A privilege to work with @ClaireSmilow everyday, but especially on days when @FortuneMagazine writes such nice things about her... @BoxGroup fortune.com/2026/10/22/clair…

When we first met @_ConnorSweeney, it was extremely clear to us that he possessed the ingredients to build a generational company: MIT engineer, Olympic-level swimmer, fiercely competitive, ruthless attention to detail, and breakneck speed - all combined with a premeditated vision to build something large & important in this specific category. When he went all-in, so did we. We co-led his formation and seed rounds alongside our friends at @generalcatalyst, and are now tripling down at the A. Congrats to @BabaHQ on an amazing Series A - it’s still just the very beginning.

Today, we’re excited to announce an $18M Series A led by Hidden Variable with participation from @a16z, @commonwealvc, Wolfson Group, @FjLabs, and the @FordFoundation. Sharp is building the new standard for first responder job performance with confidential, one-on-one coaching from people who understand the job and the demands that come with it. Over 115 departments across 18 states, with more than 16,000 booked coaching sessions. To the chiefs, peer support leads, coaches, and members who helped get us here, thank you. Now we carry the mission forward. More departments. A better way for first responders to keep getting better throughout their careers. People sharpen people.

Today, we’re excited to announce an $18M Series A led by Hidden Variable with participation from @a16z, @commonwealvc, Wolfson Group, @FjLabs, and the @FordFoundation. Sharp is building the new standard for first responder job performance with confidential, one-on-one coaching from people who understand the job and the demands that come with it. Over 115 departments across 18 states, with more than 16,000 booked coaching sessions. To the chiefs, peer support leads, coaches, and members who helped get us here, thank you. Now we carry the mission forward. More departments. A better way for first responders to keep getting better throughout their careers. People sharpen people.

More fuel for this incredible team to work on one of the world’s most exciting missions. Wrote this after co-leading their seed that explains their authenticity and mentality: “Dolev and the team did not start Oratomic because quantum computing had become fashionable. In fact, many of them had spent years believing a commercially useful machine was still far away. They started the company because a series of advances - in experiment, error-correction theory, optical engineering, and AI-assisted design - changed their mind” Excited to have tripled down here and for the amazing things they already are and will accomplish. If you’re interested in joining reach out in the link below!

Oratomic has raised a Series B, bringing our total funding to $775M since our launch in March. We are on a focused mission to build a utility-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer. Read more about our mission here: oratomic.com/news/mission

Project Eleven Launches Strongpoint for Post-Quantum Custody with Zcash Foundation as Initial Development Partner Zcash Foundation joins Project Eleven to shape institutional custody infrastructure for the post-quantum and AI era as more than $1 trillion in digital assets remain at risk of attack by sufficiently powerful quantum computers. Project Eleven, the post-quantum security company for digital assets, today introduced Strongpoint, its flagship custody platform built for navigating the transition to post-quantum cryptography. @ZcashFoundation joins Project Eleven as an initial development partner, helping shape Strongpoint’s institutional custody architecture. Strongpoint is designed to give institutions a consistent control layer for securing and managing digital assets as networks change the cryptographic standards underneath them. Rather than rebuilding key-management, transaction approval, and audit infrastructure for each new signature scheme or network migration, institutions can maintain a common set of security controls while the underlying cryptography evolves. “Institutional digital asset custody was built for a world where the cryptography underneath it rarely changed,” said Alex Pruden, CEO of Project Eleven. “Quantum computing is upending that model. If every network adopts a different solution, institutions could be forced to rebuild their security infrastructure again and again. Strongpoint is built around crypto-agility, so the cryptography can change without the infrastructure changing with it.” “Institutions holding shielded ZEC need custody infrastructure that respects Zcash’s privacy model today and can adapt as cryptographic standards change,” said Alex Bornstein, Executive Director of Zcash Foundation. “Project Eleven is building Strongpoint with the crypto-agility and technical foundation needed to support those requirements over time, helping strengthen custody infrastructure for the broader ecosystem.” Zcash Foundation Joins as an Initial Development Partner Zcash Foundation joins as an initial development partner for Strongpoint, bringing its expertise in privacy-preserving cryptography and protocol engineering to Strongpoint’s institutional custody architecture. Zcash’s privacy-preserving design introduces sophisticated key-management and transaction requirements, making it a valuable environment for developing custody infrastructure capable of supporting evolving cryptographic standards. The collaboration will help inform how Strongpoint handles network-specific requirements while maintaining a consistent institutional control framework across assets and cryptographic schemes. Post-Quantum Migrations Are Taking Different Paths The digital asset industry’s post-quantum transition is becoming a coordination challenge. Among the networks represented by the 20 largest assets in CoinGecko’s Layer 1 (L1) category by market capitalization, Project Eleven found that only 10 have published a network-specific technical proposal, roadmap or implementation path for migrating transaction or account authentication to post-quantum cryptography. Those approaches span at least six proposed post-quantum signature schemes and vary significantly in how they address account migration, key rotation and legacy-asset recovery. Even where technical roadmaps exist, operational readiness remains uneven, leaving institutions to navigate different standards and requirements across networks. For institutions operating across multiple networks, that fragmentation means accommodating different cryptographic standards and migration requirements without losing a consistent security model. Strongpoint is designed to provide that common operating layer while allowing the cryptography beneath it to change independently. Early Access and Deployment Project Eleven targets production deployment in Q4 2026 and is working with a limited group of development partners ahead of general availability. Additional development partners and supported networks will be announced. Institutions interested in early access can request more information at projecteleven.com/strongpoin…. Founded in 2024 by Alex Pruden and Conor Deegan, Project Eleven raised a $20 million Series A led by Castle Island Ventures in January 2026, bringing its total funding to $26 million. The company recently acquired Riva Labs, a specialized engineering firm with deep expertise in post-quantum signatures, wallet infrastructure and blockchain cryptography, expanding Project Eleven’s in-house research and protocol-engineering capabilities. Methodology: Project Eleven reviewed the 20 largest assets in CoinGecko’s Layer 1 (L1) category by market capitalization on September 25, 2026. A network was counted only where an official network organization, foundation, core development team or recognized protocol-improvement process had published a network-specific technical proposal, roadmap or implementation path for migrating transaction or account authentication to post-quantum cryptography. General research programs, statements of intent and post-quantum work that did not specify such a migration path were not counted. Draft technical proposals were included and do not imply network approval or adoption.