Solana outlines 11 startup ideas, from housing markets to AI

The proposals span three market-focused ideas, two each in AI and consumer applications, and additional requests covering stablecoins, collectibles and startup research. Solana directs teams to its Builder Program for possible grants, marketing support, developer tools, hiring help and credits. It has not disclosed grant amounts or a schedule for a planned build challenge.

Colosseum founder Matty Taylor proposed a perpetual market tied to a metropolitan housing index. It could let homeowners hedge against local price declines and prospective buyers gain exposure before purchasing. He recommends beginning in one city, with reliable licensed data, and resolving liquidity, collateral and price-feed issues. Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, listed as Toly, called for products that could attract more perpetual trading activity, including exchanges, interfaces and supporting infrastructure.

Other market proposals include Adam Bergeman’s tool for researching early-stage startup tokens, combining founder histories, shipped products and repository activity with AI-organized evidence. Jacob Creech proposed an open marketplace for AI inference, where users could compare providers, verify which model handled a request and track performance. Rishin Sharma’s wallet-based adviser would use a person’s holdings, goals and past decisions to explain portfolio changes and compare options; users would approve actions. Robert Chen called for business-wide security tools, including transaction monitoring, onchain firewalls and stolen-fund tracing.

Nemil Dalal’s stablecoin request covers token designs, business adoption, neobanks, agent payments and privacy. Existing Solana payment products include Samsung Wallet’s USDC service for eligible US Galaxy users, which began operating Nov. 2, and a USDPT Visa card launched by Western Union and Rain in August across 37 markets.

The remaining proposals cover tokenized collectibles, a consumer finance app combining spending, savings and traditional investments, marketing-funded attention tokens, and a game-day prediction market interface. Vibhu Norby’s collectibles concept calls for authentication, custody and physical redemption; Kyle Samani’s interface would show sports positions alongside live action and suggest relevant markets.