Spice Solutions

Optimum is the world's first omnichain Network Coding Layer. We make every L1/L2 10x faster, higher-throughput, and more decentralized through network coding. Our Vision: TCP/IP for Web3. Crypto-native communication layer: Reimagine blockchain data transmission with coded network. Our Team - Prof Muriel Medard (NEC Chair of Engineering School at MIT; US National Academy of Engineering) on leave from MIT to build Optimum full time; - Dr. Kishori Konwar, a Meta Senior Engineer & Scientist and a MIT PostDoc, former Goldman Sachs Quant - Kent Lin, former Partner at GSR Ventures, Harvard MBA & President @Harvard Blockchain Funding: Funding: We've raised 10+m Seed led by 1kx, participated by Spartan, CMT Digital, Robot Ventures, Finality Capital Partners, Kraken Ventures, GSR, Big Brain, CMS Holdings, Longhash, NGC Ventures, with strategic Node Operators such as Blockdaemon, Alchemy, Chorus One, etc. We also have strong angels such as Jump Crypto’s GP, Polychain’s CTO & founders from Sommelier, Polygon, Wormhole, Pyth, Zama, Taiko, AltLayer, Axiom, Lagrange etc.