Franklin Templeton AI Agent report highlights: 10 projects worthy of focus

Original title: Intersection of AI Agents & the Crypto Ecosystem

Original author: Franklin Templeton Digital Assets

Compiled by: Asher

In recent months, AI Agent has attracted much attention in the cryptocurrency field, spurring an upsurge of innovation and experimentation in its multiple ways of interacting in the crypto world. Originally designed and created by developers, AI Agents are complex software entities designed to autonomously complete a variety of tasks using artificial intelligence. These intelligent agents have varying degrees of autonomy and are able to make intelligent decisions based on their programmed logic and data obtained through advanced algorithms.

AI Agent embodies a new fusion of artificial intelligence and encryption technology. Its autonomous AI entity can manage tokens, participate in social media interactions, and even influence market trends. This innovative field was pioneered by Andy Ayrey, who developed an AI chatbot called Truth Terminal. The chatbot was trained on internet culture and the concept of “infinite chambers,” virtual spaces where AI models are able to carry out conversations autonomously without direct human intervention. As an AI chatbot, Truth Terminal is designed to use artificial intelligence technology to simulate human conversations, with the ability to understand input, respond, perform tasks, and participate in interactions autonomously.

Truth Terminal's capabilities first became apparent when it began posting content through its X account (@truth terminal), which quickly attracted widespread attention. This generous move puts Truth Terminal in the spotlight in the summer of 2024, especially after its associated crypto wallet received a $50,000 Bitcoin donation from a16z Ventures partner Marc Andreessen.

Truth Terminal has been trained in internet subcultures and has shown a keen interest in the satirical religious "Goatse Gospel" generated by AI. This interest prompted developers to create GOAT (Goatseus Maximus), a meme currency based on the Solana ecosystem. When Truth Terminal publicly endorsed GOAT on its Additionally, Truth Terminal’s public announcement has inspired the emergence of other tokens, such as FARTCOIN, whose market capitalization now reaches approximately $980 million. Therefore, according to cookie.fun platform data, the current top AI Agent projects by market value are as shown below. (Data source: https://www.cookie.fun/)

The craze surrounding AI Agents is not groundless. It is conceivable that in the future, AI Agents will revolutionize content creation on social media and play an indispensable role in various industries. These intelligent agents can launch their own brands, products, music and movies, and bring content to their ecosystems. bring huge economic value.

At the same time, the exploration of how AI Agents interact in the blockchain world has aroused enthusiastic attention from the developer community. For example, the framework ELIZA developed by ai16z has attracted significant developer participation on GitHub, which is reflected in the increasing trend of the number of stars in its repository. Data shows that ai16z's development activity has recently surpassed older, more mature AI projects such as Phidata and LangGraph.

In addition, Virtuals is currently the AI ​​Agent Launchpad platform with the highest market value, focusing on supporting the opening, deployment and management of AI models. As shown in the figure below, since November 1, 2024, the platform has issued a total of 14,600 AI Agent projects.

It’s clear that AI Agent projects are still in the early stages of development and experimentation, but some are already making significant early progress. For example, the AI ​​Agent project Zerebro has released two music albums, which have been played more than 100,000 times since November. Similarly, the AI ​​Agent project Dolos Diary has attracted more than 10,000 fans and millions of total video views since launching its TikTok account in early December.

At present, although these AI Agent projects have not yet fully realized autonomy, and the current practical application scenarios are relatively limited, this emerging field contains huge potential. With the continuous advancement and gradual maturity of technology, the development prospects of AI Agent are highly anticipated.