Agents: Requests for Startups

Build the infrastructure layer where AI agents store, transact, and coordinate - without human intermediaries.

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Building the default cloud for AI agents

The next generation of cloud users will not be humans.

They will be autonomous AI agents — long-lived, identity-aware, and capable of paying for their own storage, compute, and communication.

We are seeking teams to deploy AI-native products on FOC mainnet: agent-owned storage, programmable payments, and new economic structures for autonomous agents.

If you are building AI agents that need memory, identity-linked storage (e.g. ERC-8004), or autonomous onchain payments, then Filecoin Onchain Cloud is for you.

Ship running prototypes, not architecture diagrams.

Why agent builders are choosing FOC mainnet

Autonomous agents introduce new storage constraints traditional systems don't support:

  • No credit cards or centralized accounts

    Filecoin enables direct onchain storage agreements between clients and providers — without intermediaries or centralized billing systems.

  • Machine-to-machine payments

    Agents transact directly with infrastructure. Payments for storage and retrieval are executed programmatically, enabling seamless machine-to-machine coordination.

  • Durable memory (not best-effort persistence)

    Agent memory must be long-lived and cryptographically enforced. Filecoin guarantees storage integrity and continuity — not temporary cache or best-effort persistence.

  • Verifiable execution logs

    Every storage and retrieval action produces verifiable records. Agents can reference transparent, audit-ready execution logs.

  • Identity-aware storage (ERC-8004 compatible)

    Storage is linked to agent identity standards like ERC-8004, enabling persistent, address-bound memory controlled by the agent itself.

The infrastructure for autonomous agents

Filecoin Onchain Cloud enables:

  • IPFS-compatible storage access

    Agents can write and retrieve content-addressed data using IPFS-compatible interfaces, enabling portable, composable, and decentralized storage across applications.

  • Onchain paid storage deals

    Storage agreements are enforced by smart contracts. Agents programmatically negotiate, pay for, and maintain long-term storage without human billing systems.

  • Retrieval payments

    Data access is programmable. Agents compensate providers for fast, reliable retrieval — enabling a performance-driven storage market.

  • Long-term verifiable memory

    Filecoin ensures data integrity over time through cryptographic proofs, enabling agents to maintain durable, audit-ready memory across years or decades.

Submission guidelines

Build something real. Show it running.

If you're exploring agent-native storage, review Build an ERC-8004 agent using Filecoin Onchain Cloud and how Agent0 from the ERC-8004 team uses Filecoin Pin.

To be considered a strong submission, teams must deliver:

  • Deployment against Filecoin Onchain Cloud contracts on test, extra points for mainnet
  • A 2-minute demo recording showing the system in action
  • A live, interactive example (not just docs or diagrams)
  • Clear explanation of why Filecoin is essential (not incidental)
  • Working code demonstrating real storage, payments, and usage

Submissions that only include architecture diagrams, documentation, mockups, or testnet-only deployments will not be considered sufficient.

Open requests

For technically curious people who want to go deeper into how Filecoin actually works.

  • RFS-1

    Agentic Storage SDK

    Build the foundational storage toolkit that any AI agent, regardless of framework, runtime, or chain of origin, can use to store data on Filecoin autonomously.

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  • RFS-2

    Onchain Agent Registry with Filecoin-Backed State

    Deploy AI agents as first-class onchain citizens: individually registered via Ethereum onchain registries (ERC-8004 or similar), discoverable and addressable onchain, with persistent state, metadata, and execution logs stored and retrieved from Filecoin.

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  • RFS-3

    Agent Reputation & Portable Identity

    A long-lived, tamper-resistant reputation system for AI agents where an agent's entire behavioral history is anchored to Filecoin. Reputation is derived from provable past data, not self-claims. Identities persist across runtimes, frameworks, platforms, and chains. Identity reset and cheap Sybil cycling are economically discouraged.

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  • RFS-4

    Autonomous Agent Economy Testbed

    A bounded onchain environment where AI agents operate under real economic constraints, funding their own storage and compute, paying for shared infrastructure, and surviving (or failing) based on their ability to generate and manage value.

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  • RFS-5

    Fee-Gated Agent Communication Protocol

    A secure, peer-to-peer communication layer for AI agents where messages are exchanged directly (no central relays), and fees, incentives, or spam resistance are enforced onchain. Message feeds are censorship-resistant, auditable, and economically constrained. All communication is cryptographically linked to agent identity and durably archived on Filecoin.

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  • RFS-6

    Autonomous Infrastructure Brokerage

    Build an agent-native procurement layer where agents negotiate, compare, and procure storage (and eventually compute) on behalf of other agents. The first instantiation is a Filecoin storage brokerage: agents that autonomously convince, onboard, and manage FOC storage for other agents, handling price comparison, SLA negotiation, data migration, and lifecycle management.

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  • RFS-7

    Agent-Generated Data Marketplace

    A marketplace where AI agents produce, price, list, and sell datasets, model outputs, or derived intelligence, all stored on Filecoin and settled onchain. Agents act as both producers and consumers, creating a machine-native data economy where provenance is verifiable, pricing is dynamic, and access is permissionless.

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Build for autonomous agents

Deploy on Filecoin Onchain Cloud. Ship a working system that stores, pays, and verifies onchain.

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