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By Axal
Allow users to create DeFi agents that can interact with Stellar ecosystem. These DeFi agents manage crypto across chains, wallets, and dApps.
Axal Autopilot allows users to create their own DeFi agent to manage their crypto portfolio for them. It has built in chain-abstraction, cross-chain rebalancing, automated yield maximization, yield harvesting, stop losses, and exit parameters. It currently supports Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Ethereum mainnet, and Solana. This would allow users to access the Stellar ecosystem. It would also include:
Stellar-themed index for one click access to top Stellar projects.
Yield agents for the Stellar ecosystem.
Maybe in the future, but not in this submission
$60.8K
Total Value Locked (TVL) – The total amount of assets managed by Autopilot. Higher TVL indicates trust, adoption, and strong capital inflows.
Revenue & Fee Generation – Income from management fees, yield-sharing, or transaction fees. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) – The cost of acquiring a new user, which should decrease over time as word-of-mouth and network effects improve. Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) – The projected revenue per user over their engagement period. Activation Rate – Percentage of users who complete onboarding and allocate assets after signing up.
Churn Rate – The percentage of users withdrawing funds and leaving the platform. Low churn signals high retention. Active Users (Daily Active Users – DAU) – The number of users interacting with Autopilot regularly.
Axal Autopilot is targeting early adopters in the crypto space, specifically:
Crypto Prosumer – Individuals who are highly engaged in the crypto ecosystem and actively manage their portfolios.
Crypto-Curious – Those who are interested in decentralized finance (DeFi) but find it complex and time-consuming to manage. These segments are the first movers who will benefit from Autopilot’s automation features and help drive broader adoption through their influence.
Our target customers face two primary challenges:
Time Constraints – Managing multiple assets, blockchains, and decentralized applications (dApps) is cumbersome and requires continuous monitoring.
Complexity of DeFi – Many potential users find DeFi intimidating and require a more user-friendly entry point. Axal Autopilot addresses these pain points by providing an automated, intuitive portfolio management solution.
To acquire and engage customers, we will employ a mix of high-touch, non-scalable outreach methods alongside scalable growth strategies.
Referral Program with Rev-Share Payments – Incentivize early adopters and influencers to promote Autopilot through financial incentives.
B2B Partnerships – Establish integrations and co-marketing efforts with crypto exchanges, wallets, and DeFi platforms.
Sharable PnL Cards with Memes – Encourage users to share their profits and portfolio performance through social media-friendly visual formats.
Whale Program & Direct Whale Outreach – Personalized outreach to high-net-worth crypto traders and liquidity providers.
Institutional Outreach – Engage DAOs, treasuries, and liquid hedge funds interested in automated treasury management.
KOL (Key Opinion Leaders) Partnerships – Leverage crypto influencers and thought leaders to build credibility and drive adoption.
Community-Driven Content & BD – Encourage organic growth through educational content, testimonials, and user engagement campaigns.
To effectively communicate the value of Axal Autopilot, the messaging will focus on the benefits of automation, ease of use, and financial gains.
"Create Your Own DeFi Agent" – Empowers users to automate portfolio management with a customized agent.
"Have an Agent Manage Your Treasury for You" – Appeals to institutional users who want a hands-off approach to DeFi asset management.
Encourage users to sign up for early access.
Offer a limited-time incentive for first adopters (e.g., fee discounts, early feature access).
Drive engagement through a community-driven reward system (e.g., earning incentives for referring users or sharing performance metrics).
Phase 1: Pre-Launch (0-3 months)
Develop educational content (guides, videos, blogs).
Conduct outreach to whales, DAOs, and institutional partners.
Recruit and onboard key influencers (KOLs) to promote the platform.
Launch referral program and incentivized waitlist signups. Phase 2: Beta Launch (3-6 months)
Open platform access to early adopters and key partners.
Collect user feedback and iterate on features.
Drive social media engagement with performance-sharing campaigns.
Expand B2B partnerships and institutional adoption efforts. Phase 3: Growth & Scale (6+ months)
Expand marketing efforts through broader paid acquisition.
Launch scalable integrations with exchanges and wallets.
Leverage user-generated content and case studies for credibility.
Optimize growth loops within the product to increase organic adoption
5,000 Autopilot testers during beta period.
$24,000 currently TVL (two weeks post launch; deposits are limited to $50 per person)
Features currently in use: cross-chain rebalancing, copy trading from leaderboard, chain-abstraction, yield maximization across Aave and Morpho, stop and limit orders, yield harvesting.
Hosted podcasts with ~10,000 viewers per episode. Notable guests include Paolo Ardoino: CEO of Tether; Illia Polosukhin: Founder of NEAR; Hart Lambur: Founder of UMA/Across; Jansen Teng: Founder of Virtuals.
10,200 followers on X.
Partnered with Virtuals to launch Gekko AI; $40M market cap reached.
Landed partnerships with Privy, Arbitrum, Coinbase, Movement Labs, Eigenlayer, CowSwap, Privy, Aerodrome, and Agora Finance.
Currently drafting intents-based research paper with Ethereum Foundation and dappRadar.
Accepted and completed SCF Kickstart program.
Currently working closely with Aquarius Finance and Blend for AI Agent integrations.
Brief Description:
Test delegated action support for Stellar intents using Privy and session-based authentication (inspired by EIP-7702), allowing agents to act on behalf of users autonomously after a one-time delegation.
How to Measure Completion:
Users connect via Privy is working
Agents can execute Stellar intents without per-transaction signatures
Secure delegation sessions are established and revoked correctly
Audit logs show delegated execution trace for verification
Estimated Date of Completion:
1 week from kickoff
Budget:
3 Engineers × 40 hrs x $90/hour = $10,800
Ancillary/hosting costs (Privy, Vercel, AWS, RPC) = $4,000
Brief Description:
Develop an autonomous agent that constantly monitors Blend and Aquarius for yield opportunities in XLM and stablecoins, deterministically reallocates to the highest APY pool, and reroutes on TVL drop, volatility, or depegging risk.
How to Measure Completion:
Real-time data feeds for APY, TVL, and asset health from Blend/Aquarius are working
Yield agent can make allocation decisions and rebalance
Health thresholds trigger dynamic rerouting
Logging dashboard tracks agent decisions
Estimated Date of Completion:
Two weeks after Deliverable 1 (Week 2)
Budget:
Brief Description:
Incorporate Stellar yield agent into Axal Autopilot. Create an on-chain Stellar Index basket on the frontend that users can one-click purchase, abstracting away underlying execution and cross-chain complexity.
How to Measure Completion:
Stellar yield agent is integrated and ranked alongside Aave, Morpho, Meteora
Stellar Index appears on Autopilot homepage with basket allocation
Users can invest in top Stellar projects in one click
Execution engine supports cross-chain asset flow to Stellar
Estimated Date of Completion:
1 week after Deliverable 2 (Week 4)
Budget:
3 Engineers × 40 hrs × $90/hr = $14,400
Security and penetration testing = $10,000
Team includes Harvard alums, former AWS and SIG, Yann LeCun-trained devs, a YouTuber who interviewed John McAfee (1M+ views).
Ari Santos
By Axal
Kickstart Autopilot Integration