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Boston phygital NFC sneaker company (founded 2021) with $7.58M from Accomplice/Castle Island Ventures; MFA Boston/Kentucky Derby/Marvel partnerships using NFC+NFT chips competing with Nike Authentics for brand authentication phygital products.
Endstate is a Boston, Massachusetts-based phygital sneaker and apparel company — having raised $7.58 million from investors including Accomplice VC, Archetype Fund, and Castle Island Ventures — creating limited-edition physical sneakers embedded with NFC (Near Field Communication) chips that connect to digital NFT twins, enabling brand authentication, exclusive content access, and ongoing consumer engagement through a tap of a smartphone. Founded in 2021 by CEO Bennett Collen (blockchain professor at Boston College) and veteran footwear designer Stephanie Howard (25+ years designing for Reebok, New Balance, and Timberland), Endstate has established cultural partnerships with the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (multiple exhibition collaborations including the Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits exhibition), the Kentucky Derby (150th Anniversary commemorative sneaker), Marvel Entertainment, and streetwear retailer BAIT Inc. Each Endstate sneaker incorporates a proprietary NFC chip embedded in the tongue; customers tap the chip with any smartphone to access exclusive content, authentication records, and special experiences without requiring a dedicated app.
Gemini 3 Ultra outperforms on major benchmarks; Gemini chatbot 750M MAU; AI Overviews reaches 2B monthly users. Google Cloud Vertex AI serves Anthropic + Meta. $2B invested in Anthropic; deep integration of AI across Search, Workspace, Android.
Google is a Mountain View, California-based global technology company — the world's dominant search engine and digital advertising platform — operating Google Search (the most visited website on the internet, processing 8.5 billion+ searches daily), YouTube (2+ billion monthly users, the world's second-largest search engine), Google Ads (the dominant digital advertising marketplace), Android (3 billion+ device operating system), and Google Cloud (the #3 cloud platform). Part of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Google generated $350+ billion in consolidated Alphabet revenue in fiscal year 2024 with Google Services (Search + YouTube + Google Network) contributing approximately $285 billion.
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