ZibraAI launches charity NFT project to raise funds for war victims
“Sirens” by Ukrainian deep-tech startup ZibraAI, is an NFT gallery of 1991 AI-generated artworks depicting Ukranians' heroic resistance through a timeline of 150 significant war events. All of the funds raised from the NFT sale will be donated to the largest Ukrainian charity funds Dobro.ua and Unchain.fund in support of the families on the brink of humanitarian crisis.
Sirens are the first thing many Ukrainians were woken up by in the early hours on the 24th of February. It is the sound that has been embedded in memory as the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis that has been unfolding for the past four months. Thousands of people died, hundreds of residential buildings and objects of critical infrastructure destroyed, and millions of people displaced and affected by the consequences of war.
With expertise in ML and content generation technologies, ZibraAI wanted to create a charity project and raise funds using the tools they knew best. The team created a neural network pipeline that generates art from text description. Over 150 war events that have forever left a mark on Ukrainian history were chosen, described, and input into the neural network generating the “Sirens” gallery. Some of the featured scenes include the attack of the “Russian Warship” on Snake Island and the battle of the Antonov Airport. “Sirens” gallery gives everyone the opportunity to read the stories related to the pictured events.
The gallery will consist of 1991 artworks that will be released as NFTs and launched as three separate sales events. The first two drops will be released on OpenSea with 661 NFTs in each drop. The third drop will feature 669 NFTs on Near. The NFT price will start at $100. Date and time of each release will be announced across social channels.
Russian aggression has caused a humanitarian catastrophe in hundreds of settlements. In many cities, families with children don’t have access to qualified medical care, medicine or even food. “We want to praise the courage of Ukrainians and preserve the history of this war in the blockchain forever. Our aim is to use the NFT sales to raise money for the suffering families on the verge of humanitarian catastrophe. ” – states Sasha Petrenko, CEO of ZibraAI.
All of the raised funds will be donated to the largest Ukrainian funds Dobro.ua and Unchain.fund. The funds crypto wallets are integrated into a smart contract of the NFT sales, meaning the money will be transferred to the funds directly. By purchasing Sirens Gallery NFTs, buyers are directly helping to rescue children and adults that are suffering from the war in Ukraine and are forced to remain in danger.
Raised funds will provide assistance to:
“The blockchain and NFTs have proven their fundraising capacity in support of Ukraine. By generating the Sirens NFT gallery we seek to help Ukrainians, as well as unite contemporary artists and the tech industry around the effort of protecting the values Ukraine is fighting for. And finally, to really show the world Ukraine through our eyes: a brave, united and technologically advanced country” - adds Sergey Tokarev, founding partner at Roosh.
“My message to everyone in Web3 is to remember that we have the tools to build fairer, more resilient systems that work for everyone. Crypto can help the people of Ukraine get help when they need it most. People from Ukraine are placed in the most heart-breaking of circumstances, forced to flee for their lives. Each of us can do our bit and unite behind to break the chain of suffering of the civilian population. We need to extend our support.” - said Rev Miller, co-founder of Unchain Fund.
Sirens was created with the assistance of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, and officially supported by Near Foundation, Twid, Darewise, Powder, and Sloyd, with Galactic3 responsible for the development, strategy and everything related to the project’s technical infrastructure.
ZibraAI is a deep-tech startup focused on creating AI-based technologies and products for the game development industry. The team at ZibraAI design tools that enable realistic physics, improve graphics and performance, and compress the 3D data using a unique ML-based technology that significantly boosts 3D processing.
Roosh is a Ukrainian tech company that creates and invests in AI and ML-focused projects. Its business-ecosystem is composed of venture studio Pawa, venture firm Roosh Ventures, Ukrainian AI/ML community AI HOUSE, and startups Reface and ZibraAI. Roosh aims to build Ukraine as the European centre for artificial intelligence.
Unchain Fund is a global, crypto-native charity organisation raising and coordinating funds for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. Through blockchain processes, upon which our work is based, funds are distributed directly to Ukrainian people in need in a transparent way, which is safe and can help mitigate against fraud. Unchain Fund has already received support and donations from organisations, communities and individuals, including Vitalik Buterin, Illia Polosukhin, NEAR Protocol, Polygon, Solana, Pool Together, Stefan George, pet3rpan and countless others.
Konstantin Tymoschuk - Head of Growth at ZibraAI ([email protected])
Dana Shestopalova - PR Coordinator at Roosh ([email protected])
