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YZi Labs officially posted on social media to announce the second season of the EASY Residency incubation project.YZi Labs said that the second quarter brings together start-up projects developing in the fields of Web3, artificial intelligence and biotechnology, reflecting YZi Labs’ belief that the next decade will be shaped by the convergence of three major forces:
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Blockchain will unlock ownership, scalability, and global liquidity.
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Artificial intelligence will accelerate the development of creativity, workforce and intelligence.
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Biotechnology helps extend healthy lifespan
YZi Labs and EASY Residency support projects that create breakthrough technologies and unlock global distribution at scale—from AI-driven drug discovery and robotic automation to the finance and infrastructure that power a tokenized future.
The following is the specific list of incubation projects in the second season:
42.space: Trade real-world events like Meme coins.
project team:
Leo Zhang (Founder): Former head of research at New York cryptocurrency fund; worked at KKR and Morgan Stanley’s equity derivatives division; BA in mathematics from Stanford University
Steve Kim (CTO): Founding engineer of several startups (had been involved in companies such as Walmart/Discord); Bachelor of Computer Science from Stanford University
Aleksi Ollikainen-Read (Strategy/Operations/Legal): Former Head of Strategy and Operations at Consensys SMG; taught law at Oxford University; Fellow at Harvard University/Max Planck Institute; Fellow of the Law Society of England and Wales (2018).
Reasons for investment:
42.space is an asset issuance protocol that significantly broadens the scope of prediction markets.By combining curves to build the results into a token issuance platform, 42.space allows users to create and trade assets tied to real-world events.Trade like a liquid token; settle like a prediction market.This innovative mechanism is built by a strong team composed of Stanford and Harvard alumni and Wall Street veterans, integrating cutting-edge engineering technology and high-level financial strategies.Partnering with BNB Chain, 42.space expands the horizons of DeFi by introducing novel, event-based assets to a large user base.
4D Labs: Data collection, model development and application of large spatial intelligence models
project team:
Bruce Bai (CEO): PhD from Zhejiang University; serial entrepreneur who has founded two computer vision startups.
Ian Y. Xu (co-founder): Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan; PhD at the Chinese University of Hong Kong; former employee of Meta Reality Labs and SenseTime.
Xin Zhou (co-founder): Chief Artificial Intelligence Architect of Baidu US; Ph.D. from University of Michigan; has more than 10 years of experience in leading artificial intelligence/genetic artificial intelligence systems.
Haoming (co-founder): Postdoctoral fellow at Peking University; PhD at Zhejiang University; former Baidu employee; has published more than 10 top artificial intelligence papers; has started many businesses (Deep Pink Elephant, xPerception, the latter has been acquired by Baidu).
Reasons for investment:
4D Labs integrates artificial intelligence, 3D and Web3 technologies and is committed to solving the basic bottleneck in the spatial computing era: scalable, verifiable high-quality 3D data.Its spatial large-scale model and 3D data generation/acquisition process, combined with a tokenized data copyright framework, make it a pioneer in the field of 3D data infrastructure.As digital twins and embodied AI accelerate, ownership-backed 3D data networks will become critical – so the investment in 4D Labs is a timely and strategic move towards the foundational layer of the next generation computing paradigm.
AllScale：Lightweight self-custody new bank for cross-border business
project team:
Shawn Pang (CEO): Former head of payment department of TikTok and Capital One; serial entrepreneur; former head of KuCoin listing.
Leo Wang (COO): Former Amazon, IBM, Scotiabank executive; financial technology and infrastructure builder.
Alisha Li (CMO): Former partner of Fenghou Capital, former sales director of HP/Dell/Sun.
Khalil Lin (Compliance): holds a New York State bar license; former member of Kraken and The Block.
Reasons for investment:
AllScale is building a self-hosted stablecoin neobank to streamline payments, payroll and invoicing for businesses in a compliant and intuitive way.The investment in AllScale was based on early signs of strong product-market fit, as well as organic growth and solid user retention.AllScale is well-positioned to capture market share by combining the speed and transparency of stablecoins with a user experience that meets the operational and compliance needs of modern enterprises.
Advent: AI-driven precision gene therapy platform
project team:
Bonnie Zhu: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., Stanford University.
Kai Liu: Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a leader in neuroscience.
Yuan Yao: PhD in bioengineering from Stanford University, currently the sales and marketing director of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis at Becton Dickinson Company.
Reasons for investment:
Advent is a leader in cell and gene therapy delivery, using its proprietary viral protein datasets and purpose-built AI-driven platform to shorten the discovery cycle of adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids from months to weeks.Its in-house high-throughput data, scalable pipeline of differentiated capsid IP, and synthetic capsids that outperform natural serotypes create a solid technology moat in a rapidly growing market.With a strong team and clear technology differentiation, Advent represents a well-timed entry in line with key precedents in the cell and gene therapy (CGT) market.
AgriDynamics: Fruit-picking robots to solve farm labor crisis
project team:
Dr. Zhaojian Li (CTO): Sequoia Distinguished Associate Professor at Michigan State University, leading the commercialization of a patented modular apple-picking robot developed through funding from the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture.
Kyle Lammers (CEO): Committed to the research and development of apple picking robots; he has won the Michigan Agricultural Biological Innovation Award, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Best Student Speech Award and the Information Technology Service Community Best Paper Award.
Reasons for investment:
AgriDynamics solves the toughest cost and labor challenge in U.S. specialty agriculture—apple picking—with a patented, field-proven robotic platform.In apple picking, labor costs account for about 70% of production costs.The platform has been endorsed by major growers associations.Its modular, commercial and defensible intellectual property gives it a clear first-mover advantage in a multi-billion dollar market.With a scalable roadmap, the company is expected to expand into other high-value crops and achieve continued service/software revenue, becoming the core automation infrastructure for specialty agriculture.
Bento.fun: The social layer of prediction markets
project team:
Abhitej Singh (CEO): Former head of growth at Persistence/pSTAKE; co-founded Cosmos India; founded Filament ($100 million deal, $1.15 million in funding)
Pratyaksh Inani (CPO): Engaged in quantitative trading at the age of 13; used to be the financial/product manager of Persistence; co-founder of Filament.
Rajeeb Kumar (Engineer) – Former Nethermind employee, graduate of Indian Institute of Technology, 6 years of DeFi/contract engineering experience, 10-time hackathon champion.
Reasons for investment:
Bento transforms daily fan discussions on Telegram, Twitter and WhatsApp into micro-matches for $1-$10, using a simple and quick format, opening up a casual fan base with huge transaction volume potential.The founders have deep industry experience and target customers are high-traffic global fan groups such as cricket and F1.As BNB Chain’s native prediction market, Bento is highly aligned with our ecosystem strategy and drives broader on-chain participation through a low-friction social betting approach.
FingerDance: AI infrastructure that provides sign language translation for the deaf
project team:
Kevin Gong (co-founder): Master of Business Analytics, National University of Singapore; Researcher at Miracle Plus.
Alex Xu (co-founder): PhD in computer science from Peking University;
Enzo Xu (co-founder): Master of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania.
Reasons for investment:
Sign language is the first language of the deaf community around the world, but access to information remains limited due to a severe shortage of sign language interpreters.FingerDance addresses this underserved market head on.By deploying a state-of-the-art Sign Language Large Language Model (SL-LLM), FingerDance leverages artificial intelligence to provide real-time, scalable translation services that are unmatched by human translation infrastructure.With five years of close work with the deaf community, the team is uniquely positioned to revolutionize communication accessibility.
Frontrun: A professional trader wallet built for fast discovery, due diligence and execution.
project team:
Chris (Founder/CEO): Former Robinhood Crypto (built the deposit/withdrawal function), Sui founding engineer (led a team of 8 people to build the browser, SDK, RPC and wallet with more than 1 million users).
Reasons for investment:
Frontrun is a trader-centric wallet designed to enable rapid discovery, due diligence and seamless execution, directly addressing clear pain points faced by high-frequency traders.Early organic growth and high retention rates validate the product’s fit with the attractive initial target group of high-value traders in a multi-billion dollar market (Solana’s annual fees alone exceed $1 billion).Its multi-chain roadmap and fit with the BNB Chain DeFi ecosystem make Frontrun a strategic addition to the broader trading infrastructure.
Help.fun: Cryptocurrency launch platform for non-profit tokens
project team:
Helena Everley (co-founder): Undergraduate student at Stanford University.
Arash Attar (co-founder and CTO): Developed one of the fastest Meme currency mobile trading applications and developed a high-performance sneaker robot.
Reasons for investment:
Help.fun is building a crypto-native fundraising platform that enables nonprofits and startups to issue charity tokens in a fair, bot-proof way, solving the long-standing integrity issues of on-chain fundraising.Its anti-sniping mechanisms (baits, puzzles, gas traps) ensure fair participation and provide a reliable alternative to predatory meme token issuance.Early execution is strong and highly consistent with BNB Chain’s culture and liquidity profile.Help.fun serves as a scalable on-chain fundraising tool for mission-driven organizations.
Hertzflow: A permissionless leveraged trading market for any asset
project team:
Vincent Shang (co-founder): With more than 10 years of experience in the cryptocurrency industry, one of the most influential CT KOLs.
Hero (co-founder and product leader): Previously participated in the development of CDP and Prime MPC wallet at Coinbase.
Soren (Technical Lead): Mantle core developer (early engineering team, built from scratch).
Reasons for investment:
Hertzflow is committed to bridging the gap between the traditional retail derivatives market, which has a daily trading volume of $4.5 trillion, and the on-chain economy.The protocol is led by a team with deep expertise in traditional derivatives and aims to attract a large user base of non-crypto native traders.Hertzflow is a technologically mature product running in the BNB Chain ecosystem, which perfectly combines the efficiency of permissionless on-chain settlement with a user experience tailored for the massive global trading market.
Manifolds: 3D space controllable video generation platform based on artificial intelligence
project team:
Qingyuan Shan (CEO): Former senior vice president of Heywhale; former director of corporate strategy of Taiyang Chuanhe; Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University at Buffalo and master’s degree in applied analysis from Columbia University.
Yudong Tao (CTO): Former research data scientist at Meta; Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Fudan University and PhD in computer engineering from the University of Miami.
Naiyuan Huang (COO): Former sales and marketing director of Heywhale; alumnus of China Europe International Business School; has successfully expanded China’s second largest artificial intelligence talent community.
Reasons for investment:
Manifolds focuses on controllable 3D-aware AI video as an enabling layer for next-generation content creation and embodied AI applications.Its technological differentiation—including 3D space generation, physically aware simulations, hybrid rendering, and granular object/camera control—gives it an advantage in high-growth verticals such as e-commerce visualization and real-world integrated AI systems.Strong early growth momentum ($150,000 in annual recurring revenue, 60 paying enterprise customers without paid marketing) indicates that the product has mature development capabilities, scalability potential, and strong founder-market fit.
MeleeMon: Competitive mobile game using stablecoins for betting
project team:
Alex (CEO): Ranked among the top 500 competitive Pokémon players for four consecutive years; the founder is highly aligned with the market.
Jasper (CTO): More than 6 years of experience in Unity and React development.
Reasons for investment:
MeleeMon is a mobile skill-based monster battle game, and its team has strong founder-market fit – they have received YC investment, have extensive game development experience (their previous company Gamebytes has more than 5 million users), have deep credibility in the Pokémon competitive field, and have a clear understanding of blockchain-enhanced game economics.The project targets the large-scale and mature Web2 gambling game market, while introducing a new competitive gaming cycle on the chain.YZi Labs is committed to creating a high-quality, fun gaming experience on BNB Chain, and MeleeMon, with its reliable execution capabilities, is highly consistent with YZi Labs’ strategy.
Neomera BioLab: A drug discovery platform that delivers better non-opioid treatments for chronic pain and major chronic diseases.
project team:
Rebecca Miao (CEO): More than 15 years of experience in drug development; served as chief scientific officer of AKSO Bio; led multiple FDA-approved INDs; facilitated a pharmaceutical collaboration worth $75 million; holds more than 200 patents; postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.
Jimmy Xu (CTO): Bachelor of Science from Johns Hopkins University; PhD/postdoctoral fellow in bioengineering from Stanford University; expert in drug screening optimization and biomedical artificial intelligence.
Yi Lu (CFO): Transformed from an investor to a serial entrepreneur, creating new pain therapies from concept to trial, winning top international publications and awards; holds an MBA from Stanford University; has worked as a partner at Bain Capital and Madron Capital.
Reasons for investment:
Neomera is committed to solving the urgent need for non-addictive pain relief therapies for the more than 1 billion chronic pain patients worldwide.Its biology-led, AI-accelerated discovery platform has significant advantages: the ability to generate proprietary, highly relevant in-house data and successfully target indications that traditional approaches cannot address.This tightly integrated wet lab + machine learning cycle radically shortens the experimental cycle by up to 80%, thereby building a scalable and differentiated engine for rapid drug development for refractory chronic diseases.
Sats Terminal: Bitcoin’s native liquidity protocol
project team:
Stan Havryliuk (CEO): Has held senior leadership positions at Bitcoin.com, ZondaCrypto and Ambisafe; has expanded multiple team sizes from 5 to 50 people.
Rishabh Java (CTO): Founder of a serial entrepreneurial financial technology company, creating multiple Bitcoin products; former chief technology officer of Ordinals Council, ToshiPad and Crackedevs.
Reasons for investment:
Sats Terminal is based on Bitcoin and EVM chains (primarily BNB and Base) and operates in a large and ever-expanding market driven by the growing demand for Bitcoin collateral, yields and transactions.They initially entered the market with an aggregated swap model and quickly accumulated a sizable B2B user base (accounting for 75% of all Runes transactions; integrated with more than 30 platforms), and are now expanding the Bitcoin credit and income market with strong initial momentum.Early institutional investment includes a $1.7 million pre-seed round led by Coinbase Ventures and Draper Associates.
Saturn Labs: 10%+ yield, backed by Bitcoin Credit
project team:
Kevin Li (co-founder and CEO): Co-founder of ParaFi; former head of Artemis DAT
Sebastian Melendez (co-founder and CTO): Co-founder, former head of Artemis stablecoin
Ellis Osborn (co-founder and COO): Head of Blockchain at the University of Pennsylvania; former M31 Capital investor.
Reasons for investment:
Saturn Labs is building a stablecoin with a yield of over 10%, and its core technology is MicroStrategy’s STRC, a transparent and institutionally credible Bitcoin credit instrument.Saturn integrates the three major areas of stablecoins, DAT and RWA, and these three areas are the fastest growing in the cryptocurrency field.The market demand for transparent, scalable reserves with real returns is accelerating, and Saturn’s founding team has extensive experience in DAT, DeFi and stablecoin architecture, which makes Saturn poised to become the core layer of the on-chain economy.
Predict.fun: A prediction market that leverages DeFi-enhanced liquidity to address capital inefficiency
project team:
Ding: Worked in consulting/investment banking; joined Binance in 2017 and established the research and listing team; led Binance Launchpad (2019); founded PancakeSwap (2020); co-founded Predict.fun (2024).
Reasons for investment:
By transforming event trading into a financial foundation that generates returns, supports leverage, and is self-custodial, Predict.fun has spawned a new class of mainstream prediction markets, allowing users to fully experience decentralized finance (DeFi) while participating.By integrating DeFi-native revenue, a seamless on-chain user experience (AA, gas-free transactions), and composability, the protocol lowers the barrier to user adoption and positions prediction markets as an easy-to-use and practical product for a broader group of non-crypto-native users.
Trellis Robotics: A soft robotics platform with artificial intelligence that unlocks hard-to-reach industrial assets
project team:
Yimeng Qin (CEO): PhD candidate in mechanical engineering at Stanford University; lead developer of core vine robotics technology (will complete studies in March 2026).
Elvy Yao (COO): MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University (graduated in December 2025); major contributor to the sensor housing, steering and mechatronics of the Trellis platform.
William Heap (Technical Leader): PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University (full-time after 2028); has been engaged in research on vine robotic systems at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Stanford University since 2019.
Reasons for investment:
Trellis Robotics is dedicated to solving one of the most costly and dangerous challenges in industrial operations: the inspection of confined space infrastructure.Its unique vine robotic platform delivers accuracy, coverage and safety unmatched by human inspectors and existing tools, establishing a clear competitive advantage in a large and underserved market.Early validation—including pilot projects with Dow Chemical and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as well as strong interest from companies including BASF, Bayer, and Chevron—suggests strong market demand and a proven path to enterprise-scale applications.
