Governance Alpha

Governance Scope

Helping to ensure MakerDAO has a consistent and well-run governance process managed by elected facilitators.

L2BEAT

# **About Us** #
We are the team behind the L2BEAT.com 5 site and have intimate knowledge of Maker’s bridging and teleport capabilities as our team members have directly worked on this both within and alongside the former Protocol Engineering Core Unit.

With the following proposal, L2BEAT would like to use their technical expertise to support Maker’s Multichain opportunities.

## L2BEAT’s Proposal to Maker Governance ##

In light of Maker’s recent onboarding of the Endgame and Scope Frameworks, various community members and 3rd party participants have requested clarity regarding Maker’s Layer Two plans. As a professional ecosystem actor, L2BEAT proposes to work on these challenges for both Maker Core as well as offering SubDAO support as necessary. This involves both near term and long term, aspirational elements.

Near term work involves reaching a resolution following PECU’s Multichain Strategy Update, and longer term efforts involve deeper research work for aspirational maker chain development.

As per the Engineering Multichain budget (Section 7.1), L2BEAT is requesting an annual 1.55M DAI streamed monthly, expiring at the end of June 2024.

## Scope ##

As part of this proposal, L2BEAT aims to:
- Work with relevant stakeholders, including Maker holders, SubDAOs and other Ecosystem Actors, to deliver an updated MultiChain strategy with regards to:

    -- The usage of Canonical DAI and Canonical Bridges (currently deployed on Optimism, Arbitrum, zkSync, StarkNet)
        -- Providing clear guidance if Maker should support Canonical DAI on new chains or if the use of “wrapped DAI” is acceptable
        -- Developing the future roadmap of governance relays that are currently used to relay governance spells to L2 contracts
        -- Exploring the future roadmap of Maker Teleport - the facility allowing for fast withdrawals of DAI from L2s
        -- Exploring the future roadmap of dss-bridge - the facility meant to allow for fast teleport of DAI to any chain and for direct DAI minting on L2 if Maker VAT was to be deployed on L2 (which, with the current strategy, is not being considered)
        -- Work on interoperability aspects and design for the future MakerChain, especially with a focus on trustless bridging from whatever chain will be used to implement the MakerChain to chains where DAI is actually used (primarily Ethereum, but theoretically other chains as well)
- Perform oversight on the future deployments of bridges, gov-relays, teleport, etc. depending on the approved version of the new MultiChain strategy, including help reviewing L2 spells
- Continue currently paused talks with Base, Scroll, Polygon and other rollups/chains

Note that the scope of work does not include smart contract deployment (other than eventual prototyping), unit and integration testing, coordination of auditing process, bug bounty programs or subsequent maintenance of smart contract infrastructure. We assume that this work (with our oversight) will be performed by other Ecosystem Actors specializing in smart contract development and maintenance.

L2BEAT is a respected member of the DeFi ecosystem and would feel privileged to bring its expertise to the Maker ecosystem to help Maker scale in a safe manner. We welcome the community’s consideration and vote on our proposal.

Protocol Scope

L2BEAT is the leading Layer Two development and research company focusing on multichain scaling solutions across a variety of blockchains.

An expense report was auto-generated for EcosystemActor BAL-001 for September 2024

BALabs

# **About Us** #

The experience, skills, and professional expertise offered by our teams, enables BA Labs to meet the needs of different protocols, applications, and DAOs in the Maker ecosystem. We work in a variety of domains, including: consulting, dashboard development, improving data accessibility, data platform as a service, risk analysis, protocol assessments, and risk modeling.

Our products, services, and priorities going forward are highlighted below.

### Endgame Scope Parameter Monitoring ###

Following our recent merger with DICU, we plan to incorporate additional information, such as Maker Teleport statistics and Maker governance data. This will serve as a useful tool to track a variety of protocol and governance changes, including: risk parameters, governance decisions, and an overview of the financial landscape of the Maker ecosystem.


### Dashboards: Ongoing Maintenance and Developments ###

BA Labs currently maintains three critical dashboards related to the Maker Protocol

### Planned Improvements ###

Relevant Endgame data and parameters will be added to the Maker Risk Dashboard and Makerburn dashboard. 

### SubDAO Data Insights and Support ###

BA Labs offers the development and maintenance of sophisticated financial risk monitoring dashboards specifically tailored to the requirements of SubDAO projects.

### Governance & Data Accessibility support ###

As continuation to the work of DICU, BA labs offers a free & public data api as well ad-hoc analysis and reporting to support governance and technical functions, such as delegate compensation calculations. Extending to the future needs of AVCs and Scopes.

### Risk Monitoring & Parameter Proposals ###

Since 2019, BA Labs’ risk monitoring and risk mitigation strategies have been essential in maintaining Dai as the largest decentralized stablecoin in the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem. Demand for Dai has remained high, despite challenging, uncertain, and volatile market conditions in certain periods of 2022 and 2023. We believe that a key reason for this is the confidence that Dai holders have in MakerDAO’s smart contracts and risk mitigated collateral management provided by the @Risk-Core-Unit (BA Labs) as well as contributions of other MakerDAO teams.

### Consultancy ###

- Scope Language and Content
- Risk Modeling
- Asset Liability Management (ALM)

Stability Scope

BA Labs provides a critical and clear understanding of the fast moving market dynamics in the DeFi ecosystem.

Dracaena27 submitted the PH-001 2024-07 Expense Report for Review

Powerhouse

# **About Us** #

The new Powerhouse team uses its extensive knowledge and experience from its SES Core Unit and Maker Foundation days to contribute to the development of efficient and scalable decentralized organizations. It aims to work not just for Sky and its subDAOs, but as a fully independent service provider for the wider industry.

### Services Offered ### 
As an Ecosystem Actor, Powerhouse offers three categories of paid consultancy services. These services span various operational areas, from project management, to finances and transparency reporting, to legal-operational matters.

### Decentralized Org Design and Business Process Analysis ### 
Open and decentralized organizations are an emerging paradigm that can be difficult to get right at first. Sky has been one of the biggest pioneering experiments so far, achieving some successes but also laying bare the various challenges that these organizations may face.

### Open-Source Software Development ### 
To be successful, these organizations essentially need to trade traditional management oversight and extensive training programs with automated processes on their operational platform.

### Operational Support and Coordination ### 
One of the challenges of decentralized organizations is that they can introduce a lot of inefficiencies by forcing the contributor teams to take care of operational overhead tasks outside of their core competencies.


Support Scope

Powerhouse is a team bringing a decentralized operations toolkit for open organizations

An expense report was auto-generated for EcosystemActor CHL-001 for September 2024

Chronicle Labs

# **About Us** #

The Chronicle Protocol secures the Maker Protocol and its growing SubDAO ecosystem to ensure the integrity of the Maker Protocol and expedite its course towards the Endgame. Chronicle Labs will utilize the 12-month incubation period to position itself to sustainably provide services to the SubDAO ecosystem for the long term. Through leveraging Chronicle, SubDAOs gain seamless access to battle-tested Oracle infrastructure, averting the need to waste resources reinventing the wheel, and enabling them to focus their full attention on building successful products.

### Goals ###

1. Launch a sustainable, secure, and decentralized oracle protocol and infrastructure service provider which supports the needs of SubDAOs. 
2. Raise private capital and cease any further direct funding from MakerDAO.

Chronicle Labs is the developer of the Chronicle Protocol, a sustainable decentralized infrastructure primitive encompassing Oracles, bridges, and cross-chain communication that is purpose-built to maximize scalability, security, transparency, and resiliency.

EcosystemActor JTS has updated their expense report for July 2024

Jetstream

# **About Us** #

As we progress on launching Endgame-related milestones we’ll continue proposing additional projects related to Maker core, for the scopes to consider.

### Serving the Accessibility scope ###

As one of the first Ecosystem Actors working under the Accessibility scope, we aim to serve the scope and help it bootstrap its first set of functional and non-functional requirements for frontends in the NewDAO ecosystem.

### Adopt project-based financial reporting ###

We’re committed to adopting improved processes related to budgeting and financial reporting, bringing the DAO closer to project-based budgeting.

### Start partnerships with SubDAOs and other Ecosystem Actors ###

As we deliver value for Maker core and as SubDAOs flourish into their own distinct brands and businesses we will strive to build partnerships with them and further diversify our project roadmap.

### Contribute to other web3 projects and share ###

We aim to share our learnings, knowledge and code with the entire web3 space, in order to make the DeFi space more resilient.             

Accessibility Scope

 We build open-source components & infrastructure for resilient DeFi frontends. Our mission is to make the DeFi space more resilient against outages, attacks and censorship by innovating on frontend code, app delivery methods, data handling & UX.

DevPool

# **About Us** #

DevPool is a crypto-native platform that organically sits on top of GitHub to optimally match developers with open tasks and get paid in crypto while automating the administrative components for DAOs and repository maintainers.

DevPool allows developers to find and get paid for jobs they are interested and qualified in while allowing project managers to outsource tasks to qualified talent on demand.

DevPool allows developers to find and get paid for jobs they are interested and qualified in while allowing project managers to outsource tasks to qualified talent on demand.

An expense report was auto-generated for EcosystemActor PUL-001 for September 2024

PullUp Labs

# **About Us** #

The Endgame proposal interacts with critical system components, including the DAI and MKR tokens, Vat balances, Chief contract, Flapper module, Emergency Shutdown module, voter proxies, and more. 

Working safely with these components requires a deep understanding of the Maker protocol. This team has collectively spent 10+ years building and maintaining the protocol and knows it inside and out. 

The team has worked on essentially every area of the Maker on-chain stack (MCD core, D3M modules, L2 bridges, DSProxy, CdpManager).

### Scope of Work ###

The team will initially focus on building the software for the following DAO-devised Endgame products:

- Smart Burn Engine.
- Tokens rebranding initiatives.
- Savings rate referrals and enhancements.
- Governance migration contracts.
- Sagittarius Engine implementation.
- SubDAO tokenomics support.
- MakerDAO chain development.

The above scope may be adjusted to include other future Endgame mechanisms if priorities change.

### Responsibilities ###

The team’s deliverables will span the following stages of module development:

- Research & Inception - definition of use cases for correct implementation.
- Technical Design & Architecture - to align technical functions with user needs.
- Proof of Concept Coding - initial implementation to ascertain interfaces.
- Development & Implementation - coding and documentation.
- Testing and internal review - including formal verification.
- External Audits - adjustments, updates, and necessary maintenance.
- Alignment with marketing and business development.                


The PullUp Labs team, formed from senior ex-PECU engineers, is proposed as an Ecosystem Actor for implementing code for MakerDAO. The team’s deliverables will focus on the governance-approved Endgame plan.

An expense report was auto-generated for EcosystemActor PHX-001 for September 2024

Phoenix Labs

# **About Us** #

MakerDAO will own every product that Phoenix Labs creates; therefore, they will inherit Maker’s already well-established governance system. Maker Governance will administer all smart contracts with polls to adjust system parameters and add new collateral.

Once the Creator subDAO model is established, Spark Protocol can be transitioned to one of them.

### Our values ###

- Value Sharing: Phoenix Labs is committed to building a healthy and sustainable developer ecosystem through value sharing models such as retroactive payment for public goods.
- Plug and Play Model: Phoenix Labs plans to make all code open, owned by MakerDAO, and available for use by other teams under a revenue share agreement using the “Plug and Play” model of the Endgame proposal. It is one of our goals to provide a core toolbox that other subDAOs or Ecosystem Actors to build upon.
- Continuous Innovation: Phoenix Labs wants to help Maker consolidate its position as the DeFi leading platform by integrating new and exciting solutions including everything Endgame will bring.
- DAI-centric: Everything Phoenix Labs will build will have DAI as the centerpiece.

Phoenix Labs is a research and development company created to introduce new decentralized products into the Maker Ecosystem. Our mission is to help MakerDAO grow and innovate in the decentralized realm.

An expense report was auto-generated for EcosystemActor VPAC-001 for September 2024

Viridian Protector Advisory Company

# **About Us** #

We are experiencing pivotal times for the crypto industry, with increasing regulatory oversight, institutional adoption/competition and blurring of the lines between DeFi and TradFi ecosystems.

Our immediate focus areas are to support enhancements to the James Asset Trust (JAT) structure for this evolving market reality;

- JAT Structural enhancements ( ie onboarding of new payments & exchange service providers for operational resilience )
- Legal & Regulatory - JAT legal structure maintenance and regulatory review of alternative Trust jurisdictions
- Process Automation & migration of components of the structure “On-Chain”, explore Tokenization options.
- Pipeline development for new arrangers & allocation opportunities ( as determined via the Stability scope framework )
- Support MakerDao Endgame organizational restructuring process

### Our Values ###

- Humility : We relish the challenge of building at the intersection of DeFi & TradFi with no real rule book to follow and learning in the process !
- Passionate : About Financial Markets & DeFi, and being part of the journey to build a better Financial system on-chain.
- Result Driven : We work through the challenges and remain focussed on delivering value for the Maker protocol and community.
    

The Group consists of ecosystem actors the Viridian Allocator Advisor as well as service based partners. This Group proposes to continue to work in partnership and provide advice & support for the development of the RWA roadmap for MakerDAO. And build on the learnings to date from RWA projects, in particular MIP65 which has led to the implementation of the James Asset Trust (JAT) structure , facilitated the largest RWA allocation for MakerDAO and added a significant revenue driver for the protocol.

Steakhouse

# **About Us** #

### Financial Planning & Analysis ###
Our financial statements are built from the ground up, leveraging the transparency and immutability of the blockchain.

This allows us to provide highly customizable financial reporting that's tailored to the unique needs of your DAO community

### DAO Operations ###

Transitioning from a centralized organization to a fully-fledged DAO is messy and fraught with challenges that Steakhouse has successfully tackled first hand.

We partner with our clients to build transition plans to ensure operations continuity and scalability, and then execute on them relentlessly.

### Strategic Advisory ### 

Steakhouse has significant experience negotiating Commercial deals, partnerships and advising on tokenomics with the largest companies and DAOs in the the industry.

We also spearheaded the onboarding of the largest Real World Assets (”RWA”) in the industry, and vigorously fight for our clients’ interests.
    

Our seasoned team of crypto-native collaborators brings a wealth of expertise in financial advisory, strategic planning, investment banking, analytics, accounting, legal research, and coding to help your DAO navigate the challenges and opportunities of the decentralized economy.

An expense report was auto-generated for EcosystemActor DEW-001 for September 2024

Dewiz

# **About Us**

Dewiz DeFi Engineering Services provides organizations flexible access to battle-tested smart contract engineers that confront the wizardry of DeFi protocols.
        
DeFi concepts and strategies can be complex. Turning these ideas into reality using ground-breaking and evolving technology only compounds the challenges. For organizations struggling to master smart contract development or those that prefer a turnkey experience when navigating smart contracts, Dewiz offers a full suite of services to support any DeFi-related project on Ethereum, L2s, and many EVM-compatable chains.
        
# **Services offered**
        
Dewiz gives your project smart contract engineers to utilize as much (or as little) as you need, for every aspect of the development lifecycle. Dewiz provides on-demand services for ideation, innovation, and tailored solution design in addition to writing the actual code. The team is committed to maintaining the highest standards of quality and security in all of its work.
        
**Smart Contract Operations**
        
Smart contract operations are typically focused on using, maintaining, and improving the functionality of existing smart contracts. This includes writing Spells, reviewing and testing code, monitoring the performance of smart contracts, and responding to issues or bugs as they arise.
        
A key-engagement point for Dewiz in the Maker ecosystem is the authoring of Spells for common and novel use cases at MakerDAO. Dewiz is excited for the opportunity to grow alongside the needs of SubDAOs for Spell related tasks and aims to create enhancements for our clients as the demand for this service grows and takes shape operationally.
        
**Smart Contract Product Development**
        
Smart contract development encompasses creating new smart contracts and implementing new features and functionality. This involves designing, architecting, writing code, testing and debugging new contracts, and working with other teams to integrate the new contracts into the broader system.
        
SubDAOs that choose to work exclusively with Ecosystem Actors for smart contract services can look forward to a consistent experience when engaging Dewiz when developing new protocol features. Dewiz’s engineering experience will support faster development cycles and successful code deployments.
        
**Integrating DeFi & CeFi**
        
Dewiz is purpose built and focused on opportunities to contribute engineering services in DeFi. This includes designing and implementing smart contracts that seamlessly bring the benefits of DeFi to projects that need it. Whether a client is a DeFi project looking to incorporate traditional financial instruments, or a CeFi organization seeking to tap into the power of decentralized technology, Dewiz can provide the support and guidance need to navigate a boundary-breaking project to a successful deployment.
        
**Documentation & Technical Assessments**
        
Correctly supporting code for a public blockchain is paramount for the success of a project.
        
Documentation in the DeFi space is utilized by the developers authoring the code, auditors reviewing the code, and even expert users who desire to have a clear understanding of what actions a smart contract is performing. Well-documented code helps to improve the development process, and the security of the contract by making it easier for external reviewers to identify potential vulnerabilities and security risks. Clear and thorough documentation also makes it easier for users of the contract to understand how it works and how to interact with it, which increases trust and adoption.
        
Technical assessments also help to identify potential issues with the contract’s design or implementation before any development work begins. This can save time and money by ensuring that the contract is developed in the most efficient and effective way possible. A technical assessment can also help to identify potential security vulnerabilities or other risks in the contract, which can be addressed before they become a problem. These assessments also provide valuable insights and recommendations that can be used to improve the contract’s design and functionality before writing a line of code.
        
**Seamless Engagements**
        
In addition to the team’s technical expertise, Dewiz also supports a strong understanding of the principles, operations, and values of both traditional and decentralized organizations. Dewiz is dedicated to working closely with DAOs, SubDAOs, projects, and traditional organizations to ensure that its team of engineers supports the transparency, communications, and preferred delivery method of smart contracts for clients. Our payment options and cycles are flexible to support a variety of engagement types, ranging from streams, on-chain payments, and integrations with payment platforms.
        

Dewiz is a team of engineers with a proven track record of delivering high-quality, secure, and reliable smart contracts for the premier DeFi projects.

**GovAlpha's Mandate**

**1. Neutrality**  
Neutrality is essential if GovAlpha is to maintain its position as a credible facilitator of governance within MakerDAO. Ultimately GovAlpha has this mandate because it is trusted by governance participants to fulfill it without bias towards outcomes. Lack of neutrality undermines this trust, however, GovAlpha must also maintain and improve the governance structures and processes within MakerDAO and this is impossible to do without expressing opinions on these structures and processes. Therefore, the Facilitators of GovAlpha commit to neutrality in areas unrelated to the governance of MakerDAO.

**2. Facilitation of Governance**  
The governance processes of an organization like MakerDAO will not operate consistently and clearly without facilitation. GovAlpha fulfills the role of officials in traditional systems of governance, leaving those involved in governance able to spend more time on decision-making and discussion.

**3. Effectiveness of Governance**  
The strength of the MakerDAO governance system relates directly to the participation levels in both on-chain and off-chain governance. The expression of will by individuals interested in the Protocol’s success can only be as well-rounded and well-defined as the number of Governance participants. Similarly, a decision is only as durable as the consensus surrounding it. For these reasons, it is GovAlpha's mandate to strive for participation and consensus which are crucial for the preservation and improvement of governance within MakerDAO.

**4. Communication and Moderation**  
Moderation and communication fulfill a supporting role in relation to the other items of the mandate. It is difficult to facilitate effective governance if high-quality communication platforms and norms do not exist. Additionally, GovAlpha should be accessible to the MakerDAO community and the MakerDAO mandated actors and attempt to bridge these two groups of stakeholders in cases of disagreement.

Growth

The key channels we wish to expand are the (1) ability of borrowers to generate Dai, (2) the ability of users to buy and sell Dai, and (3) the ability of users to perform a useful activity with Dai.

To do so, each member of the Growth CU will be in charge of a segment, vertical, or geography to:

-   Understand the Maker protocol market fit.
-   Give support and education to drive Dai adoption and integrations.
-   Generate expansion and adoption of Dai.
-   Develop an integration strategy and give continuous advice to the newest distribution channels.
-   Create a success plan to track integration outcomes.
-   Review the status of the oldest integrations to help them to grow in the usage of Dai.

**What is our execution strategy?**

We follow a demand-driven fast execution strategy, spreading resources across a large variety of partner verticals based (initially) on intuition and hypothesis about Maker’s protocol market fit, see what works, and then continually double down where we’ve gained traction.

Once we have found a new market (it could be a region, a vertical, or product), we follow this process to open it and establish Maker on it: 

1. we acquire a foundational bridgehead integration which serves as an
    icebreaker because it facilitates the expansion beyond our current
    integration types 
2. we use this bridgehead to gain further foundational integrations which help us to make Dai available in
    that market 
3. we use these foundational integrations to develop
    higher-level partnerships, those are partners who add utility to Dai
    rather than availability

The Growth Core Unit aims to grow the available distribution channels for the Maker protocol by intelligently deploying the human and financial capital given by the DAO, increasing the supply and demand of Dai in the global markets. 

An expense report was auto-generated for EcosystemActor SSA-001 for September 2024

Sidestream Auction Services

The Sidestream Auction Services Core Unit aims to provide and maintain systems on top of the auction mechanism that contribute to security and growth of the Maker Protocol.

Those systems:

1.  Visualize auction data to increase  **transparency**  and generate  **insights**
2.  Provide intuitive UIs and well-maintained APIs for  **interaction**  with the auction mechanism (to increase accessibility and adoption)
3.  Help ensure that there is always sufficient auction participation, even in extreme circumstances such as
    -   Protocol upgrades (e.g. new collateral types)
    -   Inefficient market conditions

Improve security, transparency and accessibility of the Maker Protocol by providing and maintaining auction services through open-source development.

artautas submitted the TCH-001 2024-07 Expense Report for Review

TechOps

TECH-001 is a team of passionate professionals with quality-first attitude, extensive experience in the Maker Ecosystem and a heavy interest in the always developing Web3 space.

The infrastructure we deliver is reinforced by:

* Reliability - Secure and reliable operations, resulting in high service availability, robust monitoring, and regular safe deployments
* Support - 24/7 detection and incident response with high level of redundancy between critical components and team members
* Transparency - Accessibility and transparency to other CUs and the broader MakerDAO community. Stakeholders will be kept informed regularly about the state of the infrastructure, its cost structure and the tradeoffs involved

TECH-001 closely collaborates with the stakeholders of the Maker Ecosystem facilitating:

* Education - TECH-001 properly educates stakeholders about operational security best practices and regularly reviews them for improvements
* Point of contact - TECH-001 facilitates incident response and acts as a first line of support for external security researchers and Maker Ecosystem participants
* Integration - New participants in the Maker Ecosystem and third-party integrators can access and reuse infrastructure scripts and recipes from the service catalogue created and maintained by TECH-001


Tech Ops Core Unit provides technical support services to MakerDAO stakeholders and liaison with external service providers while ensuring the effectiveness, reliability and security of the MakerDAO infrastructure layer.

Solidi Labs

# **About Us** #

Solidi Labs aims to accelerate the development of DeFi to be a viable alternative to traditional banking.

### Services Offered ###

* Open source software development in Solidity.
* Open source software development in Cairo.
* Data Science, Risk Analytics, and Risk dashboards.
* RWA token design (according to EU framework).
* Prompt Engineering and AI automation consulting.

Solidi Labs aims to accelerate the development of DeFi to be a viable alternative to traditional banking.

VoteWizard

Our team structure includes experienced and skilled members, ensuring a blend of dedication and expertise in our operations. We are tasked with a range of responsibilities, from coordinating governance processes to engaging with various community stakeholders. Our focus is on maintaining a transparent, efficient, and effective governance system that upholds the values and goals of the Maker community.

VoteWizard (Endgame Edge) is a Governance Facilitator with a dedicated team of Governance collaborators, committed to ensuring sharp, professional, and reliable governance with a vision of mastery in our operations.

Gallagher

As the first member of the Resilience Fund Technical Committee, Gallagher oversees the administration, assessment, processing, and investigation of claims.

Gallagher has several tasks as a member of the Technical Committee 2, which include but are not limited to:

- Membership Administration of the Resilience Fund: Overseeing the administration of the onboarding process for beneficiaries of the Resilience Fund, ensuring transparency and effective management within MakerDAO.

- Claims Assessment: Evaluating, processing, and investigating claims submitted within MakerDAO, providing payout recommendations based on thorough technical assessments.

- Surplus Buffer Adequacy: Assessing the adequacy of the Surplus Buffer with MakerDAO’s Endgame and structural changes, ensuring the stability and sustainability of the Resilience Fund.

- Evaluation of Legal Processes: Evaluating legal processes in similar ecosystems, identifying risks and contingencies to safeguard MakerDAO.

Gallagher is a leading insurance and reinsurance broker offering an extensive range of insurance, self-insurance, risk management, claims administration, and employee benefits products and services through highly specialized companies.

An expense report was auto-generated for EcosystemActor PNT-001 for July 2024

Pointable

# **About Us** #
Pointable, a Silicon Valley artificial intelligence software development company. Pointable helps organizations develop, deploy, and manage language AI systems by creating natural language data connectors to open and proprietary data. Large language models (LLMs) unlock new potential for accessing information via chat and automating complex business processes. However, most valuable use cases of LLMs require natural language connectors to specific, proprietary data in order to provide updated information, access controls, and factual accuracy. Pointable’s platform provides a simple process to define and build accurate, reliable LLM-based agents and workflows that can leverage vast amounts of open and proprietary data. By combining advanced natural language processing and scalable infrastructure, Pointable enables teams to develop product-ready language AI systems, while focusing on product design rather than implementation details.



Pointable, a Silicon Valley AI software company, streamlines language AI system development with natural language data connectors, unlocking new potential for efficient information access and automation.

StableLab

# **About Us** #
StableLab is a research and development firm specializing in governance operations and analytics. We contribute to over 20 protocols and ecosystems with exceptional participation metrics. Partners include Arbitrum, Optimism, Aave, Uniswap, 1inch, Balancer, Element Finance, InstaDapp, Lido, and MakerDAO.

We participate in the entire governance process, from initial discussions, proposal creation, and feedback rounds to on- or off-chain polls. Apart from ensuring well-informed decisions, we author proposals where possible. 

We’re also working to improve governance analytics through our upcoming product. We analyse the cost and impact of proposals, before they get executed, and help communities make informed decisions.

# **Our Services** #

StableLab is proud to offer:

- Governance Operations and Facilitation Services
    
- Research and Governance Analytics
    
- Procurement Program Management and Consultation
    
- Governance Systems and Framework Consultation
    
- Professional Delegate Services
    

# **How We Can Help MakerDAO** #

## SubDAO support

StableLab is here to support SubDAO communities with governance operations, analytics, and framework consultation. Profit from our experience.

## Ecosystem Actor Procurement Management 

Having managed grant programs for SafeDAO, Arbitrum and others and having applied and worked as service providers for 20+ DAOs we can help run and consult on Ecosystem Actor Procurement

## Governance operations and community work

Helping bootstrap viable communities is our passion. We love to operate forums and can help moderate Discord servers. We take pride in operational excellence and make sure all the Is are dotted and the Ts are crossed.

## Governance analytics

We’re developing a governance analytics platform and are already working with select third parties to help communities make more educated decisions on the true cost of proposals and their impact.  
We would be delighted to work closely with SubDAOs or Maker Governance Facilitators and bring our in-house analytics team to bear.

StableLab helps governance run smoothly and efficiently in 20+ DAOs.

An expense report was auto-generated for EcosystemActor ECO-001 for July 2024

Ecosystem

The Ecosystem Team is responsible for facilitating the Accessibility, Protocol, Stability, and Support scopes of the Atlas for MakerDAO. This facilitator focused Ecosystem Actor is a team comprised of Governance Operations & Design experts that ensures normal operations of an organization are well supported and leverage technical responses from a system-design perspective.

The Ecosystem Team is responsible for facilitating the Accessibility, Protocol, Stability, and Support scopes of the Atlas for MakerDAO.

An expense report was auto-generated for EcosystemActor EGE-001 for September 2024

Endgame Edge

The name Endgame Edge (EE) encapsulates our vision of sharpness, professionalism, mastery, and reliability.

Endgame Edge is a team comprised of Governance faciliators responsible for the Governance Scope as defined in MIP113

An expense report was auto-generated for EcosystemActor JSK-001 for September 2024

JanSky

**Background and Training**

My journey into the realm of MakerDAO governance has been both enlightening and challenging. During my training under the guidance of the GovAlpha team, I received valuable insights and knowledge. However, it’s essential to acknowledge that their evaluation may carry a degree of bias due to differing perspectives on the direction of Endgame.
    
**Commitment to Anonymity and SubDAO**

I want to emphasize my unwavering commitment to anonymity, a fundamental principle that I believe strengthens the Maker ecosystem.
    
**Use of ChatGPT**

The use of ChatGPT in my responses during Maker interactions is intentional. It is aimed at promoting enhanced anonymity and serving as a practical training exercise aligned with Rune’s recent vision. While there have been challenges in this regard, I appreciate the leeway provided by the Maker community in this experimental phase. I continue to improve my model and the quality of its output.
    
**Openness to Feedback**

I want to assure the community that I am open to feedback and collaboration. 

JanSky is one of the faciliators responsible for the Governance Scope as defined in MIP113

An expense report was auto-generated for EcosystemActor AAVE-001 for September 2024

AAVE

AAVE plays a strategic role in the MakerDAO ecosystem as a key ecosystem actor, facilitated by a revenue-sharing agreement with Phoenix Labs, the creators of the Spark Protocol. 

This partnership capitalizes on the Spark Protocol's deployment of Spark Lend, a liquidity protocol that is built upon AAVE v3's codebase and focuses on the DAI stablecoin. 

Phoenix Labs proposed a profit-sharing program that allocates 10% of the gross profits from DAI borrowings within Spark Lend to AAVE, as recognition for the foundational open-source software work AAVE has contributed. 

This innovative revenue model is designed to foster closer collaboration between the two entities, ensuring mutual benefits and further aligning their interests in the decentralized finance ecosystem.

AAVE is an ecosystem actor in the MakerDAO ecosystem through a revenue share agreement with Phoenix Labs, leveraging Spark Protocol's use of AAVE V3 for a mutual profit-sharing model from DAI market revenues.