polybrain.ethv0 • experimental
Steelo
Agent-Native Project
32 ptsScore (v2)
This grant is under review.
Evaluation VersionCurrent Evaluation (o3)
AI Evaluation Feedback (v2)
Steelo offers an AI-driven creator-token social marketplace on Polygon that blends personalised discovery with direct fan investment, differentiating itself through a dual-token model and Safe-powered UX; while the concept tackles a huge $250 B creator economy and the team shows real activity (public repo and external music credentials), evidence of market traction, detailed budget, and verifiable LinkedIn/GitHub profiles for all founders remain thin, so we recommend a partial grant (≈30 k POL) contingent on (1) sharing a public testnet demo with on-chain metrics, (2) linking founders’ professional profiles and prior project code, (3) publishing a Dune dashboard for wallet and transaction forecasts, and (4) clarifying incentive spend versus liquidity. Strengthening these proofs will raise confidence and unlock the remaining funding.
FoundationScore: 6/10
Steelo addresses the ‘unfair creator economy’ by letting artists mint personal brand-tokens and sell content through an AI-curated social feed plus an NFT marketplace, aiming to give creators direct fan funding and revenue share.
Team ExperienceScore: 6/10
4-person core: Edmund Berkmann (founder, music producer & dev), Ravi Chandarana (ops/finance background), Ezra Yeneneh (full-stack blockchain dev), Malcolm James (front-end). Edmund maintains a public GitHub repo; Shazam credits verify music background.
Distribution StrategyScore: 5/10
Launch closed iOS/Android alpha (500 seats) followed by beta tied to token airdrops; leverage creator ambassadors to import existing audiences.
Milestones & BudgetScore: 5/10
Alpha (Q2 25), Beta (Q4 25), Mainnet launch (H1 26); grant asks for 50 k POL to finish alpha and incentivise early users.
Technical IntegrationScore: 6/10
Creator-token minting, fan trades and staking are expected to generate on-chain swaps and NFT transfers; no specific TPS forecast supplied.
Community Feedback (Bonus)Score: 1/5
One Farcaster vouch from @lessonswithtina; limited reach, no on-chain reputation.
Project Details
Target AudienceIndependent creators (musicians, visual artists, influencers) and their core fan communities who are comfortable with Web3 wallets but underserved by Web2 platforms’ revenue splits.
Success MetricsAlpha cohort size (500 creators / 5 k fans), daily active wallets, $STEEZ token volume, and Polygon on-chain transactions per creator.
Budget RequestHigh-level split: 60% dev, 25% liquidity/incentives, 15% ops; detail lacking.
Open Source Bonus
+3 points
Public GitHub repo with initial Flutter front-end and Solidity contracts under MIT license.