Aptos and Flock.io Partner to Develop Aptos Move-tuned LLM

3 min readOct 27, 2024

Aptos and FLock.io recently announced a partnership in order to enhance AI offerings on the Aptos Network and to expand the AI ecosystem. This partnership will enable developers and others to use an LLM model trained on Move language development to assist in the writing of Move based smart contracts.

This recent partnership was announced by FLock.io’s X account. They have been building in stealth for some time, so this recent announcement is very welcome and its great to see the Aptos Ecosystem continuing to expand, offering more AI use cases for users and developers alike.

This announcement and the details regarding the partnership was spread through Web3 news media on several large platforms, some of which will be shared below :arrow_down_small:

https://coinstats.app/news/6c4f22c1f0b0d8343fb277da639423c8bff1bd2dbedb56e9615879fc0d9c63a2_Aptos-Foundation-Collaborates-with-FLock.io-to-Develop-Move

https://www.theblock.co/post/322772/aptos-foundation-partners-with-crypto-ai-startup-to-build-move-programming-language-tools

As stated in the recent blog post from FLock.io, their CEO Jiahao Sun stated that:

“Our integration with Aptos underscores the tremendous value of decentralized AI… Notably, the model’s superior performance compared to GPT-4o demonstrates that community co-creation, especially in specialized and vertical use cases, can unlock unparalleled potential and groundbreaking innovation. FLock stands at the forefront of this decentralization revolution in AI, where collaborative efforts yield more intelligent and specialized models that surpass the capabilities of centralized systems.”

Bashar Lazar, Head of Grants and Ecosystem at the Aptos Foundation stated that:

“Move on Aptos is widely known for its security and efficiency, but mainstream LLMs haven’t yet offered strong support for it… By developing an LLM specifically tuned for Move on Aptos, we are not only advancing decentralized AI but also simplifying the use of Aptos, making decentralized technology more accessible to everyone.”

https://www.flock.io/blog/flockio-integrates-with-aptos-to-turbocharge-ai-assisted-move-language-coding-copilot

I recently got the opportunity to spend some time with Kelvin, one of the team members of the FLock.io project that Aptos partnered with. There is an awesome co-working space in Seoul called Nonce Community for Web3 and other tech professionals.

I got a tour of the building by Kelvin and they have an awesome co-working space that people can live at. More can be read about their space in the following article:

https://www.seoulz.com/nonce-a-blockchain-coworking-and-coliving-space-in-seoul/

Aptos and South Korea have a close relationship when it comes to Blockchain and Web3, as seen by the hackathons hosted at Seoul as well as the recent Aptos Experience, which was the awesome two day event where Aptos core team members and other web3 enthusiasts and influencers got together to talk all things Aptos and learn about upcoming features on Aptos and Aptos developed projects like Petra Wallet, as well as ecosystem projects building on Aptos, which got to exhibit booths and give out merch to attendees.

Looking forward to seeing the fruits of this partnership grow over time which will make it easier for developers on Aptos to build higher quality Move code for their smart contracts utilizing the Aptos Move tuned LLM by FLock.io, thus helping current as well as new projects on Aptos to evolve and be developed.