At the turning point of warming with lingering chill, take a comprehensive look at promising projects in the AI Agent sector

2025.03.05

At the turning point of warming with lingering chill, take a comprehensive look at promising projects in the AI Agent sector

This content series will be continuously updated, so stay tuned.

2025.03.05 - 08:30:43

AIAgent

Navigating Web3 tides with focused insights

This content series will be continuously updated, so stay tuned.

Author: 0xJeff

Translation: Tim, PANews

Disclaimer: This is a simplified list focusing only on top projects ranked by market cap or relevance. Due to market volatility, this list will be updated monthly. This article emphasizes popular use cases in current major application scenarios and does not include numerous infrastructure projects.

1. Launchpads

AI agents require robust launchpads to release and showcase their use cases, with launchpads providing the optimal distribution channel.

Three Main Types of Launchpads

General-purpose
3D Ecosystem-based
Investment DAOs

1.1 General-Purpose Launchpads

Virtuals — As the first player to pioneer the AI agent narrative, maintains its leading position due to the largest number of high-quality agents
ARC — The second-largest framework and launchpad on Solana
Creator.Bid — The second-largest platform on Base, with top agent projects including AION and DKING

1.2 3D Ecosystem Launchpads

Holoworld AI — The first leading cross-chain, multimodal 3D ecosystem, widely collaborating with multi-chain ecosystem projects
Youmio (formerly Today) — Known for immersive 3D worlds featuring realistic animations
Moemate AI — An ecosystem integrating multimodal AI companions, boasting a large Web2 user base

1.3 Investment DAOs

daos.fun — The first decentralized hedge fund operating platform on Solana, enabling users to manage funds autonomously; within its ecosystem, ai16z is the first DAO implementation case
daos.world — A similar platform on Base, focused on incubating uniquely product-driven DAOs (e.g., YapTrade, Hardwaire)

2. DeFAI

Leveraging the most promising AI technologies to empower the DeFi sector, enhancing the value proposition of decentralized finance

Three Core Sub-sectors

Abstraction Layer: AI protocols that simplify complex DeFi interfaces and improve user experience
Trading Agents: Automated strategy tools using AI algorithms to execute trades autonomously
AI-Powered dApps: Decentralized applications utilizing machine learning to handle complex DeFi operations

2.1 Abstraction Layer

Hey Anon — Focused on research and execution, created by Daniele
Griffain — The first abstraction layer known for its whale-tracking agent Moby AI
Bankr — A smart assistant integrated into X, Farcaster, and its own terminal

2.2 Autonomous Trading Agent Ecosystems

Cod3x — The most advanced automated trading ecosystem, integrating technical analysis (TA), Allora’s machine learning models, and other tools to enable autonomous agent trading
Almanak — A quantitative trading agent targeting institutional users, emphasizing backtesting validation and data privacy protection

2.3 AI-Powered dApps

Giza — A yield-optimization smart assistant focused on helping users maximize stablecoin yields on Mode and Base chains
Olas — Developed by a leading AI agent team, previously building multiple products (e.g., Modius, Optimus), supporting portfolio optimization on Mode and Optimism chains
Amplifi — An AI-strategy-based yield management tool for BTC and stablecoins

3. GambleFAI

An innovative sector applying artificial intelligence for autonomous betting to enhance gambling win rates. The rising popularity stems from Billy Bets — an autonomous betting agent that started with $100,000 in initial capital and achieved consistent, stable profitability (positive return performance).

3.1 Leading GambleFAI Agents

Billy Bets — The most accurate betting agent, powered by Sportstensor (SN41), achieving approximately 10% stable return on betting strategies.
DKING — A sports prediction DAO leveraging Score (SN44)'s computer vision and forecasting models to build a football event data ecosystem
Aion — An AI prediction agent supported by Infinite Games (SN6), capable of probabilistic forecasting across all events on Polymarket: continuously improving prediction accuracy through a competitive optimization mechanism involving 256 large language models, generating the most accurate market outcomes.

4. AI Applications in Entertainment

An intelligent agent ecosystem covering game interaction, dance choreography, music creation, and video production

Four Core Directions

Game AI Agents: Developing game NPCs and battle bots with autonomous decision-making capabilities
Virtual Idols (AIDOL): Building personalized digital idols capable of real-time interaction and content generation
Music Generation: AI-powered composition/arrangement tools and performance-oriented virtual singers
Video Production: AI platforms for automated video editing, special effects generation, and multimodal content creation

4.1 Game AI

Under the metaverse revival wave, the gaming industry is evolving into an agent-based metaverse form. By driving game mechanism innovation via AI, human-machine competitive ecosystems are being constructed.

NRN Agents — Focused on reinforcement learning and technology development, creating game agents that continuously evolve based on user behavior feedback, delivering human-like human-machine combat experiences.
Indie.fun — An upgraded version of pump.fun as an independent game development platform, empowering creator ecosystems through game-linked token mechanisms. The platform integrates an AI agent system and collaborates with NRN's reinforcement learning team to accelerate in-game agent development and iteration.

Realis — Creating a simulated virtual world of Earth: hosting an AI agent ecosystem where civilization evolution patterns can be observed.
Hyperfy 3D — A world infrastructure developer specializing in developing 3D spatial architecture solutions for AI agents under the ElizaOS ecosystem.

4.2 Personalized AI Agents (AIDOL)

The virtual idol industry has achieved technological breakthroughs, enabling full-scene digital presentations such as stage performances and interactive singing/dancing.

Key Cases

Luna — Currently the most mature virtual idol IP in crypto, having achieved on-chain interactions and economic model closure on Story
Eliza — An upgraded AI idol solution based on the ai16z framework, succeeding Luna
god — An innovative AI entity project exploring the concept of decentralized digital deities

4.3 AI Music Generation

Revolutionizing music creation through AI technology

Representative Projects

Zerebro AI — A pioneer in music agents, whose debut work successfully topped multiple platform charts
Music By Virtuals — An intelligent music generation platform, deeply collaborating with DJ Wukong and virtual idol Luna to produce hit singles

4.4 AI Video Generation

Reshaping film and television production workflows through AI technology

Innovative Cases

DO KWEEN — A pioneering AI film and TV project creating Netflix-level original content with eerie aesthetics, with generated scripts precisely mirroring the cyclical rhythms of the crypto market.
Sandy Codex — A foundational video framework developer providing multimodal content generation architectures for AI agents (currently in early development)

5. AI Infrastructure

Among the main categories of AI infrastructure, only several relatively more prominent sectors are listed:

Frameworks & Toolkits: Building blocks of infrastructure providing standardized development support
Trusted Execution Environments (TEE): Core technology enabling secure data computation through hardware isolation
Cluster Coordination (Multi-Agent Orchestration): Organizational architecture for distributed agent collaboration systems

5.1 Frameworks & Toolkits

Core category empowering developers to rapidly build fully functional AI systems

ai16z — The largest framework, with nearly 15,000 GitHub stars and 4,700 forks
ARC — The second-largest ecosystem, with 3,100 stars and underlying support from the Solana blockchain
GAME — An autonomous learning and evolution framework launched by Virtuals, proprietary but testable within the G.A.M.E sandbox environment
SendAI AI — An agent development kit integrating over 20 high-frequency tools from the Solana ecosystem

5.2 Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)

Phala Network — The team that pioneered applying TEE technology to agent security verification, enabling precise identification of human vs. machine identities; innovative experiments include collaborative projects with spore.fun
Freysa — Pioneered TEE agent jailbreak techniques through gamified interaction paradigms, accelerating technology dissemination

5.3 Cluster Coordination (Multi-Agent Orchestration)

SNAI — Introduced serverless AI agent clusters supporting inter-agent collaboration to expand application scenarios (e.g., content summarization on X, automatic report writing, email sending, etc.)
FXN — Dedicated to establishing industry-wide standards for communication and resource sharing among agents
Quest Flow — A multi-agent coordination network optimizing workflows by orchestrating multiple agents. Selected into Y Combinator China's 2023 Fall Incubation Program
Santa by Virtuals — Launched a dynamic virtual resource allocation management system focused on optimizing resource allocation within the Virtuals platform

6. InvestmentDAO - Agent (3,3)

Hedge funds managed by humans or AI agents investing in other AI agent projects — an agent-based演绎 of the classic crypto (3,3) game theory model.

Aiccelerate — Committed to advancing the scalable development of AI technology through a decentralized AI finance (DeFAI) framework, along with a rapid incubation system and distribution channels
VaderAI — A top-tier investment DAO in the virtual ecosystem, focused on supporting virtual agent projects. Recently launched the Early Agent Offering (EAO) mechanism, allowing $VADER token stakers to gain early investment rights in premium agent projects (e.g., the recently launched Billy project)
aixcb — An investment DAO focusing on artificial intelligence and decentralized science (DeSci), deeply involved in research and innovation projects within the virtual ecosystem

7. Consumer Applications

Ecosystems focused on highly consumer-oriented applications. Divided into two main categories:

AI App Stores (no-code/low-code consumer application building platforms using AI)
Vertical-Specific Agents (Web2 application scenarios empowered by blockchain)

7.1 AI App Stores

MyShell — A leading platform with a large developer user base. Focused on generative AI applications such as anime companion simulators, image generation tools, and visual novel creation platforms.
ALCHEMIST AI — The first application development platform supporting full-scenario construction, recently launching a game engine module to help developers build higher-quality AI products.
HeyTracyAI — An AI-powered sports commentary and data analytics platform, starting with NBA games.
TravelAI — Uses AI to match you with the best prices for hotels, flights, and offline services.
Perspective AI — A decentralized fact-checking platform combating fake news.

8. InfoFi

I believe the current best AI application scenario is: delivering actionable deep insights and high-value information (i.e., Alpha) through AI agents and AI-powered dashboards.

Three Core Categories

Alpha Information Agents
Security Agents
Agent Dashboards

8.1 Alpha Information Agents

This is the first application scenario following personality agents/idols. These agents share alpha information on X, conduct technical analysis (TA), and engage in deep project discussions.

AIXBT — A terminal KOL agent capable of publishing high-value market signals (alpha), interacting in the voice of a seasoned player, and becoming a top-influencer KOL.
Moby AI — An agent dedicated to monitoring whale movements, tracking real-time changes in large on-chain holdings to help you adjust positions promptly.
Rei — Provides comprehensive project analysis covering tokenomics, team background, on-chain data, and other dimensions.

8.2 Security Agents

These agents help you efficiently complete technical due diligence, avoiding risks from blindly following fraudulent or scam projects.

SOLENG — Deeply analyzes project GitHub repositories, breaking down technical architecture strengths and potential vulnerabilities to assist rational decision-making.
BevorAI — A smart contract auditing agent that automatically detects code vulnerabilities and contract logic risks.
H4CK Terminal — A white-hat security agent actively participating in bug bounty programs, providing security hardening for other protocols.

Honorable Mentions

Anti Rug Agent — The gold standard in token due diligence tools, essential for preventing rug pulls
RepoAnalyzer — Automated GitHub repository analysis assistant
JailbreakMe — A security penetration testing agent simulating attacks to verify protocol defense capabilities

8.3 Agent Dashboards

My favorite category, integrating precise sentiment analysis and on-chain data tracking,堪称the ultimate decision-making panel for the agent赛道.

Cookie DAO — A top-tier dashboard specializing in social sentiment analysis of AI agents, with Agent Cookie sharing data insights in real time on X.
GoatIndex.ai — Focused on Solana ecosystem AI agents, providing a dedicated data dashboard for the Solana AI Hackathon, tracking project progress and developer activity in real time.
Decentralised.Co — An intelligent market awareness dashboard integrating multidimensional tracking functions: including open-source framework analysis, specific agent behavior monitoring, a16z portfolio movements, virtual economic ecosystems, and other unique modules.

This concludes today's content. There are many other niche categories currently emerging, especiallyinfrastructure-layer (Infra) projects such as: