Today, the Anymal Foundation is launching a developer grant program giving builders the tools to create a programmable, onchain identity layer for animals—ensuring better care, transparency, and innovation across pet care, livestock, equine, wildlife, and more. Anymal Foundation will address the $6 trillion animal economy that is currently fragmented, outdated, and full of inefficiencies—from disconnected veterinary records to opaque supply chains and limited financial access for animal care providers. Backed by Nestlé Purina PetCare’s 9 Square Ventures, A100x, Escape Velocity Crypto (EV3), TBV, Modular Capital, and Tiny Capital, Anymal is bridging the physical and digital worlds to transform how animals are identified, managed, and cared for on a global scale.
“Anymal is tackling one of the world’s largest yet most overlooked opportunities—the global animal economy,” said Sal Ternullo, General Partner at A100x. “By building open data economies and introducing programmability, Anymal creates new avenues for innovation, transparency, and equitable value distribution. We’re proud to support a project that aligns so well with our mission of advancing impactful, data-driven solutions in overlooked industries.”
Why It Matters
- A $6 Trillion Market Stuck in the Past – The animal economy spans pet care, livestock, wildlife conservation, aquaculture, dairy, poultry, exotic animals, and sustainable animal-based industries. Yet, critical data is fragmented, inaccessible, and inefficient.
- $231B+ in Data Inefficiencies – Fraud, lost revenue, and lack of traceability cost the animal economy more than $231 billion annually. The industry’s outdated record-keeping systems obstruct innovation, making it difficult for new technologies to integrate and scale.
- Anymal’s Web3 Solution – By establishing an onchain identity layer for all animal industries, Anymal unlocks new economic opportunities, ensures secure, verifiable records, and enables frictionless collaboration across the global animal economy.
Anymal IDx: The Identity Layer for All Animal Industries
At its core, Anymal IDx provides “Proof of Anymal”—a privacy-preserving, verifiable identity system for pets, livestock, equine industries, birdstock, fish stock, and wildlife conservation. With trusted, portable data, regulators can ensure compliance more effectively, innovators can launch new care models faster, and veterinarians, conservationists, and industry leaders can make real-time, data-driven decisions.
“Data gives animals a voice. The $6 trillion animal economy is outdated and locked behind closed systems. We’re giving developers grants to change that—creating an onchain identity layer that opens access, fuels innovation, and ensures economic accessibility for all. Whether you’re an independent builder, startup, or enterprise, it’s time to build the future of animal care together.” — Carlos Herrera, CEO, Anymal Foundation
Petastic: The First App Built on Anymal
Petastic, a personalized marketplace and the first application built on Anymal, has already registered more than 1.7 million domesticated cats and dogs onchain—forming the world’s only verified pet network where owners fully control their data. With 350 rescues and shelters participating, and thousands of pet products shipped (including food, treats, toys, leashes, flea and tick medicine, beds, and medical equipment), Petastic leverages each animal’s Anymal IDx—a secure, user-owned “Pet Passport”—to unify health, dietary, and behavioral information into a single, trusted record.
This data integrity ensures every recommendation and product suggestion is tailored to the pet’s unique needs, creating a seamless context-aware pet care experience. Through Petastic’s intuitive progressive web app, pet owners access reliable, on-chain-verified guidance, demonstrating the transformative power of Anymal’s programmable, verifiable identity system.
Hello, Anymal…: The First Wave of Anymal Grants
Just like a developer’s first ‘Hello, World!’ project, ‘Hello, Anymal…’ invites builders to take their first step into a new era of onchain animal identity and AI agents-enabled systems. This inaugural grant program funds projects that advance decentralized identity, AI Agents-enabled pet care, and blockchain-powered animal data solutions.
Grant Tracks & Funding Structure: Hello, Anymal…
The program offers three funding tiers:
- Starter Grants (up to $10K): For early-stage developers, hackathons, and small-scale projects.
- Open Innovation Grants (up to $25K): For high-impact projects advancing decentralized animal identity, AI Agents-enabled pet care, or transparent supply chains.
Key Focus Areas
- Anymal IDx Integrations – Strengthening the onchain identity layer for all animal industries.
- AI-Enabled Animal Care – Predictive health, nutrition, and disease prevention insights for livestock, equine, wildlife, and fish stock.
- Decentralized Insurance & Veterinary Solutions – Trustless claims processing, health data verification, and automated risk assessments.
- Sustainable Animal-Based Industries – Transparent supply chains for ethical sourcing, sustainable apparel, and verified sustainability claims.
- Smart Livestock & Aquaculture Management – Internet of Things and AI Agents-enabled real-time monitoring, health tracking, and predictive analytics.
- Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) for Animal Care – Real-world asset tracking, decentralized pet and livestock monitoring, and onchain logistics.
- Micro-Financing & Embedded Financial Services – Onchain lending and credit solutions for farmers, veterinarians, and sustainable animal-based businesses.
- Developer Tools & Infrastructure – SDKs, middleware, and compliance frameworks for multi-species tracking and verification.
Anymal Developer Grants Open: Up to $50K+ in Funding for Web3 Animal-Tech Innovation
Users can apply at https://anymal.foundation/hello_anymal_grants.
About Anymal Protocol
Anymal Protocol is a decentralized, programmable identity layer and development tool for the global animal economy. Its core innovation, Anymal IDx , provides verifiable, onchain identities that anchor each animal’s health records, ownership, and lifecycle data in a secure, interoperable network. Because the protocol deals with live creatures, it is architected to run on a redundant dual-chain infrastructure, leveraging BASE and NEAR as its primary and secondary platforms to ensure high availability, security, and fault tolerance. This enables intelligent AI Agents-enabled care, seamless data access, and innovation across pet care, equine, livestock, wildlife conservation, and animal-based industries.
For more information, users can visit https://anymal.foundation.
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