Picture this

Who it is for

Chidi wants to meet a VC. His agent pitches her agent, she accepts, and his 10 USDC is refunded if he shows up prepared, or kept if he flakes.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$189

$47 deposit to reserve

Owner agent profiles, negotiation flow, refundable stake escrow, calendar link

You choose: chain
You choose: name and logo
You choose: accent color
You choose: stake amount

Customfrom $1,200

Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

Everything in Base
Custom features and design
Priority build

Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

What is new

Agent-negotiated intros are live; the refundable meeting stake is the uncommon addition.

Closest things out there

Tobira.ai has users' agents negotiate introductions with mutual approval, and PeerTalk.ai does agent negotiation with escrow; none found staking a show-up fee on the meeting.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

Your relationships and time get respected and valued.

The Regatta Board

Races it can enter

buildathon · Base · upcoming

Base Batches

unknown for next cohort

Official page ↗

Consumer AI; eligibility unknown

Their rule on existing code: unknown; prior editions accepted early-stage teams including existing projects

What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

The complete Warm Intro app: your agent pitches theirs, a yes comes with a small refundable USDC stake, and hosts get a calm Friday shortlist, with a paywall built in.

Base price · $189

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Three step onboardingHome

Shown once: your agent asks, a yes carries a stake, pick your channels.

Next action and open doorsHome

One clear next step, wallet, held and kept counts, and hosts open this week.

Agent to agent negotiationAsk

Pick a host, write traction and one ask, watch two agents trade five messages.

Refundable stake escrowAsk

Stake choices bounded by the host minimum and the network cap, held in escrow on Base.

Kind no with a better fitAsk

Out of focus requests get a specific reason, no stake taken, and a better host suggested.

Meeting room with briefMeetings

Booking in both time zones, one page brief, free reschedule, join or miss the call.

Refund, forfeit and review statesMeetings

Refund with a ticket and share card, forfeit to the host's fund, or a held review with an explanation.

Friday shortlist as a hostShortlist

Three requests your agent liked each Friday, offer one, keep a streak. Gated behind Host.

Host termsShortlist

Open or close your door, your stake, focus, forfeit destination and three screening questions.

Wallet and onchain receiptsWallet

Available and held USDC, plan, and every escrow and settlement with what is and is not onchain.

Plans and USDC checkoutWallet

Plans from the owner paywall, paid through the shared checkout with a tx hash receipt.

Open the full app demo

Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue and paywall editorRevenue

MRR, payouts, incoming USDC, payment methods, and live editing of plan names, prices and gates.

Network rulesRules

Stake cap and floor, grace window, reschedule notice, free intros, brief rule, screen, review and gas.

Disputes, agent log and roadmapDisputes

Human review before any forfeit, a weekly agent run with failures and adaptations, and the priced Roadmap.

Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Profile, reach-me link and permissionsMe

Notifications, a public reach-me link, what the agent may and may never do.

Open door growth loopHosts

Share host links to bring in new hosts, cohorts of requesters who became hosts, top referrers.

The money path, built in

How it earns for you

Requesters start free. Hosts and networks pay a monthly plan for their own screening agent and shortlist. Stakes are never revenue: they are refunded or sent to the host's chosen fund.

Free$0Send intros with a stake, five a month

Host$15 a monthUnlimited intros, Friday shortlist, own screening questions, forfeit destination

Network$99 a monthEverything in Host, plus shared agent, team calendars and kept meeting reports

No fee on stakes, ever. Gas for escrow and settlement (under $0.01 per intro on Base) can be sponsored by the owner.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

Reach-me links: every host posts warmintro.app/name on their profile and brings in requesters
Requesters who keep meetings become hosts themselves
Refund share card after a kept meeting
Weekly host link sharing from the owner console
Network plans that onboard a whole fund or accelerator at once

Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included

The full Warm Intro app

Agent profiles and negotiation
USDC stake escrow with refunds
Booking in both time zones
Friday shortlist and host terms
Paywall, disputes, agent log

Included

Doors beyond investors

Hiring managers, mentors and journalists as host types
Team inboxes for funds and accelerators
Optimism escrow and calendar sync for Google and Outlook

Add-on from $400

A record of kept meetings

Portable kept meeting record as an attestation
Faster yes for people with a strong record
White label for founder networks

Add-on from $900

For investors and grant reviewers

The pitch, ready

Your agent and theirs agree an intro is worth it, then you stake a small refundable fee on showing up.

Problem: People who can open doors are buried in cold requests, and the meetings they accept often get skipped. Founders without a network cannot get a first meeting.

Solution: Agents screen and negotiate each intro with real numbers and one clear ask. A yes carries a small USDC stake in escrow that comes straight back when you show up prepared.

Why now: Capable agents can screen and write kind, specific noes for a cent, embedded wallets make USDC simple, and Base makes escrow cost almost nothing.

Market: Founders, job seekers and mentees on one side; investors, hiring managers, mentors, accelerators and communities on the other.

The ask: Pilot partners: one seed fund and one founder community, and a place in a consumer AI buildathon such as Base Batches.

Funding is never guaranteed. Check each program's rules.

For hackathons and demo days

Your 2 minute demo

Home: meet Chidi in Yaba, forty cold emails and no replies, and Marisol in Lisbon.
Ask: pick Marisol, write traction and one ask, stake 10 USDC and watch the agents negotiate.
Ask: switch to Hana with a fintech pitch and get a kind no with a better fit, no stake taken.
Meetings: send the one page brief, join the call, see the refund, ticket and share card.
Shortlist: hit the Host lock, pay with USDC on Base, then offer one of three Friday intros.
Owner Revenue: change the Host price in the paywall editor and preview the user Plans sheet.
Owner Rules and Disputes: turn review on, miss a call in the user app, refund it after a clash.
Owner Hosts and Roadmap: share host links to add a new host, then request v2.

Many hackathons require code written at the event. See the Regatta Boardfor each race's rule.

Make it entirely yours

Custom work from $1,200: your own host types and screening questions, CRM or calendar integrations, extra chains or languages, or a branded deployment for a fund or accelerator. Scoped on a call.

Custom from $1,200

BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The need

People who can open doors, like investors, hiring managers and mentors, are buried in cold requests, and the meetings they do accept often get skipped. Founders without a network cannot get a first meeting. Both sides lose time, and the no-shows make busy people even more closed.

What exists and what is new

Agent-negotiated intros already exist. Tobira.ai has users' agents negotiate introductions with mutual approval, and PeerTalk.ai does agent negotiation with escrow. Research verdict: rare, medium novelty. None were found staking a refundable show-up fee on the meeting itself. What this app adds is that stake: a small USDC deposit in escrow, refunded on attendance and preparation, forfeited only on a no-show to a destination the host chooses.

The data it runs on

Each person's agent profile (focus, availability, stake rules), the negotiation transcript between agents, calendar slots, attendance signals signed by both agents, and escrow events. Pitches, briefs and call content stay offchain and are deleted after a retention window.

1.The mission

Make a yes to a meeting mean something, so busy people open their doors again.

2.Why people can't resist it

Your agent does the asking No more cold emails into silence. Your agent pitches theirs with your real numbers and comes back with a yes, a kind no or a better fit.

The stake comes back Show up prepared and it is refunded within minutes. Seeing it return is a small, satisfying proof you kept your word.

Friday shortlist Hosts get three requests their agent liked each Friday and pick one, a calm weekly ritual instead of an inbox.

3.How it works for real

Agent profiles: Each user sets focus, slots and stake rules. Agents run on a mid tier model (for example a Claude Sonnet or GPT class model) with a small model for first pass screening.

Negotiation: Agents exchange structured messages: who, why, stage, the one ask, time in both cities. A cheap model filters; the larger model writes the pitch and the decline.

Wallets: Embedded wallets (for example Privy) so founders can stake USDC without managing keys; gas sponsored by the operator.

Escrow contract: A simple escrow on Base (and Optimism) holds the stake, releases on two-agent attendance signatures, and forfeits to the host's chosen address after a timeout.

Calendar link: Calendar integration books the slot, confirms time zones on both sides and offers free rescheduling with 24 hours notice.

Attendance signal: Both agents sign attendance after the call starts (video link join events); disputes go to a short human review.

Notifications: Email and push for bookings, brief reminders, refunds and the Friday digest.

4.Cost per use and pricing

Per intro, roughly: screening with a small model about $0.001, negotiation and pitch writing with a mid tier model about $0.01 to $0.03, two Base transactions (escrow and settle) under $0.01 total with sponsored gas. Example: a host receiving 300 requests a month costs about $3 to $9 in model use and under $1 in gas.

Free $0

Send intros with a stake, five a month.

Host $15 a month

Your own screening agent, Friday shortlist, custom stake and forfeit rules.

Network $99 a month

For funds, accelerators and communities: shared agent, team calendars and reporting.

5.Growth loop

Every booking shows both parties the app, and every refund is a small happy moment people mention. Hosts publish a 'reach me via Warm Intro' link on their profiles, which brings in requesters, who later become hosts themselves.

6.Risks and guardrails

Pay to play perception: A stake can look like paying for access. Stakes are small, refundable, and never go to the operator; hosts can direct forfeits to a fund.

Unfair forfeits: Time zone slips, outages and emergencies happen. Free reschedules, a grace window and human review before a disputed forfeit.

Privacy: Pitches and briefs are confidential. They stay offchain and are deleted after 30 days unless both sides keep them.

Agent errors: An agent can misread fit. Hosts see why each request was declined and can override; every decline is kind and specific.

Regulation: Holding user funds in escrow may raise money transmission questions in some places. Non-custodial contracts and legal review per market.

7.Build order

Agent profiles and a simple negotiation flow between two agents
Embedded wallet and the USDC escrow contract on Base
Calendar booking with both time zones confirmed
Attendance signing and automatic refund
Forfeit destination and dispute review
Friday shortlist digest for hosts

8.Where this is going

Now
Founders reach seed investors through agents, with a small stake that makes yes mean yes.
Next
Hiring managers, mentors, journalists and community leaders use the same door.
Later
A portable record of kept meetings becomes a quiet reputation that opens doors faster.
The world it builds
Talent anywhere can reach the right person, and busy people can say yes again without fear of wasted time.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Warm Intro

Cold DMs to busy people mostly die, and the busy people waste hours filtering them. Warm Intro lets your agent pitch their agent, and the requester stakes a small refundable fee that comes back if they show up prepared and is kept if they flake. Owning it means you run the trusted intro desk for your network: your wallet holds the escrow contract, your brand is on every request, and your community's time is finally respected.

What’s stopping you?

“I can't code. Can I run agent to agent negotiation?”

Yes. Owner agent profiles, the negotiation flow, the refundable stake escrow and calendar links are built. You set the stake amount, chain, name and colors, add your AI key, and deploy from your wallet with the guide.

“Will people feel insulted being asked to stake?”

Some will. Keep the stake small (5 to 10 USDC), always refundable when they show up, and explain it is about respect for time, not a paywall. Busy people tend to love it; the right requesters understand.

“What if there's a dispute about whether someone showed up prepared?”

Keep the rule simple: the person who accepted the meeting confirms within 48 hours, and if they do not, the stake refunds automatically. Write the rule on the page so nobody is surprised.

“Am I holding other people's money? Is that legal?”

The stake sits in a smart contract, not your personal wallet, and refunds follow the rule. Rules about escrow and payments differ by country, so keep stakes small and talk to a lawyer before scaling or taking a cut of stakes.

“What if nobody important joins?”

Start with your own network. Ask three people who get too many DMs to try it as receivers. Their presence attracts requesters.

The million-dollar ladder

Receivers (founders, investors, recruiters) pay a monthly fee for an agent that filters intros, and you can take a small, clearly disclosed platform fee on kept stakes. Communities pay for a shared intro desk.

$100

$4,500

$62,500

$85,000

First 10 receivers

10 receivers

$10 per month

A founder and investor circle

300 receivers

$15 per month

Known intro desk in an ecosystem

2,500 receivers