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We believe in building a truly open and composable funding stack. We are building composable solutions under MIT License. We are also pioneering the intersection of AI x Public Goods Funding as a field and also a program to fund.\n\nIn the upcoming year, beyond AI, we'll focus on building Chain Abstracted Accounts through Chain Signatures. This will enable Public Goods Funding (PGF) solutions for ecosystems like Bitcoin and other \"untapped\" chains in the PGF realm, as well as unified accounts for multiple EVM accounts under one NEAR account.", "hidden": true, "question": "How does your project create value for the Web3 grants ecosystem?", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We are a heavy engineering focused team, with experience building multichain applications for PGF, DeFi, DAOs, Wallets,  NFTs, Web3 Social. We also have a large developer network that can porously contribute. ", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your team's expertise in your chosen focus area within Web3 grants. Include relevant experience, publications, or past projects.", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "- Updates in the groupchat\n- On-chain updates\n- Blog posts and thought leadership on twitter, farcaster\n- Extensive documentation & retro videos for public\n- Open github projects and backlogs\n- Hop on any relevant calls like Regens Learnings", "hidden": true, "question": "How do you plan to share insights, methodologies, or tools developed through your project with the Cartographer Syndicate and the broader Web3 grants community?", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "https://docs.potlock.io/contracts/contracts-overview", "hidden": true, "question": "List any contract addresses with the associated network(s), EOAs, or deployer addresses your project has deployed.", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "- got a convertible grant (note) from NF for H1 2024 runway\n- got grant from Stellar to build out GrantPicks\n- platform for distributing funds (not part of runway or we don't custody)\n- couple hundred dollars for gitcoin gg20\n- Build DAO got a grant for working on Potlock stack\n- $10k grant from Onboard DAO to build blacklist system\n- small grant pool to redistribute for AI-PGF", "hidden": true, "question": "Have you received any previous grants or support for your work in Web3 grants? If so, please provide details and estimated funding amounts.", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Please confirm that you have read and agree to comply with the ethical standards outlined in the eligibility criteria, including Gitcoin's Quid Pro Quo policy (https://support.gitcoin.co/gitcoin-knowledge-base/gitcoin-grants/general-questions/what-is-our-quid-pro-quo-policy)", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Yes, I am in the Cartography Syndicate groupchat and sometimes I comment", "hidden": true, "question": "Do you have any potential conflicts of interest to disclose? 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We're developing open-source funding primitives, contracts, tools, and applications. Our goal is twofold: to reduce friction in giving and receiving funding, and to accelerate iteration on mechanism design.\n\nIn [July](http://aipgf.com/announcement), [we](http://bento.me/potlock) launched [AI-PGF](http://aipgf.com/announcement), a proactive grants program designed to be replaced by the AI-enabled funding agents it supports. AI-PGF is more than just a program\u2014it's a movement and a new field exploring ways to automate funding at the intersection of Web3 and AI. This initiative aims to reduce overhead and realize the vision of builders automatically receiving funding for impactful projects. Our ultimate goal is to develop a \"funding AGI\" capable of contextually initiating funding programs, evaluating projects, and redistributing funds more effectively than even the most skilled grant manager.\n\nFor more on AI-PGF: [aipgf.com/explained](http://aipgf.com/explained) and [bento.me/aipgf](http://bento.me/aipgf)\n\nLearn more about Potlock: [bento.me/potlock](http://bento.me/potlock)\n\nCurrently, Potlock serves as a go-to funding platform on NEAR, developing public goods products. \n\nIn 2024, we have:\n\n- Launched a direct donation and project discovery platform\n- Initiated 6 of the first quadratic funding rounds on NEAR\n- Distributed over a quarter million dollars in funding through our platform\n- Attracted more than 200 project sign-ups\n- Shipped [nada.bot](http://nada.bot), our identity solution\n- Built our entire product using on-chain front ends (distributed across 100+ gateways automatically)\n- Developed lists and campaign contracts\n- Launched a proactive grants program for AI-PGF and an on-chain forum\n- Created donation agents\n\nUpcoming Endeavors:\n\n- AI-PGF agent & ecosystem building \u2014 AI-powered Grants\n- Launch of GrantPicks on Stellar and NEAR\n- Launch of Campaigns on NEAR\n- No-Code Agent Builder (TBA)\n- Potv2 Upgrades (Beyond just QF)\n- Expansion into EVM ecosystem, especially with AI-PGF\n- More Funding Rounds \u2014 User Owned AI FOCUS\n- Improvements to Sybil resistance; Gitcoin Passport Integration\n\n**Impact to the Funding Ecosystem**\n\nWe are novel in that we are advancing public goods funding mechanisms and infrastructure on PG-underrepresented chains starting in NEAR.  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