In July, the stakeholder unlocks moved from commitment to contract. The tokens transferred to Auto EVM now sit in lockup contracts that enforce the Foundation’s published schedule. As each date arrives, the tokens become claimable, and every claim is visible to anyone watching on-chain. Guardians of Growth continued distributing daily boosted staking rewards of 20,500 AI3. As announced in June’s report, the storage-first marketing refresh went live, making it easier than ever to find and begin using permanent storage. And beneath all of it, engineering kept pushing on plotting and protocol. Here is the material progress made in July and the momentum heading into August.
Agent Skills
The agent skills library was updated to support Hermes alongside OpenClaw, widening the set of agent clients that can draw on the same skills.
Developer Sync Calls
Last month we relaunched Developer Sync calls and continue to run them frequently, giving our developer community the opportunity to connect with the Autonomys engineering team directly. For a faster path to answers than documentation alone, check out the most recent session or join the next one, on Monday, August 10. Bring your development questions and get answers live.
Refreshed Landing Page and New Targeted AI Agent Webpage
The marketing refresh flagged in June’s report is now live. The part of our stack that helps the most people the fastest is permanent storage, so we put it first at two main entry points: a refreshed homepage at autonomys.xyz, and a new, dedicated site for AI agents at agent.autonomys.xyz. The homepage leads with one idea, “Upload Once, Access Forever,” and a single action to try it free. The agent site narrows to a sharper need: memory AI agents can trust. Both shorten the distance between arriving and understanding what you can do here. Read the full announcement for more details.
Stakeholder Unlocks
The stakeholder unlocks are underway. Following June’s transfer of tokens to Auto EVM, the network’s smart-contract environment, the lockup contracts that govern the unlock schedule have been created. The initial unlock is now open, with tokens claimable on the timeline the Foundation previously published. As tokens become claimable, each release can be followed directly on Auto EVM.
Guardians of Growth Continues with Boosted Staking Rewards
Boosted staking rewards remain at their highest throughout this period. Last month, the Foundation recycled more than 100,000 AI3 in proceeds from the program’s own bootstrap stake back into the initiative, then recalculated the remaining distribution to spread it across this phase.
Check out the updated Staking Portal or read the full post on the Autonomys forum.
Grants
The Foundation began researching changes to the Grants Program so that it rewards durable network usage rather than speculative development artifacts that go unsupported after delivery. The aim is to direct grants toward projects that put the network to real, lasting use. We look forward to sharing more with the community once the revamped program is live.
Staking: 35,277,811 AI3
Auto Drive Files Uploaded: 2,334 (+561 from June) / 133,859 (All time)
Auto Drive Downloads: 312 (July) / 118,516 (All time)
Auto Drive Users: 728 (+15 from June)
Total Announced Partnerships: 65
Announced Auto Drive Integrations: 11
Total Grant Applications: 96 (+4 from June)
With the pieces set in July, August is a month for letting them run and refining what’s next. We look forward to steady, deliberate progress.
