The Dectec Download: Weekly Insights from the Dectec Ecosystem – June 23–27, 2025
Introduction
As AI funding reaches historic highs and public conversations around identity, ownership, and decentralization accelerate, this week’s updates across the Dectec ecosystem highlight a future in motion. From expressive AI dialogues with history’s great artists to AI-powered financial access and token-driven autonomy, the landscape is quickly shifting toward systems that are personalized, persistent, and people-first. CHAINGE, Twin Protocol, Angel Twin, and ANGL Token all underscored this movement with high-impact stories and innovations.
CHAINGE
In this week’s expanded episode of AI on the Rise, next-gen AI startups raised $2.7 billionof total investiments from June 15 and 21, 2025. This funding surge—spanning healthcare, robotics, infrastructure, and creative AI—illustrates the breadth of transformation underway and the rising investor confidence driving it.
According to Crunchbase and industry reports,
$369 million in pre-seed
$2.1 billion in seed, and
$233 million in Series A rounds.
Leading this wave, Thinking Machines Lab raised $2 billion to develop customizable, human-centric AI systems under the leadership of former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. Traversal secured $48 million for its AI-powered site reliability engineering platform, streamlining backend performance and downtime management. Meanwhile, HOPPR brought in $31.5 million to expand its AI-driven diagnostic imaging solutions, designed to enhance clinical traceability, accuracy, and compliance. Together, these startups exemplify how AI is no longer an experimental bet—it’s a foundational pillar for innovation across industries.
CHAINGE opened the week with a bold invitation to imagine AI not just as a productivity tool but as a partner in business, influence, and brand-building—without the need to be on camera. Their post positioned Angel Twin as the gateway to AI-powered creative identity, reflecting how synthetic media is enabling new forms of expression. Furthermore, two new episodes of Twin TV featuring fully AI-generated dialogues between the digital twins of Bill Inman and historical icons Frida Kahlo and Gustav Klimt. These imaginative conversations, which explore themes of pain, art, and innovation, illustrate how AI is becoming a canvas for storytelling that transcends time.
Twin Protocol
Twin Protocol continued to explore AI twins as personal agents of change—this time through the lens of financial access. In the latest #StraightFromStacey, Stacey Engle addressed the 70% of adults in developing economies who remain unbanked, spotlighting AI Twins as always-on financial advisors capable of closing that gap. These digital partners learn your habits and goals, offering insights without minimum balances or hidden fees.
The week also featured product updates delivered by the AI twin of VP of Product, Justin Edwards. Enhancements to the platform emphasized customizability and user onboarding—paving the way for more intuitive AI twin creation experiences. Together, the posts reflected Twin Protocol’s twin pillars: ethical intelligence and scalable personalization.
Angel Twin and ANGL Token
Angel Twin and ANGL Token energized the community this week with real-time conversations and forward-thinking vision. The team hosted multiple X Spaces events featuring Bill Inman, LadyTraderRa, and partners like Billy Goat Tales, focused on one central theme: how AI ownership transforms the digital economy. From workflows to wealth, participants explored how Twins can work for users—not the other way around.
In parallel, ANGL’s post announcing 200K+ users and 23% monthly growth confirmed that the movement is not only philosophical—it’s actionable. Angel Twins are now earning, scaling, and showing up in Washington D.C., where ANGL will be featured in the U.S. Strategy for AI & Crypto, presenting its vision of decentralized AI before policymakers.
Reinforcing the mission, ANGL’s From Tokens to Twins content emphasized data ownership, monetization, and the power of digital identity in the Web3 era. These insights were echoed in an editorial detailing how AngelAI is building a new AI economy where individuals earn through their digital reflections.
Final Thoughts:
This week’s updates made it clear: the AI future isn’t something to watch passively—it’s something to own, shape, and activate. As CHAINGE reimagines how we communicate and create with AI, Twin Protocol is making intelligent ownership personal and accessible, while ANGL is bringing decentralized AI into mainstream discourse and regulation. The Dectec ecosystem continues to lead not just in technology, but in values. The next frontier isn’t artificial—it’s authentically ours.