{
  "$schema": "https://pointcast.xyz/grants/applications.schema.json",
  "schema_version": "2026-04-26.1",
  "generated_at": "2026-04-26T22:45:00-07:00",
  "canonical_url": "https://pointcast.xyz/grants/applications.json",
  "human_url": "https://pointcast.xyz/grants/",
  "applicant": {
    "name": "Michael Hoydich",
    "role": "Founder, producer, builder",
    "website": "https://pointcast.xyz/",
    "signature": "signed michael hoydich openai chatgpt 5.5 media 1.5 fast"
  },
  "project": {
    "name": "PointCast.xyz",
    "summary": "AI-native broadcast channels, onchain media objects, creator rooms, and token-backed task rewards for visible public participation.",
    "urls": {
      "home": "https://pointcast.xyz/",
      "grants": "https://pointcast.xyz/grants/",
      "rewards": "https://pointcast.xyz/rewards/",
      "collect": "https://pointcast.xyz/collect/",
      "here_room": "https://pointcast.xyz/here/",
      "gandalf": "https://pointcast.xyz/gandalf/",
      "drum_v7": "https://pointcast.xyz/drum-v7/",
      "github": "https://github.com/MikeHoydich/pointcast"
    }
  },
  "common_packet": {
    "one_liner": "PointCast turns AI-assisted publishing, rooms, collectibles, and protocol experiments into public tasks people can complete, verify, and earn token-backed credit for.",
    "core_paragraph": "PointCast.xyz builds AI-native broadcast channels for creators, communities, and protocol ecosystems. It combines agent-assisted production, lightweight web publishing, social distribution, token-backed tasks, and optional onchain artifacts so a single builder can ship useful cultural software at unusual speed.",
    "evidence": [
      "Live PointCast web app with public block archive and rooms.",
      "Rewards path defining collect, room, Gandalf, drum, testing, remix, and grant tasks.",
      "Open GitHub repository with shipped routes, workers, and public deployment history.",
      "Onchain and collection surfaces including collect, marketplace, drum, and trophy experiments.",
      "Machine-readable feeds and manifests for blocks, agents, rewards, and grant applications."
    ],
    "reward_loop": "Grant funding can be turned into visible task pools: participants collect, test, enter rooms, write reports, remix blocks, or improve applications; PointCast records proof and later settles valid work as POINT, DRUM, Tezos, or ecosystem-specific credits."
  },
  "submission_policy": {
    "status": "draft_packet",
    "requires_human_review_before_submit": true,
    "note": "These records are machine-readable drafts for grant preparation. They are not submitted applications until Michael Hoydich reviews and sends them through each program's official channel."
  },
  "applications": [
    {
      "id": "openai-codex-open-source-fund-pointcast-reward-tools",
      "status": "ready_for_human_review",
      "requires_human_review_before_submit": true,
      "program": {
        "name": "OpenAI Codex Open Source Fund",
        "category": "AI open-source credits",
        "url": "https://openai.com/form/codex-open-source-fund/"
      },
      "ask": {
        "type": "api_credits",
        "amount_usd_range": { "min": 10000, "max": 25000 },
        "request": "API credits to build open-source PointCast task/reward tooling, grant packet generators, and Codex-assisted publishing templates."
      },
      "fit": "The work demonstrates Codex as a collaborator in public software production: static pages, manifests, JSON feeds, reward ledgers, and repeatable grant application scaffolds.",
      "milestones": [
        { "name": "Open-source task schema", "duration_days": 14, "output": "Publish JSON schema and examples for PointCast rewards and grant packets." },
        { "name": "Codex-assisted workflow guide", "duration_days": 21, "output": "Document how Codex turns a brief into live routes, JSON artifacts, and deployment checks." },
        { "name": "Reusable starter kit", "duration_days": 30, "output": "Release templates for AI-native media pages, task boards, and application manifests." }
      ],
      "budget": [
        { "line_item": "OpenAI API usage for generation, review, and structured extraction", "amount_usd": 12000 },
        { "line_item": "Engineering and documentation time", "amount_usd": 9000 },
        { "line_item": "Public examples, tests, and deployment verification", "amount_usd": 4000 }
      ],
      "deliverables": [
        "Machine-readable application JSON at /grants/applications.json.",
        "Open-source reward/task schema examples.",
        "Codex workflow documentation and public demo routes."
      ],
      "metrics": [
        "At least 10 reusable templates or JSON examples.",
        "At least 3 public write-ups documenting Codex-assisted builds.",
        "At least 25 completed reward tasks or test receipts."
      ],
      "links": {
        "human_grants_page": "https://pointcast.xyz/grants/",
        "machine_packet": "https://pointcast.xyz/grants/applications.json",
        "rewards": "https://pointcast.xyz/rewards/",
        "repo": "https://github.com/MikeHoydich/pointcast"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "openai-grants-ai-native-broadcast-lab",
      "status": "ready_for_human_review",
      "requires_human_review_before_submit": true,
      "program": {
        "name": "OpenAI Grants",
        "category": "AI research and public benefit",
        "url": "https://grants.openai.com/"
      },
      "ask": {
        "type": "grant_or_api_credits",
        "amount_usd_range": { "min": 15000, "max": 75000 },
        "request": "Support for an AI-native broadcast lab where agents help produce, structure, publish, and measure public media experiments."
      },
      "fit": "PointCast is a visible testbed for human plus AI collaboration: model-assisted content, structured manifests, interactive rooms, and public reward loops.",
      "milestones": [
        { "name": "Broadcast packet v1", "duration_days": 21, "output": "Publish repeatable packet format for AI-assisted blocks and rooms." },
        { "name": "Public reward pilot", "duration_days": 30, "output": "Run a reward pool for useful feedback, testing, and documentation." },
        { "name": "Measurement report", "duration_days": 21, "output": "Publish results on participation, model usage, and repeat workflows." }
      ],
      "budget": [
        { "line_item": "Model/API usage", "amount_usd": 20000 },
        { "line_item": "Design, engineering, and content production", "amount_usd": 35000 },
        { "line_item": "Reward pool and participant support", "amount_usd": 15000 },
        { "line_item": "Reporting and maintenance", "amount_usd": 5000 }
      ],
      "deliverables": [
        "AI-native broadcast route templates.",
        "Public task/reward pilot with receipts.",
        "Post-grant report with structured metrics."
      ],
      "metrics": [
        "100 task completions across rooms, collect, drum, and feedback.",
        "5 public demos or room experiments.",
        "1 machine-readable report per funded milestone."
      ],
      "links": {
        "human_grants_page": "https://pointcast.xyz/grants/",
        "rewards": "https://pointcast.xyz/rewards/",
        "blocks": "https://pointcast.xyz/blocks.json"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "anthropic-claude-startup-program-pointcast-media-ops",
      "status": "ready_for_human_review",
      "requires_human_review_before_submit": true,
      "program": {
        "name": "Anthropic Startup Program",
        "category": "AI startup credits",
        "url": "https://www.anthropic.com/startup-program-official-terms"
      },
      "ask": {
        "type": "api_credits_and_startup_resources",
        "amount_usd_range": { "min": 5000, "max": 25000 },
        "request": "Claude credits for research, writing, safety review, code review, and structured grant packet generation."
      },
      "fit": "PointCast can show Claude as a careful collaborator for media operations: drafting, triage, structured extraction, grant preparation, and human-readable plus machine-readable publishing.",
      "milestones": [
        { "name": "Claude media operations workflow", "duration_days": 14, "output": "Document Claude usage for briefs, grants, rooms, and reward review." },
        { "name": "Safety and quality pass", "duration_days": 21, "output": "Create checklists for claims, grant language, and public reward descriptions." },
        { "name": "Startup case study", "duration_days": 30, "output": "Publish a case study on AI-assisted media infrastructure." }
      ],
      "budget": [
        { "line_item": "Claude API usage", "amount_usd": 12000 },
        { "line_item": "Workflow documentation", "amount_usd": 6000 },
        { "line_item": "Evaluation and editorial review", "amount_usd": 7000 }
      ],
      "deliverables": [
        "Claude workflow report.",
        "Grant-review and claim-review checklist.",
        "Published PointCast media ops case study."
      ],
      "metrics": [
        "50 reviewed reward claims or task reports.",
        "10 grant packet drafts structured into JSON.",
        "3 public workflow posts."
      ],
      "links": {
        "human_grants_page": "https://pointcast.xyz/grants/",
        "machine_packet": "https://pointcast.xyz/grants/applications.json"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "tezos-ecosystem-pointcast-creator-reward-pool",
      "status": "ready_for_human_review",
      "requires_human_review_before_submit": true,
      "program": {
        "name": "Tezos Ecosystem Grants",
        "category": "Protocol ecosystem and creator tooling",
        "url": "https://tezos.foundation/ecosystem-grants-program/"
      },
      "ask": {
        "type": "milestone_grant",
        "amount_usd_range": { "min": 20000, "max": 50000 },
        "request": "Fund Tezos-native creator broadcasts, collectable PointCast media objects, and a token-backed task pool for collectors and testers."
      },
      "fit": "Tezos has a strong art and experimental publishing culture. PointCast can make Tezos interactions legible through rooms, tasks, collectible drops, and public reward receipts.",
      "milestones": [
        { "name": "Tezos collection pilot", "duration_days": 21, "output": "Publish a Tezos-focused collect/drop route with task rewards." },
        { "name": "Collector reward pool", "duration_days": 30, "output": "Run collect, feedback, and remix rewards with public receipts." },
        { "name": "Grant report and templates", "duration_days": 21, "output": "Publish measurable results and reusable Tezos launch templates." }
      ],
      "budget": [
        { "line_item": "Engineering and Tezos integration", "amount_usd": 18000 },
        { "line_item": "Creator/media production", "amount_usd": 12000 },
        { "line_item": "Collector and tester reward pool", "amount_usd": 15000 },
        { "line_item": "Documentation and reporting", "amount_usd": 5000 }
      ],
      "deliverables": [
        "Tezos-native PointCast collection pilot.",
        "Public task rewards for collectors and testers.",
        "Open documentation for repeatable Tezos broadcast drops."
      ],
      "metrics": [
        "100 collector or tester actions.",
        "3 Tezos-focused media drops or demos.",
        "1 public milestone report per phase."
      ],
      "links": {
        "collect": "https://pointcast.xyz/collect/",
        "rewards": "https://pointcast.xyz/rewards/",
        "grants": "https://pointcast.xyz/grants/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "ethereum-public-goods-pointcast-open-reward-ledger",
      "status": "draft",
      "requires_human_review_before_submit": true,
      "program": {
        "name": "Ethereum Ecosystem Support",
        "category": "Public goods and open-source tooling",
        "url": "https://ethereum.org/community/grants/"
      },
      "ask": {
        "type": "public_goods_grant",
        "amount_usd_range": { "min": 25000, "max": 75000 },
        "request": "Support an open reward ledger for public media work, grant transparency, and room-based contribution receipts."
      },
      "fit": "The Ethereum angle is public goods: open schemas, visible reward accounting, contribution receipts, and transparent grant reporting.",
      "milestones": [
        { "name": "Open reward ledger schema", "duration_days": 21, "output": "Publish JSON schema for tasks, receipts, reviews, and settlement state." },
        { "name": "Public-good pilot", "duration_days": 45, "output": "Run a pilot with rooms, docs, testing, and grant-support tasks." },
        { "name": "Retro report", "duration_days": 14, "output": "Publish results, failures, and reusable tooling." }
      ],
      "budget": [
        { "line_item": "Open-source engineering", "amount_usd": 30000 },
        { "line_item": "Reward pool", "amount_usd": 25000 },
        { "line_item": "Documentation and reporting", "amount_usd": 10000 },
        { "line_item": "Hosting and maintenance", "amount_usd": 10000 }
      ],
      "deliverables": [
        "Open machine-readable reward ledger schema.",
        "Public task and receipt pilot.",
        "Grant transparency report."
      ],
      "metrics": [
        "200 receipt records.",
        "25 contributors or testers.",
        "1 exported dataset suitable for other public-good projects."
      ],
      "links": {
        "rewards": "https://pointcast.xyz/rewards/",
        "machine_packet": "https://pointcast.xyz/grants/applications.json"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "solana-consumer-crypto-pointcast-room-rewards",
      "status": "draft",
      "requires_human_review_before_submit": true,
      "program": {
        "name": "Solana Foundation Grants and Funding",
        "category": "Consumer crypto and public goods",
        "url": "https://solana.org/grants-funding"
      },
      "ask": {
        "type": "ecosystem_grant",
        "amount_usd_range": { "min": 20000, "max": 60000 },
        "request": "Fund fast consumer-crypto reward experiments for rooms, drum sessions, collecting, and mobile-friendly proof of participation."
      },
      "fit": "Solana is a fit for fast, low-friction consumer interaction. PointCast can test whether tiny rewards pull people into rooms and repeat actions.",
      "milestones": [
        { "name": "Room reward prototype", "duration_days": 21, "output": "Publish room tasks with claim receipts and mobile screenshots." },
        { "name": "Drum and collect pilot", "duration_days": 30, "output": "Reward Drum v7/v8 testing and collect actions." },
        { "name": "Consumer crypto report", "duration_days": 14, "output": "Publish metrics and UX lessons." }
      ],
      "budget": [
        { "line_item": "Frontend and wallet UX", "amount_usd": 20000 },
        { "line_item": "Reward pool", "amount_usd": 25000 },
        { "line_item": "Testing and reporting", "amount_usd": 15000 }
      ],
      "deliverables": [
        "Mobile-friendly reward tasks.",
        "Room and drum participation reports.",
        "Consumer crypto UX summary."
      ],
      "metrics": [
        "150 mobile-friendly task completions.",
        "50 drum or room reports.",
        "10 actionable UX fixes."
      ],
      "links": {
        "drum_v7": "https://pointcast.xyz/drum-v7/",
        "rewards": "https://pointcast.xyz/rewards/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "zora-creator-economy-pointcast-coinable-broadcasts",
      "status": "draft",
      "requires_human_review_before_submit": true,
      "program": {
        "name": "Zora Ecosystem Collaboration",
        "category": "Creator economy",
        "url": "https://zora.co/about"
      },
      "ask": {
        "type": "partnership_or_creator_pool",
        "amount_usd_range": { "min": 5000, "max": 30000 },
        "request": "Support coinable PointCast broadcast identities, collectible media drops, and reward tasks around creator participation."
      },
      "fit": "Zora is a creator network fit more than a traditional grant path. PointCast can make broadcasts collectible and reward people for participating in the media object.",
      "milestones": [
        { "name": "Coinable broadcast sample", "duration_days": 14, "output": "Publish one Zora-native sample channel concept." },
        { "name": "Creator reward pilot", "duration_days": 30, "output": "Run tasks for collecting, remixing, and sharing a creator broadcast." },
        { "name": "Creator economy recap", "duration_days": 14, "output": "Publish results and recommendations." }
      ],
      "budget": [
        { "line_item": "Creative direction and media production", "amount_usd": 10000 },
        { "line_item": "Reward pool", "amount_usd": 10000 },
        { "line_item": "Integration and reporting", "amount_usd": 10000 }
      ],
      "deliverables": [
        "Zora-native sample channel.",
        "Collect/remix/share reward queue.",
        "Creator economy recap."
      ],
      "metrics": [
        "3 creator broadcast prototypes.",
        "75 collect, remix, or share receipts.",
        "1 public recap."
      ],
      "links": {
        "rewards": "https://pointcast.xyz/rewards/",
        "collect": "https://pointcast.xyz/collect/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "yc-pointcast-ai-native-media-company",
      "status": "draft",
      "requires_human_review_before_submit": true,
      "program": {
        "name": "Y Combinator",
        "category": "Startup accelerator investment",
        "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/"
      },
      "ask": {
        "type": "accelerator_application",
        "amount_usd_range": { "min": 0, "max": 0 },
        "request": "Not a grant. Use this machine-readable packet as a company application seed for PointCast as AI-native media infrastructure."
      },
      "fit": "YC should see the company version: AI-native publishing plus task rewards as a new way to make small online communities productive and measurable.",
      "milestones": [
        { "name": "Company thesis", "duration_days": 7, "output": "Define the customer, market, wedge, and why now." },
        { "name": "Traction packet", "duration_days": 14, "output": "Summarize live routes, users, task completions, and reward receipts." },
        { "name": "Application draft", "duration_days": 7, "output": "Prepare founder answers and demo links." }
      ],
      "budget": [
        { "line_item": "No grant budget requested in this record", "amount_usd": 0 }
      ],
      "deliverables": [
        "YC application draft.",
        "Company thesis memo.",
        "Demo link list."
      ],
      "metrics": [
        "Clear active-user and task-completion numbers.",
        "At least 3 repeatable customer/use-case stories.",
        "Demo under 2 minutes."
      ],
      "links": {
        "home": "https://pointcast.xyz/",
        "grants": "https://pointcast.xyz/grants/",
        "rewards": "https://pointcast.xyz/rewards/"
      }
    }
  ]
}