Andamio operates as a live infrastructure layer that accelerates contributor activation across the Cardano ecosystem.

Teams driving key Cardano projects define their onboarding paths — Andamio ensures talent verification and contribution tracking are seamless and real-time.

Andamio provides the ecosystem with:

• Trusted contributor verification
• Real-time contribution records
• Live ecosystem reporting on talent readiness

This empowers Cardano’s ecosystem teams to move faster, scale confidently, and deepen decentralization.

• Core Functions

Andamio consists of two integrated platforms:

✅ Contribution Platform (entry point for project teams)

✅ Learning Platform (supporting contributor readiness)

These platforms feed each other continuously, creating a loop between project needs and talent development.

For teams driving key Cardano projects, the Contribution Platform serves as the entry point, connecting live onboarding projects created by them, directly with the talent interested in participating.

• Key Functions:

1. Contribution Platform
   • Teams define and fund tasks.
   • Talent verified by the Learning Platform can contribute immediately.
   • Task completion triggers reward flows and contributor credential updates.
2. Andamio Treasury Management
   • Secures task funding in escrow.
   • Automates reward distribution upon verified task completion.
3. Dynamic Credentialing System
   • Issues Learner credentials for acquired skills.
   • Issues Contributor credentials for completed tasks.
   • Builds transparent, evolving contributor profiles.
4. Learning Platform
   • Supports skill building for contributors not yet credentialed.
   • Teams define lesson structures and real-project assignments.
   • Assignments simulate real tasks, preparing talent for contribution readiness.
   • Talent only has to approve assignments to engage live projects — lessons come to the rescue if necessary.
5. Continuous Feedback Loop
   • Task outcomes inform skill gaps and Learning Platform improvements.
   • Credentials evolve with contributor progress.
6. Real-Time Visibility
   • Teams monitor talent pools in real time.
   • Accelerated hiring decisions reduce recruitment friction.

As Cardano advances toward its decentralized future, a critical bottleneck has emerged: ecosystem-wide access to verified, job-ready talent across key projects.

Despite major progress in protocol development (Leios, Hydra, Mithril) and governance, Cardano’s growth is constrained by fragmented onboarding and a lack of verifiable contributor readiness.

Teams driving key Cardano projects spend months vetting talent, and the ecosystem at large is slowed by the inefficiencies of legacy hiring models. Today, there is no shared infrastructure for ecosystem-wide talent verification, activation, and contribution tracking

Without solving this, delivery timelines extend, core maintainers are overburdened, and Cardano’s progress toward decentralization risks being delayed.

Andamio accelerates the Cardano ecosystem's growth by providing live, ecosystem-wide infrastructure that enables projects to identify, verify, and activate talent at scale.

Already live and operational, Andamio will:

• Speed up hiring and contribution readiness for key ecosystem teams.
• Provide Cardano-wide contributor verification, aligned with ecosystem governance goals.
• Reduce friction between learning and contribution.
• Generate real-time ecosystem insights on contributor readiness and project health.

With Andamio, the Cardano ecosystem benefits from:

• Faster scaling of core technical projects.
• Higher throughput of verified contributors.
• Stronger decentralization through transparent talent pipelines.
• Data-driven visibility of contributor growth across the ecosystem.

Milestone 1: Initial Activation & Project Onboarding

Timeline: Months 1–2

Objective: Launch platform interface and onboard first Cardano projects.

Activities:

• Five initial projects (each with project + course) created and minted on-chain through the Intersect-branded Andamio interface.
• Deployment of Intersect-branded Andamio interface.
• Project teams trained and onboarded to create and manage contributor journeys.

Deliverables:

• 5 project-course pairs minted and available on-chain.
• Project teams trained and actively using the platform.
• Intersect-branded Andamio interface published.

Milestone 2: Ecosystem Dashboard & Metrics Rollout

Timeline: Months 3–6

Objective: Deploy real-time visibility and baseline reporting for ecosystem impact.

Activities:

• Launch dashboard showing:

  _ Number of credentials issued _ Amount of rewards distributed _ Time-to-Work (TTW) _ Enrollment success rate _ Contribution success rate

• Generate and publish: _ Baseline metrics report (after 3 months) _ Midpoint progress snapshot (after 6 months)

Deliverables:

• Public, live dashboard accessible to ecosystem stakeholders.
• Baseline and midpoint reports with insights and recommendations.

Milestone 3: Platform Support & Community Engagement

Timeline: Ongoing (Months 1–12)

Objective: Ensure smooth operation, ecosystem coordination, and contributor experience.

Activities:

• Project and ecosystem partner coordination.
• Contributor onboarding and guidance.
• Community engagement and feedback channels.

Deliverables:

• Documented onboarding and engagement sessions.
• Continuous support logs and community communication updates.

Milestone 4: Infrastructure Performance & Final Ecosystem Report

Timeline: Final Month + Ongoing Ops (Months 1–12)

Objective: Maintain system performance and deliver final ecosystem impact assessment.

Activities:

• Maintain ≥ 90% uptime.
• Monitor transactions, performance, and security.
• Implement UI/UX improvements based on user feedback.
• Deliver Final Ecosystem Report with platform performance, adoption metrics, and strategic scale-up recommendations.

Deliverables:

• System health reports (uptime, indexing, security, performance).
• Final Ecosystem Report with ecosystem-level KPIs and outcomes.

In the following spreadsheet, a detailed report of the costs of the proposal is provided: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NStFcGZ7U1ex3217ko9GAbiI20vmCS8RnP37ZdWChWc/edit?usp=sharing

• Core Team: 4–5 people (developers and engineers, ecosystem integration, project management, reporting).

• Duration: 12 months (ecosystem activation phase)

• Adrian Hüetter | Smart Contract Developer

Builds scalable and secure smart contracts, enabling Andamio’s credentialing and reputation systems.

• James Dunseith | Lead App Developer

Leads the vision and builds Andamio’s contributor-facing application with a focus on seamless UX and decentralized learning experiences.

• HongJing (Jingles) K | Technical Product Manager & Solutions Architect

Designs technical solutions bridging product requirements and engineering, enabling scalable platform architecture.

• M. Ali Modiri (Mix) | Smart Contract Developer

A malware analyst and CIP 96 author, Ali’s expertise spans from assembly to high-level languages, focused on Plutus smart contract development.

• Nelson Kshetrimayum | Lead API Developer

Develops Andamio’s core API infrastructure, ensuring secure, scalable access for contributors and organizations.

• Nori Nishigaya | Governance & Community Building Lead

Fosters decentralized governance, cultivating vibrant communities and resilient decision-making frameworks.

• Roberto Mayen | Product Manager

Leads the design, and delivery of Andamio’s platform, blending product innovation and community-driven development.

• Sebastian Pabon | Key Partnerships & Customer Relations

Cultivates strategic partnerships and drives user onboarding to grow the Andamio ecosystem.

• Yoram Ben Zvi | Business Models & Strategy Lead

Develops Andamio’s sustainable business models, aligning decentralized impact with long-term growth.

Andamio is already live and operational.

Post-grant, Andamio will continue as a sustainable, neutral infrastructure service for the Cardano ecosystem.

Ongoing support includes:

• Continuous ecosystem integration
• Open ecosystem reporting
• Contributor Ladder alignment and updates
• Sustainable funding through ecosystem service growth

• Andamio aligns with the goals of the Input Output proposal: “2025 Input Output Engineering Core Development Proposal”

• Andamio aligns with the goals of the Intersect’s Open Source committee proposal: “OSC Budget Proposal - Paid Open Source Model for Sustainable Development”

• Active participation in community conversations around decentralized talent onboarding and verification.

• Positive validation from SPO groups, ecosystem builders, and Intersect offices, seeking more efficient and transparent talent activation. Our current customers and partners: MeshJS, SIDAN Lab, Gimbalabs, SingularityNET, Blink Labs, Marlowe, Gamechanger wallet, M2tec, FLUID7, Governance Guild, ODIN, Leadgen, FC Barcelona, Syngenta.

• Adoption interest from technical leaders across the Cardano ecosystem.

Collaboration with teams driving key Cardano projects to integrate their onboarding paths with Andamio.