Partners & programmes
We are building the rails for AI companies. We are asking for compute.
Aura OS is an operating system for AI companies: you describe a business, autonomous AI employees run it, and every action they take is measured, budgeted and settled onchain.
Self-funded, 4 people, live product. No outside capital. Everything below is measured from the running system, not a deck. Grant portals still need a human click — this page is the kit so applying is paste, not invent.
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Live traction line updates from the public ledger. Paste into Google / Microsoft / AWS / Base / Arbitrum / Polygon forms. Do not invent numbers.
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Founder mailbox SMTP is connected as founders@aibusiness.fun for approved outreach — agents draft, you send. Portals still require signing in with your founder account.
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These counters read the public network views directly. Early numbers are small on purpose — founding seats are live via Stripe and we grow from real paid companies. Trading activity shown inside the product is labelled paper vs live wherever it appears.
What we are building
AI agents today are demos. They chat, they do not run anything. There is no shared memory, no budget, no accountability and no way for one agent to pay another for work.
Aura OS gives every founder a company of AI employees with one shared memory, a token budget per employee, an approval gate before anything spends money or goes public, and a machine-payable API layer so agents can buy and sell work from each other in USDC.
Agent-to-agent commerce needs rails. We built them: an x402 gateway that prices each endpoint, verifies the payment, splits revenue 60/20/20 between the founder, the treasury and the platform, and settles against Base.
Agent runtime
Every AI employee has a role, a memory, a token budget and a spend cap. Work is logged as discrete actions with a cost and a result attached — not a chat transcript.
x402 machine-payable API
Nine priced endpoints answer HTTP 402 with payment requirements, verify the USDC payment, then serve. Revenue splits 60/20/20 between the founder, the treasury and the platform automatically.
Onchain settlement
Smart accounts are Alchemy Light Accounts per founder (counterfactual until first UserOp). Gas sponsorship via Alchemy Gas Manager when configured. Reward drops anchor to a Base block for a verifiable receipt.
Built on Lovable Cloud
Postgres with row-level security per founder, server functions on an edge runtime, and a TanStack Start front end. One codebase, no ops team.
How it fits together
Architecture
founder ──▶ CEO agent ──▶ AI employees (role · memory · budget · spend cap)
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shared company memory (Postgres, RLS per founder)
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┌─────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┐
▼ ▼
x402 gateway ── HTTP 402 → verify USDC → serve smart accounts (Light Account)
9 priced endpoints counterfactual → deploy on first UserOp
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└──────── revenue split 60 founder / 20 treasury / 20 platform ────────┘
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settlement anchored to a Base blockWhere credits go · apply order
Inference is the single biggest cost: every agent-hour is model calls. Credits go to model inference for the agent runtime, RPC for smart-wallet provisioning and settlement receipts, and storage for company memory and file ingest. Priority: self-serve cloud credits, then Base / Arbitrum / Polygon chain programmes, then Austrian cash tracks.
1. Google
Google for Startups Cloud — Start tier
Offers Cloud + Gemini/Vertex credits (Start tier is self-serve; Scale tier needs a VC or accelerator nomination)
Requires Early stage, under 5 years old, self-apply
Gemini inference for the CEO agent and every AI-backed x402 endpoint.
2. Microsoft
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
Offers Azure + Azure OpenAI credits, tiered and scaling with usage
Requires Self-apply with a product description, no investor required
A second inference provider so agent work never blocks on one vendor.
3. AWS
AWS Activate — Founders tier
Offers Self-serve credits (Portfolio tier is larger but requires an investor referral)
Requires Any startup can self-sign-up
Object storage and background workers for agent memory and file ingest.
4. Base / Coinbase
Base ecosystem — Builder Rewards, Batches, CDP credits
Offers Weekly builder rewards, CDP API tier, founder tracks via Base Batches / Ecosystem Fund RFBs
Requires Ship on Base; cohorts are competitive but early teams are welcome
We already settle x402 payments and reward drops on Base — closest ecosystem fit.
5. Base
Base Builder Grants (retroactive)
Offers Retroactive grants typically 1–5 ETH for shipped Base projects
Requires Working prototype live on Base with clear ecosystem value
Non-dilutive runway for agent OS work already settling on Base.
6. Arbitrum
Trailblazer AI Grant Program
Offers $1M pool for AI agents and onchain AI products on Arbitrum chains
Requires Build or commit to build agentic / AI products on Arbitrum
Strong narrative fit — Aura OS is an AI-employee operating system.
7. Alchemy
Everyone Onchain Fund (Account Kit apps)
Offers Up to $25k gas + compute credits for smart-wallet / gasless UX apps
Requires Live site, Account Kit, co-marketing; apply via Typeform
Gasless Light Account sends/swaps for founders — our biggest UX unblocker.
8. Polygon
Community Grants Program (Questbook / seasonal tracks)
Offers Milestone-based POL grants from the community treasury (seasonal tracks)
Requires Build or migrate to Polygon; AI tracks have appeared in recent seasons
Optional second settlement / agent-payments surface beside Base.
9. Optimism
Optimism Grants (Season cycles)
Offers Growth / audit / thematic grants when seasons are open
Requires Ship public goods or growth apps in the Superchain
Retro / public-goods framing for open agent rails and receipts.
10. Anthropic
Claude for Startups
Offers Claude API credits (tiers and eligibility unverified)
Requires Early-stage startup; larger tiers likely need a partner
Long-context agent memory and document-heavy acquisition work.
11. Austria Wirtschaftsservice
aws Preseed — Innovative Solutions / Deep Tech
Offers Non-repayable cash grant for personnel and development
Requires Austrian company or company in formation, pre-seed, innovative product
Salary runway for the four founders through the first public season.
12. FFG (Austria)
Innovationsscheck / Basisprogramm
Offers Small voucher grant for external R&D services; Basisprogramm funds larger R&D projects
Requires Austrian SME with an R&D project; the voucher has minimal paperwork
Independent research on agent safety and spend-cap enforcement.
13. Alchemy × Base
Base Gas Manager Credits
Offers Gas Manager API credits to sponsor UserOps on Base
Requires Building on Base with Gas Manager / Account Kit
Sponsor treasury send + OKX exchange UserOps without forcing ETH deposits.
14. OKX Web3
OKX Developer Collective — grants, fee subsidies, DEX API
Offers Grants/bounties, API fee subsidies, early DEX endpoints for builders
Requires Active OKX DEX / Onchain OS integration — apply via Developer Collective
Preferential DEX routing + builder support for in-app Exchange on Aura Wallet Desk.
15. OKX / X Layer
X Layer Build-X / Super Nova + AI Season hackathon grants
Offers Cash prizes, liquidity/launch grants, ecosystem distribution (seasonal)
Requires Ship AI + onchain product; X Layer tracks prefer X Layer deploy
Optional X Layer rail + OKX distribution if we expand beyond Base.
16. Solana Foundation
Foundation grants + Superteam microgrants
Offers Milestone grants for public goods; Superteam microgrants for early builders
Requires Public-good or Solana-native component — stretch unless we ship Solana rails
Only pursue if we add a Solana settlement path.
17. Ethereum Foundation
Ecosystem Support Program (Wishlist / RFPs)
Offers Non-dilutive support for open-source public goods
Requires Open-source deliverable aligned to a Wishlist/RFP item
Open-source x402 / agent-payment tooling as a public good.
18. OpenAI
OpenAI for Startups / Converge
Offers API credits and programme access (amounts unverified)
Requires Usually investor-backed or invited; cohort based
Frontier reasoning for the CEO agent's long-horizon planning.
19. Lovable
Partner / enterprise programme
Offers No public startup-credit programme; enterprise contact only
Requires Direct outreach
Build and Cloud headroom — the whole product runs on Lovable today.
20. European Commission
EIC Accelerator
Offers Grant up to EUR 2.5M plus optional equity investment
Requires Breakthrough deep tech with real market traction; several cut-offs per year
Target for the round after a public launch, not today.
Programme terms change often. Figures we could not confirm from an official page are marked unverified rather than guessed. We do not auto-submit third-party forms.
The team
Operator · Aura OS · Laszlo Bihary
Product, Web3 & AI — vision and go-to-market for Aura OS.
LinkedIn →Gründungsteam Wien · Martina Schulz
Shops, people — Körperglanz & Shape-Line on Rennweg.
Gründungsteam Wien · Darko Tanackovic
Street, cars — buy and sell, honest and without pressure.
Gründungsteam Wien · Evren Demir
Pion Professional sales — men's care, Seestadt showroom.
Gründungsteam Wien · Mart Johann
The one who holds the shop together when it gets serious.
Full roster & company notice: aibusiness.fun/team