Layer-1 blockchain Cytonic completed a $8.30 million seed round of financing; 2. Crypto artificial intelligence startup Pond completed a $7.50 million seed round of financing; 3. Perplexity AI search company is raising $500 million, and its market value will exceed $9 billion; 4. Hong Kong venture capital group The Z Label completed 90 million Hong Kong dollars financing, and plans to use new technologies such as blockchain to empower its products.