Aspecta.ai
AI-powered asset network for builders and projects.
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Aspecta is a blockchain infrastructure company that uses artificial intelligence to facilitate price discovery and intelligent attestation for illiquid assets. The company was founded in 2020 by Zongjian (Jack) He and was incubated at the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale University (Tsai CITY). The founding team includes individuals from Yale, Tsinghua University, UC Berkeley, and McGill University, with Dr. Steve Liu, former Chief Scientist at Tinder and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, serving as the Chief Scientist.
Aspecta's core product, Aspecta ID, is an AI-powered digital identity solution for developers and innovators. It integrates data from various Web2 and Web3 sources like GitHub, Twitter, and crypto wallets to create comprehensive profiles that showcase technical skills and achievements across more than 8,000 aspects. This system aims to provide a more accurate representation of talent than traditional resumes, catering to self-taught individuals and those in the open-source community. Another key product is BuildKey, a framework that standardizes illiquid assets—such as pre-TGE shares, locked tokens, and private equity—into tradable ERC-20 credentials, unlocking their lifecycle liquidity.
The company's business model targets organizations like hackathons, hiring app developers, and HR tech companies that can utilize the detailed developer data and identity-as-a-service features. Revenue is expected to be generated from the talent insights created by the platform's AI, with plans for a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to manage community rules regarding data usage. In June 2024, Aspecta, in collaboration with BNB Chain, launched the Builder Economy Network (BEN) testnet to incentivize builder productivity through a tokenized system. The company has secured a total of $5.5 million in funding over three rounds from investors including ZhenFund, HashKey Capital, Foresight Ventures, and Spartan Group.
Keywords: digital identity, blockchain infrastructure, illiquid assets, price discovery, AI-powered platform, developer reputation, Web3, talent acquisition, asset tokenization, decentralized autonomous organization, soulbound token, on-chain data, ERC-20, builder economy, productivity tokenization, talent engine, skills assessment, identity-as-a-service, hackathons, venture capital