Name of Grant
Rocketpool AI Assistant
What is the work being proposed?
The creation of an all knowing Rocketpool Telegram assistant/bot that can help with:
- onboarding community members
- onboarding node operators
- answering any question related Rocketpool or the Rocketpool community
- general education for all things Rocketpool related
Is there any related work this builds off of?
This work builds off x23.ai, where we build AI tools and agents for DAOs and delegates. We already support some Rocketpool data (which can be seen here) and hope to expand it to more official sources.
We also have a live Optimism Governance bot that you can test here, which will be similar to the Rocketpool assistant in terms of capability.
Related to this section, we will aggregate various sources from the Rocketpool community including official sources, blogs, forum posts etc. We may also include the recently accepted Cyfin educational resources when completed. We do not believe this conflicts with their grant, but further improves it (and enriches the Rocketpool community) by making the information more accessible.
Will the results of this project be entirely open source (MIT, GPL, Apache, CC BY license or similar)? If not, which parts will not be, why, and under what license will they be published?
There are no plans to open source the work for now, but we hope to do so in the future in some capacity.
Benefit
| Group | Benefits |
|---|---|
| Potential rETH holders | Potential rETH holders will be able to ask natural language questions to get the answer they need straight away, e.g. ‘how do i get started staking?’ |
| rETH holders | rETH holders may have questions related to the community but not have enough time to stay on top of it all. The assistant will be able to provide summaries and directly answer questions they may have. |
| Potential NOs | Potential NOs will be able to chat naturally with the assistant as they are setting up a node, or when they have questions, and get immediate answers. |
| NOs | Node operators can stay up to date on the RocketPool community by asking questions and/or troubleshooting issues with natural language |
| Community | The community will have another source of information that aggregates all official sources, thereby making the community more productive |
| RPL holders | RPL holders will get a better handling of the community and what is going on, especially if they don’t have time to check all the relevant sources. |
Which other non-RPL protocols, DAOs, projects, or individuals, would stand to benefit from this grant?
The assistant would be exclusive for the Rocketpool community, trained on Rocketpool sources, so it is unlikely that other communities would benefit. However if someone outside the community wants to get a ‘pulse’ or is analyzing Rocketpool, the assistant may be helpful.
Work
Who is doing the work?
x23.ai, a company based in the Netherlands. I (David) is the founder and main developer.
What is the background of the person(s) doing the work? What experience do they have with such projects in the past?
I’ve been in crypto since 2014, previously contracted for Coinbase and was the 4th engineer on the Aave Genesis team. I’ve been building x23.ai for nearly 1.5 years. We’ve received grants from the top DAOs including Optimism, Arbitrum, Lido, Aave, etc.
We have already built similar assistants, see Optimism Governance bot and our core business is at the intersection of AI and crypto.
What is the breakdown of the proposed work, in terms of milestones and/or deadlines?
Month 1:
- aggregation and parsing of data sources
- setting up pipelines as needed
Month 2:
- integration of data into model pipeline
- testing and iterating
Month 3:
- this would serve as a buffer in case technical hurdles are encountered which slow down the previous steps.
How is the work being tested? Is testing included in the schedule?
Yes testing is included. If successful, a post will be made on the forums for early testers to try it before a full release to production.
How will the work be maintained after delivery?
We will maintain it for at least 12 months
Costs
What is the acceptance criteria?
The criteria would be a telegram bot which anyone in the community can chat to and get immediate accurate answers.
What is the proposed payment schedule for the grant? How much USD $ and over what period of time is the applicant requesting?
$12,000
- 50% upon proposal acceptance
- 50% upon completion of acceptance criteria
Is the applicant requesting RPL or LUSD?
Ideally 50% RPL and 50% LUSD would be ideal to align incentives
How will the GMC verify that the work delivered matches the proposed cadence?
We will post monthly updates on the forums
What alternatives or options have been considered in order to save costs for the proposed project?
The project builds upon our existing work and infrastructure, saving immense cost in both development and maintenance of the project.
Have you already been compensated by the RP protocol in any way for this work?
No
Conflict of Interest
Does the person or persons proposing the grant have any conflicts of interest to disclose? (Please disclose here if you are a member of the GMC or if any member of the GMC would benefit directly financially from the grant).
We work with other protocols/DAOs, including ones that may be competitors to Rocketpool. However this does not influence the level of service or create any meaningful conflicts as we do not have access to any non-public information.
Will the recipient of the grant, or any protocol or project in which the recipient has a vested interest (other than Rocket Pool), benefit financially if the grant is successful?
No, this only benefits x23.ai