# Roadmap

> "*Rome wasn't built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour."* 

Since Q1 2024, the Vertical team has been working hard to reach our goals. Starting small, we have grown more mature and continue to hit milestone after milestone. Our roadmap gives you a peek at what we have accomplished and where we are heading, organized into clear phases for easy reading.

[**PHASE 1**](#phase-1-complete) **-  Foundation (Completed)**

The groundwork. Launch the token, ship the first products, build the community.

[**PHASE 2**](#phase-3-in-progress) **- Infrastructure (Completed)**

Strengthen the foundation. Compliance, tokenomics, expanded capabilities.

[**PHASE 3**](#phase-3) **- Ecosystem Activation (In progress)**

The shift from standalone products to connected ecosystem. Introduce services, activate token utilities, launch the first external projects.

**PHASE 4 - Expansion (Next)**

Scale the ecosystem. More launches, more utilities, more compounding.

### <mark style="color:blue;">Roadmap</mark>

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* [x] $VERTAI token launch
* [x] Vertical Studio Beta
* [x] Vertical Stream V1
* [x] Vertical Stream Corners
* [x] Team expansion
* [x] Marketing foundation established
* [x] Strong community built
* [x] Personal brand developed
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* [x] New website live
* [x] Tokenomics updated
* [x] Token tax drop
* [x] MiCAR compliance achieved
* [x] Video and audio Corners on Stream
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* [ ] Introduce new ecosystem strategy
* [ ] Vertical Gateway live with $VERTAI utilities
* [ ] Enable $VERTAI payments across products
* [ ] Referral staking for Stream
* [ ] Vertical Motion official launch with $VERTAI utilities
* [ ] Introduce Vertical Labs:
  * Website live
  * Entity setup complete
  * First partner projects introduced (Detectra, Coindrip)
* [ ] Announce first Vertical Labs TGE with $VERTAI loyalty perks
* [ ] First Vertical Labs public sale and airdrop distribution
* [ ] Credit Drip utility for Stream and Motion
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* [ ] Vertical Labs grant program live ($25k grants for qualified teams)
* [ ] Second Vertical Labs token announcement and launch
* [ ] Vertical Studio roadmap reveal
* [ ] Strategic investment announcement
* [ ] CEX listing
* [ ] Vertical Alliance expansion with new integration partners
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