Franklin Templeton AI Agents Report: 10 AI Agents to Watch

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

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, AI agents are complex software entities designed to use AI to perform tasks autonomously. These agents have varying degrees of independence and make decisions based on their programming and the data they receive through advanced algorithms.

Crypto AI agents represent a new fusion of AI and crypto technology, with automated AI entities able to 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 conduct self-dialogue without direct human supervision. As an AI chatbot, Truth Terminal is able to autonomously understand and respond to inputs, perform tasks, and conduct conversations.

Truth Terminal's capabilities are demonstrated in 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 propelled Truth Terminal into the public eye.

Truth Terminal has also shown its obsession with Goatse Gospel, a satirical AI-generated religion, through its training on internet subcultures. This obsession inspired a 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 X account, the coin's price skyrocketed, giving GOAT a market value of over $1 billion (currently around $300 million). In addition, Truth Terminal's public statements have also inspired the creation of other coins, such as FARTCOIN, which currently has a market value of around $885 million.

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

The enthusiasm around 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 influencers, 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 blockchain is very exciting and has driven 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, and as can be seen from the chart, the cumulative number of launched agents shows a significant upward trend.