Powering Builders: Get to know PGA’s first cohort
At Pocket Network, we’re committed to supporting the next generation of innovators. That’s why we launched the Pocket Network Accelerator Program—a highly competitive initiative designed to help promising teams scale their projects with decentralized infrastructure.
From hundreds of applications, only six teams were selected for our first cohort! Each team is receiving $25,000 in funding alongside mentorship, technical support, and access to our ecosystem to fuel their growth.
In this series, we’ll introduce each of the participating teams, sharing their vision, challenges, and how they’re leveraging Pocket Network to push the boundaries of the new internet.
Next up: SwanBlocks! 🚀
Who are the core members of your team, and what are their roles?
Ala’ Albatayneh, Founder & CEO
Mo Saleh, Co-founder & CTO
How did your team come together?
Most of our team were together building a crypto payment solution that was acquired, and now we have reunited again to build SwanBlocks.
Describe your project in one sentence.
SwanBlocks is an AI-driven backend and tooling platform for the blockchain.
What problem is your project solving? How did you identify this as something you wanted to solve?
With the evolution of AI Agents, companies require a robust and secure engine to execute backend computing and tooling to on-chain data and dApps with the minimum operations cost.
What is your long-term vision for the project?
To be the trusted backend and tooling infrastructure for the Internet.
What inspired you to build on Pocket Network?
We believe now more than ever is the best time to build a decentralized infrastructure for data access and pluggable to any builder, including AI Agents.
What stage is your project currently in (idea, prototype, MVP, production)?
Production
What is your biggest growth milestone for the next six months?
Reaching 100 builders using SwanBlocks.
How will success be measured at the end of this accelerator program?
– Launching phase-1 of AI Agent providing Pocket subscription.
– Enabling the Pocket community to try SwanBlocks infra.
How does your project leverage Pocket Network’s infrastructure?
Our clients, including AI Agents, require Pocket infrastructure for all their on-chain operations.
What are your biggest technical challenges right now?
We need to increase our APIs and apps libraries, hence, we need to partner with core Web3 technology providers to offer their technology to our clients’ backend.
What existing competitors or alternatives exist in your space?
Clients can use Oracles SDKs for integrations. Other companies that may be considered competitors (indirectly) include Chainlink, Zapier, or Make.
How does your project differentiate itself from competitors?
-SwanBlocks is AI-first and supports any AI Agent.
-Our platform provides advanced governance and security tooling for AI Agents to
ensure accurate operations and proper control.
-Composable functions and tooling.
What kind of support or mentorship would be most valuable to your team?
-How can we offer Pocket packages and access to AI Agents?
-How can we offer SwanBlocks infra to the Pocket community?
-Fundraising support.
How can the Pocket community support you?
-Try SwanBlocks and provide feedback.
-Use Pocket Network via SwanBlocks.
If your team had to be represented by a fictional character, who would it be and
why?
-Jumaru, created by Plawres Sanshiro.
-Why: Jumaru represents focus, discipline, power, and integrity.
Where can people connect with the SwanBlocks team?
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