Written by: KarenZ, Foresight News
On January 10, despite the overall weak performance of the Crypto and AI markets, a DAO named Aiccelerate DAO attracted widespread attention. What is the appeal of this DAO supported by advisors such as ai16z co-founder Shaw, Virtuals Protocol contributor #001 Ethermage, and Story Protocol co-founder Jason?
What is Aiccelerate DAO?
Aiccelerate DAO is an investment and development DAO focused on accelerating the development of decentralized open-source AI. It aims to drive innovation by leveraging the power of AI and cryptocurrency technology to build an ecosystem that supports and develops decentralized open-source AI projects.
In this ecosystem, Aiccelerate DAO is committed to bringing together developers across multiple technical frameworks to jointly promote the cutting-edge development of AI and blockchain technology.
To achieve this goal, Aiccelerate DAO is building a community of developers aimed at creating a series of AI agents and tools. Through an open and collaborative approach, Aiccelerate DAO hopes to become a hub for the next generation of developers and investors, providing them with comprehensive support including further investment, expanding networks, and promoting top teams.
In addition, Aiccelerate DAO plans to launch a series of AI agents, with the first project being a public alpha/research agent that helps users make more informed and fully transparent judgments.
Aiccelerate DAO team and advisory lineup
Aiccelerate DAO has been developed for more than two months, with team members coming from leading open-source AI teams or having previously worked at Coinbase and Consensys. The founding partners of Aiccelerate DAO include crypto OG Mark, @cryptopunk7213, and @ropirito. Mark previously studied computer science and economics at the University of Pennsylvania and Seoul National University, is currently a member of the ai16z tokenomics working group, and is active in the fields of NFT, Crypto x AI, and Meme; @cryptopunk7213 previously worked at Coinbase and Consensys; @ropirito is a maintainer and partner of ai16z.
It is worth mentioning that Aiccelerate DAO founding partner @ropirito announced that, to show his firm belief in the project, he will donate all the tokens held by his personal agent to the DAO treasury and will never reclaim them. In addition, he also plans to donate some tokens from his other projects to the DAO treasury as locked funds to further support the project's development.
The advisory lineup of Aiccelerate DAO is also impressive and is set up according to the four main categories of development, investment, research, and outreach, inviting members from major teams such as ai16z, Virtuals Protocol, and Abstract. These advisors will provide advice and resources to help Aiccelerate DAO better achieve its development goals.
Aiccelerate DAO development advisors include ai16z co-founder Shaw, Virtuals Protocol contributor #001 Ethermage, Abstract contributor cygaar, Playgrounds co-founder and CEO Tachi, ai16z partner Jin, open-source AI developer Karan, Nader (EigenLayer), and Story Protocol co-founder Jason.
Aiccelerate DAO investment advisors include Mechanism Capital partner Andrew Kang, Topology Ventures managing partner Casey Caruso, Delphi Digital CEO Anil Lulla, Mechanism Capital partner Marc Weinstein, Delphi Digital co-founder Tommy Shaughnessy, and Justin Lee (Coinbase Ventures).
Aiccelerate DAO research advisors include Moca Network researcher Sammy, Jeff (Chief Chef of Steak Studio), independent researcher Kel, daos.fun core member baoskee, and Skely (ai16z).
Aiccelerate DAO outreach advisors include Bankless founder David Hoffman, Bankless co-founder Ryan Sean Adams, and Threadguy (Probably Nothing).
Will Aiccelerate DAO issue tokens? How to participate?
Regarding whether Aiccelerate DAO will issue tokens and how to participate, the DAO indicates that Aiccelerate DAO and all its initiatives will be managed under the AICC token. All DAO partners will benefit in the form of potential future airdrops and investment opportunities. Furthermore, as Aiccelerate DAO's assets under management (AUM) grow, a certain percentage of profits will be used to buy back the AICC token, making Aiccelerate DAO a multi-ecosystem Crypto x AI index.
Currently, the AICC token has not been officially released, but the contract address has been announced, and fundraising is open on daos.fun. Aiccelerate DAO's fundraising goal is 500 SOL (approximately $94,353), and so far, 378 SOL has been raised.
Aiccelerate DAO indicates that users interested in becoming partners and participating in the presale can express their willingness and how they can help the project through retweeting, liking, and commenting on tweets. Aiccelerate DAO will screen suitable partners for the presale based on user participation and expected contribution levels (users may be invited to participate via Twitter DMs).
Summary
Given that the information currently disclosed by Aiccelerate DAO is not comprehensive and there are many uncertainties about its future direction, Aiccelerate DAO has already successfully attracted widespread attention in the industry solely based on the endorsements from members of several leading project teams in the AI and Crypto fields. With the collaboration of developers, researchers, and investors in the community, open-source AI is bound to thrive.
