[Proposal setup] Proposal title
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LCX's AI-Powered Crypto Search Engine on Cardano
[Proposal Summary] Budget Information
Enter the amount of funding you are requesting in ADA
100000
[Proposal Summary] Time
Please specify how many months you expect your project to last
6
[Proposal Summary] Translation Information
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No
Original Language
en
[Proposal Summary] Problem Statement
What is the problem you want to solve?
Users are confused by juggling into multiple tools to get any sort of data. To get any coin overview user need to switch to muliple platforms includinig DEX, CEX, social media, news articles and many.
[Proposal Summary] Project Dependencies
Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?
Yes
Describe any dependencies or write 'No dependencies'
Yes, depends on LCX AG.
[Proposal Summary] Project Open Source
Will your project's outputs be fully open source?
No
License and Additional Information
N/A
[Theme Selection] Theme
Please choose the most relevant theme and tag related to the outcomes of your proposal.
AI
[Campaign Category] Category Questions
Describe what makes your idea innovative compared to what has been previously funded (whether by you or others).
Most funded Cardano tools work with just one data source or feature. This platform is the worlds first crypto search engine to unify Cardano DEXs, explorers, and social feeds, combining them with multiple AI models for instant, real, and Cardano-specific insights. Users can switch sources and AI tools in one dashboard, saving time and reducing confusion. This true integration and flexible workflow improves market research, analytics, and accessibility - making Cardano’s data useful for everyone, from new users to pro traders, and driving adoption across the ecosystem.
Describe what your prototype or MVP will demonstrate, and where it can be accessed.
Our MVP will be a all in one cardano based crypto search engine platform, where users select Cardano DEXs, explorers, and social data, then this data will be analyzed instantly using AI models like Grok, Claude and others. It features real-time aggregation, sentiment analysis, source and AI model switching, live chat, and intuitive chat UI. Initially the MVP will be accessible via public beta URL shared with the Catalyst community, plus demo screenshots and videos for transparent feedback.
Describe realistic measures of success, ideally with on-chain metrics.
Success will be measured by daily active users, unique AI-powered searches, platform and social engagement, feedback, and uptime. We'll track Cardano API queries, beta participation, and improvements from user input. Additional metrics include increase in repeat usage, diversity of data sources accessed, number of community feature requests implemented, and overall satisfaction scores collected in post-launch surveys.
[Your Project and Solution] Solution
Please describe your proposed solution and how it addresses the problem
Our proposed solution is the AI Powered Crypto Search Engine for cardano blockchain - a powerful, user-friendly conversational chat application that solves the main problem of fragmented data and inefficient analysis for Cardano users.
What Is the Solution?
- Unified Cardano Data Search: The platform brings together live data from Cardano DEXs (like TapTools, Minswap), blockchain explorers, exchanges, along with real-time social and news feeds (X/Twitter, Reddit, including regular crypto news from entire internet).
- LLM Model Integration: Users can select from world-class AI models - GPT-5, Grok, Claude, and others - to search, compare, and analyze Cardano tokens, data, trading pattern analysis, projects, and trends.
- Instant Insights: You ask any question (e.g., about a token, DEX liquidity, latest Cardano news or sentiment), and the platform instantly pulls, analyses, and explains everything in clear language, using the AI model and source you choose.
- Seamless Switching: At any point, users can switch between analytics sources, exchanges, or AI tools - all within the same workflow, without needing to open multiple browser tabs or dashboards.
How Does It Address the Problem?
- Solves Data Fragmentation: Instead of jumping between separate apps (DEXs, explorers, dashboards, social media) to get Cardano data, users have everything in one platform. This saves time, reduces confusion, and improves decision-making.
- Boosts Accessibility and Understanding: AI-powered insights and plain-language answers make advanced Cardano analytics accessible to everyone - from new users to expert developers and traders.
- Centralizes Cardano-Specific Tools: By focusing only on Cardano assets and projects, the platform maximizes relevance and value for the Cardano ecosystem - not just generic crypto analytics.
- Supports Community Growth and Adoption: Unified, AI-driven insights lower the barrier to Cardano entry for new users, empower traders to act faster, and give developers a modular, extensible toolkit for further innovation.
Even if you go to chatgpt / claude / grok they will never provide you platform specific data, like if you ask any specific data of any particular exchange like lcx, dexscreener trading data, transacation details from cardano explorer, newly listed coin details to chatgpt / claude it will not provide / analyse you that particular data.
Our solution tackles the barriers of scattered data and slow analysis by delivering a single, intelligent Cardano analytics hub powered by leading AI models. It gives everyone in the Cardano community the tools to make smarter, faster, and better-informed decisions - helping Cardano grow and thrive.
[Your Project and Solution] Impact
Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community
AI Powered Crypto Search Engine for Cardano Blockchain will deliver significant benefits to the entire Cardano ecosystem, making it easier, smarter, and more accessible for all users - whether traders or newcomers.
Empowering All Cardano Users
- One-stop access: By unifying DEXs, explorers, exchanges, and social/news feeds into a single platform, users save time and effort, removing the need to juggle multiple tools.
- AI-powered intelligence: Advanced insights, comparisons, and sentiment analysis powered by leading AI models level the playing field, enabling everyone to make smarter, faster decisions.
Driving Cardano Adoption and Onboarding
- Lowering barriers: Plain-language queries and intuitive design open the door for new users who may find current tools too fragmented or technical.
- Increasing engagement: When users can easily access and understand Cardano markets, projects, and trends, they are more likely to participate and remain active within the ecosystem.
Enhancing Transparency and Community Trust
- Real-time market & sentiment analysis: By integrating data from across Cardano plus social and news sources, the platform provides a transparent view of what's really happening - building trust and allowing responsive governance.
- Informed decision-making: Community members, voters, and project teams can use data-driven insights to make better choices, strengthening network resilience.
Growing the Ecosystem’s Reach and Value
- Attracting diverse users: The platform makes Cardano attractive to traders, analysts, researchers, and even crypto beginners from across the world - broadening the community base.
- Catalyzing ecosystem growth: By reducing friction and improving access to Cardano’s value, the platform helps drive adoption, transaction volume, and new project development.
This project offers the Cardano community a powerful, scalable, and user-friendly solution that fosters inclusion, insight, and ecosystem growth. It supports the network’s current priorities - onboarding, transparency, and expansion - delivering tangible, lasting impact for all Cardano participants.
[Your Project and Solution] Capabilities & Feasibility
What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?
Commitment to Trust & Accountability:
At LCX our team is dedicated to complete transparency, reliable delivery, and ongoing community engagement throughout the project. Here’s how we establish high levels of trust and accountability:
- Clear Milestone Roadmap: We will publish a detailed implementation roadmap with well-defined, time-bound milestones (e.g., MVP demo, user testing, expanded integrations). Each milestone will have acceptance criteria and measurable outputs, allowing easy tracking of progress by the community.
- Transparent Reporting: Regular public updates - via Catalyst reporting tools, town halls, and open-access dashboards - will keep the community informed about progress, challenges, and budget usage at each stage.
- Open Communication Channels: An open channel (Discord, X/Twitter, or community platform) will be maintained for the Cardano community to ask questions, submit feedback, and audit updates at any time.
- Open-Source or Community Review: We intend to publish major components as open source (or at a minimum, share code samples and documentation), enabling peer review, wider scrutiny, and faster bug detection.
- Responsible Fund Management: All funds will be managed according to Catalyst requirements, with detailed reporting and documentation for every expense and milestone delivery.
How We Validate Feasibility:
- Prototype Demonstration: We will present an early working MVP/prototype as a proof that integration between AI models, DEX APIs, explorers, and social data is technically viable with our approach.
- Stepwise Iteration: Each phase will have user testing and feedback loops to validate usability and performance, ensuring alignment with Cardano’s needs and feasibility for a broad audience.
- Technical & Market Validation: Benchmarks on API reliability, AI model performance, and user analytics will be tracked openly to assess the platform’s operational health and real-world demand. Early outreach and interviews with traders and developers will inform our ongoing development.
- Public Metrics & KPIs: Success will be measured using published, objective KPIs - such as active users, integrations achieved, community upvotes, and feedback received.
- Risk Mitigation: Potential obstacles (API downtime, security, scaling) will be identified with contingency solutions outlined in each milestone.
We build trust through transparent progress tracking, open sharing, and ongoing dialogue with the Cardano community, while validating feasibility through demonstrated working prototypes, regular milestones, and clear, public measurements of success - all aligned with Catalyst’s best practices and accountability standards.
[Milestones] Project Milestones
Milestone Title
Project Setup and Foundational Infrastructure
Milestone Outputs
- Initial UI/UX Design: Develop low-fidelity wireframes and user flow diagrams for the web interface, outlining the core user journey for interacting with the AI Models and Other platforms based on Cardano
- Community Channel Setup: Launch the official Twitter/X account and Discord server to begin community engagement and provide a platform for future updates.
- App development: Will develop the entire web app including backend with AI model compatibility
- Pre-Staging Deployment: Deploy the test version of the web application.
Acceptance Criteria
- All required external service accounts are created and verified.
- The UI/UX designs are finalized and validated for the development phase.
- Community channels are established and have introductory content posted.
- A closed URL link to the app
Evidence of Completion
- Links to the active Twitter/X and Discord channels.
- Screenshots and design file links for the UI/UX wireframes.
- A closed link of the final application
Delivery Month
2
Cost
30000
Progress
30 %
Milestone Title
Core Application Development and Initial Integrations
Milestone Outputs
- Data Source Integration: Enhance the app by integrating Cardano explorer / Blockfrost API to enable targeted AI search for testing.
- LLM Models Integration: Enhance the app by integrating multiple LLM Models and their different models like Grok‑3 mini for testing.
- Develop reasoning capability: Enhance the app by integrating reasoning/thinking capability of AI Models.
- Beta Launch for Public Testing: Deploy the web application to a public-facing staging environment to gather crucial community feedback and identify bugs.
Acceptance Criteria
- The webapp can successfully retrieve and structure data from Cardano explorer / Blockfrost, Taptools and other cardano related platforms.
- The webapp can successfully parse data using AI model Grok 3 mini with reasoning/thinking capability
- A public staging link of the final application.
Evidence of Completion
- There will be an option to user to select multiple option of cardano platform, but at this stage of development user only can able to choose “Cardano Explorer”.
- There will be an option to user to select multiple LLM Models, but at this stage of development user only can able to choose “Grok 3 mini” which can reason / think.
- A public beta staging link of the final application.
Delivery Month
2
Cost
40000
Progress
70 %
Milestone Title
Final Launch, Integrate Multiple Data Source & LLM Models, Including Documentation, and PCR
Milestone Outputs
- Adding Multiple LLM Models: Enhance the app by integrating multiple LLM models like Grok‑3, Grok‑4, OpenAI GPT OSS 20B, OpenAI GPT OSS 120B, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude 4 Sonnet etc. etc.
- Multiple Data Source Integration: Enhance the app by integrating cardano platforms
- Community Engagement: Actively engage with the community through social channels, gather feedback, and address any bugs or issues identified during the initial launch period.
- Technical Documentation: Create technical documentation for the webapp, detailing how this applications to our infrastructure.
- Live chat support: To enhance the user journey / to solve the user acquisition will implement zendesk for live chat support.
- Production Deployment: Deploy the final, production-ready version of the web application.
- Project Closeout Reporting: Create the final Project Closeout Report (PCR) and a project summary video (PCV) to be shared with the Cardano community, detailing the project's journey, achievements, and impact.
Acceptance Criteria
- The webapp can successfully retrieve and structure data from multiple cardano platforms including cardano explorer.
- The webapp can successfully parse data using AI model Grok 3 mini with reasoning/thinking capability including Grok‑3, Grok‑4, OpenAI GPT OSS 20B, OpenAI GPT OSS 120B, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude 4 Sonnet etc. etc.
- Community updates cover all project milestones and provide clear insights into the project's delivery.
- The technical documentation is clear and comprehensive, providing a detailed explanation of how the application works. It is designed to help both technical analysts and non-technical crypto users easily understand the platform’s functionality, ensuring transparency and demonstrating that the system operates with a large language model (LLM) without any manipulation.
- Live chat widget will be available on the platform with real human in the back to support user for any queries / help.
- A final link of the application.
Evidence of Completion
- The final Project Closeout Report and Video (PCR and PCV) are shared across Cardano community channels (e.g., Telegram, Discord, Project Catalyst forum).
- Links to the final, deployed web application.
- Screenshots and links to posts showcasing community updates and project announcements.
- The Webapp can successfully answer simple queries that require the newly integrated tools.
Delivery Month
2
Cost
30000
Progress
100 %
[Final Pitch] Budget & Costs
Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources
Our total requested budget is 100,000 ADA. The budget is structured to reflect the development intensity of each phase, from foundational setup and core development to the final launch and handover.
Milestone 1 (₳30,000): Design, Initial Demo Development & Community Setup:
- Salary of UI/UX Designer & Full Stack Engineers for initial demo
- Comprehensive UI/UX wireframing and design of key user flows
- Full development of the initial web platform demo (backend & frontend including AI gateway)
- Set up official community channels (Twitter/X, Discord) for updates and beta invites
- Initial server and database provisioning (demo application hosting)
- Essential design and development tool licensing
Milestone 2 (₳40,000): Core API/AI Integration & Beta Preparation:
- Salary of Designers and Engineers for feature buildout, QA, AI integration.
- Integration of Cardano Explorer API.
- API costing for LLM/AI models (Grok, Claude, etc.) at this stage Grok 3 mini only
- Backend/frontend enhancement, bug fixing for multi-source of data/AI model switching
- Bug fixing and security review on expanded demo and beta version
- Ongoing cloud hosting, data management, and monitoring
Milestone 3 (₳30,000): Feature Expansion, Public Launch & Engagement:
- Integration of advanced multiple Cardano data sources and multiple advanced AI models
- Implementation of live chat support (Zendesk)
- Upgrading production servers; deploying the final app to public users.
- Active engagement and feedback programming through social channels.
- Technical documentation, training materials, and final closeout report/videos.
Notes:
- Personnel costs include salary/contracts for the entire lifecycle.
- API costs cover all Cardano and AI/LLM services needed.
- Infrastructure covers demo, beta, and production hosting resources.
- Community and outreach ensure feedback, transparency, and adoption.
[Final Pitch] Value for Money
How does the cost of the project represent value for the Cardano ecosystem?
100,000 ADA will fund a practical, high-impact for this platform - designed to solve today’s Cardano data and analysis challenges and set a foundation for broader adoption, better research, and highly engaged community feedback. This is a direct investment in making Cardano easier, smarter, and more intuitive for users at every level.
- Solves a Real Ecosystem Problem: Cardano users spend too much time switching between DEXs, explorers, analytics sites, and social platforms. Our platform brings all key sources and AI analysis into a single, easy-to-use interface - saving users time, lowering entry barriers, and making Cardano more accessible to everyone.
- Delivers Tangible, Usable Results: The requested budget covers development, AI model integration, and robust testing - so what users actually get is a working app with real Cardano data, real AI insights, and ongoing community support (not just a prototype or proof of concept).
- Resource-Efficient: With a small, specialized team and targeted milestones, we avoid unnecessary overhead or vague expenses. Every ADA goes toward backend/frontend engineering, AI/LLM costs, data connections, server hosting, and user support.
- Immediate Impact, Long-Term Utility: From launch, traders, researchers, and Cardano newcomers will benefit from faster decision-making and deeper market understanding. The platform is built to scale, so it can expand with new Cardano APIs and AI models as the ecosystem grows.
- Supports Community Inclusion & Feedback: User testing, live chat support, and open community channels mean the project stays accountable and adapts based on what Cardano users actually need - making sure funds are used to solve real pain points, not just build abstract technology.
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