
He claims that the concept has not changed – but finds the potential for TIC to solve certain specific technical concerns. Kobeissi’s original idea for Capsule was to build self-hosting microservices.
#Cryptocat author media backing to build software
It is also known as a serverless architecture to natively software hosting and services. They aim to provide support for entrepreneurs and teams that building on Dfinity’s Internet Computer (TIC). Polychain, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Dfinity Foundation fund the $14.5M investment vehicle. We could launch an MVP now but are choosing to hold off by a few weeks.” “We’re investigating switching some of the infrastructures from GUN to IPFS, and improving the user interface. They’re on the way to launch an MVP this month once few tweaks are implemented. He is a cryptography researcher who formerly authored an open-source E2E-encrypted desktop chat application called Cryptocat. Nadim Kobeissi is the founder of the Capsule. The mobile apps will also be under the focus and the startup will use the funding to build up the Capsule’s team where it is working with only four people. Also, they have added seed financing to get a prototype to market by the end of this month. With a single tweet, Capsule raked in a pre-seed fund of $100K. It is focused heavily on the startups building on Dfinity’s decentralized network for next-generation open apps. Beacon Fund is a dedicated crypto fund by Polychain Capital. The startup has managed to close a seed round of funding at $1.5M. Capsule will be to Facebook what vegan diet is compared to McDonald’s diet.Ĭapsule plans to launch a decentralized and simple social media platform and the plan has advanced to another stage.


The original idea was to build microservices.
