UltraDAO

What UltraDAO does

UltraDAO Studios, LLC is a privately held web3 creative studio founded in 2021 by Chris Wallace (former VP of Design at 10up, Emmy-nominated for work on Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and The Walking Dead) and registered in McKinney, Texas. The studio produces NFT-based digital collectibles, curated generative art drops, and a gated collector community, operating primarily on the Ethereum blockchain using ERC-721 tokens with selected extensions to Bitcoin Ordinals. Core products include UltraDAO NFTs (blind-drop primary sales), ULTRAPASS (a 500-membership gated collector token with a three-year access window, staking rewards, and SEGMINTS), and Creator Membership (an all-access NFT providing directory listing, blockchain tools via Props integration, mentorship, weekly chats, and access to a governance-voted Creator Fund). The company also runs a curated drop series (Series One: IDROW, Series Two: Momenta, Series Three: Interplay) and the ULTRAWORLD exhibition platform.

UltraDAO monetizes through six discrete revenue streams: primary NFT mint sales (including the Momenta drop at 0.06 ETH per edition and the Interplay drop at 0.002 BTC), secondary-market royalties on OpenSea for trading of UltraDAO NFTs and ULTRAPASS, a 20% commission on ULTRAWORLD exhibition artwork sales (with 80% going to artists), ULTRAPASS and Creator Membership NFT sales (priced via minting or secondary markets), and revenue share from long-form curated drops. Distribution runs through direct website minting, the OpenSea marketplace, alba.art for specific drops, and a 1,000+ member private Discord community. The customer base is split between premium NFT collectors seeking exclusive access to drops, allowlists, and events, and web3 creators seeking collaborative networks, funding via the Creator Fund, and blockchain tooling; secondary segments include avant-garde cryptoart exhibitors and algorithmic/AI artists.

The company has no disclosed funding rounds, no reported revenue figures, and operates with a headcount of 1-10. Its primary technology integrations are standard web3 infrastructure dependencies: MetaMask (wallet), OpenSea (secondary market), Props (creator blockchain tools), and alba.art (minting). The studio has registered trademarks including ULTRAPASS, Woodies, and Twelve Days of CryptoArt, and counts 10,000+ Woodies PFP holders, 500 ULTRAPASS members, and a 1,000-member Discord community as its main scale indicators. AI usage is present but ancillary, limited to artist-level use of GPT-4 for code generation in Interplay and Stable Diffusion for source imagery in IDROW rather than as a core company capability.

Name

UltraDAO

Legal name

UltraDAO Studios, LLC

Website

https://ultradao.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UltraDAO Studios is a web3 creative studio founded in 2021 that produces NFT-based digital collectibles, curated generative art drops, and a gated collector community, serving web3 creators and NFT collectors primarily on Ethereum and Bitcoin Ordinals blockchains.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

NFT Digital Collectibles

NAICS

Art Dealers (45992)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSADANAB

Art & 1/1 Digital Art NFT Marketplaces

Financial & Insurance/Crypto & Digital Assets/Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) Marketplaces

SECONDARYFSAPAFAA

NFT Minting & Creation Tooling (no-code/low-code, batch minting, generative drops)

Financial & Insurance/Blockchain & Web3/NFTs & Digital Collectibles Infrastructure (minting, marketplaces, royalties)

Keywords

• NFT digital collectibles
• Generative art curation
• Web3 creator community
• Blockchain membership tokens
• Crypto art drops

Headquarters

HQ city

Mckinney

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Primary NFT Sales: Direct sales of UltraDAO NFTs through the platform. Transactions are processed on the Ethereum blockchain with purchasers using cryptocurrencies. Purchases are final and non-refundable.
2. Secondary Market Royalties: Platform may receive royalties from secondary sales of UltraDAO NFTs on OpenSea marketplace
3. Creator Membership NFT: NFT-based membership for creators providing access to network, tools, and governance. Sold via minting or secondary market purchase.
4. ULTRAPASS Membership: ERC-721 token providing 500 members exclusive access to drops, events, curated collections, and online communities over a three-year membership period.
5. ULTRAWORLD Exhibition Commission: Platform takes 20% commission on artwork sales from ULTRAWORLD exhibitions, with 80% going to artists
6. Curated Drops Revenue Share: Revenue from long-form generative collections released by community artists and curators

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

UltraDAO is a web3 creative studio that mints and sells Ethereum blockchain-tracked NFT digital collectibles, runs curated generative art drops from its community of artists, and operates membership-based collector and creator communities. The studio also curates exhibitions via ULTRAWORLD and supports creator funding and governance through its Creator Fund, with select collections released on Bitcoin Ordinals.

Product overview

UltraDAO is a web3 creative studio offering NFT-based digital collectibles and artist-focused community products on the Ethereum blockchain. The core offering is UltraDAO NFTs—blockchain-tracked digital collectibles—supplemented by ULTRAPASS™ (a members-only collector community of 500 providing exclusive drop access and events), Creator Membership (a decentralized studio membership for artists and web3 creators), and Curated Drops (long-form generative collections from community artists across three series). Additional initiatives include ULTRAWORLD (digital gallery exhibitions), Woodies (PFP collection), and Twelve Days of CryptoArt (curated event drops). Products span from primary NFT sales to secondary marketplace support, creator tools, and community governance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ULTRAPASS: A members-only community NFT providing access to exclusive drops, events, and curated content. An ERC-721 token with a three-year membership period.
• Creator Membership
• ULTRAWORLD

Products and services

• UltraDAO NFTs Unique Ethereum blockchain-tracked non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that serve as digital collectibles originally minted by UltraDAO Studios LLC. Buyers can purchase through the Site using cryptocurrencies via blind drop format where each buyer receives a random NFT revealed at the end of the minting period.
• ULTRAPASS Members-only community of 500 NFT collectors providing access to exclusive drops, events, curated collections, educational resources, Discord community, virtual/IRL events, and SEGMINTS over a three-year membership period. Includes staking rewards and level-up progression.
• Creator Membership Premier decentralized studio membership for digital artists and web3 creators. Provides all-access pass to UltraDAO's network, including creator directory, blockchain tools (Props), mentorship, weekly creator chats, Creator Fund with governance voting, and team collaboration opportunities.
• Curated Drops Long-form generative collections released by UltraDAO's community of artists and curators across multiple series, each featuring limited-edition algorithmic art with fixed or per-drop pricing.
• Isles upon Deemed Rivers & Other Wonders (IDROW) Series One curated collection by Daïm Aggott-Hönsch. A 500-piece artist-curated algorithmic collection using pixel-sorting algorithm on Stable Diffusion-generated source images to produce tranquil, mystical abstracts through pareidolia.
• Momenta Series Two curated collection by r0zk0. 400 editions at 0.06 ETH featuring ever-changing generative art that creates unique animations never repeating twice, exploring the fleeting nature of daily experience through real-time evolving outputs.
• Interplay Series Three curated collection by Chris Wallace in collaboration with GPT-4. On-chain generative artwork on Bitcoin (Ordinals) with 300 supply at 0.002 BTC. Explores AI-human collaboration where GPT-4 generates JavaScript and WebGL code as art director.
• ULTRAWORLD Exhibition Foundation World exhibition platform featuring cryptoart from international artists. Operates with an 80% artist / 20% UltraDAO revenue split on artwork sales and includes an online worldwide digital gallery accessible to all visitors.
• Woodies 10,000 profile picture (PFP) NFT collection released September 2021 as part of the UltraDAO venture, featuring a star-studded lineup of artists and builders led by Chris Wallace as one of UltraDAO's flagship releases.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% revenue share for artists on ULTRAWORLD exhibitions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability8 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PropscoreTechnology or IntegrationProps provides custom blockchain tools for UltraDAO creators, powering blockchain infrastructure and tools within the Creator Membership platform. Integration enables creators to access specialized blockchain functionality.
• OpenSea (Ozone Networks, Inc.)coreTechnology or IntegrationOpenSea marketplace handles secondary sales of UltraDAO NFTs. Users need an OpenSea account to display, store, trade, and sell their NFTs. This is a standard third-party vendor relationship for NFT infrastructure.
• MetaMask (ConsenSys Software Inc.)coreTechnology or IntegrationMetaMask electronic wallet required for initiating minting and purchase of UltraDAO NFTs. Standard third-party wallet integration for Ethereum blockchain transactions.
• alba.artcoreTechnology or IntegrationOn-chain minting partner for Momenta collection. Platform used for fixed-price generative art sales with 400 editions at 0.06 ETH.
• GEN.ARTminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributorr0zk0 released a highly-celebrated long-form collection via GEN.ART in 2022. Artist has history with this generative art platform.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Art Blocks: Art Blocks is the leading curated generative-art NFT platform and the most direct competitor to UltraDAO's curated drops (IDROW, Momenta); both curate long-form generative collections with artist-first economics and a gated artist approval process.
• Foundation: Foundation is a curated NFT art marketplace that runs timed drops and artist exhibitions — directly comparable to ULTRAWORLD's curated, exhibition-style model with a take rate on primary sales.
• SuperRare: SuperRare operates a curated 1/1 and editioned art NFT marketplace with gallery-style curation, overlapping UltraDAO's premium cryptoart positioning and exhibition framing.
• Nifty Gateway: Nifty Gateway runs curated drops and timed releases of digital collectibles by prominent artists, mirroring UltraDAO's blind-drop and curated-collection mechanics.
• Zora: Zora is a creator-focused on-chain media protocol with minting tools and a creator marketplace, comparable to UltraDAO's combination of curated drops and creator tooling via Props.
• fxhash: fxhash is an open generative-art minting platform on Tezos; it overlaps UltraDAO's curated generative drops (Momenta, IDROW) with a broader, more decentralized artist base.
• MakersPlace: MakersPlace is a curated digital art NFT marketplace emphasizing limited-edition drops from established artists, directly comparable to UltraDAO's ULTRAWORLD exhibition model.
• KnownOrigin: KnownOrigin is a curated NFT art marketplace with gallery-style curation and primary-sale commissions, sharing UltraDAO's model of releasing themed artist collections.

Broad incumbents

• OpenSea: OpenSea is the largest general NFT marketplace and serves as UltraDAO's secondary-market infrastructure partner; it competes broadly with curated drops but does not specialize in the same artist-first, DAO-governed model.

Emerging players

• GEN.ART: GEN.ART is a curated generative-art platform that has previously hosted UltraDAO-affiliated artist r0zk0; it competes for the same generative-artist pipeline and collector base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ultra_dao
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ultradao-studios

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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