This cycle saw a total of 47 applications, including Superchain and audit applications. The Grants Council members have done an exceptional job of reviewing everything on time, all while also contributing to the creation and review of mission requests during this cycle—a remarkable achievement.
I’d like to extend a special thank you to the Developer Advisory Board (DAB), who provided valuable comments and feedback on 34 applications, adding depth to the review process.
For applicants, a reminder: scores and feedback from the reviewers are available directly on your applications. You can navigate to your application and review both rubric scores and comments, which are anonymized to ensure impartiality.
The preliminary cutoff was set at 30 points and finalists for Cycle 27 will be selected with a cutoff of 40 points and announced next Wednesday.
Here is the database and list of finalists:
| Application | Aplicants # / Score |
|---|---|
| Intent 1 | |
| Grants Claiming Tools | |
| GM Grant Claiming Dashboard | Pending |
| Gitcoin: OG-C | 41 |
| CharmVerse Grants Claiming Tool | 39 |
| Create and Distribute Videos about Optimism Collective Governance | |
| Eden Creators Videos | 45 |
| Distribution of Governance Videos | 36 |
| Integration of Optimism Gov and RPGF into University Courses | |
| Optimism governance in Universities by Cryptoversidad | 43 |
| Intent 3A | |
| Optimism Dominance in Yield-Bearing Assets 1 | |
| Credora - Credit Ratings on Optimism | 30 |
| Optimism Dominance in Yield-Bearing Assets 3 | |
| Yield Bearing asset utility with Compound | 44 |
| Idle - Credit vaults | 39 |
| Beefy - mooBIFI | 45 |
| Developer Tools | |
| Superproof - the first open source fault proof explorer | 48 |
| OPSpy: Comprehensive Developer Activity Metrics and Visualization Platform for the Optimism Ecosystemxx | 35 |
| Kontrol Dev Tooling Grant | 41 |
| GhostTags - Open Source tagging, streaming and filtering transactions infrastructure | 32 |
| Enhancing Developer Engagement and Smart Contract Security on Optimism with AI-Powered Tools | 36 |
| Microgrants for Experimental Projects | |
| Token Resurrection | 34 |
| Farcaster Social Graph & Frame for Governance Participation | 50 |
| Chora Club | 32 |
| Enable High-Frequency Execution Across the Superchain | 46 |
| Develop Onchain Social Games that attract Builders to Optimism - v2 | |
| Meme Arena: Attracting Users and Builders through Onchain Gaming | 46 |
| Optimism Fractal Respect Game | 43 |
| Optimism as Venture Studio | |
| Startup Support - Optimism as Venture Studio - GM | 34 |
| Spearbit/Cantina Security Services for OP Startups/Projects | 37 |
| Datacenter-level infra for OP ecosystem | 30 |
| Gaming Infra in the Superchain | |
| DappyKit - AI Games Constructor | 37 |
| Create Educational Programs that Empower Developers on Optimism - Modified with Lower Budget | |
| Nx Team - Bootcamp - [Create Educational Programs that Empower Developers on Optimism] | 42 |