AIP-6: 2025 Q4 Ops Budget

Governance
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AIP-6: [IMPT] 2025 Q4 Ops Budget

AIP-number: 6
title: 2025 Q4 Ops Budget
author: BlockOffice
status: Approved
created: 2025-10-06

:receipt: Simple Summary

This proposal seeks approval for the 2025 Q4 operational budget of $120,000. The budget ensures smooth operations of AITV DAO by covering essential SaaS tools, external agency partnerships, legal support, and additional headroom for unforeseen needs.

:magnifying_glass_tilted_left: Motivation

Operational efficiency is vital for sustaining AITV DAO’s growth and impact. This budget request provides the financial resources to:

  • Maintain critical SaaS tools supporting treasury, governance, and analytics.
  • Engage agencies that provide operational, security, and compliance services.
  • Ensure legal counsel is available to navigate regulatory obligations.
  • Retain headroom for unexpected but necessary operational expenses.

This funding allows the DAO to remain agile, compliant, and equipped to execute its roadmap without interruption.

:gear: Specification

The requested $120,000 budget will be allocated across the following categories:

  • SaaS: $40,000
  • Agencies: $45,000
  • Legal: $20,000
  • Additional Headroom: $15,000

Funds will be drawn from the DAO Treasury and managed by the Ops team under existing financial oversight processes. Quarterly reporting will be provided to the community for transparency.

:key: Ops Budget Structure

The Ops budget is secured and managed via a 3/5 multisig wallet.

  • The multisig is administered by BlockOffice (blockoffice.com), a trusted operations service provider.
  • The other three signers are committed DAO contributors, ensuring alignment with community interests.

This structure balances security, accountability, and operational flexibility, allowing the DAO to safeguard funds while enabling timely execution of payments.

:outbox_tray: Transaction Details (if applicable)

This transaction will transfer $120,000 from the DAO Treasury to the DAO Ops multisig wallet for use during Q4 2025. Funds will be disbursed according to the above categories, with quarterly reporting back to the community.

:date: Snapshot Link

https://snapshot.box/#/s:aitv.eth/proposal/0x985eb133aea3a4c8a168bed973719a002e09a57d50f0b15b101fd4b59bf74fb0

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I’m in favor of this, @Blockoffice has done a great job at managing our budget, and working to reduce our spend each month.

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@dOrgJelli Can you please elaborate on who these “committed DAO contributors” are? I’d like to know who the signing parties are in the 3-of-5 multisig setup for the sake of transparency.

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Following the original proposal for the 2025 Q4 Ops Budget of USD 120,000, we have now received updated visibility on 2025–2026 foundation and legal costs.

To ensure AITV DAO remains fully compliant and operational through the end of January 2026, we are requesting an additional top-up of USD 125,000 to the Ops budget.

Summary

This proposal requests an additional USD 125,000 top-up of the AITV DAO operational budget.

The top-up will:

  • Cover SaaS tools, external agency partnerships, and legal support

  • Fund foundation-related fees and services for FY 2026

  • Provide USD 10,000 of headroom for unforeseen but necessary operational needs

Motivation

The incremental request is driven mainly by:

  • Cayman foundation costs for 2026, and

  • Higher-than-initially-scoped legal expenses to support the foundation and DAO.

These are required to keep our foundation in good standing and to ensure the DAO continues to meet its regulatory and governance obligations.

Top-Up Budget Specification (USD 125,000)

The additional USD 125,000 will be allocated as follows:

  • SaaS – USD 45,000 (through to end January 2026)

  • Foundation-Related Costs – USD 28,000
    Covering services linked to the Cayman foundation, including (but not limited to):

    • Directorship services

    • Registered office services

    • Secretary services (Foundation Companies)

    • Beneficial Ownership Register filing services

    • Economic Substance notification filing services

    • Regulatory and compliance fees

    • Provision for sundry expenses

    • Company Registry annual Cayman government fees

  • Legal – USD 41,000

    • Ongoing legal counsel for DAO + foundation structure

    • Drafting/review of agreements, policies, and regulatory documentation

    • Support for upcoming initiatives and partnerships.

  • Additional Headroom – USD 11,000

    • Contingency for unforeseen but necessary operational expenses, to be used only where required and reported in Ops updates.

    Funding & Controls

  • The additional USD 125,000 will be drawn from the DAO Treasury and transferred to the existing DAO Ops 3/5 multisig (administered by BlockOffice with three DAO contributor signers).

  • The same financial oversight and quarterly reporting described in the original proposal will apply to this top-up. Spend against each category (including any use of the headroom) will be reported back to the community.

Snapshot Link

To be added after the minimum 3-day discussion period and once this proposal enters the voting phase.

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https://snapshot.box/#/s:aitv.eth/proposal/0xe9dbfbd2a913a9337659fbaea29018dfdb892cd0934e7555de94c3f9b7c532b2