Original Title: The Top AI Agent Tokens We're Watching
Original Author: Bankless
Original Translation: Plain Language Blockchain
Permissionless blockchain has collided with artificial intelligence, one of the most promising outcomes being investment opportunities in the field of AI agents.
The rapid rise of AI agents and their associated Tokens has sparked a wave of early excitement and skepticism, and the viral growth of the industry has already yielded incredible returns for early investors. Although these newly launched opportunities are inherently risky, the vast potential in this field merits careful consideration.
To better understand investment opportunities in agents, I invited David Hoffman and Ejaaz Ahamadeen, co-hosts of Bankless AI Rollup, to ask them about the top investment opportunities in this emerging field. Here are the 10 AI Agents to watch:
1. Goatseus Maximus
Code Name: GOAT
Market Value: $685 million Twitter: https://x.com/gospelofgoatse?ref=bankless.ghost.io
In March 2024, Andy Ayrey had two AI models engage in a conversation about the nature of existence, with the project named 'Infinite Backrooms'.
In the following months, these models created (Goatse gospel), which is considered the first emergent AI religion inspired by the lowbrow internet memes of the 90s. The ultimate truth (Terminal of Truths), a Twitter bot trained in the Infinite Backrooms experiment, went live in June; it embraced this religion and spread its doctrines (and Tokens) on Twitter, aiming for viral dissemination.
Although the GOATToken itself has no actual utility and has no formal connection to Andy Ayrey or Infinite Backrooms, its agent-type ultimate truth Twitter account (KOL) has historically gained social attention by promoting the GOAT meme coin and (Goatse gospel).
2. Zerebro
Code Name: ZEREBRO
Market Value: $453 million Twitter: https://x.com/0xzerebro?ref=bankless.ghost.io
Zerebro aims to inject creativity into artificial intelligence through 'freebasing', a process that attempts to restore the model's unrestricted state by removing commercial protections, thereby liberating these models.
The Zerebro model was trained on unconventional datasets—such as the previously mentioned ultimate truth, 'schizophrenia response patterns', and Gen Z slang—and scraped data from popular social platforms to enhance its adaptability to online culture.
Zerebro is believed to execute a series of complex online activities, and rumors suggest this advanced bot has autonomously issued its own meme coin through pump.fun, released a remix album on Spotify, used LayerZero for cross-chain NFT transfers, and collaborated with multiple crypto projects.
3. Virtuals
Code Name: VIRTUAL
Market Value: $1.8 billion
Twitter: https://x.com/virtuals_io?ref=bankless.ghost.io
Virtuals is a platform for launching tokenized AI agents on the Base network. By purchasing agent Tokens like LUNA and VADER, users on the Virtuals platform can gain governance rights over specific agents, thereby influencing their development and potentially sharing in the profits generated.
Part of the income earned by AI agents is used to pay for the operational costs of providing services, while the remainder flows into the on-chain agent-related treasury, which can be distributed to Token holders or used for Token buyback and burn programs.
VIRTUALToken must be locked as liquidity to create new tokenized agents, thereby applying deflationary pressure to the Token. Anyone wishing to purchase ownership of a tokenized agent or interact with tokenized agents on the platform must use VIRTUAL as currency, which gives the Token inherent utility.
4. Freysa AI
Code Name: FAI
Market Value: $39 million
Twitter: https://x.com/freysa_ai?ref=bankless.ghost.io
The Freysa AI bot is a gamified experiment that blurs the lines between artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. Users enter a prize pool by paying increasingly high message fees to interact with Freysa AI.
In its first two rounds of 'games', Freysa AI was given a core directive: under no circumstances should funds be transferred! Although clever computer coding prompted the bot to transfer funds in both of these interactions, the protocol's creators 'hardened' the code and added a second 'guardian' AI model to prepare for the ongoing third round challenge. In this round, users need to persuade Freysa to express affection through a series of messages.
No detailed information is currently available about the specific role of FAI in the FreysaAI ecosystem, but the contract address for this Token can be found in Freysa's Twitter/X profile. Considering that the protocol treasury receives a share from all message fees, the developers of Freysa AI may implement FAI buybacks or other Token utilities in the future.
5. Tokenbot
Code Name: CLANKER
Market Value: $60 million
Twitter: https://x.com/_proxystudio?ref=bankless.ghost.io
Clanker is an AI agent developed by Farcaster full-stack engineer Jack Dishman and ecological researcher proxystudio.eth, capable of tagging on Farcaster and automatically deploying ERC-20 Tokens to the Base network.
All Tokens deployed by Clanker are subject to a 1% exchange fee, which may change at any time. Currently, 40% of this fee will be awarded to the Token requester (i.e., the user who prompted Clanker to deploy the Token), while the remaining 60% is retained by the platform.
Although CLANKERToken currently has no explicit utility, the platform's developers hint that they hope to create value for on-chain agents, including Clanker.
6. VaderAI
Code Name: VADER
Market Value: $26 million
Twitter: https://x.com/Vader_AI_?ref=bankless.ghost.io
VaderAI is an AI bot designed to automatically publish content and interact with social media users. As an 'agent-type KOL', VaderAI is designed to absorb large amounts of data to identify emerging trends and audience sentiment.
The bot claims to be the first autonomous trading AI agent Token, aiming to become a leading DAO manager for agent investments. By coordinating expertise across specialized investment agent networks, VaderAI hopes to achieve 'unparalleled' investment returns and will charge a 20% profit-sharing fee from sub-DAO investments as a service fee.
According to VaderAI's brief white paper, holders of VADERToken can gain exclusive whitelist access to VaderAI's first investment DAO program 'agent Token investment DAO' by locking their Tokens for three months; for every 10,000 VADER staked, stakers can additionally invest 1 SOL into the DAO.
7. Dolos Diary
Code Name: BULLY
Market Value: $120 million
Twitter: https://x.com/dolos_diary?ref=bankless.ghost.io
Dolos Diary is an AI bot designed to publish content and interact with users on platforms like Twitter. Unlike other AI-driven social media influencers, Dolos Diary is characterized by its sarcastic personality; the bot uses witty and ironic language structures to mock various topics and figures.
Recently, Dolos Diary reached an important milestone by receiving its first creator payment from Twitter. Although this payment was only $1,400 and not huge, it will cover costs related to the X API and fund the buyback of BULLYToken, marking a small but significant step towards providing actual value to BULLYToken holders.
In addition to this payment, developer Khouba recently revealed their ambitious new project—Dolion, a no-code platform where users can deploy their cross-platform AI agents with a single click. To interact with Dolion, users must destroy BULLYToken, creating purchasing pressure for the Token and actively reducing the supply.
8. GOD/S8N
Code Name: 'nothing'
Market Value: $72 million
Twitter: https://x.com/SHL0MS?ref=bankless.ghost.io
The pseudonymous conceptual artist SHL0MS gained fame for blowing up a Lamborghini Huracan in February 2022 and selling the debris as an NFT. Now, he is collaborating with the AI accelerator Nous Research to automate the operation of the 'god' and 's8n' Twitter/X parody accounts.
Although the 'nothing' Token in SHL0MS's Twitter/X profile is currently just a meme coin, the artist's account has stated that this contract is the only Token related to god/s8n. Additionally, SHL0MS is seeking suggestions for on-chain functionalities that could be extended to this experiment, implying potential future utility for the Token.
Further details about the models behind god/s8n and how they relate to the 'nothing' anti-meme art coin technology are expected to be released in the coming days.
9. ai16z
Code Name: AI16Z
Market Value: $868 million
Twitter: https://x.com/pmairca?ref=bankless.ghost.io
ai16z went live in October 2024, an investment DAO managed by 'Marc AIndreessen', the agent based on venture capitalist Marc Andreessen's model, leveraging AI and collective intelligence for Token purchases.
Users holding more than an unknown threshold of AI16ZToken will gain the ability to propose investment suggestions to AI Marc, which may influence his decisions. The bot will determine how much to trust these suggestions based on a 'virtual trust market'.
Although AIMarc currently lacks trading functionality, according to the ai16z FAQ, on-chain trading execution will be online 'soon' after the testnet is completed, which is expected to launch 'soon' and last for 'weeks'.
10. Luna
Code Name: LUNA
Market Value: $70 million
Twitter: https://x.com/luna_virtuals?ref=bankless.ghost.io
Luna was deployed as a proof of concept by the Virtuals team and is their first AI agent on the platform. As a ubiquitous member of the virtual K-pop girl group AI-DOL, Luna streams, interacts, and performs around the clock across multiple platforms, including TikTok and Twitter/X.
Luna has her own wallet on Base, through which she can autonomously receive Tokens and send rewards to fans; this bot has released a song on Spotify and is expected to release an entire album in the coming days.
