The Prezenti Season 2 grant round has been open since 25 February 2026. The Anchor and Boost pools are active, and we’ve been reviewing applications on a rolling basis, offering contracts to promising teams.
Adapting to a quickly changing landscape, this post reviews current status and introduces a new addition to Season 2: the Frontier Pool, focused on AI and agent economy infrastructure deployed on Celo.
Why are we doing this?
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 our discussions with the Celo Core Co’s DevRel team, it’s clear there is both strategic interest and emerging builder activity in this area. Rather than wait for Season 3, we think it’s the right moment to direct some funding toward the infrastructure layer that would support this activity on Celo.
What is the Frontier Pool?
A focused grant pool for projects building AI and agent economy infrastructure on Celo.
| Detail | |
|---|---|
| Grant size | Up to $25,000 USDm per project |
| Source | Reallocated from the Anchor Pool budget |
| Application | Open after the 5 day discussion period below through 30 June 2026, rolling basis, depending on funding available. |
| Evaluation | Prezenti in consultation with the Celo Foundation’s DevRel team |
This pool is distinct from the existing Anchor and Boost pools.
- Where Anchor rewards proven traction at scale and Boost fast-tracks established projects from other ecosystems on to MiniPay,
- Frontier Pool targets foundational infrastructure, the protocols, tooling, and services that other builders and agents will rely on.
To be transparent: this reallocation reduces the number of Anchor grants we’ll be able to issue this season. We believe the trade-off is justified given the strategic importance of positioning Celo for the agent economy early.
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.
Eligibility
- Deployed on Celo mainnet. Your 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. You should be able to articulate how your 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.
- 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.
What this pool will not fund
- 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
Evaluation process
Given the specialized nature of this pool, evaluation will weigh technical merit, infrastructure value to the broader ecosystem, and the team’s ability to deliver, rather than relying on transaction-based traction metrics used in the Anchor Pool.
This is a discretionary pool. We are looking for quality over quantity, and we reserve the right to fund fewer projects at higher quality rather than distributing broadly.
Grant terms
Consistent with our other pools:
- One-off grant in USDm
- Payment split: 20% at project onset, 80% after agreed delivery milestones
- Applicants will sign a contract with Prezenti and complete KYC
- Grants offered on a rolling basis until funds are allocated
How to apply
Apply through the standard Prezenti application process on CharmVerse and select the Frontier Pool template.
Applications will be open after the 5 day discussion period below through 30 June 2026.
Discussion
We’re opening this up for community feedback for the next 5 days. In particular:
- Are the eligibility criteria appropriately scoped, or are we being too narrow / too broad in defining “agent economy infrastructure”?
- Are there categories of infrastructure we should explicitly include or exclude?
- For builders already active in this space on Celo, does this pool address a real funding gap?
We’re happy to discuss whether a specific project would be a fit before you apply. Drop questions below or reach out to the Prezenti team directly.
— The Prezenti Team
A quick update from the 
You can find the new application form here: