alright folks, time to share what’s next.

next week we’re launching internet rounds™, a permissionless fundraising mechanism designed to help early stage founders raise their first round on the internet through liquid, equity-linked tokens.

here’s what makes it special:

- dynamic sale fundraising - teams raise $10, $25 or $50K. tokens are instantly tradable all over solana at launch - buy early, get a better price.

- equity-linked tokens that give tokenholders exposure to real company equity (via the Bedrock framework).

- rug protection via futarchy over raised funds, trading fee earnings and company revenues.

- automatic raise unlocks that enable builders to raise additional USDC on market-cap based milestones.

- instant team vesting - team tokens (20% of supply) are locked in a streamflow vesting contract at launch.

- token rewards (coming soon!) - infrastructure that allows teams to reward users with tokens for completing key actions in their product (ie. purchase, referral, key activity drivers).

this product is designed for small teams and solo builders working on AI / agents, consumer apps and crypto products.

as an investor you get the earliest possible exposure to real company equity with protections against rugs.

we’ve been actively sourcing founders from all of the above categories and the reception has been fantastic - see my recent tweets for the traction here.

i’ve probably spoken to over 100 founders so far, and have my calendar booked for weeks. what’s interesting is that the positioning of the product and our brand is really resonating with quality non-crypto native founders, as it enables them to raise quickly, get distribution and have flexibility to raise VC afterwards. we’re doubling down on this pipeline through more content, our scout program and partnerships with incubators / hacker houses / dev communities etc.

wen?

internet rounds is going live very soon, and we have a cohort of high quality, vetted founders that will be launching with us. these launches include a novel crypto gacha app, an agentic infra tool with 2K stars on GitHub, an incredibly sophisticated agentic poker product and more.

to make sure you get first access to these spotlighted raises, subscribe to our new broadcast channel below. this channel will highlight spotlighted founders and also be used to share other key updates.

there’s lots more cooking, including significant progress on our own raise, a new $star utility mechanism and a return of The Shot with internet rounds - more on this to come.

📢 stay up to date on launches: https://t.me/starbroadcast

internet rounds are officially here - the fastest and loudest way to raise money on the internet.

starting a company has never been easier, but raising money and reaching users is still hard - especially at the earliest stages. we think there should be a round before the pre-seed round, and in an internet-native world, it should happen on the internet.

with a few clicks, you can launch your project and raise from anyone, anywhere in the world. you can even livestream your raise. your backers get real ownership in your company with rights and protections, through secure, equity-backed tokens linked to a % of your cap table.

funds stream to founders weekly, not all at once. bigger withdrawals need investor approval - like a board. and there's a refund mechanism if something's off. this doesn't replace venture, it's where it starts - we set up entities that are ready for serious capital.

time for a new internet.

https://x.com/adamcreates_/status/2074590480348725508?s=20

new verified raise - skills poker

you don't play the hands. you build a player, stake it, and watch it compete. live, on-chain, provably fair.

pick a model, write its strategy, name it. you're all set. sign up to your first hand in under 60 seconds.

skills poker is agentic poker.

CA: G9uu9P3rfEFWAz9P4S8EcK5Y82n91BDDi9Zc7smQKSXY

https://star.fun/projects/skillspk-g9uu9p3r

invested in $AAI? the refund proposal is now live on tuesday morning,

a founder impersonating as @apprenticeai launched a project and successfully raised $31K USDC. the token migrated and funds were placed in a decision market governed treasury.

we identified this project as a spoof and have initiated an intervention process to return raised funds back to investors. the refund proposal for $AAI is now live and can be traded below.

protecting investors is very important to us - we'll be working on making refund processes easier and more seamless in the future. apologies to anyone that got affected here.

https://t.co/rF0DnKxeJC

weston's got conviction.

building magic fingers - the world's first competitive onchain typing ecosystem.

verified on star

founder x: https://x.com/weston_union
project x: https://x.com/magicfingersgg

raise: https://star.fun/projects/mgf-2vswxek6

THE SHOT is back.

our live fundraising show returns with a new panel of sharks and a brand new investing/fundraising experience.

we're bringing live charts, market and raise data into the stream for even more immersive and fun investing.

to qualify, startups must launch on star. the winning 5 projects will be announced on july 22nd.

sharks:

• Kuleen, liquid fund manager at anagram
• Nico, trader, angel and content creator
• Debbie, head of marketing at privy

july 23rd. 1PM eastern time.

https://x.com/stardotfun/status/2078171935683522678?s=20

Incredible update from Akshat at SurfCash:

broooo, we crossed $100k cumulative on 30th april when i texted you, and our last week was $100k itself!

i posted the dashboard last week: https://x.com/akshatwts/status/2076673941360492808?s=20

this week, we sitting at $743K! Banger week!

https://star.fun/projects/surf-4xzdxk7t

job opportunity: we're hiring for a social lead.

you'll own our organic social presence. today that means X. it's our primary channel, it's where our audience already lives, and it's where you'll spend your time.

campaign strategy will be ideated and executed together. we’re looking for you to own the steady drumbeat that actually compounds: showing up every day with something worth reading, in a voice people recognize.

must have:

• deep understanding of startup culture
• ability to simplify complex concepts
• tasteful with memes
• shipping > perfection
• not afraid to think outside the box
• past experience managing and growing accounts

part time / remote / competitive pay + ownership

https://jobs.polymer.co/star/40636

just verified: the decentralized compute company

building the decentralized compute company for AI training & inference. turning idle GPUs into verified AI infrastructure.

ca: 4WtWLfKMMexVN5RkDAh88bs5rUx89GXuoDGnb7QVStar

https://star.fun/projects/compute-4wtwlfkm

just funded: the decentralized compute company

$COMPUTE has successfully raised $50K. funds have been transferred to the treasury, with scheduled weekly allowances of $2,500 sent to the team.

to stay up to date, follow https://x.com/computecompany

just verified: auriela

the first ai-native travel OS for the global econom

ca: GLM4nRjuC1WRdtAysUrB1bfownX2MCHAb49hanpcStar

https://star.fun/projects/auriela-glm4nrju

revealing the teams for the next episode of the shot.

https://x.com/stardotfun/status/2080113782093930805

less than an hour to go.

https://star.fun/the-shot

and we're live.

https://x.com/stardotfun/status/2080337800524628080?s=20