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$10M for a blockbuster game like never before, thanks to web3 and AI

November 10, 2022
Delysium

Here's Delysium! They're an AI-powered AAA web3 game focused on Southeast Asia. Oh, and they've just raised a $10M round!

  • Over 5,000 gamers joined their pre-alpha test since May 2022.
  • "Triple-A" web3 games are the game equivalent of blockbuster movies. High-budget, high-profile games produced or distributed by huge, well-known publishers.

Investor check. Anthos Capital led the round. Immutable, GSR, Blockchain Coinvestors, Perion, Leonis Capital, Antalpha Ventures, and Formless Capital also joined in!

⏰ The origin story

Their parent company is rct AI. They offer AI solutions for the gaming industry. Plus, they've created intelligent NFTs and several boutique play-to-earn games!

  • They raised a Series A3 in 2021 and are backed by Y Combinator (YC W19), Makers Fund and Galaxy Interactive.
  • They have partnerships with 20+ gaming companies and have served over 200,000 users.

🫢 What's it about

Delysium is a web3 open-world massively multiplayer (MMO) game. But, they're massively different from your typical (non-web3) open-world MMO games.

🎮 Not just playing around

In a video game, you interact with computer-generated characters (apart from other players). But in Delysium, the computer-generated characters are called MetaBeings.

These MetaBeings are AI-powered and can earn in-game income and hold their own private assets. Oh, and they can learn and iterate from interactions with human players.

  • Basically, these MetaBeings will act similarly to human players — thanks to AI.
  • MetaBeings can play roles like your friend, companion and more in-game.

How? Through AI-to-earn (AI yield farming), conversational AI, battle AI and AI motion generation tech.

🔜 What's next

They'll be developing the game's content and building more unique AI-powered experiences. Plus, they'll also be building multiple "Delysium Universes" with different tokenomics and experiences that interconnect to be the "Delysium Multiverse".

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