NXT LABS

Grass operates as a decentralized residential proxy network that transforms unused internet bandwidth into rewards for everyday users. Built by Wynd Labs, the platform enables individuals to share their excess bandwidth with verified institutions while maintaining strict privacy standards. The network serves as critical infrastructure for AI development, providing clean, public web data for model training and web scraping at scale. With over 8.5 million users worldwide, Grass has established itself as a leading solution in the decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) space, allowing ordinary people to participate in and benefit from the AI revolution. The platform operates on a simple premise: users download the Grass application, which runs in the background and securely routes unused bandwidth through the network. Participants earn Grass Points based on their contributions, which determine their share of Grass Token rewards. Unlike traditional bandwidth-sharing services, Grass emphasizes user privacy and control - no personal data or online activity is ever shared, only the unused portion of the connection. The system is regularly audited and certified by leading security organizations, ensuring that users can monetize their idle internet resources without compromising their digital security.

nXscale exists to transform how startups and scale-ups build their teams. Founded in 2021 in the midst of a global shift toward hybrid work, nXscale recognized that great ideas need great people to become reality - but finding and hiring that talent shouldn't slow a company down. They connect global startups with world-class Filipino talent through strategic outsourcing and tailored hiring solutions, acting not as a transactional vendor but as a true partner in building sustainable, scalable teams. The company brings deep expertise across tech, finance, SaaS, BPO, and recruitment, leveraging experience working with successful startups to provide customized strategies that drive operational excellence. Their philosophy follows a simple three-step process: they Find top talent, clients Select the perfect fit, and nXscale Hires and sets success in motion. With a consultative approach that prioritizes listening over selling, they've helped companies like Dialpad and Clipchamp scale internationally by filling critical roles with outstanding candidates who align with both skills and culture. Headquartered in Makati City, Philippines, nXscale is building a future where businesses can delegate non-core tasks and focus energy on innovation, growth, and pushing boundaries.

In 2021, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler - serial entrepreneurs who had previously built California Burrito Co. across Latin America and founded Washio, the 'Uber for Laundry' - found themselves at a crossroads. After five years at Amazon and Lyft respectively, they realized something important: the post-pandemic world needed a new way to build startups. Remote work had normalized, Latin America's tech talent was booming, yet US startups still struggled to scale efficiently. So they created RYZ Labs, a hybrid venture studio and human capital agency designed to solve both problems simultaneously. RYZ Labs develops ideas from scratch using Amazon's 'Working Backwards' and MIT's 'Disciplined Entrepreneurship' methodologies, leveraging small internal teams to validate concepts through a multi-step process. But what makes RYZ different is its human capital agency, which powers both portfolio companies and external clients with elite technical talent from Latin America. In just one year of stealth mode, RYZ launched HipTrain (a wellness coaching marketplace with 15,000+ sessions) and Offsiteio (on track for $1M+ in revenue). They don't just build startups - they've created a systematic approach to scaling fast and spending less, combining their decades of LatAm expertise with the rigor they learned at the world's largest tech companies.

NXP is a world-class semiconductor company that enables secure connections for a smarter world. With 33,100 team members across more than 30 countries, we drive innovation in automotive, industrial IoT, mobile, and communications infrastructure. Our purpose-built technologies power the devices that sense, think, connect, and act intelligently to improve people's daily lives. Last year alone, our secure connectivity solutions embedded in vehicles, smart cities, and connected devices touched billions of lives globally. Building on a rich 50-year heritage from Philips and Motorola, NXP has evolved into a Nasdaq-100 leader delivering breakthrough solutions for the connected world. We are the trusted partner for secure connected vehicles, end-to-end security and privacy, and smart connected solutions. Our diverse engineering talent collaborates across disciplines to create chips that make the connected world better, safer, and more secure - powering everything from automotive safety systems to industrial automation and mobile payment infrastructure.

Offchain Labs builds scalable blockchain infrastructure for Ethereum. As the original developers of Arbitrum, the company has created the leading Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution that processes transactions off-chain while settling on Ethereum mainnet. Arbitrum One utilizes optimistic rollup technology to enable faster transactions, lower fees, and full compatibility with existing Ethereum smart contracts and tools. The company has expanded its product suite to include Arbitrum Nova for high-volume applications requiring ultra-low costs, Arbitrum Orbit for launching customizable chains, and Stylus which enables developers to write smart contracts in Rust, C++, and other popular languages. Offchain Labs also acquired Prysmatic Labs, developers of Prysm, the leading Ethereum consensus client. With $124 million in funding and a team distributed across 19+ countries, Offchain Labs continues to advance Ethereum's capabilities through cutting-edge research and development in scaling solutions, zero-knowledge proofs, and decentralized infrastructure.

In 1946, the University of Chicago opened the doors to Argonne National Laboratory, becoming the nation's first laboratory chartered to conduct peaceful atomic energy research. Born from the scientific breakthroughs of the Manhattan Project, Argonne's founders recognized that the same atomic power that ended a war could also transform society through clean energy, medical advances, and unprecedented scientific discovery. Over the next 75 years, the laboratory evolved from a singular focus on nuclear physics into a multidisciplinary research powerhouse tackling humanity's greatest challenges. Today, Argonne stands as one of the world's preeminent scientific destinations, where "dream teams" of world-class researchers collaborate across disciplines to develop solutions in energy storage, climate science, national security, and computational discovery. From pioneering America's first nuclear reactors to designing next-generation batteries that power electric vehicles, from probing the fundamental building blocks of matter to harnessing supercomputing and artificial intelligence for breakthrough discoveries, Argonne's work continues to push the boundaries of what's possible. With over 3,400 employees and state-of-the-art user facilities like the Advanced Photon Source and Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, the laboratory delivers innovations that strengthen our nation's energy security, environmental sustainability, and economic competitiveness.