvests Whales: Extreme Profit-Loss Divergence on Polymarket's World Cup

Foresight NewsHace 2 días 06:02

David Schwartz Backs XRP Ledger 3.2.0 Upgrade With Major XRPL Hub Move

David Schwartz, co-creator of XRP Ledger and Ripple's CTO, has moved a major XRPL hub to version 3.2.0, a transition completed in under ten minutes. This upgrade follows the ledger's core software being renamed "xrpld" to distinguish it from Ripple. Key improvements include up to 40% better memory optimization and the fixCleanup3_2_0 amendment, enhancing security for features like vaults and decentralized exchanges. The update also introduces new tools for developers and invariant checks for ledger integrity. Concurrently, network governance updates include changes to the Unique Node List. The move underscores the commitment to maintaining the latest software across the XRPL ecosystem.

TheNewsCrypto06/17 13:45

David Schwartz Backs XRP Ledger 3.2.0 Upgrade With Major XRPL Hub Move

TheNewsCrypto06/17 13:45

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