WTF happened last week?
As you may noticed we like to move fast, so we have a bunch of things that happened last week. If you missed it, here are the three main events:

- We launch a testnet with 300 validators to run the first decentralized verification…

🟩 A Fully Aligned Round: $20M Series A Round🟩

Aligned Layer is pleased to announce a $20M fundraise led by Hack @hack_vc, with support from @daofive, @l2iterative, @NomadCapital_io, @FinalityCap, @symbolicvc, @theta_bv, @J17Crypto, @EVG_Ventures, @decimafund…

Union & Aligned Partner Up

@union_build's trustless zero-knowledge bridge gets cost reduction through Aligned's zk verification layer powered by @eigenlayer! ⚡️ 🟩

The fundraise was led by Hack VC and included contributions from DAO5, L2Iterative, NomadCapital_io, FinalityCap, Symbolic VC and Theta Capital.

We accelerate the roadmap of Ethereum by making proof verification faster and cheaper. If you have a proof we can verify it for 10% of the cost.

Today, we'll be having a twitter space with the
@labs_electron team to discuss our recent partnership and what to expect next!

📆 May 7th — 6pm UTC

Set a Reminder & Bookmark this tweet:
https://t.co/geYpuPW6ff

Basic math.

Aligned is designed to verify every proof system.

Groth16 was one of the first efficient proof systems. It's used by projects like @zcash, @worldcoin, @RiscZero, and SP1 by @SuccinctLabs.

At the core of Groth16 lie pairing-friendly elliptic curves, such…

10k first batches verified in Aligned Layer with 4 operators. We’re gonna have 100 operators next!

Send us all your proofs 🚀.

Why all the proof aggregation solutions will use RISC-V zkVMs

The development of RiscV proving vms like @RiscZero, @SuccinctLabs, @a16zcrypto, and @lita_xyz will transform how we work with zk. For example, aggregation layers will use them to perform recursion…

#AlignedPartnerships

We are delighted to partner with @fluentxyz.

"In order for blended execution networks built using Fluentbase to support novel use cases, it'll be crucial to have fast, affordable settlement options." says their co-founder @0xDinoEggs.