Author: Cookie
AI is undoubtedly the absolute main theme in the crypto market recently, with various AI concept tokens rising. So, how are AI NFTs performing? Which AI NFT projects are worth our attention? Rhythm BlockBeats summarizes 13 AI NFT projects worth following.
ai16z partners
Although the origin is an NFT series created by community member @SOLsesame, it has clearly received official support from ai16z.
Shaw has expressed support multiple times on Twitter:
In the official Discord of ai16z, there is also a special "NFT" role set up for ai16z partners holders.
Currently, it is unclear what specific utility it will have. The series itself is not an AI narrative, but it has a close relationship with ai16z. The floor price is currently close to 4 SOL, nearing its previous high.
zereborn
From the official zerebro, and should be the first NFT series created by AI agents. I believe the official endorsement + AI manufacturing narrative has raised zereborn's market cap higher than ai16z partners, even though the market cap of $zerebro is currently nearly $1.5 billion lower than that of $ai16z.
Currently, it is unclear what specific utility it will have, and the floor price is close to 5.7 SOL.
Virtuals Land
This is a Free Mint land series issued by Virtuals in July 2024, with only 100 units and no restrictions like white lists. Nevertheless, at the time, it even took nearly 20 minutes to mint out, and you once had the opportunity to buy in at such a low price:
With the explosive popularity of AI concepts, as the leading AI project on the Base network, this series has now soared to great heights. If it weren't for the limited supply, it would definitely be a strong contender for the biggest NFT play of 2024. However, very few NFT players have noticed this hundred-fold NFT project because it is actually in the AI sector, which is a whole different field.
The current floor price is 11 ETH, and players are hopeful that it will play a role in AI+ gaming in the future.
2049 // Reflections
The official NFT series of Freysa AI, which is a limited NFT collection that runs autonomously in a trusted execution environment (TEE), providing access to tools, seed prompts, and task goals. The mint price for this series is 0.25 ETH, with a total of 2049 units, and the current floor price is close to 0.6 ETH, corresponding to a market cap of about $4.2 million, while its token $FAI has a market cap close to $370 million.
Smol Brains
This series is also known as "Magic Monkeys" and has been an old project since the last cycle, always being the core PFP project of the Treasure DAO ecosystem.
In the past week, Smol Brains rose by 4 times, and the current floor price is close to 0.4 ETH.
The reason for the rise of "Magic Monkeys" is still Shaw, as Shaw was the early developer of the Treasure DAO ecosystem, responsible for Smol Brains' game project Smol World. Smol World will be an AI game where each Smol Brains acts as an AI agent in an on-chain game, able to steal each other's assets for PvP, and the game will integrate with the Eliza framework.
$SMOL token of Smol Brains has also increased by up to 8 times in the past week. $SMOL will migrate to the V2 version to strengthen its utility in the Smol World game. Currently, the market cap of $SMOL is about $16.5 million.
Kemonokaki
This project may seem a bit stretched to include, but it is worth paying attention to. Kemonokaki can be summarized in one sentence as equivalent to Milady on Base.
The reason for its rise in the past week is that it will enjoy the white list for daos.world's new project Daolympus World with $OHM.
In the multi-signature of ALCHDAO, there are 3 people from the daos.world team. ALCHDAO is a DAO focused on investing in tokenized AI agents and blockchain innovation.
Additionally, in July 2024, the Virtuals official Twitter also mentioned Kemonokaki. Of course, this was a while ago and doesn't indicate much, but it does highlight Kemonokaki's position on Base Milady.
Parallel Avatars
Parallel is a TCG (trading card game) on the Base chain, belonging to the Echelon Prime Foundation. In 2021, Parallel completed a $50 million funding round led by Paradigm, with other investors including YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, Focus Labs, OSS Capital, and Yunt Capital.
Parallel is now available for players to play. Beyond Parallel, Echelon Prime Foundation is also developing a survival game that integrates ERC-6551 technology and allows players to collaborate with AI, called Parallel Colony. Players can assign tasks to AI agents, which will complete them independently, communicate with other AI agents, and also interact with players to share their game ideas. AI agents will also autonomously trade within Parallel Colony.
The initial AI Agent game characters need to be created through Parallel Avatars, and there will also be mechanisms in place for ordinary players to obtain AI Agent game characters to participate in the game. Currently, the floor price of Parallel Avatars is close to 1 ETH.
This game will open for testing in the first quarter of this year. In addition to Parallel Colony, Parallel has also developed an AI-driven fully automated trading tool @AIWayfinder, which has quite a flair for pushing AI to the limit.
CryptoAgents
This is a series that has not yet been released, with a total supply of 10,000, Free Mint. In simple terms, this will be an NFT series created by an AI agent, but the notable difference is that this will be a fully on-chain NFT series, meaning that images will be rendered through the code of smart contracts.
This project is launched by @punk3700, who is both the founder of the modular Bitcoin Layer2 project BVM and the founder of Eternal AI, a multichain AI layer.
Bossu
New project, currently planned to mint on January 7, nicknamed "Shark Egg" in the Chinese-speaking community, as its cute image has attracted more attention from NFT players.
The information from the team @wawe_online is quite chaotic. Their official website claims to be a digital art creative studio established in Argentina in 2019, but LinkedIn shows their location as Chiang Mai, Thailand, while Behance displays it as China.
But this is a Free Mint series, so the issue isn't significant. Their coin $BOSSU runs on the Eliza framework, and the current market cap is close to $2 million. The NFT series itself is an IP image created by this studio over many years and is not generated by AI agents, but the operation of the IP image using AI agents to finally produce images indeed reflects an IP development strategy beyond just starting with a single image.
xNomad
An AI NFT new project from NFTGo, not yet released. In simple terms, it combines AI agents with small images, allowing NFT holders to use their NFTs as AI agents to invest, claim airdrops, etc. The money earned by the small images can also be withdrawn.
It runs on the Eliza framework; let's see if Shaw can take notice. If so, it would be more optimistic.
Botto
From here on, it involves some things that are quite different from the mainstream AI narratives currently, which NFT players are likely to pay attention to.
Botto, old NFT players should have some impression of this project, which has been around since the last cycle. Botto is a decentralized AI artist that has been working since October 8, 2021. The AI creates 350 pieces of art weekly, and the community votes for one to auction on SuperRare. Voting requires staking $BOTTO to earn voting points, and 40% of the auction proceeds are used to reward voters.
The community will also decide on the AI's creation themes through proposals, whether to introduce or remove the AI models used, etc., allowing Botto to explore different artistic directions in different cycles.
This project can be considered to have crossed the bull and bear markets. Botto's 6 pieces of work were auctioned off for a total of $351,600 at Sotheby's on October 24, 2024. Currently, the market cap of $BOTTO is about $31 million.
Neura
Neura is not a conventional AI image generation platform. In fact, the team behind Neura, Adanede, intends to create a decentralized and self-aware AI artist through self-funding. Neura will independently create art, but users can influence Neura's creations using Android NFTs. Different Android NFTs will grant Neura different creative styles, making each user a unique node of Neura.
Currently, Neura has created its first series "The Memories" and completed Free Mint. This series allows users to freely inspire AI, after which the AI will recreate based on the user’s initial sketches, essentially showcasing Neura's capabilities first, and the journey of becoming an AI artist has not officially begun yet, but it is worth following.
alignDRAW
These images are quite abstract... right?
This rough mosaic abstraction is because these works were created by the first text-to-image AI model in history. In 2015, 19-year-old Elman Mansimov achieved AI operations that generate images from text prompts for the first time using his alignDRAW model.
This is a pure art project, primarily focused on the narrative of AI development history. In 2024, this series reached a historical high price of nearly 3 ETH, while the initial mint price was 0.1 ETH. Currently, the floor price of this series is about 1.66 ETH.
