Ritual Altar
The Altar is a full-stack program supporting ambitious protocols building on Ritual, from inception to beyond.
What We Offer
Altar teams receive comprehensive support across all the core areas they'll need to build an enduring protocol. We're here to make sure you win, from ideation to execution.
Product
We’ll work closely with you to design your protocol, create and implement new product features, conduct relevant research, and best leverage Ritual's infrastructure to make your application stand out to users.
Engineering
Our world-class engineering team will work across the stack with you as you build your product and integrate with Ritual, from contract development to frontend engineering.
Design
We’ll help you across the full range of your design requirements, from branding & copywriting, to pixel-perfect interface design, design system libraries and UI/UX feedback and improvements.
Fundraising and Networking
We've worked at some of the largest funds in the space, and will help you craft your story, design your pitch deck, connect with investors, and strategize around your round.
GTM and Strategy
We'll help you design a tailor-made GTM for your protocol, connect you with some of the top applications in the space across DeFi, consumer and more, and write and refine public facing content and marketing materials.
Mentorship
We're supported by some of the greatest minds in the space, and will open up our network of operators, investors, and researchers so you can get the best perspectives while you build.
Hiring
We have some of the strongest talent pipelines in the industry and will help you hire for critical roles.
Operations
We'll help you shortcut all the behind-the-scenes operations involved in building a company from optimal vendor selection, to offshore & onshore setup, to securing audits, and more.
Social
We'll be hosting meetups for Altar teams so they can connect with other builders in the ecosystem and the broader Ritual network; we'll also be releasing some sick merch, exclusive for builders in Altar.
Who are we?
We have built, invested in, and most importantly been power users of infrastructure and applications across crypto and AI.
Crypto Experience
- Worked at leading funds as investors and researchers at Polychain, Paradigm, Dragonfly, a16z, where we’ve helped structure rounds for core infrastructure, along with countless more application-layer protocols
- Built and raised millions for applications as operators ourselves
- Spent way too much time (and capital) interacting at scale on-chain
AI Experience
- Spearheaded research in applied AI/ML at Deepmind, Meta, MIT, Stanford and Berkeley
- Scaled AI/ML models at Palantir, Google, Citadel, Goldman, and Jane Street
- Built consumer-facing ML products E2E to understand what users actually care about
Ready to become an Apostle but not sure how?
We've prototyped some ideas we'd love to see brought to completion and want talented Apostles to take them over.