Author: KarenZ, Foresight News
On January 10, despite the overall weak performance of the Crypto and AI markets, an AI investment and development DAO called Aiccelerate DAO attracted widespread attention. So what is the charm of this DAO, which receives advisory support from 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 merging the power of AI and crypto technologies, building an ecosystem that supports and develops decentralized open-source AI projects.
In this ecosystem, Aiccelerate DAO is committed to gathering developers across multiple technical frameworks to jointly promote the cutting-edge development of AI and blockchain technology.
In order 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 leading teams.
In addition, Aiccelerate DAO also plans to release 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 in development for more than two months, with team members coming from leading open-source AI teams or having previously worked at Coinbase and Consensys. AiccelerateDAO founding partners include crypto OG Mark, @cryptopunk7213, @ropirito, among whom 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 NFT, Crypto x AI, and Meme fields; @cryptopunk7213 previously worked at Coinbase and Consensys; @ropirito is a maintainer and partner of ai16z.
It is worth mentioning that AiccelerateDAO founding partner @ropirito, to demonstrate his firm belief in the project, announced that he would donate all tokens held by his personal agent to the DAO treasury and will never reclaim them. In addition, he 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, organized according to four main categories: development, investment, research, and promotion, and inviting members from major teams such as ai16z, Virtuals Protocol, and Abstract. These advisors will provide advice and resources to Aiccelerate DAO, helping it better achieve its development goals.
Aiccelerate DAO Development Advisors: 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), Story Protocol co-founder Jason.
Aiccelerate DAO Investment Advisors: 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, Justin Lee (Coinbase Ventures).
Aiccelerate DAO Research Advisor: Moca Network Researcher Sammy, Jeff (Chief Chef of Steak Studio), Independent Researcher Kel, core member of daos.fun baoskee, and Skely (ai16z).
Aiccelerate DAO Outreach Advisors: Bankless founder David Hoffman, Bankless co-founder Ryan Sean Adams, Threadguy (Probably Nothing).
Will AiccelerateDAO issue tokens? How to participate?
Regarding whether Aiccelerate DAO will issue tokens and how to participate, the DAO states that Aiccelerate DAO and all its initiatives will be managed under the AICC token. All DAO partners will benefit in the form of future potential airdrops and investment opportunities. Furthermore, as the asset management scale (AUM) of AiccelerateDAO grows, a certain proportion of profits will be used to repurchase AICC tokens, making AiccelerateDAO 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 it has currently raised 378 SOL.
Aiccelerate DAO states that users interested in becoming partners and participating in the pre-sale can express their willingness and how they can help the project through retweeting, liking, and commenting on tweets. AiccelerateDAO will select suitable partners to participate in the pre-sale based on user participation and expected contribution levels (users may be invited to participate via Twitter DMs).
Summary
Given that the current information released by AiccelerateDAO is not comprehensive, there remains much uncertainty about its future direction. However, with the support of several leading project team members in the AI and Crypto fields, AiccelerateDAO has already successfully attracted widespread attention in the industry. Driven by a collaborative community of developers, researchers, and investors, open-source AI will surely thrive.
