The French start-up Mainbot is launching The First Global Educational Games Metaverse - The Winkyverse - to teach new technologies to children and their families. The Winkyverse will rely on blockchain technology and will have its own cryptocurrency: The Winkies. The project has already won over big names in the Blockchain ecosystem such as Sébastien Borget, co-founder of The Sandbox, Nicolas Gilot, co-founder of Ultra, Mickael Canu, co-founder of Ternoa and Kyle Chassé, CEO of Paid network and Master Ventures. Mainbot has recently unveiled a first collection of 12,111 NFTs: The Winkybots. It will be possible to use them as avatars in The Winkyverse and some of them can be 3D printed. Until then mainly known for its educational robot Winky (which already sold thousands of units across Europe), Mainbot is moving up a gear with the development of a state-of-the-art Metaverse combining blockchain, NFTs, augmented reality and artificial intelligence.
July 2017<br />
○ Mainbot joins Ecole Polytechnique’s Incubator (France’s TOP Engineering School)
2018
February 2018 <br />
○ Final prototype of Winky Robot co-developed with 1,000 French families<br />
May 2018<br />
○ Successful fundraising round with prestigious business angels<br />
2019
May 2019<br />
○ Winky Robot becomes the most<br />
successful tech project ever on the French crowdfunding platform Ulule. The project gets over 150 media releases.<br />
December 2019<br />
○ Christmas 2019 best-seller in the educational toys category.<br />
October 2019<br />
○ Winky Robot becomes available at Fnac-Darty (Europe’s largest electronic retailer)<br />
2020
March-October 2020<br />
○ Winky Robot becomes available at 10 new retailers including Galeries Lafayette, BHV, Nature et Découvertes and Boulanger.
2021
May 2021<br />
○ Mainbot closes a funding round of 2,000,000€<br />
October 25-<br />
December 5 2021<br />
we are here !
2022
Q1 2022<br />
○ Centralized Exchanges Listing<br />
Q3 2022<br />
○ The Winkyverse Private Beta:<br />
Open world private launch<br />
○ WinkyPlay Private Beta:<br />
+100 games available<br />
○ WinkyMaker Public Beta:<br />
Private release of the Winkyrobot accessories design software<br />
January 2022<br />
○ Decentralized Exchanges Listing<br />
○ International PR & Advertising campaign Launch.<br />
Q2 2022<br />
○ The Winkyverse Closed Alpha<br />
○ WinkyPlay Closed Alpha<br />
○ WinkyMaker Private Beta<br />
○ Private release of the Winky robot accessories design software<br />
Q4 2022<br />
○ The Winkyverse Public Beta: Open world public beta launch<br />
○ WinkyMaker Public Launch: Public release of the Winky robot accessories design software & 3D printing of accessories launch<br />
○ Cartoon production start.
2023
Q1 2023<br />
○ WinkyPlay Public Beta: +500 games available<br />
Q3 2023<br />
○ The Winkyverse Public Launch: Open world public launch & Games monetization launch<br />
Q2 2023<br />
○ WinkyPlay Public Launch: +2,000 games available & Mainstream Game creation platform available<br />
2024
Q3 2024<br />
○ Cartoon sale to International TVs such as Cartoon network, Gulli etc.<br />
Q2 2024<br />
○ Cartoon official release in France<br />
Q4 2024<br />
○ Cartoon sale to streaming platforms.
Sébastien Borget
Co-Founder & COO of The Sandbox. President of The Blockchain Game Alliance
Participates in a number of projects
Nicolas Gilot
CEO of Ultra, one of the Best Worldwide Entertainment Platform based on the Blockchain
Participates in a number of projects
Mickael Canu
CEO of Blockchain Start-up TERNOA Blockchain & Smart Contract Expert
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