a catalyst for the dimo ecosystem

DIMO Ignite is a grants program that provides milestone-based funding to builders contributing to infrastructure and apps that make DIMO more useful and scalable.

a launchpad for the future of mobility

Bring your ideas to life while contributing to an open-source ecosystem that thrives on collaboration and creativity. Developer tools like the DIMO Data SDK and the “Login with DIMO” component make building with DIMO easy. 

grant types available

  • Any app with less than 50 vehicles connected never has to pay for DCX, the stablecoin used by developers building on DIMO. These apps, whether built by hobbyists or just as tests for those looking for Product Market Fit can receive DCX for free.

  • $1,500 in credits for any developer over 50 cars. Need to do the short application. This covers 100 cars for a year.

  • $15k in credits for a more thorough interview process for seed funded startups (have raised money.) This is to help give early stage companies additional runway to build their product and business. This covers 1,000 cars for a year. 

  • $75k for apps generating more than $10k in MRR or $100k in ARR. This is to help subsidize businesses that are achieving success on further growth. This covers 5,000 cars for 1 year. 

how to qualify

Integrate DIMO with an existing application / new product.

OR

Integrate “Login with DIMO” into an application that is novel in at least one of the following facets: Use Case (maintenance, insurance, social, game, AI, etc.) or Geography (ex: first of app of its use case app for European users.)

Minimum Acceptance Criteria: 

    • Existing DIMO users must be able to login to the new application and the application must make use of some data via the DIMO Telemetry API (or other endpoints.) 

    • Also acceptable: users can create a vehicle in the new app.

app bounties

The Ignite team would love to see some particular apps and has added a higher amount for certain projects. These will be awarded retroactively but developers are eligible for DCX credits. 

For the first Vehicle NFT sharing “social network”

For the first vehicle NFT customizer 

For a trip tracking + receipts app

For “Spotify wrapped for your car”

For on chain car loans

dimo on base

As part of DIMO being built on Base, builders on DIMO as also eligible for Base's ecosystem incentives which include:

  • Opportunity for seed investment from Base Ecosystem Fund led by Coinbase Ventures

  • Eligible for OP Retroactive Goods Funding which distributed over $25M to projects built on Base's infrastructure in 2024.

  • DIMO will nominate you on your behalf to Base's retroactive builder grants program

hardware development (up to $25k)

For hardware manufacturers interested in building hardware compatible with DIMO. 

  • Amount Available: Up to $20k, with 100% available after completion of a working prototype.

  • Grant Requirements:

    • In addition to the general hardware manufacturer requirements, which can be found here, the hardware should be differentiated in some way relative to existing DIMO hardware devices.

  • Minimum Acceptance Criteria: 

    • Data must be transmitted to DIMO via a working prototype of the device. 

data integrators (up to $25k)

Help make DIMO more accessible to drivers by broadening the pool of vehicles and data sources.

With the advent of Open Connections within the DIMO Ecosystem, developers all over the world can now add methods for users to connect devices to DIMO. These new Connections could be new types of vehicle telematics connections or other complimentary data types, like data from EV Chargers, Video Files from dashcams, and more. 

  • Amount Available: Up to $25k,100% after completion.

  • Grant Requirement

    • Sufficiently differentiated data source. For example, the 3rd Connection that supports connectivity from Ford or a particular brand EV Charger might help the ecosystem, but is not worthy of a grant (however if used, it can still earn the Connection Node revenue.)

    • New types of data that compliment existing data are particularly useful.

  • Minimum Acceptance Criteria: 

    • WASM File

    • Frontend that DIMO apps can provide to users to handle a connection flow

Contribute to Dev Tools, Protocol, and Decentralizing DIMO

As DIMO grows and continues to decentralize, we are working to have more developers contribute to the utility of the platform. The Core Team at Digital Infrastructure Inc. has been making it easier for developers to contribute, but there is still a burden of coordination with ongoing core development efforts. As such, the Core Team will periodically update the available efforts for community developers. 

SDK

  • More languages

  • Documentation

  • Vehicle Simulator

  • Command Line Interface (CLI)

  • Modular Plugins

Low code / no code connectors