NEXT MOVE · WITHIN THE HOUR
1. Write a five line thesis
30 minWho orders, which shops, why prepayment and the human mandate matter, which rails, and what you will ship next.
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WHY THIS ROUTE
Agent payments for real small businesses is a clear, current story for Circle's Arc grants and Base's agent focus. A counter with live shop orders is stronger than a pitch deck.
ARRIVED LOOKS LIKE
Applications to Circle Developer Grants and the Base Builder Grant, and a short note to the Base Ecosystem Fund, each with live order data.
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2. Apply to Circle Developer Grants on Arc
90 minApply at https://circle.questbook.app/ . Grants run from about $5,000 for early development to $100,000 for scaling, in USDC, paid by milestone. Circle wants production minded apps where Arc is central to the flow of value and Circle products such as USDC, Wallets, CCTP or Gateway matter in the design. Show USDC settlement on Arc for real shop orders and propose milestones such as catering deposits and a refund audit.
3. Apply to Base Builder Grant Program S2
60 minApply at https://forms.gle/urqjBJYJjR6Vqqre6 . Integrate your own Builder Code first: create it at dashboard.base.org and paste it in Rules so every Base transaction carries your ERC-8021 suffix. Base wants a live or near live app in a focus category that drives onchain transactions; agents is one of them. Grants are up to $5,000 plus go to market support.
4. Send a short note to the Base Ecosystem Fund
45 minApply at https://base.org/ecosystem-fund/apply when you have a team and a few weeks of shop data. The fund backs pre-seed and seed onchain businesses on Base in trading, payments and agents and judges mostly on the team.
5. Record a 60 second demo
40 minOne real order from an agent, the mandate card, the payment settling and the shop pressing refund. Attach it to every application.
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