PRNewswire Mountain View California [US] May 29 Aperture Finance a decentralized finance DeFi platform pioneering AI-powered intents has raised a Series A funding round bringing the total across all rounds to 12 million and valuing the project at 250 million The round was led by top-tier venture capital firms including Skyland Ventures Blockchain Founders Fund and Krypital Group with participation from notable investors like Alchemy SNZ Stratified Capital Tide Cipholio ViaBTC CatcherVC and Double Peak Previous rounds included participation from ParaFi Capital Arrington Capital Divergence Blockchain Founders Fund Laser Digital Nomura Group Skyland Ventures Costanoa Rarestone Krypital Group Big Brain Holdings LD Capital ViaBTC Cipholio Double Peak Athena Ventures Coinseeker Artemis Capital and AWS Aperture Finance is innovating the use of Intents a novel approach designed to streamline complex DeFi operations Unlike traditional transactional methods Intents allow users to specify their desired outcomes simplifying interactions with DeFi protocols and enhancing accessibility This innovative system leverages Uniswap V3 enabling users to declare end goals such as liquidity rebalancing at specific price points with transactions executed only when these conditions are met The platform is already live on 9 EVM-compatible chains processing a transaction volume exceeding 27 billion with 280000+ unique users and 15k+ daily active users Intents architecture bridges the gap between sophisticated financial strategies and everyday DeFi users said Yonkuro Head of Crypto at Skyland Ventures By enabling users to articulate their financial goals in natural language Aperture is making advanced DeFi tools accessible to a broader audience from retail investors to institutional players The platform decentralized network of solvers calculates optimal transaction flows which are then simulated and ranked by Aperture smart contracts Initially launching with a centralized solver the network has expanded to third-party solvers including Propeller Heads and Enso Finance with other solvers like Tokka Labs set to join in Q3 2024 Aperture plans to further leverage its Large Language Model LLM interface that will convert user intents expressed in natural language into a domain-specific language DSL that can be codified on-chain This feature aims to ensure clarity and precision in user instructions further democratizing access to complex financial instruments Aperture Finance is committed to reducing the learning curve in DeFi and providing more strategic options for our users said Peter Tan Head of Product at Aperture Finance Our goal is to offer the same level of execution and pricing typically reserved for large institutions making DeFi more inclusive and effective The new funding will support the development of Aperture Intents infrastructure expand its solver network and enhance the user experience with the forthcoming LLM integration This investment underscores the growing confidence in Aperture Finance potential to transform the DeFi landscape Following a successful airdrop campaign with participation from over 300000 users Aperture Finance will launch its APTR token on Bybit on May 31 2024 About Aperture Finance Aperture Finance is a pioneer in AI-powered intents to enhance the DeFi experience Featuring an IntentsGPT interface and an AI-driven smart solver simulation Aperture native solver network provides any DeFi user with institutional-grade intelligence Combining the brightest minds in technology and finance the founding team includes alumni from Amazon Web Services and Google Stanford Cornell and UC Berkeley and Citadel JPMorgan Chase and AIG Aperture was a cohort member of Most Valuable Builder V by Binance Labs and participated in CoinMarketCap CMC Accelerator and HK Cyberport Incubation Programs Logo -httpsmmaprnewswirecommedia2424050Aperture_Finance_Logo_Vertical_Logo_Logojpg ADVERTORIAL DISCLAIMER The above press release has been provided by PRNewswire ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of the same