Aspecta, a Palo Alto-based, AI-powered digital identity ecosystem, has announced the completion of a $3.5 million seed round of fundraising, driven by the long-term aim of changing data potentials and empowering innovators.
Aspecta Receives $3.5 Million Seed Round Funding
The seed round was announced in a tweet from the ecosystem’s Twitter account.
The seed round funding for the ecosystem is divided into two stages: stage A, back in April 2022 by ZhenFund, MiraclePlus, UpHonest Capital, TSVC, Taihill Venture, and the Y Startup Index, and stage B, back in November 2022 by a number of significant investors including HashKey Capital, Foresight Ventures, SNZ Holding, and Infinity Ventures Crypto. The ecosystem also got grants and investments from reputable business partners, such as Galxe, Mask Network, CyberConnect, Project Twelve, etc.
About the Team
The ecosystem was incubated at the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) in 2022. The founding team comes from Yale University, Tsinghua University, UC Berkeley, McGill University, and other top research institutions and companies.
The groundbreaking AI team at the ecosystem is delighted to be the author of articles and patents in the field of artificial intelligence, including big language models and graph learning algorithms. Stephen Liu, a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and a former Chief Scientist of Tinder, was a founding member and is presently the Chief Scientist.
About Aspecta ID
It is an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated identity for developers and beyond to show, record, and explore. The user-centric Aspecta ID product powers the Aspecta digital identity ecosystem, enabling identity holders to showcase their technical proficiency, document their accomplishments, and investigate opportunities based on insights from their web and on-chain data as well as their digital footprints across third-party applications. The ecosystem envisions an interactive identity ecosystem with Aspecta ID that will allow people and third parties to store, transmit, and use data across web2 and web3.
The Aspecta ID pack provides an AI-generated homepage, soulbound token, and metaverse twins by connecting accounts across web2 and web3 areas, such as GitHub, Twitter, and wallet addresses. Holders of an Aspecta ID can use the ecosystem login to exhibit their knowledge of more than 8000 skill aspects and hundreds of experience spotlights, as well as to record their accomplishments in applications from other developers. Aspecta ID holders might explore interesting prospects, ecosystems, and applications while connecting with like-minded peers around the world.
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