📢 RnDAO Newsletter 2025/25

RnDAO News

🎙 Podcast Feature: DAO Swarms

Why do so many Web3 projects fall short—even with funding?‍

In the latest episode of the Token Engineering Commons's podcast, RnDAO's instigator Daniel Ospina unpacks failure trends—from hackathons to grant-funded projects—and explains why we need smarter structures like Swarms to enable long-term impact.

If you're interested in how we can rethink our structures to build ventures that are not just innovative but sustainable, this is a must-listen.

Catch the full recording here.

📆 Arbitrum Pitch Day

Calling all builders and investors!‍

Last Thursday, we hosted our second Pitch Training Workshop for the upcoming Arbitrum Ecosystem Pitch Day. The recording of the first workshop is now live on our YouTube channel.

Main Event: July 24‍

This event will connect builders with over 50 investors. Builders will have the opportunity to pitch for more than $250,000 in funding, and investors will get early access to promising projects.

FREE 1-1 Pitch Coaching!‍

A few 1:1 pitch training slots (sponsored by ArbitrumDAO) are still available for interested founders. Book here — but remember, you must apply to Pitch Day first.

Find full details in our tweet thread, and feel free to tag anyone who should join.

💡 Updates from RnDAO Ventures

TogetherCrew

How AI is Changing Relationships, and Where Humans Still Matter Most

Last week, the TogetherCrew team joined a compelling X Space discussion on how AI is impacting human relationships. It was a powerful conversation that explored how AI can be leveraged to enhance human connection, coordination, and collective work. Here’s a quick rundown of some key perspectives shared by TogetherCrew Co-Lead, Daniel:

• Use AI for navigation, not direction: let it assist in finding answers, but it shouldn’t override human intuition and agency.
• AI as the knowledge management layer of communities: it can surface buried conversations, support onboarding for newcomers, and ease fatigue from repetitive Q&A.
• Don’t fake the human touch: no bots pretending to greet people. “We refuse to fake the welcome.”
• Draw the line: the real question isn’t what AI can do, but what it should do.

Whether someone is building in Web3 or simply curious about AI’s role in a community, this X Space is worth a listen.

Collabberry

New from Collabberry: Trace the Value Before the Money Arrives

How can teams honor contributions before revenue, tokens, or funding show up?

Collabberry just launched a new explainer on TeamPoints (TPs) — a trust-based primitive that helps teams track accountability and prepare for fair distribution from day one.

TPs are already being used to record peer-reviewed contributions across DAOs, collectives, and open-source projects. If you're building in public, this tool is for you.

Read the full blog here.

🧑‍💻 Hackathon Continuation Program Updates

Fair AI

Building Momentum in the Manufacturing Space

Following last week’s announcement of Fair AI’s first signed contract in the manufacturing sector, the team has been finalizing the kickoff plan with the new partner and taking steps toward their next goal.

They’ve also launched an outreach campaign on LinkedIn targeting manufacturing companies in North America to secure future projects in the sector.

WE.LIVED.IT

Pitch Training

The WE.LIVED.IT team took part in pitch training in preparation for Arbitrum Pitch Day with Yatan Blumenthal and Bianca Praetorius. Key insights included:

• Be innovative – try creating an entire slide using only emojis.
• Be direct – don’t assume the audience has a lot of time to listen.
• Go big or go home – use big gestures and project your voice to keep people engaged.

Training Development

The team is planning to host a series of workshops on Ethical AI in collaboration with the Women in Blockchain Talks community. The sessions will explore three main areas:

• Sources of AI Bias
• Impacts of AI Bias
• Solutions to AI Bias

CONTRIBO

Discover opportunities perfectly aligned with your growth!

Contribo is gathering feedback on its developer-skills analysis and has been engaging with web3 hiring teams to understand their biggest pain points.

For a personalized breakdown of your strengths—and tailored recommendations for what to tackle next—you can reach out to the team on Telegram: @AlexusNavas or @JuanRah.

👥 New Faces at RnDAO

This week, five new members joined, including:

• A serial entrepreneur transitioning from Web2 to Web3
• An expert in building complex DAOs and communities
• A builder and marketer
• A regenerative farmer specializing in place-based community systems
• An open-source Web3 developer

Want to join our growing startup ecosystem? RnDAO is looking for:

• Business Developers | Grant Writers | Researchers | Developers | Marketers

Even if you don’t fit these roles but are passionate about CollabTech, we’d love to have you!

Join our Discord and introduce yourself today.

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