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Illia Polosukhin On Raising $550 Million To Create A Highly Scalable Blockchain Network That Powers The Open Web

February 21, 2023

Illia Polosukhin has already raised over half a billion dollars for his startup that pivoted from AI to blockchain technology. His venture, NEAR Protocol, attracted funding from top-tier investors like Blockchange Ventures, ParaFi Capital, MetaWeb Ventures, and Republic Capital Group.