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ChainCatcher news, Alumni Ventures venture capitalist Bryan Liu has confirmed his attendance at the annual summit hosted by Silicon Valley 101 x RootData on October 5 (GMT-7). Alumni Ventures is a network-driven venture capital firm aimed at individual investors, with a large community network.It is reported that the summit will feature two major forums: "Valley 101 Alignment 2025 Tech Summit" and "DeInsight 2025". Blockchain media ChainCatcher, the proxy crypto browser Donut, and the Al+Web3 investment accelerator AI101Labs will jointly host the "DeInsight 2025" forum.This summit is dedicated to deeply exploring the integration and innovation of the two cutting-edge technologies, AI and Crypto, bringing together top professionals from the global crypto asset and artificial intelligence fields, providing participants with valuable opportunities to connect with international cutting-edge resources and integrate into the global innovation ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10 data, a company based in Delaware has applied for the DeepSeek trademark, named Delson Group Inc.Delson Group claims that it has been selling AI products under the DeepSeek brand since the beginning of 2020. Its CEO and founder is named Willie Lu. Willie Lu and DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng both graduated from Zhejiang University.

ChainCatcher news, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University alumni have jointly established the MIT x Harvard Blockchain Accelerator, focusing on supporting early Web3 founders associated with both schools.The MIT x Harvard Blockchain Accelerator is a non-dilutive program, meaning it does not take any equity from the accepted startups.The four core contributors of the accelerator are Lehman, Luke Xie, and Hannah Shen from MIT, and Liang Wu from Harvard University. One of the core contributors, Sam Lehman, stated, "The startups we accelerate do not give us any equity. We have no plans to invest or provide funding in the short term; we focus purely on mentorship."Additionally, the founding mentors of the accelerator include Tieshun Roquerre (also known as "Pacman"), founder of Blur and Blast, Keone Hon and Eunice Giarta, co-founders of Monad Labs, Kenny Li, co-founder of Manta, and Mirza Uddin, head of business development at Injective Labs. (The Block)

ChainCatcher news, Hurun released the 2023 Hurun Rich List, in which Wu Jihan ranked 9th among Peking University alumni with a wealth of 10 billion yuan, Li Lin ranked 3rd among Tongji University alumni and 22nd among Tsinghua University alumni (master's) with a wealth of 7 billion yuan, and Xu Mingxing ranked 16th among Renmin University alumni with a wealth of 5 billion yuan.

ChainCatcher message, a series of lectures on Web3 thought leadership, incubated by the Web3 startup incubator OnePiece Labs in collaboration with Harvard alumni entrepreneurs, will start on March 23, 2023, and continue until August.The series is hosted by partners KJ Jia and Murray Newlands, in collaboration with Yintai Investment LLC, with market collaboration from ChainTimes, and strategic cooperation with the investment institution MetaStone.Group. The courses will cover various directions and dimensions, including investment, public chains, Metaverse, DEFI, Layer2, decentralized identity authentication, exchanges, and more.The organizers, Harvard alumni entrepreneurs and OnePiece Labs, stated: "A forward-looking and leadership-oriented 'Web3 Revolution' lecture series over several months. This groundbreaking series offers the opportunity to learn from Harvard alumni and other world-class experts in Web3 technology, sharing their insights on its potential to fundamentally change social life."

ChainCatcher news, the privacy and scalability solution based on ZK Rollup, Aztec Network, announced the completion of a $100 million Series B funding round, led by a16z, with participation from A Capital, Variant, SV Angel, HashKey Capital, Fenbushi Capital, Alumni Ventures, and others.It is reported that this round of financing will be used to expand the engineering team globally. Over the past year, the Aztec team has grown from 7 to 40 people, and Aztec hopes to double this number in the short term. (source link)