2023 Year in Review
2023 was a milestone year for RAIR. We completed a full Web3 marketplace experience, designed to compliment our core DRM technology. Our technology allows enterprises to seamlessly deploy their own protected Web3-enabled marketplaces.
Looking forward to 2024, we are excited to bring our completed technology to market at scale.
We are confident the positive trends in the overall Web3 industry will enable us to realize our objectives. To accomplish this, we continue to promote our project through our strong advisor network, conference footprint, and direct sales channels to enterprise.
Significant Partnerships
2023 marked a deepening of our partnerships with large institutions critical to the success of our Web3 based infrastructure,
Sony/Astar
Fully deployed and verified all smart contracts on Astar EVM as part of the Sony/Astar incubator where we were one of 19 companies selected out of 400+ applicants. Successfully voted into Astar Dapp Staking marketplace as a verified Astar dApp as a culmination of our pitch presentation at Sony HQ in Japan.
Google (GCP)
Accepted into Web3 specific Google startup program. Access to exclusive grant and VC opportunities, credits and discounts for cloud services.
Alchemy (WAGBI program)
Successfully integrated Alchemy account kit further deepening our partnership. Worked with Alchemy developers to troubleshoot and perfect Alchemy deployment packaging.
Filebase (Startup program)
Upgraded Pinata cloud based IPFS services to Filebase. This upgrade significantly reduces costs and increases reliability and throughput for IPFS pinning.
Amazon (AWS)
Deployed RAIRnode AWS server. Inroads with AWS solutions architecture team to diversify RAIR system to
multi-cloud architecture.
New Advisors
We were able to secure fantastic new additions to our advising team, allowing us further inroads to enterprise adoption of our technology.
Dev Sarker Former CEO of BBC Wordwide Media
Bill Rusitzky Former Adobe executive, Business Development Advisor
Richard Titus Former Samsung executive, Web3 Entrepreneur
Gulliver Smithers Former Sony executive, Venture Consultant
Conferences/Events
Throughout 2024, we continued to engage with the web3 community at many key events including:
New product features
2023 marked the maturation of the RAIR platform to enterprise-grade whitelabel NFT marketplace and DRM infrastructure.
Social login with ERC4337 smart accounts. Allows our services to scale to billions of web2 users by providing seamless login via socials (Google, Twitter, etc) Sponsor gas to mint NFTs at no cost and no friction to users.
Metadata engine. Frontend now offers full search sort functionality for metadata on par with marketplaces like Opensea. Databases can be performanently upgraded to new metadata by administrators at will.
Administrator tools. Admins can select the featured banner on homepage, manage other admins via NFT, show/hide contracts, and many other features to better manage the marketplace via UI.
Progressive Webapp. Redesigned marketplace frontend from the ground up as a progressive webapp. This enables direct mobile in browser access rather than relying on app stores for deployment. Application upgraded to the Vite bundler from Webpack, and from Node 18 to Node 20 to perform with the latest integration packages (Yoti, Alchemy)
Gasless Resale. Rearchitectured trade and execution engine to allow for resale without incurring gas costs. Combined with ERC4337 gas sponsoring and performant L2s like ZK-EVM, this creates a scalable execution engine. 1000+ TPS marketplace engine.
Age/KYC AML Gating. Enhanced DRM with identity gating functionality. Programmatically toggle DRM on and off based on user age and ID. Yoti integration in progress with Q1 2024 launch. This will use AI to estimate a users age then securely notify the DRM to provide access.
Project pipeline highlights
Looking to 2024, we are excited to deliver on our business development pipeline with many exciting new opportunities.
Sony using our platform to create a gamified, web3, eLearning portal for a major publicly traded IT services firm in Japan.
Historic Legacy IP production company to use our marketplace to generate pre production interest in a cult film sequel.
Major bank looking to do loyalty collectible connecting existing and prospective clients to exclusive events, market intel and targeted networking.
National fitness studio looking to commemorate attendance achievement using digital collectible
NFL team to deploy fan collectible with special media included.
World renowned digital artist creating an enabled immersive experience accessed via onchain collectible.
Medical device company using platform to supply FDA mandated instructions for use (IFU)
Carbon offsets marketplace creating an AI driven, aggregated marketplace for trading offsets.
Stay tuned for an exhilarating journey ahead in 2024!!!
