Title: [ARFC] The Aave Foundation, Phase 1 Author: AaveLabs Date: 2026-10-06

Summary

This ARFC seeks to establish the Aave Foundation, a memberless Cayman Islands foundation company created to hold title to the Aave trademark and related intellectual property for the benefit of the Aave Protocol.

Formation is the first of several phases. This proposal covers Phase 1 only, which provides for the incorporation of the entity and the appointment of its initial independent director and supervisor. Later phases, covering transfer of the trademark, domains, and codebase IP, an…