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Ethlas
Ethlas is a venture studio and long-term capital platform that builds and backs companies at the intersection of AI and cryptographic systems. It focuses on agentic AI, on-chain infrastructure, adversarial security, and long-horizon protocol design, working with technically driven founders building foundational technology.
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Ethlas is a venture studio and capital provider operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cryptographic systems. The firm ideates, builds, and spins out companies, and also backs early-stage founders with aligned capital, technical depth, and operational support including infrastructure access, security review, and distribution. Its high-conviction focus areas include agentic and autonomous AI systems, cryptographic and on-chain infrastructure, adversarial security and trust primitives, applied systems research, and long-horizon protocol design. Ethlas maintains a portfolio of companies it has built or backed, including FailSafe (a defense layer for stablecoins and DeFi), Gambit Finance (prediction infrastructure for competitive gaming), PokPok, security.xyz, Catalyx, Pucca, Komo Valley, My Pizza Story, and Battle Showdown, spanning security, gaming, liquidity infrastructure, and AI-driven markets. The organization primarily serves technically driven founders building foundational, security-critical systems designed for long time horizons rather than short-term market cycles.Grant Funding
VC Funding
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2022
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$2.7M