A.I. and crypto hybrid Giza raises $3 million to bring machine learning to the blockchain

Cem Dagdelen (left), Fran Algaba (middle), and Renç Korzay (right) are Giza's three cofounders. (Credit: Courtesy of Giza)

A.I. is still riding high on hype, and some startups with a crypto bent are looking to feed off machine learning’s buzz to raise capital, including the recently established Giza.

Founded in October by Cem Dagdelen, Fran Algaba, and Renç Korzay, the firm announced on Tuesday that it had received $3 million in a pre-seed round led by CoinFund. Other participants included StarkWare, TA Ventures, and Arrington Capital, the TechCrunch founder’s venture capital outfit.