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    Apply to EASY Residency Season 5: Build the Markets for Programmable Capital & Intelligence

    Main takeaways: * Build in Thailand with us. EASY Residency Season 5 is a 10-week acceleration program for early stage innovations: 5 weeks online, followed by a 5-week in-person residency in Thailand, culminating in a Demo Day with leading global investors. * Accommodation, meals, and workspace are fully covered. Founders will just be focused on building alongside an exceptional community. * Priority investment areas include programmable capital and onchain markets, stablecoin payment infra

    Main takeaways: * Build in Thailand with us. EASY Residency Season 5 is a 10-week acceleration program for early stage innovations: 5 weeks online, followed by a 5-week in-person residency in Thailand, culminating in a Demo Day with leading global investors. * Accommodation, meals, and workspace are fully covered. Founders will just be focused on building alongside an exceptional community. * Priority investment areas include programmable capital and onchain markets, stablecoin payment infra

    2026.8.149 min read
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      Apply to EASY Residency S4 — Build Inside Bhutan's New Sovereign Tech City

      Start 5 weeks from anywhere. Finish 5 weeks in Bhutan. One cohort unlike any before. Main takeaways: * Season 4 of EASY Residency is a 10-week founder program — 5 weeks online + 5 weeks in person — running the second half on the ground inside Bhutan, including Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), a newly chartered Special Administrative Region built for blockchain, AI, and frontier tech. * Accommodation, meals, and workspace in Bhutan are fully covered. Founders just bring the work. * Priority s

      Start 5 weeks from anywhere. Finish 5 weeks in Bhutan. One cohort unlike any before. Main takeaways: * Season 4 of EASY Residency is a 10-week founder program — 5 weeks online + 5 weeks in person — running the second half on the ground inside Bhutan, including Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), a newly chartered Special Administrative Region built for blockchain, AI, and frontier tech. * Accommodation, meals, and workspace in Bhutan are fully covered. Founders just bring the work. * Priority s

      2026.5.229 min read
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        Meet the EASY Residency Season 3 Cohort

        YZi Labs unveils the full lineup of founders and companies graduated from EASY Residency Season 3 — our flagship incubator supporting early-stage builders across blockchain, AI, and frontier tech — fresh off Demo Day at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. This cohort's center of gravity is the rebuilding of financial market structure on-chain, and the emergence of AI as a first-class actor inside it. The teams you'll meet below cluster around a few themes we've spent the s

        YZi Labs unveils the full lineup of founders and companies graduated from EASY Residency Season 3 — our flagship incubator supporting early-stage builders across blockchain, AI, and frontier tech — fresh off Demo Day at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. This cohort's center of gravity is the rebuilding of financial market structure on-chain, and the emergence of AI as a first-class actor inside it. The teams you'll meet below cluster around a few themes we've spent the s

        2026.5.148 min read
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          YZi Labs Doubles Down on Predict.fun with Susquehanna Crypto, Following EASY Residency Season 2

          Made Strategic Investment with leading global digital asset trading firm, backing Predict.fun as the world’s most capital-efficient, DeFi-enabled prediction market Key takeaways:  * YZi Labs announced a strategic follow-on investment in Predict.fun following EASY Residency Season 2, alongside Susquehanna Crypto, a leading global digital asset trading firm. * Predict.fun has seen explosive growth after graduating from EASY Residency, the incubator by YZi Labs, matching over 4 million orders a

          Made Strategic Investment with leading global digital asset trading firm, backing Predict.fun as the world’s most capital-efficient, DeFi-enabled prediction market Key takeaways:  * YZi Labs announced a strategic follow-on investment in Predict.fun following EASY Residency Season 2, alongside Susquehanna Crypto, a leading global digital asset trading firm. * Predict.fun has seen explosive growth after graduating from EASY Residency, the incubator by YZi Labs, matching over 4 million orders a

          2026.4.23 min read
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            YZi Labs Launches Atlas Scout Program, Arming College Students to Back Web3, AI & Biotech Startups

            Key Takeaways: * YZi Labs has launched the Atlas Scout Program, a $1 million student-managed venture initiative that empowers 5 to 10 top college students to act as investors, backing founders across Web3, AI, and biotech. * The Atlas Scouts are equipped with global travel budgets, incentive-aligned rewards, and direct access to YZi Labs’ ecosystem of 300+ portfolio projects. YZi Labs, a $10 billion global investment firm backing founders across Web3, AI, and biotech, today announced the lau

            Key Takeaways: * YZi Labs has launched the Atlas Scout Program, a $1 million student-managed venture initiative that empowers 5 to 10 top college students to act as investors, backing founders across Web3, AI, and biotech. * The Atlas Scouts are equipped with global travel budgets, incentive-aligned rewards, and direct access to YZi Labs’ ecosystem of 300+ portfolio projects. YZi Labs, a $10 billion global investment firm backing founders across Web3, AI, and biotech, today announced the lau

            2026.3.253 min read
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              YZi Labs Leads $52M Round in RoboForce to Build the Future of Physical AI Robo-Labor, Spotlighted by NVIDIA

              Key Takeaways:  * YZi Labs led a $52M round in RoboForce, a pioneer in the next generation of AI Robotics systems – underscoring the fund’s accelerating momentum within the robotics sector and Physical AI. * RoboForce is a full-stack Physical AI robotics company – deploying its TITAN platform for the most demanding industrial jobs (solar, data center, shipping, mining, manufacturing and more) with 11,000+ robot orders via LOI, deep NVIDIA collaboration, and a compounding AI data flywheel buil

              Key Takeaways:  * YZi Labs led a $52M round in RoboForce, a pioneer in the next generation of AI Robotics systems – underscoring the fund’s accelerating momentum within the robotics sector and Physical AI. * RoboForce is a full-stack Physical AI robotics company – deploying its TITAN platform for the most demanding industrial jobs (solar, data center, shipping, mining, manufacturing and more) with 11,000+ robot orders via LOI, deep NVIDIA collaboration, and a compounding AI data flywheel buil

              2026.3.166 min read
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                YZi Labs Uncovers Disturbing Filing Evidence Suggesting Undisclosed 10X Ownership in CEA Industries; Demands Immediate SEC Disclosures to Bring Potential Shadow “Group” into the Light

                Company Filings Reveal Massive, Undisclosed Warrant Exercises that Appears to Have Placed 10X’s Total Ownership of the Company Above the 5% SEC Reporting Threshold by Late 2025 YZi Labs Highlights the Concerning Lack of Transparency and Disclosure from 10X Capital, Which Is Controlled by BNC Board Member Hans Thomas, Regarding its Ownership of the Company in Apparent Violation of SEC Requirements Unanimous Board Entrenchment Actions, Combined with Overlapping Insider Affiliations, Raise Questi

                Company Filings Reveal Massive, Undisclosed Warrant Exercises that Appears to Have Placed 10X’s Total Ownership of the Company Above the 5% SEC Reporting Threshold by Late 2025 YZi Labs Highlights the Concerning Lack of Transparency and Disclosure from 10X Capital, Which Is Controlled by BNC Board Member Hans Thomas, Regarding its Ownership of the Company in Apparent Violation of SEC Requirements Unanimous Board Entrenchment Actions, Combined with Overlapping Insider Affiliations, Raise Questi

                2026.2.287 min read
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                  YZi Labs Calls on 10X Capital and Director Hans Thomas to Immediately Disclose Their Beneficial Ownership of CEA Industries

                  Believes 10X Capital and Hans Thomas Have Breached Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Exchange Act, Respectively, by Failing to Disclose Their Beneficial Ownership of BNC ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, Feb. 18, 2026 – YZILabs Management Ltd. (“YZi Labs”) today announced that it has formally delivered a letter to 10X Capital Asset Management LLC, its affiliated entities, and certain related individuals (together, “10X Capital”) regarding its significant concerns that 10X Capital appears to have

                  Believes 10X Capital and Hans Thomas Have Breached Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Exchange Act, Respectively, by Failing to Disclose Their Beneficial Ownership of BNC ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, Feb. 18, 2026 – YZILabs Management Ltd. (“YZi Labs”) today announced that it has formally delivered a letter to 10X Capital Asset Management LLC, its affiliated entities, and certain related individuals (together, “10X Capital”) regarding its significant concerns that 10X Capital appears to have

                  2026.2.184 min read
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                    Eight Web3 Frontiers EASY Residency S3 is Hunting For

                    Interviews for EASY Residency S3 are officially in full swing. At YZi Labs, we build and invest at the intersection of Web3, AI, and Biotech. For this update, we are breaking down some specific Web3 opportunities that are top of mind for us right now. We have already spoken to incredible talent, but we are hungry for more. If you are building in these eight Web3 sectors, we want to hear from you. 1. Next-Gen Oracles  We are looking for the next generation of oracles capable of verifying comp

                    Interviews for EASY Residency S3 are officially in full swing. At YZi Labs, we build and invest at the intersection of Web3, AI, and Biotech. For this update, we are breaking down some specific Web3 opportunities that are top of mind for us right now. We have already spoken to incredible talent, but we are hungry for more. If you are building in these eight Web3 sectors, we want to hear from you. 1. Next-Gen Oracles  We are looking for the next generation of oracles capable of verifying comp

                    2026.2.123 min read
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                      YZi Labs Announces Strategic Investment in BitGo’s IPO as Digital Asset Custody Giant Debuts on NYSE

                      Key Takeaways: * YZi Labs announced a strategic investment in the IPO of BitGo as it debuts on the NYSE, backing the "inevitably vital" regulated infrastructure required to onboard the next trillion dollars of institutional capital. * BitGo is a U.S.-regulated, institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure platform — delivering qualified custody plus end-to-end services (staking + stablecoin issuance) at global scale ($82B assets on platform; 5,100+ institutions across 100 countries). YZi

                      Key Takeaways: * YZi Labs announced a strategic investment in the IPO of BitGo as it debuts on the NYSE, backing the "inevitably vital" regulated infrastructure required to onboard the next trillion dollars of institutional capital. * BitGo is a U.S.-regulated, institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure platform — delivering qualified custody plus end-to-end services (staking + stablecoin issuance) at global scale ($82B assets on platform; 5,100+ institutions across 100 countries). YZi

                      2026.1.263 min read
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                        YZi Labs’ EASY Residency Expands to a Year-Round Program, with Season 3 Demo Day at TOKEN2049 Dubai (April 2026)

                        Main takeaways: * EASY Residency has shifted to a year-round, rolling-entry model, so founders can apply and interview anytime. * The program establishes long-term hubs in New York and SF Bay Area, where YZi Labs investors are present year-round. * EASY Residency will host three global Demo Days in 2026 — April (at TOKEN2049 Dubai), August, and December — connecting founders with top global investors worldwide. * Builders can apply to EASY Residency through: wkf.ms/3IA5iBk GM all. 2026 is

                        Main takeaways: * EASY Residency has shifted to a year-round, rolling-entry model, so founders can apply and interview anytime. * The program establishes long-term hubs in New York and SF Bay Area, where YZi Labs investors are present year-round. * EASY Residency will host three global Demo Days in 2026 — April (at TOKEN2049 Dubai), August, and December — connecting founders with top global investors worldwide. * Builders can apply to EASY Residency through: wkf.ms/3IA5iBk GM all. 2026 is

                        2026.1.205 min read
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                          YZi Labs Invests in Genius to Build the Private, High-Velocity Terminal for the On-Chain Era

                          Key Takeaways:  * YZi Labs announced investment in Genius to accelerate the buildout of a private, high-velocity on-chain trading terminal. * The investment advanced YZi Labs’ thesis of backing infrastructure that delivers CEX-level speed, liquidity, and discretion while remaining fully user-owned. YZi Labs announced its investment in Genius, a professional trading terminal designed to be the definitive, private interface for on-chain execution. With CZ as an advisor, Genius embodies the cor

                          Key Takeaways:  * YZi Labs announced investment in Genius to accelerate the buildout of a private, high-velocity on-chain trading terminal. * The investment advanced YZi Labs’ thesis of backing infrastructure that delivers CEX-level speed, liquidity, and discretion while remaining fully user-owned. YZi Labs announced its investment in Genius, a professional trading terminal designed to be the definitive, private interface for on-chain execution. With CZ as an advisor, Genius embodies the cor

                          2026.1.193 min read