Prezenti Frontier Pool

# Frontier Pool **STATUS: OPEN** ## Current Round This round is open until 30th June 2026 ## Timeline - This round is open until 30th June 2026 - Inform outcome to applicants: Within 2-4 weeks of submission, offered on a rolling basis - Close out / end of grants: 4 months after contract signatory ## Pool Mission and Fund Allocation The Frontier Pool is a focused grant pool for projects building AI and agent economy infrastructure on Celo. It targets foundational infrastructure — the protocols, tooling, and services that other builders and agents will rely on. This pool is distinct from Anchor and Boost. Where Anchor rewards proven traction at scale and Boost fast-tracks established projects from other ecosystems onto MiniPay, Frontier targets the infrastructure layer that supports agent activity on Celo. ### Why the Frontier Pool The agent economy is arriving faster than most ecosystems are preparing for. Autonomous agents need infrastructure to discover services, transact, verify identity, and coordinate with each other on-chain. Celo is already seeing early activity in this space — projects are registering on-chain agent identities, building agent-to-agent payment rails, and deploying AI-native applications. The 8004scan leaderboard shows growing agent activity across chains, with Celo among the most active networks. Through discussions with the Celo Foundation's DevRel team, there is both strategic interest and emerging builder activity in this area. Rather than wait for Season 3, Prezenti is directing funding toward the infrastructure layer that supports this activity on Celo now. ## Eligibility & Focus **What we're looking for:** Projects that strengthen Celo's position as infrastructure for the agent economy. This includes, but is not limited to: - **Agent identity and discovery:** on-chain registries, reputation systems, and discovery protocols that help agents find and verify each other - **Agent-to-agent transaction infrastructure:** payment channels, escrow mechanisms, micropayment rails, and settlement layers designed for autonomous operation - **AI-native developer tooling:** SDKs, frameworks, and middleware that make it easier to build, deploy, and manage on-chain agents on Celo - **Verification and trust infrastructure:** output verification, accountability systems, and proof mechanisms for agent actions - **Interoperability layers:** bridges, adapters, and protocol translators that connect Celo's agent ecosystem to other networks and off-chain AI systems We are not prescriptive about specific technology choices. We are looking for teams that understand the problem space deeply and are building something that other projects in the ecosystem would depend on. | Detail | | |---|---| | Grant size | Up to $25,000 USDm per project | | Source | Reallocated from the Anchor Pool budget | | Evaluation | Prezenti in consultation with the Celo Foundation's DevRel team | ### Eligibility Requirements - **Deployed on Celo mainnet.** Project must have a working deployment on Celo. We will verify this. - **Infrastructure focus.** The project should serve as enabling infrastructure — tooling, protocols, or services that other builders or agents would use, rather than a standalone end-user application. - **Technical credibility.** Teams must demonstrate deep understanding of the problem they're solving and a credible technical approach. Open-source projects or those with public technical documentation are preferred. - **Clear contribution to the ecosystem.** Teams should articulate how the project makes Celo more capable as a platform for AI and agent activity. - **ERC-8004 registration.** Teams must register their agent/project under the ERC-8004 identity standard so it's discoverable and verifiable across the agent ecosystem. *AI Infrastructure projects are not included in this requirement.* - **Self Agent ID.** Teams must use Self Protocol's Agent ID for identity, ensuring sybil-resistant, verifiable agent identity on Celo. - **Verifiable onchain activity.** Teams must produce easily verifiable onchain transactions on Celo mainnet that demonstrate real usage of the deployed infrastructure. ## Not Eligible - Ongoing salaries, core operating costs, or general runway funding - Pure marketing spend, events, or community campaigns - Liquidity provision, token listings, or general VC investment - End-user applications without an infrastructure component (these may be better suited to the Anchor Pool) - Projects not deployed on Celo mainnet - Wrappers or thin integrations over existing tools without meaningful new functionality ## General Information - One-off grant in USDm to all successful applicants - Payments will be split 20% at project onset, and 80% after agreed delivery milestones - For unsuccessful applications there will be some feedback - Applicants will be KYC'ed and sign a contract with Prezenti - This is a discretionary pool — quality over quantity, with the right to fund fewer projects at higher quality rather than distributing broadly ## Evaluation Rubric The Prezenti review team, in consultation with the Celo Foundation's DevRel team, will use the rubric below to help guide and grade proposals. Given the specialized nature of this pool, evaluation weighs technical merit, infrastructure value, and the team's ability to deliver, rather than transaction-based traction metrics used in the Anchor Pool. To arrive at a final decision, Prezenti will evaluate each proposal and come to a consensus through an internal vote. | Criterion | Score | Notes | |-----------|-------|-------| | Alignment with agent economy infrastructure thesis | 0: No clear alignment / 1: Partial alignment with no notable gaps | — | | Open Source Commitment | 0: No / 1: Yes / Partial | Comment | | Technical credibility & demo quality | 0: No demo / unclear approach / 1: Working demo / clear technical approach | — | | Team Assessment | 0: Can't assess / bad / 1: Strong team | — | | Infrastructure value to ecosystem | 0: Low / unclear value / 1: Clear value to other builders or agents | — | | Deployed on Celo mainnet (verified) | 0: No / 1: Yes | — | | ERC-8004 registration & Self Agent ID compliance | 0: No / 1: Yes / Partial | — | | Verifiable onchain activity | 0: No / 1: Yes / Partial | — | | Discretionary factor | -1 / 0 / 1 | Comment | ## Grant Submission Outcomes Process After you have submitted your application via our form linked here and on our website, you will need to wait for an outcome. This typically takes around 4 weeks from submission, although we strive to turnaround applications faster. We will first inform you via email. This will be sent to the email address of the lead submitted within the application. This is so we have a full audit trail of each application in our systems / in case Charmverse goes down. Once the emails have been issued we will then update Karma Gap with the outcomes to be public.