Alchemy Launches US Program to Boost Mini Apps on World

Blockchain developer platform Alchemy has launched a new program aimed at incentivizing the development of Mini Apps on World, the financial and identity network co-founded by Sam Altman. This initiative is specifically targeted at developers in the US, providing them with up to four months of free access to Alchemy’s infrastructure, compute credits, engineering support, and market access. This includes co-marketing, in-person events, and partner amplification. The campaign is designed to support developers building human-first Mini Apps for the network of 26 million users.

The new fund follows the release of Mini Apps 1.2, a significant upgrade to the World App ecosystem that enabled developers to build, test, and ship lightweight, onchain apps to millions of users. This upgrade has positioned World as a leading platform for onchain applications, with over 350 million transactions processed from 26 million users. Alchemy’s infrastructure plays a crucial role in this performance, as well as in expanding access to US residents.

World’s US expansion is seen as a critical moment for American leadership in emerging technologies. The platform has become accessible to over 340 million residents nationwide, allowing developers to leverage the same infrastructure powering Circle, Optimism, Polymarket, and World. This includes core services such as node infrastructure, data indexing, account abstraction, and more. According to Jonathan Kau, Head of Rollups at Alchemy, “World is already seeing real traction in the US, and this is just the beginning.”

Mini Apps are modular applications built on World App and secured by World ID, which allows users to anonymously and securely verify that each is a real and unique human. This enables developers to build use cases for these verified humans, including payments, DeFi, games, social platforms, and more. The initiative is part of a broader effort to foster innovation and development in the US, with World’s Mini App developer rewards program still offering up to $25,000 per week in WLD token incentives for high-performing projects that bring utility to the World App ecosystem.