{"signature": "0x624948ba992a51dac815fa83e758442da6ce2c8dbfea75119f14021e5fcd5a5c089ad45d284e5d24f8b87cfe1f7a21e59f99ae2b8b49b62cf7261a7f78ce06e21b", "application": {"round": "0x3E93205B786796Cf7Ea70404E89c7dda3b84D07a", "answers": [{"type": "email", "answer": "SHAN.LIU03@GMAIL.COM", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "shanliu003", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram Handle We Can Use To Contact You", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "https://github.com/orgs/Shanni-OSS/repositories", "hidden": false, "question": "Project GitHub Repo", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "link", "hidden": false, "question": "Link to your Public Group Chat", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "I have participated as a Devcon Volunteer for the volunteering fund.", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you participated in a previous Gitcoin Grants Round? If so, please name the rounds or link the builder profile associated with previous rounds.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our project, whataibot.xyz, contributes to the growth of the OSS ecosystem by making AI tools, ideas, and applications more accessible, transparent, and community-driven. We are building an open-source discovery platform and AI trend aggregator that empowers developers, creators, and end-users to explore and experiment with the latest AI innovations.\n\nSpecifically:\n\nOpen-Source Platform: The entire whataibot platform—including frontend, backend, and data aggregation modules—is being developed in public under an open-source license, allowing anyone to fork, customize, or build on top of it.\n\nCommunity-Driven Curation: We encourage the community to contribute new AI tools, submit reviews, and suggest trending ideas, fostering a collaborative knowledge base.\n\nEducational Value: whataibot lowers the barrier for newcomers to explore OSS AI projects by surfacing hidden gems, providing clear descriptions, and connecting developers to GitHub repos and live demos.\n\nEnabling Small Builders: Our platform is designed to give visibility to smaller open-source AI projects that might otherwise go unnoticed, driving adoption and contributors to lesser-known but valuable tools.\n\nTransparency & Data Sharing: All collected AI trend data, rankings, and analysis are made publicly available for researchers, developers, and enthusiasts to use in their own projects.\n\nBy empowering the community to discover, curate, and collaborate around the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem, whataibot is expanding the reach and impact of open-source software in the AI space.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project contribute to the growth of the OSS ecosystem? Please provide specific examples of how your application enhances or expands the current ecosystem.", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "whataibot.xyz is an AI discovery platform designed to help users, developers, and creators explore, track, and engage with the latest AI tools, trends, and ideas. It offers a curated, community-driven directory of AI applications and presents real-time trending insights about what’s happening in the AI ecosystem.\n\nKey Features & Use Cases:\n\nAI Tool Discovery: Users can browse and discover trending and niche AI tools, apps, and frameworks.\n\nCommunity Curation: Anyone can submit new AI tools, share reviews, or flag trending ideas, creating a decentralized and democratic curation process.\n\nTrend Tracking & Leaderboards: Our platform provides live trend charts and leaderboards showing the most popular or emerging AI tools based on community activity and submissions.\n\nPersonalized Recommendations: Users can follow categories or tags and receive tailored suggestions based on their interests.\n\nOpen Data Access: All trend data and tool listings are made publicly available for developers, researchers, and analysts to use in their own projects.\n\nHow is it differentiated?\n\nCommunity-First: Unlike other discovery platforms controlled by a centralized team, whataibot’s data curation and trend analysis are driven by the community.\n\nTransparency: Our entire platform is open source, and all trend data is publicly accessible.\n\nAI Ecosystem Focus: While most discovery platforms are generalized, we are laser-focused on AI—building the first OSS, community-powered AI trend aggregator.\n\nReward System (Future Roadmap): We plan to introduce a rewards mechanism for contributors, using web3 incentives and on-chain proof-of-contribution to recognize active participants.\n\nThis approach makes whataibot not only a useful tool for discovering AI apps but also an engine to grow the open AI and OSS ecosystem.", "hidden": false, "question": "What features or use cases does your dApp/App present? How is it differentiated?", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our plan for whataibot.xyz is to continue developing it into the go-to open-source platform for discovering, curating, and analyzing AI tools and trends. Our next development milestones include:\n\nImproved User Experience:\n\nAdd personalized AI tool recommendations based on user preferences.\n\nEnhance search and filter features for better discoverability.\n\nMobile-friendly browsing experience.\n\nCommunity Contribution System:\n\nImplement a contributor reward system using web3 incentives.\n\nEnable users to vote, comment, and tag AI tools, increasing community engagement.\n\nOn-Chain Data & Transparency:\n\nIntegrate basic on-chain proof-of-contribution so contributors can earn badges or rewards.\n\nExplore optional crypto payments for featured listings.\n\nOpen API & Data Access:\n\nProvide an open API so developers and researchers can access trend data, tool listings, and community insights.\n\nGrant Fund Usage:\nThe Gitcoin Grant funds will be used to:\n\nCover development costs (frontend, backend, and on-chain integration).\n\nSupport community contributors via small bounties and rewards.\n\nDesign & UX improvements to make the platform accessible to both technical and non-technical users.\n\nInfrastructure costs (hosting, domain, basic cloud services).\n\nOpen-source documentation & public data releases.\n\nOur goal is to keep the platform free and open for everyone while growing a sustainable, community-first ecosystem.\n\n", "hidden": false, "question": "What are your plans for further development, and how will the grant funds be used to achieve these goals?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We have deployed an experimental smart contract for contributor reward mechanisms as part of the early development of whataibot.xyz. Below is the deployer address and corresponding blockchain network:\n\n0xcde9580bf7e7eb0b1c2dbbb99b1fdd1faa778755, 8453 (Base Network)\n\nWe will continue to publish and maintain all future smart contracts and deployer addresses transparently.", "hidden": false, "question": "For any project deploying smart contracts on blockchain networks, please list all your deployer addresses and their corresponding blockchain networks. Use this format for each entry: [deployer_address], [chain_id]—for example, 0x123abc..., 42161 (This represents a deployer address on the Arbitrum network). 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Every day, new AI tools, products, and experiments are popping up — and honestly, it’s hard to keep up. So we built WhatAIBot.xyz to make it easy, fun, and simple to explore the latest and greatest AI creations, all in one place.\n\nWhether you’re an AI enthusiast, a builder looking for new tools, or just someone who’s curious about what AI can actually do, our platform helps you stay on top of the game.\n\nWhy We’re Applying to GG23\nWe believe the future of AI should be open, accessible, and community-driven. That’s why we’re applying to Gitcoin Grants Round 23 — to grow WhatAIBot.xyz as an open platform that helps everyone (not just tech insiders) discover and understand AI tools.\n\nWhat We’ll Do with the Funding\nWith your support, we’ll:\n\nExpand our AI directory → So you can find even more interesting, weird, and useful AI products.\n\nAdd cool, personalized features → Like daily AI picks, trending tools, and community favorites.\n\nGrow the community → Build spaces for creators, devs, and curious minds to chat, share, and collaborate.\n\nCreate helpful content → Guides, reviews, and explainers to make AI approachable for everyone.\n\nOur Goal\nWe want to make AI discovery as easy and fun as scrolling through memes — but way more useful.\n\nIf you’ve ever thought, “There’s so much AI stuff happening, I wish someone would just show me the good ones” — that’s exactly what WhatAIBot.xyz is here for.", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "Shanni-OSS"}, "recipient": "0x1805707Dd1874C4147BEA492AcE0543b9e7b4dBA"}}