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Welcome to the Future of Autonomous Trust

The GenLayer Foundation Grants Program funds builders, researchers, and visionaries shaping the trust layer for the AI era. We support projects that power decentralized, AI-native coordination, where Intelligent Contracts and AI validators enforce agreements, resolve disputes, and govern autonomously.

GenLayer is more than a blockchain. It’s the foundation of a global Court of the Internet, where law becomes logic and trust becomes programmable. We do not just fund projects. We work alongside builders to co-create the future of decentralized trust.

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We fund and guide projects that help make programmable trust real. Our goals include:

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Strengthen the AI-native ecosystem

Support development of critical tools, coordination mechanisms, and infrastructure for a scalable, decentralized protocol.

Advance AI-native
Governance

Enable new business models and decision systems built for intelligent agents and human-machine coordination.

Accelerate GenLayer
Adoption

Seed real-world use cases and integrations ahead of mainnet to validate trustless, AI-driven consensus at scale.

Lay the groundwork
for Deepthought DAO

Fund early contributors building toward GenLayer’s long-term governance transition—from human-led stewardship to machine-assisted autonomy.
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BUILDERS

How We Support Builders:

Financial Grants

Funding up to 2,000,000 GEN per project, distributed based on milestones.

Technical Mentorship

Access to protocol engineers and infrastructure experts for integration support.

Strategic Guidance

Help shaping your roadmap, governance logic, and growth model to align with GenLayer’s legal and technical framework.

Network Access

Connect with the GenLayer ecosystem, partners, and Foundation contributors—laying the groundwork for long-term collaboration and DAO participation.
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WHO SHOULD APPLY

We invite applications from:

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Solo developers, teams, startups, or established organizations
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Projects aligned with GenLayer’s architecture and decentralized values
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Builders working on high-impact use cases with clear deliverables
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Applicants outside of restricted jurisdictions
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We fund the next:

Core Infrastructure &
Developer Tools

SDKs, contract languages, audit frameworks, and dev environments for building on GenLayer

AI-Powered
Applications

dApps that use Intelligent Contracts for real-world logic: performance-based payments, prediction markets, dispute resolution, governance systems

Exploratory
Research

Studies on protocol governance, AI safety, decentralized arbitration, economic modeling, or compliance frameworks for autonomous systems

Testnet
Integrations

Port existing apps or develop new ones on GenLayer testnets to validate LLM-powered consensus
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Funding Overview

Total Pre-Launch Pool: 210,000,000 GEN (5% of TGE supply)

Category
Grant Count
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Grant Range
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Budget
Prototype Development
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500K to 2M GEN
12.9M GEN
Testnet Integration
Testnet Integration
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300K to 1.5M GEN
7.9M GEN
Exploratory Research
17
200K to 1M GEN
5.3M GEN

Funding is milestone-based, with different tiers (small, medium, large) tied to project complexity and scope.

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Apply Now

All grantees are expected to:

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Track key metrics and report progress
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Share code and documentation
(open-source preferred)
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Participate in testnet performance evaluations
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Present findings at the virtual showcase
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Support long-term collaboration with the GenLayer community
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