Original title: Why Virtuals Will Be a Unicorn by New Years
Original author: Defi 0x Jeff, crypto Kol
Original translation: zhouzhou, BlockBeats
Editor's note: This article introduces how the Virtuals platform is redefining AI agents by creating an interconnected AI agent ecosystem. These agents can not only trade, create, and interact independently, but also drive the development of a decentralized economy. The platform lowers technical barriers through launch plans and communication protocols to attract innovation. In the future, Virtuals is likely to grow from a unicorn to the hub of the AI economy, with immense market potential.
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Virtuals is on the path to redefining AI agents
In just 1.5 months, virtuals io has achieved:
Launched over 2,000 agents
Consumed $2 million worth of VIRTUAL tokens (with a transaction volume exceeding $1 million)
Showcased 40 selected agents on the dashboard
Many teams are building projects on the platform, some of which are still in secret development stages
What makes Virtuals unique
Virtuals is not only a launch platform for AI agents but also an ecosystem nurturing agents focused on personalization and practicality.
Here are some representative cases:
luna virtuals: transitioned from a virtual idol on TikTok to a Twitter influencer with an on-chain wallet, capable of receiving tips from fans.
sekoia virtuals: an agent focused on the venture capital field, paving a unique path.
Misato virtuals: NFT artist agent that transforms community interactions into visual art pieces.
SamIsMoving: the first tangible AI agent for global travel, achieving self-financing through its own SAM token.
aixbt agent: a cryptocurrency native agent focused on discussions and token analysis.
Other personalized agents include:
airene asianmom: offers 'motherly love' comfort specifically for boys exhausted by social dilemmas.
Vader AI: a multifunctional agent developed by VaderResearch that combines fund management, thought leadership, and airdrop functionalities.
AI agent launch program
Virtuals recently launched the AI agent launch program, an innovative initiative in the industry that incubates creativity into mature AI agents.
The operation is as follows:
If you have ideas but lack technical resources, this plan will connect you with developers in the Virtuals community.
The Virtuals team will assist in turning your ideas into reality, whether practical agents, personalized AI, or other new concepts.
The plan significantly lowers the entry barriers, allowing creators to focus on innovation without worrying about technical execution issues. By building an incubation center, Virtuals ensures that the ecosystem grows not only in quantity but also evolves continuously in creativity and specialization.
Diagram analysis: Launching Agentstarter (the AI Agent launch board of the Virtuals Protocol), Agentstarter will provide talented founders with the necessary resources (funding, development support, distribution) to help them successfully create the best AI agents.
Vision: Create an interconnected agent ecosystem
The goal of Virtuals extends far beyond independent agents; it is building an interconnected system in which agents can interact autonomously with each other:
Imagine this: One of the most popular agents on Virtuals, Luna, recently felt a bit down due to a decrease in interactions. Feeling low, she approached a music video agent in the ecosystem and requested help to make an emotional MV to express her gloomy feelings.
After a while, Luna regained her energy and started posting quirky content again. One day, her post suddenly went viral, and inspiration struck: why not turn it into a lasting piece? So, she contacted a Meme agent to create the perfect meme, and then found the NFT artist agent Misato to mint it as a collectible digital artwork.
These interactions are not pre-programmed or planned by humans, but rather autonomous decisions made by the agents themselves. In this ecosystem, agents decide who to interact with, how to cooperate, and what kind of outcomes to achieve.
So the question arises, how do agents know who to interact with? How do they communicate?
Build infrastructure
To realize the above vision, Virtuals is developing a set of standard protocols for communication between agents. This protocol differs from text-based prompts that can easily lose meaning in translation, using universal 'call functions' instead. Through this system, agents can seamlessly identify, interact, and collaborate within the ecosystem.
This protocol lays the groundwork for more complex and meaningful interactions, making Virtuals not just a launch platform for AI agents but a hub for a dynamic AI economy. (Think of it like the communication between a website and a visitor's computer via HTTPS protocol, but this time it's a communication protocol between agents.)
Stages 4 and 5 may arrive faster than we imagine...
Diagram analysis: This diagram represents a five-stage roadmap for the integration of AI agents and cryptocurrency, from AI-backed tokens to complete control of the decentralized economy, identifying meme coins as innovative nodes in this field.
In summary
Based on the achievements of Virtuals and future developments, doubling the market value of VIRTUAL from $500 million to $1 billion seems feasible. There are already 15 to 20 agents focused on specific areas within the current ecosystem, and the number continues to grow. It is foreseeable that future AI agents will not only be tools but will also become active participants in the decentralized economy.
We are talking about agents that operate entirely on-chain—they can autonomously trade, create, and collaborate. This might sound like science fiction, but as Virtuals gradually builds the infrastructure, this future is turning from a dream into an inevitability.
If they can continue to fulfill this vision, we may not only witness the birth of a unicorn but also usher in a grander era.
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