NEXT MOVE · WITHIN THE HOUR
1. Write a brief
45 minCommunity, consent model, items collected, members paid.
OWNER PLAYBOOK · VOYAGE CHART
Chart your voyage with Data Commons Co-op
Pick where you want to go. Every route starts with a move you can make within the hour.
Raise for it
You want grants, accelerators or investors to back it.
MOVES MADE
00/ 4
STREAK
0 days
WHY THIS ROUTE
Public goods and community data are strong grant themes.
ARRIVED LOOKS LIKE
Three grant applications sent.
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2. Apply to a Gitcoin round
60 minPublic goods; must be open source. Funding not promised.
FIRST MESSAGE · EMAIL · TO A PROGRAM MANAGER AT A CHAIN GRANTS TEAM
Hi, I run Data Commons Co-op: a community pools consented data, licenses it to AI builders and pays members by accepted contributions. It is live and I can share real usage numbers. Before I apply to your next round, could you tell me whether it fits your current priorities? Demo: [link]
3. Apply to a chain community grant
60 minPolygon community grants accept existing projects; check criteria.
4. Ask a language nonprofit to co-sign
15 minCredibility helps.
FIRST MESSAGE · EMAIL · TO A LANGUAGE PRESERVATION NONPROFIT
Hi, our data co-op pays speakers for consented recordings and licenses them to AI builders. Would you advise us or co-sign a grant application?
Check in on me
Leave an email and we nudge you at 24 and 72 hours with your next move. Optional.
Or to keep this voyage on your profile.
PORTS ALONG THE ROUTE
Apps that stack well on this route
LIVE DEMOGrant Ready
A project-in-a-box: contracts, site, docs and impact metrics shaped for grant applications.
Reserve · refundable deposit
$349Base · Optimism +2
LIVE DEMOGrant Ledger
Show funders exactly what their grant built, milestone by milestone, with proof attached.
Reserve · refundable deposit
$199Optimism · Arbitrum +2
LIVE DEMOLibrary of Things
Lend the ladder, the drill, the tent: a street library of things with deposits held by contract.
Reserve · refundable deposit
$149Base · Polygon +1
Put your name on the bow
Every route goes further on a vessel you own. Built on order, refundable deposit.