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Section 1: Basic Details

  1. What grant type are you applying for? 

  • Build

  • Growth

  • Research

  • Govern

2. Project Name:

DevPool - The DAO OS and Talent Marketplace

3. Safe Address (to receive grant)

fisc.ubq.eth

4. I understand that I will be required to provide additional KYC information to the Safe Foundation and to sign the KYC Agreement to receive this grant:

  • Yes 

  • No

5. I understand that I have reviewed the Terms & Condition and the Safe Privacy Policy:

  • Yes 

  • No

6. I understand that I will be expected to provide follow up grant reporting information to the Grants Council and Safe Forum

  • Yes 

  • No

Section 2: Project Details

  1. Describe your project in detail

    1. What is your problem statement or the opportunity you are targeting?

      DevPool is the crypto talent marketplace and a model for DAO growth and is built right on-top of GitHub. This means that DevPool has the reach of the entire GitHub development community and all of GitHub's tools. Sitting on top of GitHub, DevPool uses Ubiquity DAO's in-house algorithms and AI to optimally match talented developers with tasks and projects they are interested in and get paid for their contribution. In turn, this allows projects to dynamically scale based on need and source the right talent to contribute.

      We want to extend and streamline payments and Gnosis financial tools into each user and project using DevPool starting with the integration of Safe Wallet.

    2. How will end users benefit from the solution?

      Users will have the ability to store, get paid, settle and transact financial tools with Safe as the backbone for their activities. The result is that Safe and Gnosis products will be ubiquitous for all of DevPool's userbase in day-to-day use.

    3. How does your project solve the problem or capture the white space?

      DevPool is the marketplace that Crypto is in need of. We are a systematic building catalyst for project growth and a revenue source for contributors. We are a growth engine for the industry based on a builder approach.

      Our next step at Ubiquity DAO with relation to Safe is to launch fiat cash out options including bank transfers and a crypto debit card to further streamline Safe and Gnosis product daily use and market reach.

    4. How did you come up with this idea?

As our DAO grew we realized that the decentralized nature of DAOs, like Ubiquity, necessitated a new platform. A marketplace where we can call upon specialized talent, on demand, to help solve our problems. Not only was it a rethink of the hiring process, it was an organic extension to the way DAOs and the future of crypto will work. We soon realized it is also a sustainable model for how DAOs can optimally operate. This is where we embarked on building our first grand contribution to the crypto environment: The DevPool.

The DevPool can be considered both a marketplace and a DAO OS.

As a marketplace: DevPool enables DAOs to work smoother and develop faster. DevPool allows contributors to help build both horizontally and vertically based on their interest and get paid for their contributions. It is a marketplace where need meets supply.

As an OS: DevPool helps keep DAOs and project managers focused on their mission and deliverables. This is the OS component. Built on top of GitHub and integrating our extensible Ubiquibot AI, DevPool allows project managers to optimize their resources and collaborate with effective, results focused, talent to build and deploy their projects.

Being built on top of GitHub means that DevPool enjoys all the features that are organic to GitHub and by extension it means that we can deploy the best of DAO models to also support existing web2 projects as well as future crypto development on GitHub.

  1. What is the core value proposition of your project? Include details such as competitive analysis, comparables to similar projects and an emphasis on your key differentiators  DevPool has first mover advantage. One could compare it to a Crypto native Upwork from the developer perspective but DevPool is so much more since it harnesses the power of GitHub and supports all the projects therein, DevPool is a talent marketplace, a Growth engine and being Crypto first, it can be utilized as an OS for DAOs to professionally streamline growth and product development.

  2. Does your project use any novel technology? 

    We have built numerous novel technologies which we have deployed into DevPool including our AI engine which is constantly being upgraded - UbiquiBot.

  3. What type of support are you looking for?

    • Funding

    • Introductions to investors

    • Technical support

    • Marketing

    • Advice/Consulting

    • HR/Hiring

    • Other

  4. Add additional context here to type of support required

    We are looking to develop a strategic and long term relationship with the Safe and Gnosis teams.

  5. Please share your key documents and links

    1. Link to website

      https://ubq.fi/

    2. Link to previous work

      Ubiquity DAO GitHub: https://github.com/ubiquity/

    3. Link to Whitepaper 

      https://dao.ubq.fi/the-devpool

    4. Link to One-pager

      https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19PqMLGvkwv0MwF0ej5ip7XlwfFM8a0RHJ0V0g62pUcI/edit?usp=sharing

    5. Link to product demo

      https://dao.ubq.fi/the-devpool

    6. Link to Github

      Ubiquity DAO GitHub: https://github.com/ubiquity/

      DevPool UbiquiBot https://github.com/ubiquity/ubiquibot

      DevPool Bounties Directory https://github.com/ubiquity/devpool-directory/issues

Section 3: Team

  1. Name and role of team member(s)

    1. URLs to LinkedIn 

      Jonathan G. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathangropper/

    2. **URLs to Github  **Team members:

      https://github.com/pavlovcik

      https://github.com/0xcodercrane

      https://github.com/rndquu

      https://github.com/Steveantor

      https://github.com/zgorizzo69

      https://github.com/hashedMae

      https://github.com/sergfeldman

      https://github.com/Draeieg

      https://github.com/Hodlatoor

    3. Email address 

      [email protected]

    4. Telegram handle

      https://t.me/UbiquityDAO

    5. Twitter handle

  2. Please share your educational and professional background, years active, including all relevant experience

    Juris Doctorate - Technology and Business Law BSc - Computer Science, Business Management

    Serial Entrepreneur, including web2, numerous successful exists.

  3. Tell us your most notable achievement Building my first startup with $600 and my college issued desktop while in school. In reality it was a necessity as my work product helped pay for my father's treatments at the time. Personally, it was the first of numerous ideas, materialized businesses and learning opportunities.

  4. **How long and under what circumstances have team members known each other, and worked together? If you do not have any team members, please put N/A

    **Team members have known each other for years and have been working at Ubiquity DAO collaboratively for a long duration.

  5. Please share why you / your team has the right background(s) to bring this idea to market. Include any aspects like domain expertise, years of experience, or published research.

    Our team has deep and broad experience and skillsets. We understand the diverse needs a project has in order to succeed and built DevPool with that in mind. Our team is not only comprised of seasoned and exceptional developer minds but also business people from various backgrounds and varied prior entrepreneurial and corporate work.

    Our team members are innovators in numerous fields, have been published for their work, publish articles in international media, hold patents in various fields and come from distinct educational backgrounds in Film, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economy and Law to name a few. Some hold terminal degrees in their fields.

    Learn more about our team: https://dao.ubq.fi/the-team

Section 4: Roadmap and Milestones

  1. Tell us about your product development journey. Be sure to describe your product development to date (if any). Only applicable for Build and Growth grants. Please put N/A otherwise.

    DevPool is in active beta and we are onboard both developers and projects.

  2. Tell us your plan of implementation for your project

DevPool has an ambitious ng implementation plan as you can see from our GitHub. In relation to this Safe Grant, we are looking to fully deploy as soon as we are approved and are looking forward to integrating additional Safe modules and a proactive interaction with the Safe and Gnosis Teams.

  1. Tell us about your traction to date. if not applicable, add N/A

    1. Include revenue, users, partnerships, integrations, and/or feedback you've received and incorporated

      In our beta we have over a hundred developers working on numerous projects and hundreds of completed tasks. Our Telegram group has around ten thousand members. We have not yet deployed our marketing initiatives.

    2. Include Safe-related metrics: TVL, transactions, volume, unique addresses

      N/A yet since not deployed to users.

    3. Include links to Dune, Etherscan, or any relevant platform showcasing your metrics

    https://github.com/ubiquity/devpool-directory/issues

  2. Please share details of any fundraising (from self or external parties). Have you raised prior funds from VCs, investors, or government agencies?

Existing Ubiquity investors:

https://www.animocabrands.com/

https://concave.lol/

https://meritcircle.io/

https://momentum6.com/

https://ascensiveassets.com/

https://www.snackclub.gg/

https://www.csquared.vc/

https://www.playventures.vc/

https://www.369.io/

https://www.newtribe.capital/

https://bltzr.gg/

  1. Have you received any prior grants / hackathon winnings / accelerator funds?

Yes. Please see cap. table https://dao.ubq.fi/investors

  1. Tell us about your long-term vision

At Ubiquity DAO we aim to keep true to our name. We strive to be everywhere in Crypto by providing genuine value and utility. That is our vision.

There are many opportunities in the crypto space. A lot of tools, methods and processes are being developed. Many more have yet to have been thought of. As a builder DAO we see many of these opportunities and realize that an experienced responsible development path is necessary. Not just for us but for the industry we are part of.

In order to be everywhere the first step is to build. We build tools that people need and marketplaces that people want.

  1. What would be your biggest obstacle to get there?

    1. Please tell us what you think would be the biggest challenge faced in order to achieve your project aspirations.

      The greatest catalyst to our growth besides our work product would be strategic partnerships. For example, with Gnosis and Safe.

  2. Outline the major deliverables of your project. Please only provide major deliverables as you will have the chance to provide milestones in Section 3. Fully deploying Safe for all DevPool users and Gnosis chain as a settlement method.

  3. What is your estimated timeline for completion of the project?

    8 weeks.

  4. What is the size of funding you expect for completing each milestone of the project?

    A total of $8,000

  5. Please identify the key milestones that will help track the progress of your grant. 

  6. Deployment of Safe integration for all DevPool user accounts.

2. Deployment of Gnosis chain as a fully integrated settlement method.

3. Initiating a results driven conversation with Safe and Gnosis teams to further deploy other assets
such as Gnosis Pay and Gnosis Card.

12. Please map out your project milestones in the table below. These milestones will provide the Safe Grants Council and Safe community with progress updates of your project. 

Note: In SEP6, we note what we mean by Benchmark vs Critical categories. We state here, which categories need what milestone e.g.{Research} grants only need critical milestones.

|Project|Milestone Type|Milestone (Benchmark vs. Critical)|Source of Truth|Deadline| |Safe deployment for project manager accounts and developer accounts as well as payment mechanics|Tech|Deployment|GitHub Link|within 3 weeks of grant approval| |Full Gnosis chain deployment for payment, cash out and settlement |Tech|Deployment|GitHub link|within 7 weeks of grant approval| |Discuss strategic deployment of additional Safe and Gnosis modules|Business|Strategic upgrades with Safe and Gnosis teams|Agreements|Within 8 weeks of grant approval|

  1. Provide a comprehensive description of the tasks and deliverables for Milestone 1. 

    1. Specify the anticipated outcomes and their significance for the successful completion of the project.

      Referenced Supra.

  2. Provide a comprehensive description of the tasks and deliverables for Milestone 2

    1. Provide a comprehensive description of the tasks and deliverables for Milestone 2. Specify the anticipated outcomes and their significance for the successful completion of the project.

      Referenced Supra.

Section 5: Impact on the Safe Ecosystem

  1. How are you planning to build or improve  Safe?

    1. E.g. Develop new Safe Plugins (also known as Modules), add custom logic and features to the Safe contracts, research new standards.

      We would like to deploy new initiatives with Safe and Gnosis once we go live with the payment infrastructure.

    2. Try to detail out the plan to leverage the power of the Safe Ecosystem.

      Users using Safe, DevPool providing payment processing and settlement over Gnosis Chain and card deployment for all DevPool users.

    3. Why will this solution be a source of growth for the Safe ecosystem?

Active and daily use of Safe modules and products by a very large target audience using Safe and Gnosis products online and off courtesy of Ubiquity DAO and DevPool.

  1. How does your project relate to account abstraction and smart accounts? 

    DevPool will utilize many if not all of the built-in features found in Safe and Gnosis products to further account abstraction and smart account payment and interfacing.

  2. ** How will your project contribute to the expected benefit of the based on the amount given? Please refer to the breakdown below. For additional details on expected benefits, check ROIs per category in SEP6.**

    DevPool will generate an even larger userbase for Safe and Gnosis which will utilize Safe on a daily basis for payments, Projects will utilize the infrastructure for settlements and everyone in the ecosystem will be using Gnosis Chain as well as future roll out of physical and virtual cards.