Sota to be nominated as one of the directors of Sony?

The recent announcement by CEO and founder of @AstarNetwork, @WatanabeSota, made some noise but also raised some concern among the community.

Let's recap what information we have so far

#ASTR $ASTR

1/ Sony x Astar

It's a hot topic now for the community.

It’s part of the strategy of Astar to support a sustainable growth through Web 2 companies and to become “unstoppable”.

For more information, check my thread below

https://x.com/max_eth_healthy/status/1780357689375117329

2/ Sota's announcement

Sota is the CEO and Founder of Astar and @StartaleHQ

He announced in a tweet in May that he would onboard as one of the directors of Sony.

Some people would ask if it is a good or bad news for Astar.

https://x.com/WatanabeSota/status/1790003387343233081

“I could successfully renew my VISA and officially onboarded as one of directors at Sony Labs, the JV between Sony and Startale Labs as well as a director of Startale Labs. Will accelerate progress.”

3/ Reinforcing the relationship and own take

This is a further step that ties Astar and Sony together. Collaboration should only be reinforced. Sota will be less present for Astar?

The correct view is that Sota is at the strategy and vision.

For all the protocol parts, 70+ people are working on it everyday.

Feel free to express your thoughts in the comment or on X.