The DAO created these working groups, and the DAO is well within its actions, activities, and purview to close them as per AIP-239: Working Group Guidelines & The Governance Working Group Charter.

BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM

Collectively, all four working groups are costing or will cost the DAO almost $3M per year.

To date, the new Working Groups have been largely ineffective in their mandate.

As per the Q1/24 financial reports which we all knew would be bad (and we have yet to see Q2 & Q3), it is clear that the treasury is fast running out of disposable funds. Ape Foundation Transparency Report - 2024 - Q1. We the DAO need to stop the financial bleeding and to take necessary steps to preserve the treasury and reposition it for prosperity.

This proposal has the following vital benefits:

1. The DAO immediately saves money.
2. The DAO can re-purpose LESS funds to hire/contract experienced third-parties who have a lot more experience in the specific areas previously outlined in this WG charter.
3. The DAO no longer has to deal with the distractions, funding, and down time associated with elections as well as the budget proposals and voting for these working groups.
4. The Ape Foundation can focus on specific mandates which are beneficial to the smooth operation of the DAO.
5. The Ape Foundation can hire and contract third-party teams//providers on an as-needed basis. This also provides the flexibility of being able to switch teams/providers if they fail to perform as expected or if they don’t perform as per their mandated KPIs, OKRs or if they don’t adhere to strict transparency and accountability guidelines.

OVERALL COST

Total amount requested from the ApeCoin Ecosystem Fund = $0

Requests of the APE Foundation:

• Dissolve the aforementioned working groups.
• Pay in full, to affected stewards, any/all amounts that are in arrears.
• Wind-down of the operations of any/all activities and entities.
• Prevent the DAO from creating any new DAO funded working groups [under the existing charters].
• Additionally, at its discretion, the Ape Foundation would put up RFPs for activities and work which were previously required to be performed by the aforementioned working group. As per the RFP, hire third-party teams which would be directed to handle all activities previously performed by this WG.
• Manage and co-ordinate the consulting and hiring of any third-parties selected by the RFP to perform the required roles with specific KPIs and OKRs which are to be shared with the DAO community.
• As needed, display a new Discourse category called “Job Description” related to either a work for hire request or an RFP so that the DAO community can have the opportunity to participate in such hiring opportunities.

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: (https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-466-proposal-to-close-non-essential-working-groups/24526)

The AIP implementation is administered by the Ape Foundation. Implementation may be immaterially or materially altered to optimise for security, usability, to protect APE holders, and otherwise to effect the intent of the AIP. Any material deviations from an AIP, as initially approved, will be disclosed to the APE holder community.

• Animations: DashBO offers a multitude of preset animations for users to choose from. Users can select their favorite animation, add camera movement and background audio, and then export it directly to social media or download the video to edit on their preferred video editing software.

  

+ Additional animations will be regularly, providing users with fresh ways to express themselves.

• Poses: DashBO also features a wide variety of preset poses. Users can select their favorite pose, adjust the camera angles, and then export the image to social media or download it for further editing on their favorite photo editing software.

  

+ New poses will be introduced regularly, providing users with fresh ways to express themselves.

• Memes: DashBO includes a selection of trending memes, allowing users to express themselves with humor and creativity. Users can choose from the latest memes and customize them with different camera angles and share them on social media.

  

+ Additional trending memes will be added regularly to ensure users always have fresh content to play with.

2. MBA CLOSET: Users can personalize their avatars by trying over 40 MBA apparel brands, including links to the brand’s e-commerce website. The user can create content by animating and posing their avatars, with apparel labeled with the brand name and MBA License Number. This user-generated content (UGC) enhances engagement and drives conversions. This brand labeled content can be showcased on social media, email, landing pages, and checkout pages, maximizing its impact across various platforms.

Some of the MBA apparel brands we have in place:

3.MERCH TRYOUT: Users can customize their avatars with over 90 merch items from almost all BAYC/MAYC merch drops. Users can tryout and create content by animating and posing their avatars wearing the merch. Additionally, users can access information about the merch and links to search pages on StockX and eBay.

Some of the merch drops in place:

• MERCH PARTNERSHIPS: DashBO will regularly add special merch drops either in the shape of partnerships with Brands or apparel that is trending like when the DogWifHat was trending we would have added the Wif Hat or another example the MOG glasses when they were trending. Planned merch drops:
  • Exclusive Singe Partnership: DashBO is partnering with SINGE® to release exclusive digital apparel.
  • DashBO x Apecoin Merch: AIP Approval Celebration DashBO x Apecoin Merch.

4. MBA TASTING: To empower MBA brands, users can leverage our UGC system by creating avatar poses with their avatars featuring MBA products at no cost to the brands. Users can animate and pose their avatars with products labeled with the brand name and MBA License Number, if available. This user-generated content (UGC) is utilized at every stage of the buyer’s journey to boost engagement and drive conversions. This brand labeled content can be featured on social media, email, landing pages, and checkout pages, maximizing its reach and impact across various platforms. The rendered poses will have a footer with the MBA brand’s Logo, website, and MBA license number.

Some of the MBA brands we have in place:

5. REALSPACE AR: DashBO empowers users to bring their creations into the real world through Augmented Reality (AR). Users can create various animations and seamlessly integrate them into AR experiences. This feature allows users to see their 3D animations interact with their physical environment, adding a new dimension of engagement and immersion. Whether it’s for personal enjoyment, social media sharing, or professional presentations, DashBO’s AR capabilities offer an exciting way to showcase creativity. New AR experiences and tools will be continuously added, keeping users creating fresh content.

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6. TUTORIALS: DashBO offers a comprehensive array of informative and entertaining tutorials designed to help users maximize their experience on the platform. These tutorials provide step-by-step guidance on how to utilize DashBO’s extensive suite of tools, ensuring users can fully harness their creative potential. In addition to DashBO-specific tutorials, there will be a curated selection of tutorials covering other popular 3D software and tools. These resources will walk users through each phase of the creative process, from basic techniques to advanced strategies, offering valuable insights and practical tips. By following these tutorials, users will not only enhance their technical skills in creating content with their 3D avatars but also spark their creativity, enabling them to produce more compelling and imaginative content.

7. LEADERBOARD: To foster a vibrant and engaged community, DashBO will feature a community leaderboard that incentivizes users to share their creative content on social media. As a DashBO user, you can earn DashBO credits when other users join using a referral link.

By incorporating this gamified approach, DashBO aims to boost user participation, enhance the visibility of user-generated content, and promote the wider use of ApeCoin within the community. This system not only rewards users for their creativity but also helps to spread awareness and drive traffic to the ApeCoin ecosystem through social media engagement.

7. INTEROPERABLE FILES: In the ever-evolving landscape of digital creation, different metaverse platforms, games, tools, and software support 3D files in various formats, each with its own specifications. This diversity often creates a barrier for creators who want to ensure their content is compatible across multiple platforms. DashBO addresses this challenge by handling all necessary conversions, rigging, and texturing, making avatars and other 3D content seamlessly usable across different metaverse platforms, games, tools, and software. By automating these technical processes, DashBO removes the complexity and ensures that users can focus on their creativity without worrying about technical compatibility issues. As new platforms and technologies emerge, DashBO will continually update and expand its capabilities to support an even wider range of formats and specifications, ensuring that our users’ creations are future-proof.

Inceptive Studio is in several different stages of talks with providers of Metaverse and 3D tools providers:

Most recently, Yuga Labs: Otherside announced that Rida and the Inceptive, along with other community builders @bailey and @Tropical, are pre-alpha testers of the ODK powered by ApeChain.

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APECHAIN INTEGRATION: Integrating DashBO with ApeChain is crucial for enhancing user experience. Users will have the ability to use ApeCoin to purchase DashBO credits, our off-chain currency. This integration aims to facilitate a seamless experience within DashBO, enabling users to unlock new content for their avatars more efficiently.

TOKEN AUTHENTICATION: Token Gating in DashBO plays a crucial role in restricting access to certain parts of the platform exclusively to NFT holders, thereby safeguarding intellectual property from unauthorized use. DashBO accommodates delegate wallets such as Warm and Delegate Cash, ensuring a smooth and secure user experience. Moreover, DashBO seamlessly integrates with ParaSpace and BendDAO, both leveraging Delegate Cash, ensuring compatibility and operational efficiency.

BUSINESS MODEL: DashBO’s business model is designed to give Yuga 3D avatar holders (starting with BAYC, MAYC and Meebits) value at both free and premium levels, providing free content creation tools as well as additional premium tools through the purchase of DashBO credit bundles. By using ApeCoin for transactions, DashBO integrates seamlessly with the broader Ape ecosystem, adding utility and value for ApeCoin holders. Until the full collections become available, DashBO will also provides access to demo avatars from popular Yuga collections such as Bored Ape Kennel Club (BAKC), Kodas, MoonBirds, and 10KTF Gucci Grail. Holders of these projects can utilize these demo avatars to create unique content, enhancing their creative possibilities. To unlock premium content and advanced tools, users can purchase DashBO credits, which are exclusively available for purchase using ApeCoin.

The credits come in three bundles, each with specific expiry durations:

DashBO will implement a revenue share model with the ApeCoin DAO. Ten percent (10%) of the gross revenue from sales will go to the ApeCoin DAO treasury , supporting the broader ApeCoin ecosystem and contributing to its growth and sustainability. Revenue distribution is planned to be done quarterly. This schedule allows for consistent financial reporting and ensures that the DAO regularly benefits from the platform’s success.

Additionally, we plan to introduce regular updates and new features, keeping the platform dynamic and continually improving the user experience. Whether you’re using free features or exploring premium content. We intend to keep the cost of premium content between 4-6 credits. This pricing strategy ensures affordability while maintaining the quality and accessibility of premium features on the platform.

We do NOT retain any ownership rights over content created using IP that is owned by the holders. Our platform is designed to respect and protect the intellectual property of all users.

PARTNERSHIPS:

• Yuga Labs:

  • MAYC Models: Inceptive has been contracted by Yuga Labs to create a complete collection of “unofficial” models for MAYC (DashBO-ready).

  • BAYC .com: Inceptive has partnered with Yuga Labs to create BAYC holders pre-release beta access to DashBo UGC platform .](BAYC. com)

BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM

Integrating DashBO with ApeCoin will significantly promote the usage of ApeCoin, encouraging users to engage more actively with the ApeCoin ecosystem. This integration will facilitate various transactions, including the purchase of premium content, creation tools and unique assets. By increasing the utility and circulation of ApeCoin, DashBO will contribute to generating additional revenue for the ApeCoin DAO, thereby strengthening the overall ecosystem and enhancing its sustainability. DashBO will implement a Ten percent (10%) revenue share model with the DAO thus supporting the broader ApeCoin ecosystem and contributing to its growth and sustainability.

Moreover, DashBO’s support of other Non Yuga projects like Mocaverse, Azuki, Pudgy Penguins, Degods, and many others will introduce more users to the ApeCoin and ApeChain ecosystems once those projects are onboarded. This expansion of users and projects within the ecosystem will further enhance the value and utility of ApeCoin, fostering a vibrant and thriving community of creators and users. Additionally, DashBO will be built on ApeChain, which means more communities will be onboarded to the ApeCoin and ApeChain ecosystems. This integration will add more demand for ApeCoin as these communities utilize the token for various transactions and interactions within the ecosystem. Additionally, the integration with ApeChain will enable seamless interoperability with other projects and tokens within the ApeCoin ecosystem, further enhancing its utility and value proposition.

OVERALL COST

Total amount requested from the ApeCoin Ecosystem Fund = $418,000 USD.

This grant will cover the development and integration costs, marketing expenses, and operational expenses associated with Launching DashBO with the ApeCoin ecosystem.

The detailed budget breakdown is as follows:

• Development and Integration: $150,000 USD

  • Frontend Development: $30,000 USD
  • Backend Development: $30,000 USD
  • Unity Development: $40,000 USD
  • Blockchain Development and Audit: $50,000 USD

• Infrastructure & Maintenance Costs: $80,000 USD

  • Hosting Costs: $50,000 USD
  • Data Storage: $10,000 USD
  • Maintenance: $20,000 USD

• Operational Expenses: $188,000 USD

  • Marketing and Promotion: $50,000 USD
  • Content Creation: $90,000 USD
  • Licenses and Subscriptions: $8,000 USD
  • 3D Work: $40,000 USD

Our main request is to receive social media support from the APE Foundation, particularly in the form of tweets at launch and periodic retweets. This will help us engage with the community effectively and drive awareness for the platform. We also request additional support from the APE Foundation for community engagement initiatives and platform enhancements, as deemed necessary by the Foundation.

Disclaimer: Due to the recent approval of AIP-436, all AIPs requesting an allocation denominated over US$250,000 will require a super majority approval of 69% of the total number of votes cast. The Foundation has already begun coordinating to develop our new Snapshot strategy to automate these new decision making guidelines, however, we will ensure compliance with this guideline manually in the interim.

This AIP falls above that threshold and will require 69% of votes to be approved.

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: (https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-498-dashbo-ugc-platform-democratizing-content-creation/25163/1)

The AIP implementation is administered by the Ape Foundation. Implementation may be immaterially or materially altered to optimise for security, usability, to protect APE holders, and otherwise to effect the intent of the AIP. Any material deviations from an AIP, as initially approved, will be disclosed to the APE holder community.