Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and Solana co-founder Raj Gokal collectively announced (at first) a $50 million fund with Solana Ventures to invest in Web 3.0 social media technology today.
The announcement was made at this year’s Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon, Portugal, and follows Gokal’s recent Twitter ban, as well as Facebook’s corporate rebrand to Meta in recent weeks.
Just minutes after initially announcing the initiative at a level of $50 million, Ohanian said on stage that the initiative will, in fact, be worth $100 million. “Reeled you in there,” he told a cheering crowd.
“I do need to be freed from centralized social media, I want to get off Twitter,” Gokal added during the panel.
“Help me do that. Build the next Twitter, build the next Facebook, build the next Instragam. I’ve got a special prize for whoever helps me get off and delete my accounts from those centralized services,” he added. Ohanian reacted by saying “the bounty is out there,” which was met with appl
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