Web3 Social Startup Towns nce $ 25.5M coj los ntawm Andreessen Horowitz

Web2 tau tsim nyob ib ncig ntawm lub tswv yim ntawm kev sib txuas cov neeg, thiab cov tuam txhab xws li Twitter thiab Facebook, tam sim no Meta, tsim lub ntiaj teb no empires nyob ib ncig ntawm lub tswv yim no. Tab sis kev sib txuas uas lawv tau muab los nrog tus nqi hnyav vim tias cov neeg siv khoom tau muag los muag tshaj tawm. Siv, ib qhov project tshiab los ntawm Here Not There Labs, aims to change that.

Qhov project yog nyob ib ncig ntawm lub tswv yim ntawm kev txav kev xa xov ntawm cov saw hlau, thiab hnub no nws cov neeg txhawb nqa tau tshaj tawm txog $ 25.5 lab peev coj los ntawm Andreessen Horowitz.

"Cov teeb meem hauv zej zog [lub ntsej muag] yog kev sib koom tes thiab koom tes thiab qhib lawv lub siab sib koom," Ben Rubin, tus tsim ntawm Here Not There Labs, hais rau Decrypt hauv kev xam phaj. "Cov cuab yeej peb siv yog, feem ntau, muaj los ntawm lwm lub koom haum, txawm tias nws yog Discord, WhatsApp, lossis Telegram."

"Lub zeem muag ntawm pab pawg tsim lub nroog digital square uas cov tswv cuab tuaj yeem txhais ciam teb, teeb tsa cov cai, thiab tsim lub ntiaj teb uas lawv xav tau yog lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb uas ua tiav tsis zoo los ntawm kev cog lus ntawm kev faib tawm thiab web3," Sriram Krishnan, tus neeg koom tes dav ntawm Andreessen Horowitz, ntxiv rau hauv nqe lus.

Lwm tus koom nrog Andreessen Horowitz hauv Series A nyiaj suav nrog Benchmark thiab Framework Ventures.

Ntawm no Tsis Muaj Labs tau koom nrog hauv 2020 los ntawm Rubin - tus qub CEO thiab co-founder ntawm Houseparty thiab Meerkat - thiab Brian Meek, yav dhau los CTO rau STRIVR Labs thiab yav dhau los tus thawj coj ntawm engineering ntawm Skype. Lawv piav txog Towns raws li pawg sib tham raws tu qauv thiab app tsim los rau cov zej zog hauv online los tsim kom zoo dua "hometowns" thiab sib txuas lus ywj pheej siv qhov kawg-rau-kawg encryption.

Zoo li a koom haum tshwj xeeb cov koomhaum los yog DAO, Rubin hais tias Towns app aims coj lub nroog square lub tswv yim thiab muab tso rau hauv Ethereum siv blockchain ntse ntawv cog lus, uas tseem yuav tso cai rau cov zej zog pauv NFTs thiab ua si ua si.

Rubin hais tias "Qhov teeb meem peb daws dhau qhov kawg-rau-kawg encryption yog kev txav mus los," Rubin hais. "Txhua yam yog qhov chaw qhib, thiab nyob rau lub sijhawm ntev, peb xav tias nws tseem ceeb heev," Nws hais ntxiv tias nws ntseeg tias kev sib txuas lus ntawm cov saw hlau yog cov kauj ruam tom ntej hauv qhov ua tau nrog blockchain thev naus laus zis.

Rubin tau hais tias "Nws yog qhov hloov pauv ntawm qhov koj tuaj yeem ua nrog cov tswv yim tom qab ib qho kev siv tshuab blockchain," Rubin hais. "Koj pib nrog khaws tus nqi, tom qab ntawd koj txav mus rau hauv kev suav, tam sim no nws nkag mus rau lub tswv yim no ntawm koj yuav ua li cas kom muaj kev sib koom tes thiab kev sib koom tes."

A DAO yog ib qho qauv kev lag luam uas tswj tau nthuav tawm ntau dua li hierarchical. DAOs siv cov ntawv cog lus ntse ntawm blockchain, nrog cov neeg koom nrog siv kev tswj hwm tokens los pov npav rau cov kev txiav txim siab. A DAO tuaj yeem ua haujlwm nyob rau txhua lub platform uas tso cai rau kev xa xov, tab sis feem ntau nyob ntawm Discord thiab raug rau Discord cov ntsiab lus ntawm kev pabcuam.

Cov nroog koom nrog cov npe loj hlob ntawm cov haujlwm tab tom nrhiav kom txav Web3 cov haujlwm kom deb ntawm lub platform xws li Discord, thiab Telegram, suav nrog Dragonchain's hnub, Matrix, Console, thiab Nansen Txuas, los ntawm analytics platform Nansen.

"Txhua pawg tuaj yeem siv Towns los sib sau ua ke thiab sib tham dawb hauv qhov chaw tsim los rau lawv cov kev xav tau - yam tsis tas yuav txhawj xeeb tias qee lub koom haum yuav hloov cov cai, tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawm lawv txoj haujlwm, lossis tshem tawm lawv txoj cai," raws li lub tuam txhab.

Tom Qab Lub Zos yuav yog Lub Nroog DAO yav tom ntej, uas yuav ua raws li kev tswj hwm qhov twg txhua DAO lossis lub nroog muaj tus sawv cev, Rubin piav qhia. Thaum Ntawm No Tsis Muaj Labs hloov pauv tswj mus rau DAO tom qab kev tswj hwm thawj zaug, DAO cov tswv cuab tuaj yeem pov npav rau daim ntawv qhia kev cai, kev hloov kho tshiab, thiab yuav ua li cas DAO lub txhab nyiaj yuav tswj hwm.

"Raws li tus tsim kev sib txuas lus, thiab ib tus neeg uas mob siab rau yuav ua li cas tib neeg tuaj ua ke hauv online - uas yog qhov kuv tau ua nyob rau hauv tag nrho kuv txoj hauj lwm - Kuv xav tias muaj ib yam dab tsi zoo nkauj thiab tej yam yees siv txog lub tswv yim ntawm tib neeg muaj thiab ua haujlwm zoo li ntawd. kev sib txuas thiab cov kev paub dhau los, "Rubin hais.