pharos
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Pharos is a Layer-1 blockchain for real-world asset finance and AI agents, using modular architecture, deep-parallel execution, and dual VM (EVM + WASM) to provide sub-second finality and high throughput. It targets institutions, builders, and users with tokenized financial products, stablecoins, instant cross-border payments, and protocol-level compliance features (digital ID, zk-KYC, AML).
Founders & leadership
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Alex ZhanginCo-FounderAlex Zhang leads Pharos Network as founder and CEO. He previously served as CEO of ZAN (Ant Group's Web3 technology subsidiary), held CTO and blockchain research leadership roles at Ant Group and Alibaba Damo Academy, founded the Systems Research Department at NEC Labs America focused on distributed systems, and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from USC.
Investors · 5
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2 people who came through pharos went on to found or lead other companies.
Frequently asked questions
- What does pharos do?
- Pharos is a Layer-1 blockchain for real-world asset finance and AI agents, using modular architecture, deep-parallel execution, and dual VM (EVM + WASM) to provide sub-second finality and high throughput. It targets institutions, builders, and users with tokenized financial products, stablecoins, instant cross-border payments, and protocol-level compliance features (digital ID, zk-KYC, AML).
- Who founded pharos?
- pharos was founded by Alex Zhang.
- Who are pharos's investors?
- pharos's investors include Hack VC, Flow Traders, Faction, Generative Ventures, MH Ventures.