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It's no secret that NVIDIA is the Centre Midfielder of the Web. Through it's GPUs and computing infrastructure, NVIDIA is leading the stage when it comes to AI Computing.

In the latest episode of our Metaverse Podcast, Richard Kerris from NVIDIA talks to our CEO Jamie Burke about AI's role in the Metaverse and digital twin technology.

The conversation emphasizes the importance of accurate digital twins for decision-making and how AI streamlines workflows across industries. They also touch on technology democratization for simplified creative processes.

Here's an episode you absolutely can't miss.

What's in store for today's Web3 journey:

🎧 Metaverse Podcast: Learn about Digital Twins with Richard Kerris of NVIDIA

🇫🇷 Outlier Take ETH CC by Storm: A comprehensive list of talks and events by us for you

⛺ Base Camp Applications Close Soon: Statistics from last ZK Accelerator

📈📉 Still Quiet on the Blockchain Front: Weekly Market Report with Miki Mak

🚠 Missed Elevate? Read our Recap by Martin Saps

🌐👨🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼 Community News: Learn More About our Portfolio's Massive Strides

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🎧 Revolutionizing Industries with AI and Digital Twins, with Richard Kerris of NVIDIA

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we host Richard Kerris of NVIDIA, delivering AI breakthroughs in a variety of applications to the world’s largest enterprises.

Richard joins our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, to discuss the intersections of AI, the Metaverse, and digital twin technology. If you're an building towards an Open Metaverse, or passionate about leveraging AI technology, be sure to tune in to:

• Explore Omniverse, NVIDIA's innovative platform that serves as an operating system for the Metaverse.
• Learn how Omniverse is revolutionizing the automotive industry by enabling crucial decisions to be made in a true-to-reality digital twin environment prior to implementing physical changes.
• Understand the expanding role of digital twins, from their influence in the automotive industry to their potential in climate change modeling.
• Find out why it's crucial to have authentic digital twins that utilize precise data from the engineering side for efficient and accurate decision-making.
• Understand how AI is streamlining workflows, simplifying complex tasks, and offering customized, on-demand solutions across various industries.
• Gain insight into how technology democratization is simplifying complex creative processes for creators globally.

🔢 Zero Knowledge: From Web3 Niche to Mainstream Solution

As part of our effort to accelerate the best teams building Zero Knowledge applications, we wanted to share some statistics from our Q1 Zero Knowledge base camp.

• 25+workshops delivered by our Subject Matter Experts & Ecosystem Partners
• 250+strategic 1-2-1 calls between the cohort companies and the OV team
• 🤝 55+ mentor matches made through the program
• $21M USD: Average valuation of the teams with an open round at the end of the program
• $7.5M USD: commitments across the teams with open rounds at the end of the program
• 2 teams with an oversubscribed round at the end of the program

Let's turn your ZK concept into a mainstream Web3 solution 👇

📄 Don't miss your chance to apply

•  Zero Knowledge Base Camp - Accelerating the best teams building blockchain infrastructure, privacy, and scalability through Zero Knowledge proofs.
  • Closing Monday 17th July
• Walmart Store No. 8 Accelerator - Accelerating the best teams driving innovations in commerce.
  
  • Applications close 7th August
• Polygon Base Camp - Backing the best teams leveraging Polygon to build the most scalable blockchain applications ever.
  • Closing Friday 21st July
• NEAR Base Camp Accelerator - Leveraging NEAR Discovery to redefine the Web3 user experience.

Heading to ETH CC?

Don't miss an opportunity to meet our Outliers

Outlier are taking ETH CC by storm, with an exciting series of talks and events by our staff

Have a look to see what you'll find 👇

• 🍸Don't miss an extraordinary evening on a Parisian rooftop at sunset, exclusively curated for visionary founders and investors.
  
  

• Hobbes, Locke & Montesquieu were right about crypto with Program Manager Hanan Nor

  • July 18th, 10:20 AM, Saint Victor
    
    
• Data-Driven Token Design and Optimization with Token Engineer Achim Struve
  • July 19th, 2:00 PM, Bastille Room
    
    
• Top 10 Challenges for a Token Launch, featuring Head of Token Dimitrios Chatzianagnostou
  • July 19th, 11:15 AM, Bastille Room
    
    
• Meet the VC Breakfast - Sign up to come meet the Outliers at this great event deepening the relationship between founders and investors  
  • Thursday 20th of July, 9:00 AM
• How to DAO with DAO Strategist Evan Brown
  •  July 18th, 1:00 PM, Le Duplex, 2 bis Av. Foch, 75116
    
    

• Startup Day Eth Paris: Supermoon & Sparx Labs, judged by Evan Brown

  • July 17th; 11:30 AM - 4 PM

• This week the market is generally quiet due to the public holiday. Positive labour data shows private sector jobs increased by 497k in June, a biggest monthly gain since July 2022, so this raise fears that Fed may resume interest rate hike.
• BTC hits 13-month high to $31.5k as the market continue to be optimistic on the BTC spot ETF application

• Total TVL slightly decreased to below $44bn
• Top 10 blockchains are generally stable over the past week. Less than 5% movement.
• Acala  (36%+, $24m TVL) and Stacks (22%+, $30m TVL) are the top performers

• Notable listing include: MAV ($800m FDV) listed on Binance, PENDLE (~$230m FDV) listed on Binance

• CryptoQuant (on-chain data analysitics): $6.5m series A back by Atinum Investment
• Web3Go (Data intelligence network): $4m seed back by Binance, Shima, NGC, HashKey

• BTC spot ETF applications continued. Nasdaq refiles for Blackrock spot BTC ETF and files for Valkyrie bitcoin ETF that lists Coinbase as surveillance sharing partner
• IDEX joins forces with Polygon to create XCHAIN, a zkEVM Layer 2 dedicated to serving the IDEX ecosystem
• dYdX Launches Public Testnet on Cosmos
• Credit Suisse is launching Ethereum NFTs with the Swiss Football Association

🚡 Missed Elevate on Thursday? Don't worry, we've got you covered

Be sure to check out the best Web3 insights and must-watch trailers in Martin Francisco Saps' recap here

And if you liked our teams or want to get to know them better, we'll be hosting a private Demo Day next week on the 11th and 12 of July.

To apply to join, you'll have to fill out this form here

• Boson Protocol introduces new Seller Hub, where users can can sell physical products as NFTs, everywhere through Boson Protocol.
• REBL (formerly Yuser) is launching their Ethereum collection soon. Check out the details here
• The announcement you've been waiting for! The new roadmap for the Cudos blockchain has dropped!
• Don't miss this talk on Spatial Computing by Nils Pihl of Aukilabs
• Mawari making strides! They've just announced a $6.5 million raise for dual compute network
• Congrats to STFIL on topping DeFi llama with over 700,000 FIL Tokens staked
• Open Meta announces their first round of bounties
• Congrats to altr for their feature in Jing Daily on Asian digital designers in Web3
• Futureverse's Root Network is now LIVE. More than just a blockchain, The Root Network enables seamless user experience and asset interoperability across The Open Metaverse

Edited by:

Martin F. Saps

Outlier Editorial Team