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Recent shipping, raises, partnerships, and milestones from across the network.
PL R&D publishes Programmable Economies & Governance field strategy
The blog post maps four opportunity spaces — sovereign DPI, computational governance, programmable capital allocation, and verifiable real-world infrastructure — and highlights near-term inflection points.
PL R&D publishes its operating model covering frontier opportunity spaces and inflection…
The public document at plrd.org outlines PL R&D's approach across computing breakthroughs, identifying bottlenecks and matched interventions for moving research to deployment.
Juan Benet Podcast releases episode with Foresight Institute's Allison Duettmann
The episode covers cryonics, mind emulation, whole-brain connectomics, and Foresight's "Existential Hope" framing for long-term futures.
Frontier Bio wins Phase 1 of NIH's $7M NeuroTraX-AI Challenge
Named among up to 20 winners in the Complement-ARIE NAMs competition, advancing its human-cell blood-brain-barrier platform through subsequent phases toward a commercial drug-testing product.
Superpower partners with Tiny Health to offer at-home vaginal microbiome testing
Members can now order a single at-home swab kit; results include a bacteria breakdown and personalized plan to restore microbial balance.
Science Corp names Nevada Sanchez as EVP of Engineering amid European PRIMA launch
Sanchez, who co-founded Butterfly Network and built its chip-based ultrasound platform, joins as Science begins commercial rollout of its PRIMA retinal BCI implant in Europe.
Science Corp's PRIMA retinal implant receives CE mark and launches commercially in Europe
PRIMA becomes the first commercially available treatment to restore functional central vision in geographic atrophy from dry AMD; first implants expected in Germany, potentially as soon as September 2026.
Privy powers Onafriq stablecoin treasury across 43 African markets
Africa's largest payments network selected Privy's programmable wallet infrastructure to streamline cross-border stablecoin settlement and treasury management, already in production.
Arcus uses Privy for 24/7 tokenized equities trading on Robinhood Chain
Built by the dYdX team, Arcus launches with 95+ tokenized equities and perpetuals; Privy supplies self-custodial wallets with TEE key management and low-latency signing for every trading account.
Ramp launches Stablecoin Accounts powered by Privy wallet infrastructure
Businesses can hold stablecoins, earn up to 3.25% rewards, and pay vendors 24/7; Privy provides enterprise custodial wallets with Solana support and Stripe stablecoin integration.
Optimism launches OP Enterprise for institutional OP Stack deployments
OP Enterprise provides customizable, managed chain infrastructure for organizations building on the OP Stack, backed by Optimism's technical expertise.
Optimism CBO met with 30+ Korean financial institutions during Seoul visit
Kyle Jenke confirmed MOUs with Dunamu (GIWA blockchain), Toss (won-backed stablecoin PoC), and DB Securities (RWA tokenisation), and announced plans to open a Korean branch and double local headcount.
Optimism expands South Korea push with KiiChain, DB Financial Investment, and Toss
At an Ethereum Korea luncheon in Seoul, Optimism's Korea lead confirmed active PoC collaborations: Dunamu's KiiChain, DB Financial Investment's Jeju-region tokenized-securities project, and Toss's won-backed stablecoin proof-of-concept.
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Focus Areas
Protocol Labs’ vision for the future is built on four core focus areas that aim to harness humanity’s potential for good, navigate potential pitfalls, and ensure a future where technology empowers humanity.
Digital Human Rights
Economies & Governance
AI & Robotics
Neurotech
Build Innovation Network