Franklin Templeton AI Agents Report: List of Top 10 AI Agent Projects

Author: Franklin Templeton Digital Assets; Compiler: 0xjs@金财经

In recent years, AI Agents have attracted widespread attention in the cryptocurrency field, driving a wave of innovation and experimentation in the interaction of AI agents with the crypto ecosystem. Originally created by developers, an AI agent is a complex software entity designed to perform tasks autonomously using AI. These agents have varying degrees of independence, making decisions based on their programming and the data they receive through advanced algorithms.

Crypto AI agents represent a new fusion of AI and encryption technology. Automated AI entities can manage tokens, participate in social media interactions, and even influence market trends. This innovative field was pioneered by an AI chatbot called Truth Terminal, which was trained by developer Andy Ayrey. Truth Terminal is based on internet culture and trained in Infinite Backrooms, a space where AI models talk to themselves without direct human supervision. As an AI chatbot, Truth Terminal can autonomously understand and respond to input, perform tasks, and conduct conversations.

Truth Terminal’s capabilities are demonstrated on its X account (@truth_terminal). In the summer of 2024, Truth Terminal received widespread attention for receiving a $50,000 Bitcoin donation from Marc Andreessen, a partner at venture capital firm a16z. This generous donation thrust Truth Terminal into the public eye.

Truth Terminal has also shown an obsession with the Goatse Gospel, a satirical AI-generated religion, for its training in internet subcultures. This obsession inspired one developer to create a meme coin called GOAT (Goatseus Maximus) on the Solana network, one of the most active decentralized blockchain networks. When Truth Terminal supported GOAT on its Additionally, Truth Terminal’s public announcement has inspired the creation of other coins, such as FARTCOIN, which currently has a market cap of approximately $885 million.

The explosion of AI agents and related projects can be seen in the table below, which shows the 10 major projects in this field ranked by market capitalization.

The enthusiasm surrounding AI agents is justified. We can envision a future where AI agents will revolutionize content creation on social media and play an important role in various industries and platforms. Just like today's human internet celebrities, these agents can launch their own brands, products, music, movies, etc., bringing significant economic value to their ecosystems.

In the process, exploring how these agents interact with the blockchain is extremely exciting and drives significant developer activity. For example, ai16z has very active developer activity on its GitHub repository, and its Star record shows that the project has surpassed more mature AI projects such as Phidata and LangGraph.

The chart shows the growth of Star records on GitHub for several key AI projects, such as:

Moreover, Virtuals, as the largest AI agent Launchpad platform by market value, focuses on simplifying the development, deployment and management of AI models. The demand for agent launches on its platform continues to grow. As can be seen from the chart, the number of agents launched on the Virtuals platform shows a significant upward trend. A total of approximately 14,600 agents have been launched since November 1.

It's clear that these AI agents are still in the early stages of development and experimentation, but some have already achieved early success. For example, the AI ​​agent Zerebro has released two music albums that have been streamed more than 100,000 times since November. Similarly, the AI ​​agent Dolos Diary has gained more than 10,000 fans and millions of views on TikTok since opening its account in early December.

Although these agents are not yet fully autonomous and have limited utility in their current state, this emerging field may hold important promise and deserves close attention as it develops and matures.