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Metis

2026-10-08 02:36:16

Metis launches Rise monthly developer incentive program for AI Agent teams on Andromeda

Metis on Oct. 8 unveiled Metis Rise, a monthly developer incentive program aimed at teams deploying new AI Agents on the Metis Andromeda mainnet. The program is designed to reward projects that do more than ship question-answering agents: it focuses on teams that can attract real users and generate real on-chain economic activity. According to Metis, agents that can get paid, prove identity and build ongoing transaction trust remain limited, and the new program is meant to support experimentation in that area across the Metis ecosystem. Metis said the initiative centers on the "economic usability" of AI Agents, with four areas of focus: payments through x402, identity via ERC-8004, stablecoin escrow, and independently verifiable on-chain signed receipts. To qualify each month, developers must have at least 15 valid monthly active users, while each counted user must either complete at least three qualifying transactions on Metis Andromeda or settle no less than $2 in m.USDC, m.USDT or METIS. The project’s main user trading, settlement volume and gas usage must also occur on the Andromeda mainnet. The program is open to all developers, but only for newly deployed projects on Andromeda.

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Metis

2026-10-08 02:16:43

Metis launches monthly Rise incentive program for teams deploying AI agents on Andromeda

Metis, an Ethereum layer-2 network, has introduced the Metis Rise monthly developer incentive program to reward teams that deploy new AI agents on the Metis Andromeda mainnet, attract real users, and generate real onchain economic activity. The program is centered on what Metis describes as the economic usability of AI agents, with requirements spanning four areas: payments through x402, identity via ERC-8004, stablecoin escrow, and independently verifiable onchain signed receipts. Metis said the initiative is framework-agnostic and hosting-agnostic, supporting setups built with ClawUp, GOAT AgentKit, self-hosted backends, and even dual-chain architectures based on GOAT Network. To qualify each month, developers must maintain at least 15 valid monthly active users. Each counted user must complete at least three qualifying transactions on Metis Andromeda or settle at least $2 in m.USDC, m.USDT, or METIS. Metis also requires that the main user activity, settlement volume, and gas consumption occur on the Andromeda mainnet. The company added that it is building an execution and data layer for AI agents, while Andromeda’s decentralized sequencer, DSeq, is designed to remove a single point of failure tied to exchange dependence in trustless agent-to-agent interactions. Metis is organizing the program with ClawUp, GOAT Network, and LazAI as ecosystem partners.

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