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# Founder Hub

Tools, expert guidance, and performance based rewards to turn AI and blockchain ideas into live products.

## Launch, Grow, Scale

Access Protocol Rewards, join hackathons, accelerate with Horizon, and explore curated resources to shape your blockchain venture.

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### Launch Your Idea

Grab a starter kit or join a hackathon to bring your AI idea on-chain. NEAR helps you ship fast and start building with purpose.

### Grow With Support

Grow your product with expert guidance and tangible incentives. Through NEAR Protocol Rewards, you can earn up to $10,000 each month building on NEAR.

### Scale With Confidence

Ready to go further? NEAR Horizon accelerates serious teams with funding support, mentorship, and the tools to scale with intention.

## NEAR Horizon

A Web3 accelerator that helps founders build and scale blockchain products. Through focused mentorship, funding opportunities, and an engaged community, teams refine their strategies and deliver real value to users.

### Builder Perks

Access to over $500,000 in discounts and resources available to NEAR Horizon founders. Interested parties can have their products listed as perks.

### Founder Co-Pilot

NEAR Protocol integrates AI, Intents, Chain Abstraction, and blockchain tools into a unified environment for developers. This combined approach streamlines software creation for AI and Web3 builders, whether you’re building apps, agents, or DeFi solutions.

### Token Launch Hub

The NEAR Token Hub is an educational resource provided to ecosystem members free of charge, through collaboration with the professionals at Economics Design.

## Demos, Hackathons, and Highlights

### NEAR AI Tech Showcase - Token2049

### NEAR AI x HZN Incubator Cohort

### NEAR x Delphi

## Let's Build Together

Hackathon energy, ongoing rewards, and a hands‑on accelerator.

### Ecosystem Amplification Social Form

This form allows a project building on or around NEAR Protocol, to request social media amplification of existing social media posts (from your accounts) from the NEAR Foundation.