# Power Labs Power Labs is our incubator alongside the Power Protocol. **It is the engine for innovation and growth in the ecosystem**, a competitive funnel where world-class teams in gaming, AI, blockchain, and consumer are funded, mentored, and accelerated. Every product launched through Power Labs integrates into the Protocol. **Titles contribute to $POWER, both directly through denomination and indirectly via buybacks**, token swaps, Apptokens, and equity stakes that replenish the treasury, reduce supply, and reinvest in growth. This ensures that the ecosystem’s expansion systematically accrues value to $POWER holders. Power Labs focuses on two types of teams: * Hatchlings: proof of concept, going from 0 → 1 * Early Traction: proven teams needing scale and distribution, going from 1 → 10 Only the most promising teams are selected, gaining capital, infrastructure, mentorship, and access to the Power Ecosystem’s wide distribution network. This alignment ensures we’re not betting on a single winner but creating the conditions to launch many. **The more projects that pass through Power Labs, the more $POWER benefit**s. Success compounds demand while failure sharpens the funnel. Over time, Power Labs becomes an engine for producing ecosystem-scale hits. Together, Protocol and Labs form a self-enforcing loop: infrastructure and incubation driving growth and compounding value into $POWER. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://power-protocol.gitbook.io/power-protocol-whitepaper/power-labs.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.