empire is an obvious choice for base's startup track
Small team that has done a ton to support local eco players, creatively selffunding on top of clanker the entire way.
Div first got my attention not by being some big account but by building a product that was so (annoyingly?) funny that people just used it. Glonker wasn't an immediate blockbuster, it didn't break records, but people used it daily.
Empire took a lot of stuff that was happening individually, manually, and gave it shape.
Everytime I had a call with these guys - they were pushing forward. Red days, Green Day's, they were building tech that gave creators tools to try and do that impossibly hard thing: grow a coin in an ecosystem without massive alt volumes or a huge body of traders.
It never ceased to impress me. I imagine that the base startup track might give empire the capital and access to people with useful kinds of experience that would be high impact.
I really hope they get it 🫡