Cluster Protocol × Ant.fun: Making It Easier to Build on Top of Trading Primitives
Apr 11, 2026
3 min Read
Not every builder needs to build from scratch.
A lot of the time, the interesting part is not creating a new primitive. It is taking an existing one and building something useful on top of it.
That is where Ant.fun fits.
Ant.fun is a Solana-native perpetual DEX, built around fast execution, low fees, and non-custodial trading. It is already seeing traction, with recent recognition across the Solana ecosystem and strong revenue positioning on public dashboards.
That makes it a natural surface for CodeXero, so builders can take systems like this and create new utilities, workflows, and user experiences on top of them.
The practical direction
This partnership is not trying to redefine infrastructure.
It is focused on something simpler and more actionable: making it easier for builders to create utilities on top of existing trading systems.
Ant.fun brings:
- high-performance perpetual trading
- real usage and liquidity
- a product that is already live and evolving
Cluster brings:
- CodeXero as a prompt-driven build layer
- a way to turn ideas into usable tools quickly
Together, the focus is simple: *make it easier to build on top of trading infrastructure.*
What both teams are aligning
API access inside CodeXero
The most direct step is integrating Ant.fun's APIs into the CodeXero environment.
That would allow builders to:
- interact with Ant.fun's trading primitives
- create custom workflows and tools
- and experiment with new interfaces around trading activity
without having to build the entire stack themselves.
This is a straightforward but important unlock.
Because once APIs are accessible inside a prompt-driven environment, the barrier to building drops significantly.
Keeping the integration practical
This partnership is still early on the technical side.
The next step is simple:
- align on API documentation
- understand integration requirements
- and evaluate how those APIs can be exposed cleanly inside CodeXero
No overpromising. Just making sure the integration makes sense before scaling it.
Why this matters
A lot of Web3 tooling still assumes that developers want full control over everything.
In reality, many just want to:
- take something that already works
- build on top of it
- and ship faster
This partnership leans into that behavior.
Instead of reinventing trading systems, it focuses on making them more accessible as building blocks.
What this could enable
For builders
- Faster experimentation with trading-related tools
- Easier access to working primitives through APIs
- Less time spent on setup, more time spent on actual product ideas
For Ant.fun
- More surface area beyond its core interface
- New use cases built by external developers
- A growing layer of utilities around its trading system
For Cluster
- Stronger real-world integrations inside CodeXero
- Practical use cases tied to live DeFi systems
- A clearer bridge between AI-driven building and trading infrastructure
About Ant.fun
Ant.fun is a Solana-native perpetual DEX focused on fast, low-fee, non-custodial trading.
It has been selected for Solana's Solaris Accelerator and is ranked among the top Solana protocols by revenue on DeFiLlama.
The project also emphasizes compliance, with registrations including Canadian MSB, U.S. FinCEN MSB, SEC RIA, and SEC STO.
About Cluster
Cluster is the decentralized AI infrastructure powering the Liberation Engine for Internet Capital Markets.
It provides scalable AI compute, orchestration, privacy-preserving execution, and the product-creation layer through CodeXero, helping developers turn ideas into usable on-chain products more efficiently.