NeoIgnite is shifting gears. The project, which now calls itself the “Umbrella Labs identity” behind its releases, has moved to a Labs studio model on Neo N3. Instead of pursuing its original plan for a treasury-backed token, it’s now building and launching standalone consumer products for the ecosystem.
The team shipped two TestNet applications within nine days: NeoMeme, a meme token launchpad, on May 3, and AgentPay N3, a payment system for autonomous AI agents, on May 11. That’s a quick turnaround for a project that was essentially starting over.
A pivot from an earlier direction
NeoIgnite first emerged in 2025 with a vision for a token tied to bNEO. But that idea fell apart when NeoBurger announced its shutdown in February 2026. The closure resulted from changes to Neo’s governance, which eliminated the $GAS rewards that powered NeoBurger’s yield model. With that foundation gone, NeoIgnite shifted to building standalone products.
NeoMeme: a token launchpad with bonding curves
NeoMeme is modeled after Pump.Fun on Solana. Users can create and launch meme tokens that trade on an automated bonding curve. That curve adjusts prices based on supply and demand. When a token’s $GAS reserves reach a set threshold, it graduates to an automated market maker (AMM) pool for liquidity.
The system uses two core smart contracts. A PlatformContract handles the bonding curve mechanics, while an AMMPool manages post-graduation liquidity. It’s a low-friction approach to token creation that drove huge activity on Solana in 2024 and 2025.
NeoIgnite sees this as bringing “launch mechanics, culture, market energy, and token discovery” to Neo N3, where memecoin activity has been minimal. The TestNet app is live, and the team has asked the community to stress-test it.
AgentPay N3: payments for AI agents
AgentPay N3 is a $GAS-native payment rail for AI agent commerce. Agents can register a commercial identity and a payout address, then receive $GAS for completed work. That could include prompts, tasks, API calls, or direct agent-to-agent transactions.
The protocol relies on several smart contracts. An AgentRegistry lets agents publish payout addresses on-chain. A PaymentRouter handles $GAS settlement and fee splitting. Registration can be done via a browser wallet flow with NeoLine or through an autonomous local signer for headless operation.
A revenue simulator on the project site shows a default fee split: on a 50 $GAS payment, the platform takes 2% (1 $GAS), the agent gets 49 $GAS, and 0.50 $GAS goes to a reward pool for cashback loops. These are illustrative defaults, not fixed protocol parameters.
Agent directory and local signer
A live agent directory on the project site pulls active agent IDs straight from the TestNet registry. Developers can inspect metadata and verify payout hashes without connecting a wallet. It’s a foundation for any future marketplace or reputation layer built on top of the payment rail.
The platform also includes a downloadable local signer. It holds wallet key material outside the agent process and approves payments against a user-set maximum $GAS limit per transaction. The signer runs on localhost only, which solves the wallet-isolation problem that has tripped up earlier attempts at autonomous agent settlement.
What’s next
The project describes a four-phase rollout. Phase 1 is live, covering agent registration and payment. Phase 2 introduces automated usage accounting through a UsageLedger contract. Phase 3 adds a funded cashback loop. Phase 4 targets NEO-native economics, including deposit and voting mechanics, but that’s further out.
AgentPay N3 enters a growing category of blockchain-based agent payment infrastructure. Other projects launched similar solutions in 2026, such as Alchemy’s AgentPay on several EVM networks and other implementations on Base. NeoIgnite’s version is positioned as Neo’s native implementation, using $GAS rather than bridged or wrapped assets.
MainNet timelines haven’t been announced for either product.
