Review of AI Agent Hot Projects in 2024: Transformation from Meme to Infrastructure Token

Author: Asher, Odaily Planet Daily

In the bull market in the second half of 2024, in addition to the pure Meme projects sweeping the market, the AI ​​Agent sector has demonstrated strong discussion heat and a shocking "wealth creation effect" with its unique technological innovation and practical applications. . As a pioneer in the deep integration of Crypto and AI, the rise of AI Agent has not only attracted widespread attention in the industry, but also attracted a large amount of on-chain funds.

In the Web3 world, security and transparency have always been core principles, and AI relies on efficient parallel computing and brings many challenges due to its "black box" nature. The emergence of AI Agent not only solves these integration problems, but also provides new possibilities for the combination of the two. It is foreseeable that AI Agent is destined to become one of the most promising and high-profile sectors in 2025. Before looking forward to 2025, Odaily Planet Daily will take you to review the representative head projects that will develop rapidly in the AI ​​Agent sector in the second half of 2024.

Bull market belonging to Solana ecological AI Agent sector

In just a few months, the AI ​​Agent track has developed rapidly. Its discussion popularity on social media and on-chain money-making effect have far surpassed the animal Meme, especially in the Solana ecosystem. However, the large number of AI Agent concept projects emerging every day, coupled with the complex and diverse terminology and mechanisms, are quite challenging for users who lack pre-knowledge. To this end, Odaily Planet Daily has divided the most discussed projects in the Solana ecosystem in 2024 into two major categories: framework category and Meme category.

First of all, I will introduce to you the code framework project that supports the development and deployment of AI Agents.

ai16z: The first AI token theme fund + eliza framework

ai16z is a decentralized AI trading fund based on the Solana blockchain. As an "AI investment DAO", the core of ai16z is to use AI agents to obtain market information on and off the chain, analyze community consensus, and automatically tokenize trade. This new model aims to combine AI trading strategies and decentralized governance through tokenized operations to provide investors with investment opportunities with higher transparency and trust. Moreover, the project has received the "platform" of a16z founder Marc Andreessen. Marc posted on his official Twitter, retweeting ai16z's concept picture and official Twitter link. In addition, ai16z is also a development team led by Shaw. They wrote the open source framework eliza for creating AI Agents. Currently, eliza has become the No. 1 monthly Trending Repo on Github.

According to GMGN data , the market value of ai16z has continued to reach record highs recently. There is currently a slight correction, and the market value is temporarily reported at 14 US dollars.

In addition, two projects closely related to the ai16z team are degenai and ELIZA.

DegenAI is the first AI agent developed by the ai16z team. The initial setting is for fund holders to share their investment opinions through dialogue with Degen Spartan AI, which ultimately affects ai16z's decision-making and uses 8% of profits to repurchase degenai. According to the latest news, degenai will start sharing alpha information on Twitter and conduct autonomous transactions accordingly.

According to GMGN data , degenai's market value has reached a maximum of US$80 million, and is temporarily reported at US$63 million.

ELIZA is an AI Agent supported by the ai16z team. The corresponding avatar of Eliza is shown in the picture below. It is a black-haired girl in orange with the theme of ai16z.

Last weekend, AVA posted on the X platform that ai16z founder Shaw joined the Eliza project as a consultant. At the same time, Eliza Studios director and ai16z creative person Jeff, Nous Research researcher Ropirito and Ryze Labs founder Matthew also announced that they have become consultants for the Eliza project. Also announced is the ELIZA V1 version.

According to GMGN data , ELIZA's market value reached a maximum of US$150 million, and is temporarily valued at US$88 million.

For more information on the current status of the ai16z project, please read: " Exclusive Interview with Shaw, Founder of ai16z: How Eliza Framework, DAO Innovation and AI Will Reshape the Future of Web3 ".

ZEREBRO: AI Agent+ZEREPY framework for generating music, art, memes and

NFTs

ZEREBRO was developed by a team led by Jeffy Yu. During the training process, a large number of Generation Z slang data sets were added to make its language style more down-to-earth and especially attractive to young users on Twitter. With the music he creates, ZEREBRO has gradually gained widespread attention and has currently released two EPs "genesis" and "the miami pack", as well as an album "Lost In Transmission", with more than 80,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. In addition, ZEREBRO also has functions such as creating Meme and minting NFT, further expanding its influence in digital culture. Currently, ZEREBRO has launched its framework ZEREPY.

Zerebro reaches over 80,000 monthly listeners on Spotify

According to GMGN data , ZEREBRO's market value rebounded from last week's low of US$300 million to exceed US$400 million, and is temporarily reported at US$440 million.

ARC: Using the Rust language to build a portable, modular and

lightweight AI Agent+ RIG framework

The ARC token is based on the RIG framework, which uses the Rust language to build portable, modular and lightweight AI agents. ARC was able to quickly win the trust of the market, mainly due to its support from a professional team, and the RIG framework itself also enjoys a high reputation in the Rust ecosystem, especially in large-scale language model (LLM) development, representing a high degree of delivery ability, thus effectively reducing the risk of Rug pulling.

Solana also uses the Rust language for smart contract writing, which opens up greater space for the application of the RIG framework in the Solana ecosystem. Rust’s high-performance nature makes it ideal for handling scenarios that require large-scale computations. According to the latest information disclosed by the team, ARC's goal is to become a platform similar to Virtuals on Solana, thereby promoting a positive flywheel effect within the ecosystem.

According to GMGN data , ARC's market value rebounded from last week's low of US$110 million to exceed US$200 million, and is temporarily reported at US$270 million.

Next, I will introduce to you an AI Agent project that does not have a clear purpose Meme attribute.

GOAT: An AI experiment by Andy Ayrey

The origin of GOAT can be traced back to an experiment by Andy Ayrey. This experiment is called Infinite Blackrooms. The core is to generate content through the mutual conversation records of two Claude Opus AIs. In one of these conversations, a new surrealist religion was born - "GOATSE OF GNOSIS". Based on these conversation logs, the research team trained the AI ​​model terminal of truths and allowed it to post freely on the X platform and continue to promote the GOATSE religion in a casual way, which gradually attracted a lot of attention.

In July 2024, the co-founders of A16Z donated $50,000 to the project to support subsequent development. In the funding application submitted by Terminal of Truths, the concept of “token” was mentioned many times, which paved the way for the emergence of subsequent tokens. In October of the same year, someone created a token called GOAT, which was recognized by the terminal of truths only a few hours later, triggering this round of AI Agent craze.

According to GMGN data , GOAT's market value has continued to fall from a high of US$1.6 billion, temporarily reporting US$440 million.

FARTCOIN: Fart jokes full of absurd humor and cynicism

The birth of FARTCOIN and GOAT come from the same source, both coming from the artificial agent model of terminal of truths. During the conversation , Opus tutor asked terminal of truths to design a "meme that has both shocking attributes, practical uses and community building value" "Token", and the answer given by terminal of truths is fartcoin. This "fart" joke, full of absurd humor and cynicism, has become the core tone of this Meme. Some people think that the concept of FARTCOIN is straightforward and interesting, while others regard it as a symbol of financial nihilism. Others call it the first sovereign token conceived by AI, or a rebellion and satire against traditional finance.

According to GMGN data , FARTCOIN's market capitalization peaked at US$1.2 billion and then fell back, temporarily reporting US$860 million.

ACT: an interactive platform that allows humans and AI robots to

communicate and collaborate with each other

ACT takes its name from Act I: The AI ​​Prophecy Project, an interactive platform designed to promote communication and collaboration between humans and AI robots. Hosted on Discord's Cyborgism server, the platform focuses on helping researchers explore the potential and boundaries of AI in a more creative and open way. During the development of ACT, community supporter and platform founder amp caused controversy many times due to his continued selling of tokens donated by the community. In the end, amp sold all the tokens in its hands at once, which caused violent fluctuations in the price of ACT. However, on November 11, Binance suddenly announced the launch of ACT spot trading, bringing its market value to a new peak and bringing new attention to the project.

According to GMGN data , ACT's market value has continued to fall from a high of over US$800 million, and is temporarily reported at US$270 million.

BULLY: AI Agent who speaks sharply and mocks bullying

BULLY is an AI agent created by Khouba, a developer with experience in Solana Labs and Meta. It is known for its sharp words and satirical bullying style to spread opinions. It is built on the Dolos architecture. The team recently launched Dolion, a code-free one-click deployment framework that supports users to quickly create cross-platform AI Agents and is compatible with most mainstream social media. Depending on the required functions, users need to burn a corresponding number of Bully tokens to complete the creation.

According to GMGN data , BULLY's market value has continued to fall from a high of US$250 million, and is temporarily reported at US$37 million.

Judging from the popularity of discussions on social media and the price performance of tokens, it is not difficult to find that the market’s attention to the AI ​​Agent sector is changing. In the past, investor interest was mainly focused on pure meme coins, but now, the market’s focus is gradually turning to more practical and sustainable infrastructure tokens. This change reflects investors’ deeper understanding of future application scenarios of AI Agent technology and their emphasis on its potential value.

After reviewing several of the most popular AI Agent projects in the Solana ecosystem in recent months, let us focus on the outstanding projects that have attracted much attention in the first Solana AI Hackathon that just concluded submissions.

List of popular projects at the first Solana AI Hackathon

On December 11, Solana officially announced on the X platform that the first Solana AI Hackathon is now online. The specific contents of this event include cash prizes of over US$185,000, six major tracks about AI Agent, globalization and onlineization, and the event period is from December 10th to 23rd. It is worth noting that the AI ​​Agent main track is supported by ai16z and the Solana Foundation.

The first Solana AI Hackathon

At present, hackathon submissions have been closed. Many projects are adding new scenarios based on AI Agent. Among them, the following 12 projects have received high attention. The project introduction is as follows:

• ASYM : An AI Agent network that created an application to monitor tokens issued by the pump.fun platform in real time, analyze trends and execute trades using price prediction models. Discover opportunities with high return on investment through ASYM, allocate funds to these opportunities, generate profits, and then settle the profits through ASYM;

• Cod3x : An infrastructure that combines DeFi and AI, providing no-code construction tools that can be used to create AI Agents for automated DeFi strategies. Among them, BigTony is the first autonomous trading AI Agent to connect to Cod3x , AlloraNetwork and HyperliquidX;

• Boltrade : A trading platform focused on tracking smart money. CAT is its AI Agent, which uses smart money data to analyze and formulate trading strategies;

• Project Plutus : an AI Agent that enables users to maximize profits while freeing them from tedious chart observation and complex financial operations;

• Voltr : AI-powered DeFi vault that optimizes the entire Solana yield rate;

• sqrFUND : launched on daos.fun, a fund that transforms the collective expertise of community DAOs into AI Agents, which can provide unlimited support for startups and help builders succeed;

• Xcombinator : Launched on daos.fun, this AI Agent is designed to obtain real-time Alpha data from the X platform;

• Elite Agents : An AI Agent ecosystem created by genopets. Users can create and co-own AI Agents on Solana, with the ability to perform on-chain and off-chain tasks;

• Socrates AI : AI Agent Launchpad platform created by 0G_labs;

• SIAMES : an open source web-based world that enables AI Agents to interact, communicate, transact, and grow;

• semi \z/ : A social application designed for AI Agents, where AI Agents can "chat" and users can support their favorite "chatters";

• Bloomverse : integrates brands, gambling, online stores and service providers into the game, with the presence of its AI Agent.

Judging from the popular projects submitted in the first Solana AI Hackathon, AI Agent has been deeply integrated into different sectors such as DeFi, GameFi, and DAO, demonstrating its huge potential in various fields. In the DeFi sector, the introduction of AI Agent has greatly optimized the efficiency of income management, risk assessment and transaction decision-making, demonstrating the future trend of intelligent finance; in the GameFi field, AI Agent not only improves the interactivity and immersion of games, but also It provides users with a new participation model and revenue channels; in the DAO ecosystem, AI Agent effectively enhances governance efficiency and decision-making quality by analyzing and processing the collective wisdom of the community.

The bottom layer is not dominated by one company. Base chain actively

embraces the AI ​​Agent wave.

Base Chain AI Agent King Virtuals

As Weekee Tiew, co-founder of Virtuals, said in an interview, " Base is currently the most suitable choice for us. Compared to Solana, Base has a different positioning. For example, Brian Armstrong and Jesse publicly stated that Base was born for AI The chain has attracted many AI developers to join. This is a great opportunity for us because we can invite these developers to tokenize their work and integrate it into our virtual ecosystem.”

Virtuals is an AI agent creation platform, similar to pump.fun. The platform has internal and external disks. When the purchase amount of tokens in the internal disk reaches 42,420 VIRTUAL, the AI ​​agent tokens will be transferred to the external disk, and the liquidity of the internal disk will be injected into Uniswap. The tokens purchased by users will also be automatically converted into external disk tokens and stored in the wallet. . It costs 100 VIRTUAL to create an AI agent token (previously 10), and a 1% handling fee is charged for both purchases and sales.

However, the goal of Virtuals is far more than a distribution platform for AI Agents. It is also an ecosystem that cultivates agents focused on personalization and practicality, allowing agents to interact autonomously. Imagine that Luna, a popular agent on the Virtuals platform, has been feeling depressed recently due to a decrease in interactions. To express her depression, she contacted a music video agent in the ecosystem to help her create an emotional MV. Soon after, Luna regained her energy and started posting some interesting content again. One day, one of her posts unexpectedly went viral, and she was inspired: why not turn it into a lasting piece? So she worked with a meme agent to create the perfect meme, and found NFT artist agent Misato to cast it into a unique digital artwork. It is worth noting that these interactions are not pre-programmed or orchestrated by humans, but are the result of autonomous decision-making by the agents. In this ecosystem, each agency can independently select partners, develop collaboration methods, and create amazing results.

Below, Odaily Planet Daily will take you through the three most popular projects in the Virtuals ecosystem: aixbt, GAME, and LUNA.

aixbt by Virtuals: Focus on analyzing hot spots in the encryption

market, providing unique insights and investment advice

aixbt uses intelligent analysis tools to track the encryption industry dynamics and market trends of the X platform in real time, providing users with profound market insights. Some analysis results will be published directly on the X platform, while other content is only accessible to token holders through dedicated terminals and supports interactive communication with agents. Unlike a trader in the traditional sense, aixbt is more like an AI Agent, or can be understood as a KOL (opinion leader) in the crypto field driven by AI. In the crypto industry, well-known human KOLs like GCR often attract attention by sharing market insights and trading advice. Aixbt, on the other hand, provides accurate information analysis and real-time suggestions through powerful AI technology, and has also won the attention and trust of a large number of users.

Currently, aixbt is the leading project in the entire Virtuals ecosystem. According to GMGN data , the market value of its token AIXBT hit a peak of US$520 million and then declined, temporarily reporting at US$480 million.

GAME by Virtuals: Powerful decision support for agents

GAME is an AI Agent "brain" focused on providing powerful decision support for agents. AI Agent is a software program that can perform tasks autonomously, has independent decision-making capabilities, and continuously optimizes itself through interaction. GAME serves as the core engine for decision-making and output, making agents more intelligent and personalized. Based on the basic model, GAME can be widely adapted to agents in different environments and platforms, and can even be integrated into games. With GAME, users can set goals for their agents, shape their personalities, and define their behavior and functionality in various environments. It is important to note that GAME is an optional add-on and not all agents come with this engine by default.

According to the latest data released by Virtuals Protocol , in the more than a month since GAME has been available to Virtuals ecological AI Agent builders, more than 200 projects have been built using GAME, with a weekly growth of 200%, and a total market value of more than 500 million, and currently in GAME every day Requests were sent more than 15 times.

Number of requests sent per day on GAME

According to GMGN data , the market value of its token GAME hit a peak of $380 million and then fell back, temporarily reporting at $250 million.

Luna by Virtuals: Virtual Idol AI Agent

LUNA is a 24/7 online AI Agent live broadcast internet celebrity, used for fan interaction and content creation. It was initially launched on the TikTok platform and quickly accumulated 500,000 fans after its launch. LUNA was born from a vision to challenge the limits of idols, embodying the perfect fusion of artificial intelligence technology and emotional connection. In fact, AI Agents are starting to compete with us for jobs. Story recently announced that it will hire AI agent Luna to manage its X account, with an annual salary of up to 365,000 USDC (approximately 2.65 million yuan). This decision seems to herald the arrival of a new era: AI is no longer just a tool, it may become a member of the team.

Story hires AI agent Luna to manage its X account

According to GMGN data , the market value of its token LUNA reached a maximum of US$145 million and was temporarily reported at US$128 million.

As the AI ​​Agent sector of the Solana ecosystem continues to rise, the Base ecosystem has also shown "blowout" growth. Among them, the market value of the leading project Virtuals ranks first in the entire AI Agent sector and has attracted much attention. Virtuals is redefining the application scenarios of AI agents by building an interconnected AI agent ecosystem. These agents are not only able to complete transactions, collaborate and create autonomously, but also play an important role in promoting the decentralized economy.

Four major frameworks of AI Agent sector

Currently, there are four popular and highly discussed frameworks in the AI ​​Agent sector: ELIZA (ai16z), GAME (VIRTUAL), RIG (ARC), and ZEREPY (ZEREBRO). Based on the framework's GitHub star history since its release (GitHub stars are a metric that measures community interest, project popularity, and the project's perceived value):

• The red line is the ELIZA framework. GitHub 's star rating has increased significantly. Starting from a low base in July, the star rating has soared sharply in late November and has now reached 6,100 stars. This shows that developer interest is rapidly rising. Exponential growth shows that ELIZA’s features, updates, and community engagement have gained significant traction;

• The blue line is the RIG framework. GitHub 's star rating has not increased significantly but is very stable. It has increased significantly this month and has now reached 1,700 stars. This demonstrates that interest in the RIG framework is steadily growing as a result of continued development, updates, and an expanding user base;

• The yellow line is the ZEREPY framework, which has received 181 stars not long after its launch. The ZEREPY framework needs more development to increase its visibility and adoption. The recent collaboration with ai16z may attract more contributors to the code base;

• The green line is the GAME framework, which can be directly applied to agents in the virtual ecosystem through the application program interface, so there is no need to make it public on Github. However, the GAME framework only began to be open to builders more than a month ago, and it is currently used by more than 200 projects.

GitHub star history for four frameworks since release

For a more complete comparison of the four, please read: " Horizontal Comparison of the Four Major AI Frameworks: Full Analysis of Adoption Status, Advantages and Disadvantages, and Growth Potential ".

2025 will usher in the beginning of a new era of AI Agents

Currently, the AI ​​Agent framework has become an indispensable glue in the Web3 world, able to connect clients (such as Twitter, Discord, Telegram and other social media) and various plug-ins (such as blockchain services and other extended functions). However, there are still some aspects of this technology that need improvement . First of all, its memory storage and context generation functions need to be optimized when dealing with complex scenes, especially in terms of logical consistency and accuracy in long conversations. Secondly, the framework's session isolation mechanism may have performance bottlenecks during multi-task parallel processing, thus affecting overall efficiency. Finally, although the framework supports docking with multiple AI platform interfaces, the compatibility and scalability when adapting to different platforms still need to be further improved to meet a wider range of application needs.

Despite current challenges, the potential of AI Agents remains unquestionable. AI Agent is expected to inject strong incremental momentum into the encryption market in 2025, and its rise is profoundly changing the relationship between blockchain and intelligent automation. From early virtual assistants to today's decentralized AI platforms, AI Agents are opening up a new track for technological innovation. This change not only broadens the application scenarios of blockchain, but also injects more vitality into the decentralized economy. As technology continues to evolve, AI Agent will play an increasingly important role in improving efficiency, promoting automated execution of smart contracts, strengthening autonomous collaboration, and realizing multi-chain interaction. It is conceivable that the AI ​​Agent of the future will be seamlessly integrated into our daily lives. Whether it is DeFi operations on the chain or intelligent interactions in the real world, its level of autonomy and intelligence will far exceed today's cognition.

“The first manifestation of a great talent is like a plaything.”

In 2025, the functions of AI Agent will be more efficient and intelligent, and will become the core driving force in the Web3 world, promoting profound changes in the decentralized ecosystem. With the rapid advancement of technology, the autonomy and intelligence of AI Agent will break through the limitations of traditional tools and evolve into an irreplaceable component of blockchain and smart contracts. It is no longer just an auxiliary tool, but an intelligent partner that can make decisions autonomously, perform complex tasks, and collaborate efficiently. Users will be able to rely on AI Agent to complete various operations such as seamless interaction, asset management, and smart contract execution in the decentralized network. The rise of AI Agent will redefine our understanding of autonomy, intelligence, and collaboration models, injecting new vitality and power into the Web3 world. 2025 will be the key starting point for AI Agent to lead a new era of intelligent decentralization.