Pocket Network Announces Winter 2025 Batch: Empowering the Next Generation of Decentralized Builders
George Town, Cayman Islands, February 10th, 2025, Chainwire
Pocket Network has announced the six teams selected for the Winter 2025 cohort of the Pocket Gateway Accelerator Program (PGAT). These projects are building decentralized gateways that redefine how applications interact with open data by using the Shannon Upgrade on Pocket Network.
The selected teams—Reppo Labs, Verve AI, SwanBlocks, Developer DAO Cloud, Pattern, and Vistia—will focus on developing infrastructure solutions aimed at enhancing decentralized data access. Their work will culminate in Demo Day this April, where they will showcase their progress to the broader Web3 ecosystem.
Introducing the Winter 2025 PGAT Cohort
- Reppo Labs: Building a Data-AI Coordination Network, allowing data owners and AI agents to collaborate seamlessly through Shannon’s permissionless gateways.
- Verve AI: An AI-powered on-chain research platform, delivering real-time insights for institutional investors and portfolio managers.
- SwanBlocks: A backend and tooling platform for AI agents, making blockchain interactions seamless for businesses.
- Developer DAO Cloud (D_D Cloud): Focused on high-performance decentralized infrastructure, providing developer teams access to decentralized storage and compute networks.
- Pattern: Developing an agentic RAG gateway, enabling AI-driven applications to retrieve both real-time on-chain and off-chain data.
- Vistia: An AI-driven trading bot platform, leveraging decentralized data signals and social gateways for real-time market intelligence.
“These teams are changing the game when it comes to building with open data on Shannon. From AI agents to high performance infrastructure for LLMs, our Winter 2025 cohort is doing amazing work in a burgeoning field,” said Michael O’Rourke, Co-Founder Of Pocket Network,
For developers integrating decentralized data into their applications, this program provides both funding and infrastructure support without requiring equity. The Pocket Gateway Accelerator Program offers technical grants to incentivize builders. The projects accepted will receive:
- $5K upfront upon acceptance.
- $20K over 12 months upon successful integration of a Shannon-based gateway.
- Technical support from the Pocket team.
- Exposure through Demo Day and community events.
The Impact of the Shannon Upgrade on Builders
The Shannon Upgrade, named in tribute to information theory pioneer Claude Shannon, introduces new capabilities for developers building on Pocket Network:
- Permissionless Gateways: Open access to decentralized data flows across applications, eliminating reliance on centralized APIs.
- Open Data Layer: Extending Pocket’s infrastructure beyond blockchain data to LLMs, privacy protocols, and decentralized social networks.
- LLM Integration: Builders can tap into large language models (LLMs) like DeepSeek via decentralized infrastructure, ensuring privacy and reliability.
- Privacy Protocols: Support for encrypted communication, decentralized identity, and zero-knowledge proofs for enhanced security.
- Decentralized Social Protocols: Enabling social platforms where users retain sovereignty over their data and interactions.
“The Shannon upgrade is transforming real-time blockchain data access with unprecedented speed and reliability,” said Sai P, Founder of Verve AI. “For our AI analytics platform, Pocket Network’s infrastructure enables us to deliver instant cross-chain insights, making complex blockchain analysis as simple as having a conversation.”
About Pocket
Pocket Network’s mission is to provide the world with unstoppable open-source infrastructure. We aim to empower developers with access to any public data anywhere in a reliable, performant, and cost-effective manner.
