Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz posted on X platform that Abstract Mainnet will go live next Monday (US time).

On January 26th, according to Luca Netz, CEO of Pudgy Penguins, Abstract Chain Mainnet, a Layer 2 network designed specifically for on-chain culture and community, will go live next Monday.

Odaily Planet Daily News Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz posted on the X platform that Pudgy Penguins holders can claim the NIM airdrop without connecting a wallet, just copy the Ethereum address where the Pudgy Penguins NFT is held to claim, but you need to pay attention to the security of funds when operating. Previously, Nim Network, an AI game chain based on Dymension, will issue airdrops to DYM stakers, Parallel, Pirate Nation and other game NFT holders, accounting for 9% of the total number of tokens. Applications are now open.

At an offline event co-hosted by WOO, Pudgy Penguins, Memeland and Floor Protocol at Non-fungible Token Paris, Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz said that Fat Penguin is committed to expanding IP cooperation to the film and television field. WOO and the head of the Floor Protocol ecosystem said that they will actively promote and launch more Long fragmented Non-fungible Token. Previously, WOOX has launched μBAYC and μPPG.

PANews News on February 21, according to The Block, Walmart, the world's largest retailer, has expanded the supply of Pudgy Toys (the toy line of the Non-fungible Token series Pudgy Penguins) to 1,100 stores in the United States, bringing the total number of stores nationwide to 3,100. Walmart has stocked 30 new Pudgy toys, including the Lil Pudgys Igloo collectible and action figures, each priced between $2.99 and $11.97. Pudgy Toys debuted at Walmart last September and initially appeared in 2,000 U.S. stores. Luca Netz, CEO of Pudgy Penguins, said in a statement: "Walmart's expansion in other stores, as well as exclusive toy offerings, underscores the enduring appeal of Pudgy Penguins' character. ” It is reported that each Pudgy toy comes with a QR code that can be used to access Pudgy World, a digital social platform for Long people, where users can build their own "Forever Pudgy" characters, play mini-games, and interact with other users. Pudgy World is based on the Ethereum Layer 2 network zkSync Era and is currently in public beta mode.

According to Golden Finance, Web3 creator network Frame announced on the X platform that it has completed a new round of financing, with the participation of Electric Capital, 9gag founder Ray Chan, Luca Netz and former CEO of Sushiswap 0xMaki, the specific amount has not been disclosed. Frame went live on the testnet in November this year, and its mainnet and native token FRAME are expected to launch on January 31, 2024, and in addition to receiving its latest investment, Frame has also announced that it will launch an airdrop of FRAME for active NFT traders on the ETH chain for the past two years.

On November 28, Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz said in a recent interview that although he has never spent as much money as other rich people, he did admit to buying a Rolls-Royce Cullinan. It is reported that the starting price of its 2023 model is more than $375,000. "The Rolls-Royce Cullinan is the last thing I should have bought, and I regret it, it's undoubtedly the worst car I've ever owned," Netz said. On the surface, it's a great car. But it's big and bulky – I call it an oil rig. It has no gadgets and no function. It is useless except for a nice orange interior. ” It is understood that Netz sold his e-commerce imitation gold jewelry business at the age of 18 and became a self-made millionaire. Later, he bought Pudgy Penguins for $2.5 million and recently oversaw the brand's launch of plush toys at Walmart. Today, the 25-year-old estimates that he could be worth more than $100 million.

Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz said in a recent interview that while he has never spent as much as other rich people, he did admit to buying a Rolls-Royce Cullinan. It is reported that the starting price of its 2023 model is more than $375,000. "The Rolls-Royce Cullinan is the last thing I should have bought, and I regret it, it's undoubtedly the worst car I've ever owned," Netz said. On the surface, it's a great car. But it's big and bulky – I call it an oil rig. It has no gadgets and no function. It is useless except for a nice orange interior. ” When asked if he plans to sell it, he joked, "It's going to be an oil rig on the front lawn of my house in case one day we find the mine and I need to start extracting oil." Maybe that stuff will come in handy. ” It is understood that Netz sold his e-commerce imitation gold jewelry business at the age of 18 and became a self-made millionaire. Later, he bought Pudgy Penguins for $2.5 million and recently oversaw the brand's launch of plush toys at Walmart. Today, the 25-year-old estimates that he could be worth more than $100 million. （Fortune）

On November 17, Luca Netz, CEO of NFT project Pudgy Penguins, said that Pudgy Penguins will launch two different arcade games in 2024, one of which is a crane machine.

On November 8, according to Blur data, NFT whale dingaling bought 40 The Weirdo Ghost Gang NFTs 5 minutes ago, and the floor price of the latter rose to 0.544ETH, a daily increase of 36.41%. Previously, Christian, co-founder of the crypto fund NDV, posted on social media that a "wall of orders" of 1,400 Bids had been set up for The Weirdo Ghost Gang series of NFTs at 0.35 ETH. Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz replied that she had also bought a NFT of The Weirdo Ghost Gang.

On November 4, Facewall Intelligence announced that its multi-modal large-scale model application "Facewall Luca" has been officially opened to the public. Officially launched in May this year, "Luca" is a multi-modal intelligent dialogue assistant built by Facewall Intelligence based on its self-developed 100 billion parameter base model CPM. CPM (Chinese Pretrained Model) series is a pre-trained large language model independently developed by Face Wall Intelligence, including the first Chinese large model CPM-1 in China, and the first open-source free commercial pedestal model CPM-Bee in China. In addition, Facewall Intelligence has launched the "troika" of AI agents driven by large models: AgentVerse, a general-purpose agent platform driven by large models, XAgent, an AI agent application framework, and ChatDev, a multi-agent collaborative development framework. As previously reported, 9 AI large models, including Meituan and Facewall Intelligence, have been approved and will be open to the public from today.

According to titanium media reports, on November 4, China's second batch of AI large models were landed through the record. NetEase Youdao ("Ziyue" large model), Facing Wall Intelligence ("Facing Wall Luca"), Mobvoi ("Sequence Monkey"), Kunlun Wanwei ("Tiangong" large model), Meituan (model), Zhihu ("Zhihaitu AI" model), Dark Side of the Moon (moonshot), Kingsoft Office (WPS AI), and Good Future (MathGPT large model) These 9 companies' AI large model products have been approved, and they will be open to the whole society from today. It is reported that Facing Wall Intelligence, Mobvoi, NetEase Youdao, Kunlun Wanwei, and Zhihu have officially announced the news. Meituan did not respond, and Kingsoft Office said it needed to wait for synchronization information. This means that, with the addition of the first batch of more than 10 large models, more than 20 large models have now been approved. Previously, it was reported in August that 11 AI large model products such as Tencent and Baidu have passed the generative AI filing, and will be launched one after another from today.

According to PANews on August 1, according to The Information, the latest fund of New York-based investment firm Coatue Management completed a fundraising of US$331 million, 34% lower than the target amount. Coatue Management has participated in investing in crypto startups such as MoonPay, Chainalysis and Fireblocks. Three general partners at Coatue Management departed last year, including Luca Schmid, who led some of the firm's high-profile crypto and fintech investments. In addition, according to data from K33 Research, in the first quarter of this year, venture capital investment for Web3 companies decreased by 80% year-on-year.

According to PANews on August 1, according to The Information, the latest fund of New York-based investment firm Coatue Management completed a fundraising of US$331 million, 34% lower than the target amount. Coatue Management has participated in investing in crypto startups such as MoonPay, Chainalysis and Fireblocks. Three general partners at Coatue Management departed last year, including Luca Schmid, who led some of the firm's high-profile crypto and fintech investments. In addition, according to data from K33 Research, in the first quarter of this year, venture capital investment for Web3 companies decreased by 80% year-on-year.