"Sahara Pre-sale Participation Analysis" Statement: This article is not an advertisement, but aims to rationally discuss and analyze the cost-effectiveness of participating in this pre-sale from multiple dimensions. 1️⃣ Project Positioning @SaharaLabsAI is an AI-native Layer 1 platform, mainly divided into three products: data platform, AI developer platform, and AI Marketplace. In simple terms, it is an aggregated functional version of AI infrastructure. 2️⃣ Project Background It has currently completed two rounds of financing, with core investors mainly being leading investors Polychain, Yzi Labs, and Pantera Capital. Basically, these are top-tier VCs, among which Polychain has led the investment in two consecutive rounds, so I personally believe the closeness of relationships should be Polychain > Yzi Labs > Pantera Capital. However, the order on the official website is Yzi Labs > Pantera Capital > Polychain. 3️⃣ Team Background CEO Sean Ren is currently a full-time professor at the University of Southern California and also a co-founder of Sahara. COO Tyler Zhou was the Investment Director at Yzi Labs before joining Sahara. Interestingly, the CEO is running an AI project while being a full-time professor, and the COO comes from a traditional background. Therefore, being able to create such an AI project indicates a certain level of strength and resource background. 4️⃣ Financing Situation The two rounds of financing include investments from institutions/individuals with backgrounds in Web3 and traditional AI, which can be understood as a Web2.5 project. Seed round financing was $6 million, and Series A financing was $43 million. This community round has a valuation of $600 million, raising $8.5 million, which is 1.4167% of the tokens. —— The following content is purely personal speculation and may have significant deviations —— So, I feel there are two possibilities regarding the valuations of these two rounds: 1. The Series A valuation is higher than the community round valuation. 2. The Series A valuation is comparable to the community round valuation. Based on the project's fundamentals and financing timeline, if I remember correctly, the narrative at that time was mainly about the AI data platform, and the seed round financing occurred during the peak of the BTC ecosystem (good liquidity), while the Series A financing happened at the end of the BTC ecosystem (poor liquidity). Additionally, with a valuation of $600 million only releasing 1.4167%, the total financing token amount should be between 8%-12%; the seed round valuation should be between $200 million to $300 million; the Series A valuation should be between $600 million to $1 billion. —— The above content is purely personal speculation and may have significant deviations —— 5️⃣ Participation Method 1. KYC registration from June 8 to June 11. 2. Pre-sale participation confirmation from June 10 to June 11. 3. Pre-sale qualification review and payment from June 14 to June 15. 4. Token settlement on June 18 (no lock-up, fully circulating). It is important to note that the official side has reserved 30% of the quota for community contributors to participate in the pre-sale first (guaranteed white quota of $150 to $2000 based on contribution). Writing related tweets or audio/video content will allow participation, which means this is another round of InfoFi benefits. While everyone is still discussing $Loud, I will roll up my sleeves and get involved. More specific content can be found in the referenced tweets. 6️⃣ Other Information The Sahara community round is the second pre-sale project launched by Buidlpad @buidlpad. The first project launched before this was Solayer @solayer_labs; I won't elaborate on the performance of $Layer. Those who participated in the pre-sale basically saw multiple returns. 7️⃣ Overall Evaluation The project's fundamentals can be overlooked; it has high speculative value with such a luxurious team and institutional background. This is clearly a blatant scheme, and I personally highly recommend participation. The community round financing valuation is considered within a reasonable range for this type of track. Projects that can be listed on Buidlpad are worth looking at; currently, not many people are promoting it, just seeing the main trader @thecryptoskanda and @silverfang88. @SaharaLabsAI #AIforALL"