The problem CodeDAO solves

1. Transparency Issues : Traditional open-source programs (e.g., Outreachy, GSoC) often lack transparency, leading to biases and unfair rewards.
2. Subjective Reward Systems : Rewards are not always tied to measurable contributions, causing dissatisfaction among developers.
3. Limited Community Engagement : Broader developer communities are often excluded, reducing diversity and innovation.
4. Inefficient Milestone Tracking : Poor tracking systems delay payments and reduce accountability.
5. Black-Box Decision-Making : Opaque processes erode trust in open-source funding systems.
   CodeDAO's Solution: CodeDAO leverages AI, DAOs, and GitHub bots to objectively track milestones, release funds transparently, and reward contributions based on merged pull requests. This fosters trust, inclusivity, and accountability, creating a thriving on-chain developer ecosystem.

Challenges we ran into

Okto SDK Integration: The SDK provider faced issues in accessing the React context with the latest version, causing delays in seamless integration.
Smart Contract Design: Managing the end-to-end flow of voting rights and ensuring uniformity across the platform proved complex and required significant iterations to achieve robustness.
AI Agent Performance: Scoring proposals, evaluating innovation in existing open-source alternatives, and ensuring meaningful assessments were difficult due to limitations in AI context size and processing capabilities.
Milestone-Based Payments: Defining accurate milestones was challenging, as AI-driven suggestions often suffered from hallucinations, complicating the process and requiring manual interventions for correction.