#AIAgent热潮

OpenAI defines the 'AI Agent' as a system driven by LLM as its brain, capable of autonomous understanding, perception, planning, memory, and tool usage, which can automate the execution of complex tasks. Unlike traditional artificial intelligence, AI Agents have the ability to achieve given goals through independent thinking and by using tools step by step.

To illustrate this for better understanding: for example, if you have a cold and fever, traditional software would only advise you to visit a hospital and pay attention to protective measures. If it were an AI agent, it could detect your body temperature and other health indicators, combine that with online information, help you find suitable medication, request payment, and deliver it to your home, all while preparing your leave request for the next day. This is the magic of AI agents.

As of December 30, the overall market value of AI Agents has reached $11.68 billion, with a nearly 39.1% increase in the past 7 days. This growth trend indicates a rapid expansion of the AI Agent ecosystem in the crypto market.

In this wave of AI Agent enthusiasm, ai16z and Virtuals Protocol are undoubtedly the two most prominent representative projects. Specifically, Virtuals' ecosystem market value has reached $5.01 billion, while ai16z stands at $1.63 billion, together accounting for 56.8% of the AI Agent market share, contributing more than half of the total share.

From an on-chain distribution perspective, Base and Solana are the two main battlegrounds for AI Agents. Among them, the market value of AI Agents on Base is approximately $5.76 billion, while the market value on Solana is $5.47 billion, together contributing 96.1% of the overall market, while the cumulative market value of other on-chain projects is only $0.92 billion.

This also reflects that despite the rapid rise of the AI Agent ecosystem in the crypto market, attracting significant attention and capital, the market structure remains somewhat singular, primarily relying on a few leading projects for momentum, and the AI Agent ecosystem is still in its early stages.