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: Developer DAO Cloud! 🚀
Who are the core members of your team, and what are their roles?
Crypdough.eth, Founder
Saul, Lead Frontend Engineer / Design / UX
Manny, Head of BD & Sales
How did your team come together?
Originally we all met in Developer DAO but have known each other for a little while now. We came to the consensus of locking in and shipping D_D Cloud once we secured enough funding to operate
Describe your project in one sentence.
High performance cloud infrastructure for decentralized services
What problem is your project solving? How did you identify this as something you wanted to solve?
-Many products serving large traffic market use slow and unreliable infrastructure providers
-Managing and deploying infrastructure is challenging for teams without dedicated SRE and DevOps teams
-Access to blockchain resources is cumbersome
–The world is hungry for compute.
What is your long-term vision for the project?
We will be a fully loaded cloud service with virtualized resources such as compute, storage, managed node software, and networking (among other things)
What inspired you to build on Pocket Network?
-We have a great relationship with PNF and Grove (we love our frens)
-Pocket Network is really cool: permissionless access to computationally expensive resources (blockchain node software, LLMs) & lowers the barrier of entry to access cool things!
What stage is your project currently in (idea, prototype, MVP, production)?
Prototype
What is your biggest growth milestone for the next six months?
Releasing the MVP of Developer DAO Cloud’s first product
How will success be measured at the end of this accelerator program?
Success will be measured by our KPIs, revenue, and our ability to ship
How does your project leverage Pocket Network’s infrastructure?
Our support for numerous chains is derived directly from Pocket’s offerings. We plan to bootstrap support for additional chains and services on the Pocket supply side.
What existing competitors or alternatives exist in your space?
There are a few companies that have a similar product to us, but a lot of our forward looking products are anywhere from unique to novel.
How does your project differentiate itself from competitors?
-Focusing on the needs of blockchain specific applications and software distinguishes us from larger, more generalized cloud providers
-An uncanny focus on performance
-Our products are composed of various decentralized services and a few of our own
What kind of support or mentorship would be most valuable to your team?
-I think we can really grow a lot on our understanding of marketing, sales,
BD, and organizational management
-A finer knowledge of the Pocket Network protocol
If funding/manpower was a non factor, what features would you like to add to your
project?
-I’d build a handful of datacenters integrated into the D_D Cloud control plane and runtime.
-Custom processors (kind of like AWS’s own graviton chips)
-AWS Nitro competitor
Where can people connect with the Developer DAO Cloud team?
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