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As we grow, we're reaching into the web3 community, seeking grants and scholarships to connect with those who share our passion for transformative narratives. Our future sustainability lies in the unique value of our services - from Alkim.ia, a free AI-powered tool for personal narrative discovery, to advanced tools for brand narrative alignment and community engagement. These offerings, along with our exploration of AI in web3, form the heart of Gnomai Lab, not just as a business but as a narrative universe rich with potential, where stories are not only created but deeply experienced. This multifaceted funding approach reflects our commitment to innovation, community, and the power of authentic storytelling.", "hidden": false, "question": "Funding Sources", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "number", "answer": "3", "hidden": false, "question": "Team Size", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "#Gnomai Lab: Weaving Humanity into the Web3 Narrative\n\n**Project Overview:**\n\n**Gnomai Lab** is a groundbreaking initiative at the forefront of web3, dedicated to infusing humanistic narratives into this rapidly evolving space. Our project revolves around the belief that every technological endeavor in web3 has a unique human story at its core. \n\nWe specialize in uncovering these narratives and articulating them in a way that resonates deeply within the digital realm. Our services include guiding individuals and brands in the web3 community to discover and align their personal stories with their projects, ensuring these narratives are not just heard, but felt and remembered.\n\n**Our Team:**\n- [Narrative Alchemist](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aimaragarciaonline/): The visionary storyteller, she delves deep into the heart of each tale, transforming raw visions and ideas into compelling narratives that echo with authenticity and emotional depth.\n\n- [Strategic Alchemist and Innovator](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anivys-hern%C3%A1ndez-ab614ba8/): The strategist behind our operation, she orchestrates the seamless integration of these narratives into the broader context of each web3 project, ensuring that they align with the project's goals and resonate with its audience.\n\n- [Creative Alchemist](https://www.linkedin.com/in/qvaloo-design-29b505262/): The artistic force, he brings each narrative to life with stunning visual representations, ensuring that the story isn't just told but is also visually captivating and immersive.\n\nAt **Gnomai Lab**, our collective expertise in narrative crafting, strategic development, and creative design converge to create a unique experience in the web3 space. \n\nWe're not just about building platforms or technologies; we're about building stories that have the power to inspire, connect, and endure in the digital age.\n\n", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your project and team briefly.", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "#Key Areas of Fund Allocation and Overcoming Challenges in LATAM\n\n**Empowering Women and Minorities in Web3**\n- As a team led predominantly by Cuban women, we're deeply committed to uplifting the narratives of women and minority groups in web3. This grant will facilitate initiatives such as inclusive narrative toolkits tailored for LATAM\u2019s diverse voices, just our **Alkim.ia**.\n\n- This grant will empower us to hire talented women from LATAM for essential consulting roles, directly impacting social development and enhancing female employability in the region. We're committed to creating opportunities within our project, uplifting women's voices and skills in web3.It's our way of nurturing a more inclusive and equitable tech world.\n\n**Technology and Infrastructure Enhancement**\n- Upgrading our tech infrastructure is crucial, especially given Cuba's internet challenges. We'll invest in robust and secure tools for our AI-driven narrative platforms, ensuring scalability and resilience.\n\n- Investing in reliable internet services and equipment, a significant challenge in Cuba, to ensure consistent and effective online presence and operations.\n\n**Development of Alkim.ia and Other Services**\n- We're dedicated to refining **Alkim.ia**, our free AI-powered tool. It unleashes users power to explore and articulate their unique narratives with intuitive, user-friendly technology.\n\n- Expanding the range of our narrative development tools and services, tailored for both individual and brand narratives in the web3 space.\n\n**Overcoming Operational Challenges in Cuba:**\n- Regular power outages in Cuba disrupt our workflow. This grant will fund backup power solutions like UPS systems and generators, establishing contingency plans and alternative solutions to mitigate these challenges and ensure smooth operations. This is critical in maintaining our productivity and ensuring that we remain at the cutting edge of the rapidly evolving web3 sector.\n\n**Research and Development:**\n- Our research aims not only to keep us at the forefront of AI and web3 innovations but also to contribute new insights and methodologies to the wider web3 narrative space.\n\n- Exploring new applications of AI in storytelling within the web3 framework, especially considering the unique perspective and challenges in LATAM.\n\n**Navigating the Linguistic Labyrinth**\n- As Spanish speakers, mastering web3 in English is a challenge. The grant will allow access to access better tools and resources, enhancing our team\u2019s English proficiency. This is key to engaging effectively in the global web3 conversation and bringing diverse perspectives to the forefront.\n\n**Overcoming Blockades and Borders**\n- We'll allocate funds to overcome digital barriers imposed by US Government blockade, using tools like VPNs to ensure uninterrupted access to the global web3 ecosystem.\n\n**Empowering Our Economic Aspirations**\n- In Cuba's challenging economy, this grant will support operational costs, subscriptions, and necessary upgrades. It's a vital investment in our dreams, enabling us to craft narratives that resonate beyond borders.\n\n**Community Building and Project Visibility:**\n\nA crucial part of our mission  is to amplify our presence and weave meaningful connections within the web3 community. This grant will enable us to participate in both virtual and physical events, allowing us to forge alliances with other web3 founders and projects, expanding our network, and embedding ourselves within the tapestry of the web3 ecosystem. Our goal is to not only share our vision but also to collaborate and grow alongside other innovators, shaping a future where narratives are as diverse as the creators behind them.\n\n**Our Commitment**\nOur commitment to using these funds extends beyond immediate needs; it's an investment in a future where narratives in web3 are as diverse and vibrant as the communities they represent.\n\nThis grant is a testament to our resilience and vision. It's a step toward realizing **Gnomai Lab**'s dream, where narratives are not just created but lived and experienced.\n", "hidden": true, "question": "How will you use the funds you receive in this round?", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "#Gnomai Lab's Goals for the Next Few Months\n\n- **Enhancing Alkim.ia: **Our immediate focus is on the development and refinement of Alkim.ia. We aim to enhance its AI capabilities, ensuring it offers intuitive and personalized narrative exploration experiences. This involves both technical improvements and user experience enhancements to make it more accessible and effective for a diverse range of users.\n\n- **Expanding Narrative Tools and Services:** We plan to broaden our range of narrative development tools beyond Alkim.ia. This expansion will cater to both individual, brand, and community narratives within the web3 space, offering tailored solutions that resonate with authenticity and emotional depth.\n\n-**Infrastructure and Connectivity Improvements: ** Given the infrastructural challenges in Cuba, a significant goal is to upgrade our technical setup. This includes investing in more reliable internet services and backup power solutions to ensure consistent operations and effective online presence, which is critical in the fast-paced web3 environment.\n\n-**Research and Innovation:** We\u2019re committed to staying at the forefront of AI and web3 innovations. The next few months will involve dedicated research into new applications of AI in storytelling, especially from a LATAM perspective, contributing fresh insights to the web3 narrative field.\n\n-**Overcoming Language Barriers: **Enhancing our team\u2019s English proficiency is a key goal to ensure we can effectively engage in the global web3 conversation. We plan to invest in language training and tools to help bridge the linguistic gap, allowing us to bring diverse LATAM voices to the forefront.\n\n-**Building Community and Partnerships:** A crucial goal is to build community around web3 narratives and forge strategic partnerships. We aim to connect with other web3 projects, potential collaborators, and supporters who share our vision of diverse and inclusive narratives in the web3 space.\n\n-**Empowerment and Inclusion Initiatives: **As a female-led team, empowering women and minority groups in web3 remains at our core. We\u2019ll be launching inclusive narrative toolkits and participating in events focused on elevating underrepresented voices in the web3 narrative landscape.", "hidden": true, "question": "What are your/the projects goals for the next few months?", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "#My Contributions to the SheFi Community\n\n\n**Social Media Advocacy:** One of the primary ways I've added value to the SheFi community is through social media advocacy. My LinkedIn post titled  [\"Shining a Light on SheFi\"](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aimaragarciaonline_web3-dei-growth-activity-7067144714075942912-BnRk?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_detail_base%3BXgW0JkV1TMaUhZPUhmZB7g%3D%3D)is a prime example. By sharing insights and celebrating SheFi's initiatives, I've helped raise awareness and appreciation for the community's efforts in promoting women in web3 and frontier technologies. This post not only garnered significant attention but also amplified SheFi's mission to a broader audience.\n\n**Uplifting SheFi's Vision: **Even though I haven't been able to be physically present at community events or very active on the server, I continuously uphold and promote SheFi's values and objectives. Whether it's through engaging with SheFi's social media content or by sharing my own thoughts and experiences related to SheFi's impact, I strive to keep the spirit and vision of SheFi alive within my network.\n\n**Promoting Diversity and Inclusion: **As a SheFier, my efforts in the web3 space, align closely with SheFi's goals of diversity and inclusion. By working on projects that emphasize the empowerment of women and underrepresented groups in technology, I mirror SheFi's commitment to these crucial values.\n\n**Building Parallel Narratives:** My work at **Gnomai Lab**, especially in narrative alchemy, complements SheFi's mission by developing and supporting narratives that highlight women's roles and contributions in web3. This indirect support adds depth and breadth to the conversations around gender equity in technology, reflecting SheFi's overarching goals.\n", "hidden": true, "question": "How have you added value to the SheFi community", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "#Funding Sources of Gnomai Lab\n\n- **Initial Funding:**\n\n**Personal Savings**: The journey of Gnomai Lab began with a deep personal commitment, funded primarily through our founders' personal savings. This self-funding underscores our strong belief in the project's potential and impact.\n\n**Support from Friends and Family:** Complementing our investment, we've received essential financial support from friends and family, a testament to their faith in our vision and the encouragement we've received from our close networks.\n\n-**Community-Based Funding Initiatives:**\n\n**Grants and Scholarships:** Actively seeking grants and scholarships, particularly those focusing on women-led, web3, and AI-driven narrative projects, aligns us with groups that share our mission of transformative narratives in the web3 space.\n\n**Community Outreach:** Our outreach extends to web3, women-led, and tech-focused communities, such as WeDAO LATAM and SiHer, to find potential funding that resonates with our ethos and objectives.\n\n-**Near Future Funding Plans:**\n\n**Revenue from Services and Products:** Our diverse range of services and products is expected to create sustainable revenue streams, supporting our post-launch growth and development.\n\n##Commitment to Sustainable Growth:\n\n**Strategic Allocation of Funds:** We are committed to strategically utilizing every funding source to enhance our technology, broaden our services, and address the unique operational challenges we face in Cuba.\n\n**Building a Resilient Foundation:** Our funding strategy is not merely for short-term gains; it's about establishing a resilient and sustainable foundation for Gnomai Lab. We are focused on organic growth, ensuring our values and vision remain at the core of our progress.\n", "hidden": true, "question": "What are your funding sources? Have you raised angel or VC funding?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "As of now, **Gnomai Lab** has not participated in any previous grant rounds or programs. This application represents our initial venture into seeking external funding to support and enhance our project. Our focus has been on laying a strong foundation, designing our offers, and refining our vision. We are now ready to explore opportunities that align with our mission of transforming narratives in the web3 space.", "hidden": true, "question": "How many grant rounds or programs have you previously participated in, and received funding from?", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "**Gnomai Lab** is embarking on a new chapter, as we haven't raised funding or participated in grant rounds before. This is our first step into a world of possibilities, where we aim to harness the power of narratives in the web3 space. \n\nOur journey so far has been self-funded, a testament to our dedication and belief in our mission. We're excited about the potential support this grant represents, and are eager to demonstrate how we can use it to amplify voices and stories in web3, especially from perspectives as unique as ours in LATAM.\n", "hidden": true, "question": "If you\u2019ve been in a previous grant round or have raised funding before, please share the total amount raised, and update us on your progress as well as how the funding was used.", "questionId": 9}], "project": {"id": "10:0x8e1bD5Da87C14dd8e08F7ecc2aBf9D1d558ea174:1720", "title": "Gnomai Lab", "logoImg": "bafkreicv3kkjc4f37towiys77edgxieoezdb5bpv6fwuhyded4yt7poydq", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreicx7yh3h363vw3b7lduixdmlzadgfpdu3mdr3tixlaum5h3rwfnim", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://gamma.app/public/Gnomai-Lab-Where-Web3-Stories-Come-to-Life-yersy4fh7uoized", "bannerImg": "bafkreigd5yg7w7w7qu63az3sxguimkvc22lkwhunkthonotpvnsljyamdi", "createdAt": 1703573328074, "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..ozDWBgNElQ2vAUz78qOAA7BHI1Ji3TXA8Ir2aQVwfcArMXaZPj-F5t9HV2NKG_r3pKH7ljt0M0iOmlkRUqc3Bg", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-12-26T17:21:04.760Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-12-26T17:21:04.760Z", "expirationDate": "2024-03-25T17:21:04.760Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x8E097Cf15581e344687127E6247a53663C0e4f71", "hash": "v0.0.0:UyfGssZZOmc+wX3cAag+6Uxx0XglcISteLuln1BCA6s=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#GnomaiLabs"}}}, "description": "Gnomai Lab: Crafting Narratives with Soul in the Web3 Universe\n\nAt Gnomai Lab, we are not just about technology; we are about stories \u2013 your stories. We believe that every individual and project in the web3 space has a unique narrative, a soul waiting to be expressed and shared with the world.\n\nWhat is Gnomai About?\n\nGnomai Lab is a fusion of ancient narrative alchemy and modern, human-centric technology. Our mission is to empower individuals and web3 projects to discover and articulate their authentic stories. We operate at the intersection of technology and human emotion, blending the art of storytelling with the innovations of the web3 era.\n\nWe offer services that guide and facilitate the development of personal and brand narratives. From helping individuals define their mission, vision, and values through Alkim.ia, to aligning these personal narratives with their web3 projects, we ensure every story is deeply personal and profoundly impactful.\n\nOur approach goes beyond traditional content creation. We believe in empowering our clients to uncover and articulate their narratives, ensuring they resonate authentically in the web3 world. We provide the tools and guidance, but the story \u2013 its heart and soul \u2013 always belongs to the storyteller.\n\nThe Impact We Aim to Have\n\n- Emotional Resonance in Technology: At Gnomai, we aim to bridge the gap between cutting-edge web3 technology and the emotional, human aspect of storytelling. We want to transform how narratives are perceived and shared in the digital space, making them more relatable, heartfelt, and genuine.\n\n- Empowering Authentic Voices: We strive to empower individuals and brands in the web3 space to tell their stories confidently and authentically. By doing so, we hope to create a more inclusive and diverse narrative landscape, where every voice has the power to be heard and make an impact.\n\n- Revolutionizing Digital Identity: Our vision extends to reinventing how digital identities are crafted and perceived. Through our work, we aspire to infuse digital assets, like NFTs, with personal stories and meanings, transforming them from mere digital tokens into embodiments of personal journeys and experiences.\n\n- Fostering Community and Connection: We believe in the power of stories to connect people. By helping our clients articulate their narratives, we aim to foster deeper connections and a stronger sense of community in the web3 space. We envision a future where narratives are not just shared but lived and experienced by communities.\n\nAt Gnomai Lab, our ultimate goal is to see a web3 universe where technology serves humanity's need for connection and meaning. We envision that every digital interaction is enriched with authentic stories and genuine human emotions, making the web3 space not just technologically advanced, but also emotionally resonant.", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "GnomaiLabs"}, "recipient": "0x8005d8E083bD316bFA53B0975233baC6A26ed5b5"}}