Milestones

Michael Dong earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where his research focused on distributed systems, game theory, and networking protocols.

Co-founded Celer Network, a blockchain interoperability protocol designed to provide a one-click user experience for accessing assets and dApps across multiple chains.

Co-founded Brevis, a ZK coprocessor protocol that enables smart contracts to trustlessly access and compute over historical data from any blockchain to power a new generation of data-rich dApps.

Brevis announced the launch of Pico, its next-generation, open-source, and high-performance ZK Virtual Machine (zkVM) designed to be Ethereum-equivalent and focus on decentralized proving.

Brevis announced it raised a seed funding round co-led by Polychain Capital and dao5 to accelerate product development and expand its team and ecosystem partnerships.