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GOAT Network Builder Grants: Up to $1M for AI Agent Builders

GOAT Network has up to $1M in AI Agent Builder Grants for agent-native products on Bitcoin-secured infrastructure, built with AgentKit and ClawUp. What they fund, why a funded-builder footprint matters, and how to apply with a working product.

GOAT Network Builder Grants: up to $1M for AI agent builders on Bitcoin-secured infrastructure

GOAT Network runs an AI Agent Builder Grants Program with up to $1,000,000 available for teams building real agent-based products on its Bitcoin-secured infrastructure. This is not a points program or a speculative farm - it is direct funding for people who ship. Apply here: .

What they are funding

GOAT wants agent-native applications that support repeat usage and create real economic activity - not demos. The thesis is Bitcoin-secured infrastructure where AI agents can transact and operate with genuine economic value: agents that pay, get paid, hold identity, and do commerce.

They give you the rails to do it:

  • GOAT AgentKit - the toolkit for building agents on the network
  • ClawUp - create or connect an AI agent
  • Payments and identity primitives, so your agent can actually transact
  • A path toward real commerce, which is the bar they are funding against

The program is live and moving: three Builder Grants projects launched in July as GOAT approached mainnet, with ThoughtProof and HyperMove as the first and second grantees.

Why this is worth your time

Three things stack here:

Real money, not points. Up to $1M allocated, paid to builders. Grants are the least-contested money in crypto because they require effort rather than capital.
Positioning in a tokenless ecosystem. Being a funded builder on a network before it fully matures is the strongest footprint you can hold if rewards ever follow.
The agent economy is where the funding is. Look across the board - Arbitrum's agentic-DeFi grants, Circle's agentic economy on Arc, Algorand's x402, OKX's agent skills. GOAT is the Bitcoin-secured entry in that same wave. If you have been farming AI-agent airdrops, you already understand the thing they are paying builders to make.
Details
  • Program: GOAT AI Agent Builder Grants
  • Funding: up to $1,000,000 available to teams
  • Focus: agent-native apps with repeat usage and real economic activity, on Bitcoin-secured infrastructure
  • Tooling: GOAT AgentKit, ClawUp, payments + identity primitives
  • Traction: 3 grant projects launched July 2026 (ThoughtProof, HyperMove first two) heading into mainnet
  • Apply:
Cannot build it yourself? We can

The honest blocker for most people is shipping, not ideas. That is exactly what we built for:

  • Deployr - deploy a real app and contract on your own wallet, or have the thing you spotted built for you, so you apply with a working product instead of a plan.
  • See what we have actually shipped at ceoism.com - the apps and builds in our portfolio, so you know what "we can build it" concretely means.
  • Prefer to talk it through? or .

Apply with a working agent, not a slide deck - grant committees fund evidence.

Related: Base Builder Grant , hackathons and grants funding builders , the earn portal .

Research, not financial advice. Verify the program independently on the official site before applying or sharing data.

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