CASE STUDY
SingularityNET’s Decentralized Grant Allocation with Swae
BACKGROUND
SingularityNET is a leading decentralized AI marketplace and blockchain-based organization that enables AI developers to share and monetize their services. As part of its mission to foster innovation and ecosystem growth, SingularityNET operates a quarterly decentralized grant-making program, allocating approximately $1 million in its native token (AGI) per funding cycle to AI and blockchain projects.
However, like many Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), SingularityNET faced challenges in managing decision-making at scale. The existing process for grant allocation and governance relied on multiple disconnected platforms—Discord for discussions, Discourse for forum-based deliberations, and Snapshot for voting. This fragmented approach led to inefficiencies, lack of engagement, and difficulties in tracking ideas, proposals, and voting outcomes.
The Challenge
SingularityNET needed a more structured and efficient way to:
Gather and evaluate grant proposals from its global community.
Reduce platform fatigue by consolidating discussions, refinements, and voting in a single interface.
Facilitate transparent, merit-based decision-making through structured deliberation.
Improve community engagement by simplifying participation in governance.
The Swae Solution
Swae, a platform designed to simplify collective decision-making for DAOs, was adopted by SingularityNET to streamline its grant identification and decision-making process. Swae provided an all-in-one interface for:
Proposal Submission – Community members submitted grant proposals directly on Swae.
Collaborative Improvement – Other members commented, refined, and improved proposals through structured debate.
Transparent Voting – The improved proposals were upvoted and reviewed collectively before final approval.
End-to-End Governance – All aspects of the process—from ideation to funding decisions—were conducted within one unified platform, eliminating the need for multiple governance tools.
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Impact and Results
By using Swae, SingularityNET was able to:
Increase community participation by making proposal submission and evaluation more accessible.
Eliminate governance inefficiencies by reducing dependency on multiple tools (Discord, Discourse, Snapshot).
Improve decision quality through collaborative edits and refinements, ensuring that the most well-thought-out ideas received funding.
Allocate $1M in grants more effectively, empowering AI and blockchain innovators with transparent and community-driven decision-making.
Next Steps:
Beyond Grants to Full Decentralization
Following the successful implementation of Swae in its grant-making process, SingularityNET is now exploring how to use Swae for decentralized organizational decision-making. This transition would enable progressive decentralization of key governance functions—allowing stakeholders to have greater influence over strategic decisions, treasury management, and long-term ecosystem development.
Conclusion
Swae has proven to be a game-changer for SingularityNET, demonstrating how structured ideation, collaboration, and voting can dramatically improve governance in DAOs. By replacing fragmented systems with a single, transparent decision-making tool, SingularityNET has set a new standard for decentralized grant funding—and is now poised to expand this approach to full organizational governance.
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