ET.AL

Blockchain and the metaverse are emerging technologies that are capturing the attention of triple-A game studios, social media giants, and leaders in other tech domains. The metaverse can be described as a virtual 3D world, converging real world perceptions in a digital space with an infinite amount of possibilities. This convergence exactly represents the next era of the internet. The metaverse, however, is incredibly nascent in its realization; and it is a pioneering opportunity for leading online entertainment and social media companies to capitalize on the categorical emergence of metaverse applications and communities.
ET.AL is leveraging blockchain and metaverse technologies to reduce barriers to entry to the fine and digital art markets for investors around the world, critically disrupting a +$1 trillion asset class that is almost exclusively capitalized by the ultra-rich. They also rarely share their collections publicly.

ET.AL is on the leading frontier of a new business model, offering fractional ownership of physical art, collectibles and antiquities by issuing NFT editions. By doing so, we disintermediate secondary-market brokers and auction houses who typically sell to a single buyer or corporate portfolio. ET.AL is thereby advancing a radical form of acquiring and selling art, while disrupting outdated legacy art businesses.

Faculty Supervisor:

Haig Armen

Student:

Partner:

The Honest AI

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Technology; Social Innovation; Finance and Insurance

University:

Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Program: