Bittensor ecosystem infrastructure startup General Tensor announced the completion of a $5 million oversubscribed seed and pre-seed funding round. The seed round was led by Goldman Sachs-backed venture capital firm Good Morning Holdings; the pre-seed round in December 2024 was led by Lvna Capital, with participation from DCG, X Ventures, Proof of Talk, and Outliers Fund. Founded in early 2024 as General TAO Ventures, General Tensor focuses on developing and operating mining, validation, and subnet infrastructure for the decentralized AI network Bittensor. The company, known as a "TAO generation tool," claims that acquiring TAO tokens is approximately 40 times more cost-effective than direct purchase. Its business also currently includes consumer DeFi application development and subnet incubation. (The Block)