# Gelato Web3 Backend Infrastructure

## Core Offerings

- **Middleware for smart contract automation** (78% market share)
- **Automate**: Multi-chain contract scheduler triggered by time, price, or custom conditions
- **Relay**: Gasless transaction infrastructure with sponsored meta-transactions
- **Web3 Functions**: Serverless environment connecting contracts to external APIs
- **Rollup-as-a-Service**: 1-click custom ZK/OP rollup deployment
- Processes millions of monthly transactions for 500+ projects (Aave, Uniswap, MakerDAO)

## Eliza Integration

1. **AI Agent Transactions**: ElizaOS agents use Gelato Relay for gasless multichain operations
2. **Automated Workflows**:
   - Cron-triggered agent memory updates
   - Oracle-powered execution via Web3 Functions
   - Cross-chain state synchronization
   - Available via `@elizaos/gelato-adapter` SDK

## Timeline & Market Position

- **Jan 2025**: Integrated into ElizaOS core
- **Q4 2024**: Launched Gelato Chains (rollups with native AA)
- **Q3 2024**: 50M monthly transactions across 40+ chains
- **Future**: Decentralized executor network (Q2 2025), ZK coprocessors (Q3 2025)
- **Advantages vs. Chainlink**: More chains (40+ vs 15), faster intervals (15s vs 1hr), native gasless options
- Secures $4.2B TVL across DeFi protocols