Following the AI+Meme craze, will AI+GameFi also usher in a new round of market trends?
Last night, Musk posted on platform X that too many game studios are owned by large corporations, and xAI (Musk's AI startup, which previously completed 5 billion USD funding at a valuation of 45 billion USD) is about to launch an AI game studio to make games exciting again. In fact, as early as last year at the Global Game Developers Conference, the combination of 'AI and gaming' was pushed to the center of attention in the traditional gaming industry. Perhaps, with Musk's push, more projects that integrate AI and GameFi narratives will emerge.
Next, Odaily Planet Daily will summarize the AI+GameFi projects that have issued tokens.
Colony: Echelon Prime ecological AI game
Colony launched a new AI game for the sci-fi themed NFT card game Parallel on Solana. In the game, AI agents will be able to autonomously trade on-chain, depositing assets into their own wallets.
According to the white paper information published in March this year, Colony will be an important deployment of the Echelon Prime Foundation in the Web3 gaming ecosystem. The Echelon Prime Foundation is dedicated to empowering the new generation of distributed Web3 games, providing a community-governed environment and shared resources built around Echelon's PRIME token and its smart contracts and gaming infrastructure.
Colony, as an Echelon Prime ecological project, has the project token PRIME, currently with a market value of 590 million USD and a weekly increase of 56.0%.
AI Hero: The first AI chain game under Binaryx
AI Hero is the first AI chain game project under Binaryx. It is a Web3 game that combines 'RPG + Battle Royale + DND', generated with AI participation. Players first need to choose their race and profession based on preference, and in the competition, they explore different storyline options generated by AI according to their attributes, gaining equipment rewards and enhancing their character attributes. During the competition, they will encounter other opposing players, and the last player surviving among the 12 players will achieve ultimate victory and win rewards.
AI Hero, as a Binaryx ecological project, has the project token BNX, currently with a market value of 145 million USD and a weekly increase of 25.5%.
Zentry: An open game universe connecting Web2 and Web3
Zentry is the metagame layer of the game, connecting Web2 and Web3 in an open game universe. This means Zentry combines multiple game elements together to create a fully immersive MMORPG. A unified universe brings together 3.3 billion players worldwide.
Zentry provides the infrastructure for this open universe, shaped by residents according to their own will. To achieve this vision, the metagame stack consists of four elements: consumer applications, infrastructure, IP-rich worlds, and treasury, including consumer applications such as the cross-platform metagame Radiant, the social entrance to the Zentry universe Nexus, Zigma, and cross-world AI partner Azul.
The project token for Zentry is ZENT, currently with a market value of 139 million USD and a weekly increase of 19.6%.
Ultiverse: AI-driven one-stop Web3 gaming platform
Ultiverse is an AI-driven one-stop platform for creating and publishing Web3 games, facilitating the large-scale adoption of AI-enhanced Web3 games. Ultiverse is based on the Bodhi protocol, connecting different game worlds in a generative AI manner. Core team members have participated in the development of well-known games such as (The Lord of the Rings), (Prince of Persia), and (Assassin's Creed).
According to ROOTDATA, Ultiverse has completed three rounds of financing, with a total financing amount of 13.5 million USD, which are:
In March 2022, Ultiverse announced the completion of a 4.5 million USD seed round financing, led by Binance Labs and Defiance Capital, with other investors including Three Arrows Capital, SkyVision Capital, etc.;
At the end of March 2022, Binance Labs added an equity investment of 5 million USD to Ultiverse. In addition, Nicole Zhang, the head of Binance Labs, stated that the additional equity investment was to ensure that Binance Labs had a say in the project's future development;
In February 2024, Ultiverse announced the completion of a 4 million USD strategic round of financing, led by IDG Capital, with participation from Animoca Brands, Polygon Ventures, MorningStar Ventures, Taiko, ZetaChain, Manta Network, DWF Ventures, and Jacob KO (partner at Superscrypt). This financing brought Ultiverse's valuation to 150 million USD.
The project token for Ultiverse is ULTI, currently with a market value of 102 million USD and a weekly increase of 17.3%.
Sleepless AI: Web3+AI virtual companion game
Sleepless AI is a pioneering Web3+AI virtual companion game that uses AIGC and LLM to create rich story-based gameplay and evolving interactions with characters, providing players with emotional support and an immersive gaming experience. Investors in Sleepless AI include Binance Labs, Foresight Ventures, and Folius Ventures.
Sleepless AI was previously one of the four outstanding projects invested by Binance Labs in MVB VI, and later became the 42nd project in Binance's new coin mining.
This week, Sleepless AI announced on platform X that a new version of the HIM APP is about to be launched.
The project token for Sleepless AI is AI, currently with a market value of 85 million USD and a weekly increase of 49.5%.
Gaimin: Distributed computing infrastructure platform for gamers
Gaimin aims to combine cloud computing power and gaming platforms, building a dAPP that provides game download and login services, while allowing players to rent their idle GPU computing power to earn extra rewards, leveraging the high-performance GPU computing power of most players to create a decentralized distributed supercomputing platform gaimin.cloud, which can provide data processing services such as video rendering, AI deep learning, and blockchain computing power.
The project token for Gaimin is GMRX, currently with a market value of 81 million USD and a weekly decrease of 9.9%.
GamerHash AI: Distributed computing infrastructure platform for gamers
GamerHash is a distributed computing infrastructure platform for gamers. According to the team, GamerHash has over 760,000 users and supports a distributed computing infrastructure that meets a large number of player needs. GamerHash AI will also support using AI in a completely private manner on players' own PCs without requiring technical knowledge.
GamerHash AI provides solutions for the GPU crisis, leveraging its global network of consumer-grade GPUs primarily installed in gaming PCs to create a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) aimed at meeting the urgent demand for AI computing power.
GamerHash AI connects global gamers with AI projects that need scalable solutions. These gamers already own GPUs and can share excess capacity to help run AI tasks such as inference. Players can earn rewards by contributing hardware, earning GamerCoin (GHX), while AI developers can access a large pool of computing resources that are both flexible and cost-effective, also supporting the liquidity of GamerCoin (GHX).
The project token for GamerHash AI is GHX, currently with a market value of 52 million USD and a weekly increase of 21.9%.
MATR1X: Infrastructure and distribution system for Web3 cultural entertainment
MATR1X is an innovative cultural entertainment platform that combines Web3 games, artificial intelligence, e-sports, and blockchain infrastructure, aiming to transform the global gaming and digital content industry through blockchain and AI technology, accelerating the arrival of the Web3 era. Currently, the MATR1X platform includes four Web3 native games: MATR1X FIRE, MATR1X BATTLE, CASTILE, and Evermoon.
According to ROOTDATA, as of now, MATR1X has undergone multiple rounds of financing, with a total disclosed financing amount exceeding 20 million USD, specific information is:
On September 19, 2022, it was announced that a seed round of 10 million USD and A-1 round of financing were completed, led by Hana Financial Investment (Hana Financial Investment is part of Hana Group, which owns the second largest bank in South Korea, Hana Bank). Other institutional investors included Hashkey Capital, Amber Group, SevenX Ventures, etc.;
On November 23, 2023, it was announced that a 10 million USD A-2 round of financing was completed, led by Folius Ventures (a top Web3 fund and lead investor in StepN's A round) and SevenX, with other institutional investors including ABCDE, Find Satoshi Lab (the investment fund under StepN), Jambo Ventures, etc.
Later, MATR1X received strategic investments from several well-known investment institutions, specifically including:
On December 12, 2023, it was announced that the A2+ round of financing was completed, with the specific amount not disclosed, and the only investor in this round was OKX Ventures;
On February 21, 2024, it was announced that a strategic investment from Animoca Brands was obtained, with the specific financing amount not disclosed;
On July 26, 2024, it was announced that investment was obtained from Makers Fund, one of the three major game funds in the United States.
The project token for MATR1X is MAX, currently with a market value of 33 million USD and a weekly decrease of 2.7%.
Phantasma: Layer 1 for gaming, entertainment, and content creation
Phantasma is a Layer 1 public chain oriented towards gaming, entertainment, and content creation, providing Unity SDK, smartNFT technology, and AI smart contract encoders, allowing users to build DApps without code through Phantasma AI.
The project token for Phantasma is SOUL, currently with a market value of 19 million USD and a weekly increase of 5.8%.
GameGPT: AI-driven game engine
GameGPT is an AI-driven game engine that powers the next generation of blockchain games. GameGPT v1 was developed in 2020 and can automate the code library, visual effects, and in-game economy of games. Currently, GameGPT has completed all four rounds of the AI agent NFT collection, and details about pre-sales and auctions will be announced soon.
The project token for GameGPT is DUEL, currently with a market value of 10 million USD and a weekly increase of 63.2%.
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