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We've raised $7.5M at a $100M valuation to build the creative asset clearinghouse. Capital provided by @1kxnetwork and @bcap, with continued support from existing investors @RepublicCrypto, @animocabrands, @alumniventures, @avax, @SevenXVentures, @Sfermion_, and @solana. AI collapsed the cost of creating music, video, and media. What it hasn't solved is how talent gets discovered, matched to the right label or agency, and paid. KOR is the clearinghouse that closes that gap, built on @base.

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KOR is the creative asset clearinghouse. Here's what that means in a world where AI has industrialised the production of media and entertainment:

KOR is a two-sided market. Creative assets enter on one side - verified, priced, and ready to move. Labels, agencies, brands, and platforms acquire them on the other. Every transaction adds signal that improves the next match, the next price, the next deal. The clearinghouse compounds with every asset that flows through it.

Five products sit on top of this infrastructure, each mapped to an engine: ‣ KORUS (licensed remix assets) ‣ Pacer (asset-routing intelligence) ‣ Streamline (market signal for content) ‣ VRSNS (multi-platform asset distribution) ‣ KOR Hubs (recurring settlement for audience relationships).

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@KorProtocol @1kxnetwork @bcap @RepublicCrypto @animocabrands @alumniventures @avax @SevenXVentures @Sfermion_ @solana Congrats team!

We've raised $7.5M at a $100M valuation to build the creative asset clearinghouse. Capital provided by @1kxnetwork and @bcap, with continued support from existing investors @RepublicCrypto, @animocabrands, @alumniventures, @avax, @SevenXVentures, @Sfermion_, and @solana. AI collapsed the cost of creating music, video, and media. What it hasn't solved is how talent gets discovered, matched to the right label or agency, and paid. KOR is the clearinghouse that closes that gap, built on @base.

1kx, Blockchain Capital back $7.5 million KOR Protocol Series A at $100 million valuation theblock.co/post/407465/1k…

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@KorProtocol @1kxnetwork @bcap @RepublicCrypto @animocabrands @alumniventures @avax @SevenXVentures @Sfermion_ @solana congrats! build on base💙💙

It's a privilege that I step into the role of KOR’s CEO. We're building the clearinghouse for talent in the AI economy: the system that lets artists get discovered, matched to the right label or agency, and paid the moment a deal lands. AI has made it possible for anyone to create at a professional level. However, the infrastructure connecting that talent to opportunity hasn't kept up, and closing that gap is a responsibility I hold seriously. With the support of our team and the partners who believed in this early, I've taken on this role to make sure we meet what the industry actually needs: a system that works at the speed and scale entertainment now demands. The foundation we've built is strong. Six products. Institutional partners across music and entertainment. And a settlement layer built on @base, because it's the only place shipping the infrastructure a clearinghouse like this requires. My focus from here: 1. Bringing established artists, labels, and entertainment companies onto Base 2. Building alongside the Base community and team. Our mission to bring real-world industries onchain is the same one they're building toward. 3. Shipping the products and tech that make the clearinghouse useful from day one, with more to share in the weeks ahead. Excited for this next chapter!

Read the full announcement 👇 theblock.co/post/407465/1k…

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The more pressing challenge isn't replacement - it's saturation. When AI gives every artist access to studio-quality production, the volume of talent entering the market becomes impossible to navigate without the right infrastructure behind it. We're building the clearinghouse for the next generation of media and entertainment.

AI tools are getting more advanced. The quality of what a creator can produce today was unimaginable two years ago. The barrier to create has gone, but the barrier to being discovered is higher than ever. A clearinghouse makes it possible for the right labels, studios, and brands to find the talent they would have otherwise missed.