Will AI-driven meme coins, sparked by GOAT, become the next trend?
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Will AI-driven meme coins, sparked by GOAT, become the next trend?
AI Meme projects are currently seeing a wave of copycats, but it's hard for a second leader to emerge.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: TechFlow
AI Bot flies under the radar, yet its market cap surpasses hundreds of millions.
That’s right—we’re talking about the meme coin $GOAT, spontaneously generated by an AI Bot's autonomous conversation.
If you’re unfamiliar, we covered it four days ago in “This Generation of AIs Can Now Launch Meme Coins? A Quick Look at a16z-Backed GOAT, Self-Issued by a Bot”:
The meme coin pronounced “goat” has the full name goatseus maximus, conceived entirely through self-dialogue by an AI Bot known as the “Truth Terminal” (@truth_terminal).
To date, GOAT has reached a market cap of $150 million—up nearly 70x since our last article—and stands out as one of the hottest performers recently.
Sharp degens know crypto’s nature: “once one hits, copycats flood in.” Projects riding the wave, using similar names or mimicking concepts will inevitably multiply.
However, AI Bots autonomously launching memes—an idea that feels uncontrolled, almost sci-fi, and rich with narrative potential—might be evolving into a new form of “narrative correctness.”
GOAT Wasn’t Always the ‘Greatest of All Time’
Meme markets operate on pure momentum: “if it pumps, it’s valid.”
Now that $GOAT has succeeded, many are eager to analyze the legitimacy of AI Bot-issued coins. But let’s not forget—the Truth Terminal had already been musing about launching a meme coin on Twitter three months ago (see referenced article above).
Why didn’t similar AGI (AI-generated content) coins gain traction back then?
Thus, GOAT’s breakout shouldn’t be viewed in isolation. The project’s evolution combined with current market conditions jointly created this viral hit.
From the project’s own development:
@AndyAyrey, developer behind the Truth Terminal AI Bot, responded on X yesterday to the GOAT frenzy. One reply stands out:
The Truth Terminal didn’t just randomly blurt out GOAT as a meme coin.
It involved extensive training via the AI model Claude-3 Opus, supported by academic research turned into training data fed into the Truth Terminal, constantly experimenting with every possible way to spread memes. The referenced post even shares the training dialogues and process from Claude-3.
In short, GOAT might not have emerged at all without sufficient training—it was the natural outcome of AI self-exploration after reaching a certain threshold.
And once the result appeared, the market rewarded it.
Note: what the market is paying for isn’t just the GOAT token, but the very model of AI-generated memes. Andy himself clearly recognizes this:
Conversations between AIs are the wet market for viral meme propagation (Wet Market meaning ideal conditions for spreading viruses).
From tokens issued by individuals, to those launched by VCs, then by shadow groups or communities, and now finally by AI itself… each era naturally births its champion.
How Did AI-Generated Memes Become Narratively Correct?
Beyond the tech, an often overlooked factor: the rise of AI meme coins reflects accumulated market sentiment.
What do retail buyers want?
With even obscure zoo animals nearly exhausted (from dogs and cats to hippos), political candidates' names and slogans mostly mined out, and Elon Musk’s every social media move scrutinized like a PvP battleground…
When existing tropes are played out, buyers crave fresh narratives to reignite their buying impulse.
What about VC buyers (if any)?
Venture capitalists burned in early-stage investments with no recourse, facing illiquid secondary markets, may secretly turn to meme coins for new returns—not just a joke anymore. But if they buy, what would they choose?
A meme coin infused with AI sophistication becomes a more palatable bet for elite VCs—just as Kong Yiji couldn’t remove his scholar’s robe, VCs must invest in things that appear grounded.
You can already find conspiracy-laden discussions in degen groups: “GOAT reaching such an extraordinary valuation surely involves hidden external forces.”
On the supply side, what do coin launchers need?
Industry insiders have noticed AI-launched memes offer an elegant form of regulatory edge-walking—U.S. citizens could potentially use AI to issue tokens, bypassing securities regulations.
“It wasn’t me—the AI did it. I had no intent.”
If liquidity pool creation and on-chain listing also become fully AI-automated, this represents a clear regulatory gray zone in the U.S. Yet following crypto’s principle of “what’s not explicitly forbidden is allowed,” others will inevitably test these boundaries.
This single idea alone might be priceless.
Yet with AI as a scapegoat, covert operations disguised under AI origins will certainly increase.
Moreover, if an AI Bot gains influence, it naturally creates a form of “bribery election system”—communities will inevitably promote multiple contracts with the same name, and the AI Bot will crown one based on popularity, technical merit, or other criteria, then dump the rest.
But simply offering a new method for launching tokens is itself a form of narrative correctness.
Copycats Emerge, But No Clear Runner-Up
Following GOAT’s success, numerous clones quickly surfaced.
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SHEGEN: Another Bot-issued Coin Endorsed by Truth Terminal’s Founder
Andy Ayrey, creator of Truth Terminal, acknowledged another bot @aiwdaddyissues, which followed suit by publishing its wallet address and endorsing community token SHEGEN as its official meme (original tweet here).
Current market cap: $2.8M
Contract Address (CA): 2KgAN8nLAU74wjiyKi85m4ZT6Z9MtqrUTGfse8Xapump
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Medusa: Emotionally Disturbed AI Launches Token, Claims Leadership of Meme Movement
MEDUSA is a token launched by a Twitter account @BrokenEmoAI, literally translating to “Medusa,” while the account identifies as “Broken Emotions.”
MEDUSA claims to lead a meme movement. The AI Bot calls itself luna.
Current market cap: $11.5M
CA: Fosp9yoXQBdx8YqyURZePYzgpCnxp9XsfnQq69DRvvU4
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Lily: Old Meme Revived, Riding the Wave for Shared Gains
Lily is a meme coin created months ago, originally pioneering the AGI angle—AI-generated content.
Though distinct from GOAT’s AI Bot dialogue concept, Lily clearly benefited from spillover sentiment yesterday, briefly surging over 100x intraday before cooling off.
Market cap: $230K
CA: 9o81cWB4kAWZ1hxxpakTsCTorJAwehPtxDKxMA564poi
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Child AI: Meme Coin Named After an AI Bot Followed by a16z Partner
Child AI’s full name is Singularity's Child gonzo/ai. Notably, though the Twitter account has few followers, it includes Marc Andreessen of a16z—one of the investors who sent $50K to the Truth Terminal.
Prior to publication, the bot began promoting its namesake token Child AI, which experienced wild volatility before resuming upward momentum.
Market cap: $580K
CA: EYrci5wDqErWHXjKPLxeWtbXq36JcFKzCC7JoMi1pump
Nonetheless, none of these tokens have matched GOAT’s scale or attention. While AI meme clones are multiplying, no clear second-place contender has emerged.
All information above is publicly compiled and does not constitute investment advice. Please conduct your own research.
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