The collaboration is set to allow founders building on Celo to access
credits for Google Cloud and Google’s mobile development platform,
Firebase.
The Celo Foundation has partnered with Google Cloud to support
mission-aligned projects in Celo's blockchain ecosystem and advance the
early adoption of Google Cloud services. The collaboration is set to
allow founders building on Celo to access credits for Google Cloud and
Firebase usage, thereby enhancing Celo's mobile-first infrastructure and
decentralized applications (Dapps).
Firebase
is a mobile and web application development platform developed by
Google that provides developers with various tools and services for
building apps, including authentication, real-time databases, cloud
storage, and messaging.
According to the announcement, the Google Cloud team will also provide mentorship and guidance to the Celo
Foundation's Founders in Residence program and participate in the
virtual Celo Camp accelerator program, which supports entrepreneurs in
developing sustainability-focused startups. Additionally, the two
organizations aim to co-host targeted workshops and events focused on
Web3 sustainability and innovation.
In an interview with
Cointelegraph, Xochitl Cazador, Celo Foundation's head of ecosystem
growth, shared that “This new, expanded partnership between Google and
the Celo Foundation enhances the ability to collaboratively create
broader awareness for blockchain technology and its ability to scale
real-world use cases on Celo.”
Cazador further explained
that “Google Cloud’s core team will also support the Celo Foundation
through joint hackathons, workshops, and events centered on the
intersection of Web3 and sustainability. The partnership aims to further
amplify both teams’ belief that blockchain technology is well suited to
address environmental matters."
Addressing the challenges that
sustainability-focused startups in the Celo Network face, Cazador shared
that "highly technical onboarding processes, complex interfaces, and
unfamiliar transaction fee currencies present major barriers to entry
for such startups in the Web3 space." However, Cazador shared that
Celo's partnership with Google Cloud is set to "alleviate the strain on
emerging and established projects, thereby allowing ecosystem builders
to tackle today and tomorrow's largest sustainability challenges."
Related: Celo ecosystem projects raise $77.3M in support of interoperability, ReFi
Celo
is a blockchain platform that has achieved carbon negativity through
proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus. Within the Web3 community, it has gained
recognition as a leader in regenerative finance (ReFi),
a broad concept that prioritizes sustainability within finance. The
platform has a diverse range of over 1,000 projects in more than 150
countries.
In episode 10 of Cointelegraph’s Hashing It Out podcast, Rene Reinsberg, the president of Celo Foundation and the co-founder of the Celo blockchain, discussed the ReFi movement
and Celo's plans to stay relevant in the multichain world. Reinsberg
shared that he sees the increase in layer-1 blockchains and layer-2
networks as an opportunity to bring more people into crypto.
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