gm, I’m Mahesh Murthy, founder of Karma. We are an all-in-one funding platform, a support network for builders, and a protocol for tracking accountability and measuring impact onchain. In August, we partnered with the Optimism Grants Council to be the grant infrastructure provider for Season 8 bringing the best in class tools for grantees, reviewers, the council, and the Optimism Community.
We’ll be posting regular updates on this forum starting with what our team has shipped so far.
Features
1. New Grants Council website
We launched the new home for Optimism Grants: https://www.opgrants.io/. You can browse programs and apply there, and see all applications here Browse Applications - Optimism's Funding Platform
2. AI Evaluation
Big thanks to the Growth Grants and Audit Grants council members who worked with us to shape the AI evaluation workflow. It’s been encouraging to see applicants use it to tighten their drafts before submitting. You can see usage stats below.
3. Smoother Post approval flow
Admins can now spin up custom post-approval forms, and approved grantees get a clear, automatic email with next steps. Less back-and-forth for everyone, faster ops overall
4. Unified Grantee dashboard
Grantees have unified dashboard where they can manage their applications, submit post approval form, interact with reviewers and (soon) claim funds.
Numbers (to date)
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Total grant applications to date: 71
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Approved: 12
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AI/LLM interactions: 650
Happy to answer any questions from the community, grantees or anyone interested.
