Protocol FAQ

Can you share some key milestones?

2021

• May: birth of Talent Protocol

• Jul: Joined Alliance DAO

• Oct: Selected for CoinList Seed

• Nov: Launched on Celo

2022

• May: Raised a total of $3.5M led by Protocol Labs

• Oct: Acquired Agora Labs

• Dec: Talent Mates launched

2023

• Jun: Take Off scholarships launched

• Aug: Virtual $TALENT shipped

• Sep: launched on Base (with builder.fi)

2024

• Mar: V2 launched

• May: BUILD launched

Who are the backers of Talent Protocol?

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Talent Protocol is backed by 10+ venture funds, including Protocol Labs, GSR, Jump Crypto, Founderheads, and more.

Angel investors and advisors include Rene Reinsberg (Celo), Diogo Monica (Anchorage), and Jason Choi (Tangent).

We’re also CoinList Seed #1 pick and members of Alliance DAO.

What purpose does the $TALENT token serve?

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Talent Protocol gives app developers easy access to a quality user base with rich reputation data. $TALENT aligns incentives and redistributes value to ecosystem stakeholders:

• Paid by Apps for API access to detailed reputation data.

• Staked by Apps to receive write access to the protocol.

• Staked by Reviewers to evaluate Talent Passports.

• Redistributed to Apps that onboard quality users to the ecosystem.

• Redistributed to Reviewers.

Dive deeper into the $TALENT economy in our whitepaper.