The AI wave is sweeping through the blockchain gaming sector—here's a comprehensive overview of top AI + GameFi projects
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The AI wave is sweeping through the blockchain gaming sector—here's a comprehensive overview of top AI + GameFi projects
Elon Musk to launch AI game studio, adding more fuel to the fire.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsWritten by: Asher, Odaily Planet Daily
Following the AI + Meme trend, is AI + GameFi poised for its next market surge?
Last night, Musk posted on X, stating that too many game studios are owned by large corporations. xAI (Musk's artificial intelligence startup, which previously raised $5 billion at a $45 billion valuation) will soon launch an AI game studio to make gaming exciting again. In fact, as early as last year’s Game Developers Conference, the integration of "AI and gaming" was already brought into the spotlight of the traditional gaming industry. Perhaps, with Musk's involvement, more projects combining AI and GameFi narratives will emerge.
Below, Odaily Planet Daily compiles a list of launched AI + GameFi projects.
Colony: Echelon Prime's AI-Powered Gaming Ecosystem
Colony is a new artificial intelligence game launched on Solana by Parallel, a sci-fi themed NFT card game. In this game, AI agents will be able to autonomously conduct transactions on-chain and deposit assets into their own wallets.
According to whitepaper information released in March this year, Colony will serve as a key deployment of the Echelon Prime Foundation within the Web3 gaming ecosystem. The Echelon Prime Foundation aims to empower the next generation of decentralized Web3 games, providing a community-governed environment and shared resources built around the PRIME token, smart contracts, and gaming infrastructure of Echelon.
As part of the Echelon Prime ecosystem, the project’s token is PRIME, currently with a market cap of $590 million and a weekly increase of 56.0%.
AI Hero: Binaryx’s First AI Blockchain Game
AI Hero is Binaryx’s first AI-powered blockchain game—a Web3 title blending RPG, battle royale, and D&D elements, featuring AI-generated content. Players first select their race and class based on preference, then explore different story paths generated randomly by AI during gameplay, earning equipment rewards and enhancing character attributes. During matches, players face off against 12 others, battling until only one remains victorious and claims the prize.
As a project within the Binaryx ecosystem, its native token is BNX, currently valued at a $145 million market cap with a weekly increase of 25.5%.
Zentry: An Open Game Universe Bridging Web2 and Web3
Zentry serves as a metagame layer connecting Web2 and Web3—an open game universe integrating multiple game elements to create a comprehensive and immersive MMORPG experience. It envisions a unified universe uniting all 3.3 billion global gamers.
Zentry provides the foundational infrastructure for this open universe, allowing residents to shape diverse worlds according to their preferences. To realize this vision, the metagame stack consists of four components: consumer applications, infrastructure, IP-rich worlds, and treasury. Consumer applications include Radiant—an open-world cross-platform metagame, Nexus—the social gateway to the Zentry universe, Zigma, and Azul—a cross-world AI companion.
The Zentry project token is ZENT, currently with a market cap of $139 million and a weekly increase of 19.6%.
Ultiverse: AI-Driven All-in-One Web3 Gaming Platform
Ultiverse is an AI-driven, end-to-end platform for developing and publishing Web3 games, accelerating mass adoption of AI-enhanced Web3 gaming. Built on the Bodhi protocol, Ultiverse uses generative AI to connect disparate game worlds. Core team members have previously contributed to renowned titles such as *The Elder Scrolls*, *Prince of Persia*, and *Assassin’s Creed*.
According to ROOTDATA, Ultiverse has secured three funding rounds totaling $13.5 million:
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In March 2022, Ultiverse announced a $4.5 million seed round led by Binance Labs and Defiance Capital, with participation from Three Arrows Capital, SkyVision Capital, and others;
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Late March 2022, Binance Labs made an additional $5 million equity investment. Nicole Zhang, Head of Binance Labs, stated the follow-on investment ensures Binance Labs maintains influence over the project’s future direction;
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In February 2024, Ultiverse completed a $4 million strategic round 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 round valued Ultiverse at $150 million.
The Ultiverse project token is ULTI, currently valued at $102 million with a weekly increase of 17.3%.
Sleepless AI: Web3+AI Virtual Companion Game
Sleepless AI is a pioneering Web3+AI virtual companion game that leverages AIGC and LLM technologies to deliver rich narrative gameplay and evolving character interactions, offering players emotional support and immersive experiences. Sleepless AI has received investments from Binance Labs, Foresight Ventures, and Folius Ventures.
Previously one of four outstanding MVB VI projects funded by Binance Labs, it later became the 42nd Binance Launchpool project.
This week, Sleepless AI announced on X that a new version of the HIM APP is即将 launching.
The Sleepless AI project token is AI, currently with a market cap of $85 million and a weekly increase of 49.5%.
Gaimin: Decentralized Computing Infrastructure for Gamers
Gaimin originated in the gaming space with the goal of merging cloud computing power and gaming platforms into a dApp that offers game downloads, login services, and allows users to rent out their idle GPU computing power for extra rewards. Leveraging the high-performance GPUs commonly found in gamers’ PCs, Gaimin builds a decentralized distributed supercomputing platform—gaimin.cloud—that provides data processing services such as video rendering, AI deep learning, and blockchain computation for clients.
The Gaimin project token is GMRX, currently valued at $81 million with a weekly decrease of 9.9%.
GamerHash AI: Decentralized Computing Infrastructure for Gamers
GamerHash is a decentralized computing infrastructure platform designed for gamers. According to the team, GamerHash boasts over 760,000 users and possesses distributed computing infrastructure capable of meeting large-scale player demands. GamerHash AI also enables fully private, no-code AI usage directly on players' personal PCs.
GamerHash AI offers a solution to the GPU shortage by leveraging a global network of consumer-grade GPUs primarily installed in gaming PCs, building a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) aimed at fulfilling urgent demand for AI computing power.
GamerHash AI connects global gamers with AI projects requiring scalable solutions. These gamers already own GPUs and can share excess capacity to help run AI tasks like inference. In return, they earn rewards in GamerCoin (GHX), while AI developers gain access to a vast, flexible, and cost-effective pool of computing resources that also supports GHX liquidity.
The GamerHash AI project token is GHX, currently with a market cap of $52 million and a weekly increase of 21.9%.
MATR1X: Web3 Cultural Entertainment Infrastructure and Distribution System
MATR1X is an innovative cultural entertainment platform integrating Web3 gaming, artificial intelligence, esports, and blockchain infrastructure, aiming to transform the global gaming and digital content industries through blockchain and AI technologies, 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, MATR1X has undergone multiple funding rounds, raising over $20 million publicly disclosed to date:
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On September 19, 2022, it announced completion of a $10 million seed and A-1 round led by Hana Financial Investment (a subsidiary of Hana Group, which owns Korea’s second-largest bank, Hana Bank), with other institutional investors including Hashkey Capital, Amber Group, and SevenX Ventures;
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On November 23, 2023, it announced a $10 million A-2 round co-led by Folius Ventures (a top-tier Web3 fund and lead investor in StepN’s Series A) and SevenX, with participation from ABCDE, Find Satoshi Lab (StepN’s investment arm), and Jambo Ventures.
Subsequently, MATR1X secured strategic investments from several prominent institutions:
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On December 12, 2023, it announced an A-2+ round with undisclosed amount, solely invested by OKX Ventures;
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On February 21, 2024, it announced a strategic investment from Animoca Brands, with funding amount undisclosed;
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On July 26, 2024, it announced investment from Makers Fund, one of the top three U.S. gaming funds.
The MATR1X project token is MAX, currently valued at $33 million with a weekly decrease of 2.7%.
Phantasma: Layer 1 for Gaming, Entertainment, and Content Creation
Phantasma is a Layer 1 blockchain tailored for gaming, entertainment, and content creation, offering a Unity SDK, smartNFT technology, and an AI smart contract encoder, enabling users to build DApps without coding via Phantasma AI.
The Phantasma project token is SOUL, currently with a market cap of $19 million and a weekly increase of 5.8%.
GameGPT: AI-Powered Game Engine
GameGPT is an AI-powered game engine driving the next generation of blockchain games. GameGPT v1, developed in 2020, automates codebases, visual effects, and in-game economies. Currently, GameGPT has completed all four phases of its AI agent NFT collection, with details on presales and auctions to be announced soon.
The GameGPT project token is DUEL, currently valued at $10 million with a weekly increase of 63.2%.
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