Aptos is an independent high-performance PoS Layer 1 project focused on providing the world's most secure and scalable Layer 1 blockchain. Aptos blockchain leverages the Move programming language and the Move virtual machine for application development, creating and optimizing blockchain use cases.
The team consists of the original authors, researchers, designers and builders of Diem, the first blockchain built for this purpose. (Meta projects Aptos, Sui, and Linera are highly similar in background, technology, capital, etc.)

APT is the native token of the public chain, which is used to pay transaction fees, verify mortgages and manage.
Aptos launched a Devnet in mid-March, an incentivized testnet in late May, and aims to launch the mainnet in the third quarter.

Project Details---Funds

(As of October 18th, according to Crunchbase data), Aptos Lab has received three rounds of financing, with a financing amount of more than 350 million US dollars, led by well-known institutions A16Z, FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto, and Binance, with sufficient funds.

Aptos Lab financing situation