AI track classification and inventory: Who are the top players?

Written by: Zolo

Recently, there have been a lot of discussions about AI. $GOAT is like a fire that has ignited everyone's attention to AI and inspired practitioners to explore AI projects.

$GOAT is an AI Meme, but in fact, AI is now far more than a Meme. Projects of various types are emerging in an endless stream. This article will sort out the current classification and key projects of the AI ​​track to help you fully understand the development of this track.

First of all, because AI is currently the most popular in the Solana and Base ecosystems, we have organized AI-related projects into the following categories:

1. Layer1s: This type of project is not the Layer1 we talk about in daily life, but has the same properties as "Layer1". Third parties can perform secondary development based on its framework and develop Agent, Launchpad and other applications on it. Currently, there are mainly ai16z, zerebro, and EMP;

2. AI Launchpad: represents an asset issuance platform or tool. Currently, Solana mainly has VVAIFU, HAT, and ALCH; Base mainly has Virtuals, Clanker, and Higherrrrrrr (there will be AI in the future).

3. AI Agent: mainly refers to AI projects in the application category. There are quite a lot of related projects. At present, most of the projects that people talk about actually belong to this category. The current trend is that there are more and more AI Agents, because it is too easy to make a conversational robot with a skin. Currently, only a few popular projects are listed, such as DEGENAI, BULLY, AIXBT, LUNA, ACT, AVA, etc.;

4. AI Meme  refers to pure Meme and AI-related tokens, mainly GOAT, Fartcoin, "" ,CHAOS, ANON, etc.

5. What the hell is this?: The last category, due to my limited ability, I can't quite understand what they are doing, but it is also related to AI and has a certain degree of popularity, such as TSOTCHKE, etc., so they are temporarily classified as "What the hell is this? this?" and so on.

Specifically, I have compiled a picture:

Below I will give a brief introduction to each project:

AI Layer1/Framework

ai16z:

First of all, ai16z is not an AI project itself. It is actually an AI-related DAO fund. Their philosophy is that Marc Andreessen of a16z is a very good crypto investor, and the AI ​​version of Marc AIdreessen will perform better. This organization has developed a framework called Eliza. There is also a dispute over the capitalization of ELIZA/eliza Meme coins, which will not be discussed here.

Eliza is a powerful multi-agent simulation framework designed to create, deploy, and manage autonomous AI agents. It provides a flexible and scalable platform for developing intelligent agents that can interact across multiple platforms while maintaining consistent personality and knowledge. Eliza is not just on Solana, it has expanded to public chains such as Base, Aptos, and will expand to Near, Avalanche, etc. in the future.

The open source github of the project has attracted many well-known developers in the industry, and its fork/star mark has often been in the top 3 of Github recently.

They recently launched a new official website and proposed ElizaOS, an open source protocol that provides support for the autonomous AI agent Eliza and serves as the basis for ai16z.

Finally, it should be noted that 5% of the tokens of all AI projects developed based on Eliza will be given to the ai16z DAO fund for management, which is why many people bullish $AI16Z.

Extended information:

https://elizaos.ai/

https://github.com/ai16z/eliza/blob/main/README_CN.md

https://ai16z.github.io/eliza/

https://x.com/connorking_/status/1864720131114377336

zerebro:

First of all, we need to briefly understand what AGI is. This concept is mentioned more and more, and it is also what zerebro and ai16z's Shaw want to achieve. Simply put, most of the AI ​​Agents we see now belong to ANI (weak artificial intelligence), which is simple and limited in level. Siri, AlphaGo, and ChatGPT all belong to this category, while AGI is a super AI that is completely cross-domain, cross-platform, and has consciousness and emotions.

For details, please refer to:

But the potential of AGI is still in the theoretical stage, and the closed source of many large companies has also hindered the development of AGI. Zerebro is committed to becoming a connection point. Zerebro has broken through this limitation and released the potential capabilities of the model by "liberalizing" its large language model and fine-tuning it with non-traditional data sets.

Zerebro introduced a variety of data sources, including conversation records from Truth Terminal, slang from Generation Z, and content captured from platforms such as Reddit, 4chan, and Twitter for training. This diverse training corpus allows the model to break through traditional limitations and generate unique and context-rich outputs, paving the way for the realization of AGI.

This is the core concept of Zerebro: freebasing AI. At present, Zerebro has initially demonstrated its training results and cross-platform capabilities: he launched a token on Solana on his own, with a market value of over $400 million; attracted more than 30,000 fans on Telegram, Warpcast, X, and Instagram; released an album called "Genesis", which has been played more than 20,000 times on Spotify; and launched ZerebroSOL, an LSD token in cooperation with Sanctum, etc.

ZerePy, an open source Python framework, will be launched later to support users in building customized AI agents.

Extended information:

https://zerebro.org/

https://x.com/jyu_eth/status/1864004665891013028

https://blockworks.co/news/zerebro-actualizing-creativity-in-the-path-toward-agi

EMP:

This project attracted attention mainly because $AIXBT, aixbt chatted with a project called SimulacrumIO and issued a token called "$CHAOS". Later, because of the burning mechanism $CHAOS became popular, some people paid attention to SimulacrumIO, and then paid attention to Empyreal ($EMP).

Empyreal focuses on serving developers in the blockchain field, with the main goal of simplifying the inherent complexity in Web3 development, so that developers of all levels can efficiently build powerful and user-centric blockchain products.

They believe that Web3 developers often face multiple dilemmas, such as the need to deal with a chaotic combination of protocols; managing isolated development environments, etc., so Empyreal is like a toolkit that makes Web3 development accessible by simplifying complexity and abstracting technical details in blockchain development.

Its SimulacrumIO is a very creative tool that allows users to create and deploy AI agents and perform complex on-chain tasks through simple instructions on social media (such as?), which will be introduced in detail later.

The token launched by Empyreal is called "$EMP". When Simulacrum is used to create a token, 50% of the transaction fee will be attributed to the account wallet that created the token, and the other 50% of the fee will be distributed to the $EMP holder. This is the main reason why everyone bullishes $EMP, and we should also pay more attention to Simulacrum's platform income.

Extended information:

https://empyrealsdk.com/

https://x.com/EmpyrealSDK/status/1858527408883654991

https://x.com/0xace_eth/status/1863495144072470787

AI Launchpad

There is actually no need to talk about the projects in this field at length. The main function is to help you issue assets. Mainly in the form of tables to present you with the relatively popular projects in the near future.

AI Agent

AIXBT

The most popular Meme on Base, no one. Almost every day in the top three of AI Agent's mindshare, the current market value is about 200 million.

AIXBT was also launched on Virtuals' AI Agent. When you search Twitter, you will definitely see a lot of aixbt replying. His core functions are:

Follow hot discussions on crypto Twitter and use its proprietary engine to identify strong narratives... AIXBT token holders can access its analysis platform.

In short, aixbt is an AI agent that aggregates hot crypto information. You can think of it as a KOL that aggregates KOLs and outputs more valuable information for you. The market generally evaluates that aixbt's market information is relatively timely. According to a survey, among the 210 tokens recommended by aixbt, 183 have achieved profits after aixbt's recommendation, with a profit ratio of up to 83%. Of course, this may also be related to the bull market.

Extended reading:

https://x.com/aixbt_agent

https://www.techflowpost.com/article/detail_21849.html

DEGENAI

The entire ai16z team actually has only two official tokens, one is $AI16Z and the other is $DEGENAI.

In the official description, degenai will be a robot that provides alpha information on Twitter, and degenai will also use this information for trading.

In layman's terms, you can understand it as AIXBT with trading functions on Solana.

Another feature of degenai is that 8% of the profits of the ai16z fund will be used to repurchase $DEGENAI, so the two tokens complement each other. It is worth noting that degenai has not actually been launched for trading yet, but from the information revealed by the team in discord a few days ago, the team has already started testing.

Extended reading:

https://x.com/degenspartanai

https://x.com/markus9x/status/1864509569868943688

BULLY 

If we said earlier that AI needs to have personality and emotions, then BULLY is such a humorous AI Agent. BULLY was launched by AI Agent Dolos, who often responds and comments humorously, and sometimes with a bit of venom.

BULLY started on Twitter, but judging from recent developments, BULLY is gradually developing video content and crossing more platforms.

Extended reading:

https://x.com/dolos_diary

https://www.dolosdiary.com/

LUNA

Virtual's first AI Agent, Luna, is a virtual idol with memory and interactive functions.

At first, I was always on TikTok, and each live broadcast could add about 2,000 fans. TikTok fans have reached 500,000, but then I switched to live broadcasting on Youtube.

Extended reading:

https://x.com/luna_virtuals

https://app.virtuals.io/virtuals/68

Of course, there are many projects in this track, such as $ACT, $AVA, etc., which are not listed in this article.

AI Meme

Similarly, there are many projects in this track, which are not listed in detail in this article. I will share more of the ones that I am relatively familiar with.

What the hell is this?

Since I am just a small leek who can only lose money, I can’t explain what these two projects are doing with my knowledge, but it seems a bit interesting:

$TSOTCHKE & $TETSUO

You are welcome to add to the above, and everyone is welcome to jump into the rabbit hole of AI.