EP32: Building and launching cross-chain crypto infrastructure, with Bryan Pellegrino, founder/CEO of Layer Zero ($140M Series A)

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06/12/2022 54 min Temporada 2 Episodio 32
EP32: Building and launching cross-chain crypto infrastructure, with Bryan Pellegrino, founder/CEO of Layer Zero ($140M Series A)

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Bryan is the founder of LayerZero Labs, which is an omnichain interoperability protocol that unites decentralized applications across disparate blockchains, enabling cross-chain applications.LayerZero Labs is building foundational crypto infrastructure. Since being founded in 2021, the company has raised over $140M from top investors including Sequoia Capital, a16z, Tiger Global, Coinbase, Cristies, Paypal, Polygon and Dapper Labs.In this conversation, we discuss the LayerZero founding story, how Bryan approached building complex decentralized infrastructure, their explosive launch and seemingly immediate product-market fit, and the cross-chain opportunity space. This was an incredibly fun conversation and we learnt a ton from Bryan about the "behind the scenes" of building and launching widely used crypto infrastructure. LinksFollow Bryan and Layer Zero on TwitterHit subscribe to keep up with new episodes!Follow Ashish and Zane on Twitter for summariesClick here to share feedback — it only takes a minute

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