DeFAI: New Opportunities for AI Agents

AI Agents in the blockchain sector sparked a frenzy at the beginning of January, with multiple projects' market values soaring. However, with market volatility, the AI Agent sector quickly cooled down. Nevertheless, the potential of AI Agents has not yet been fully realized, and DeFAI may become its second growth curve, bringing huge opportunities.

AI Agent Module Overview

AI Agents are intelligent entities capable of acting autonomously, executing tasks, and interacting with external tools. At their core are model services, primarily supported by large language models. AI Agent projects in the Web3 domain mainly include launch platforms, frameworks, infrastructure, agents, and DeFAI.

Launch Platform

The launch platform allows users to create, deploy, and monetize AI Agents. Among them, Virtuals is currently the largest launch platform, operating on the Base network, and has issued over 100,000 Agents.

framework

The framework is a toolkit for developing AI Agents. Major projects include SolanaAgentKit, Eliza, Rig, GOAT, and ZerePy.

infrastructure

The infrastructure encompasses various off-chain platforms and tools built around AI Agents, such as data aggregation services, testing platforms, resource sharing networks, and more.

Intelligent Entity

Intelligent agents are specific instances of AI agents. Some notable projects include Luna (AI Idol), AIXBT (Market Analysis Intelligent Agent), Freysa (Adversarial Agent Game), etc.

DeFAI

DeFAI is a combination of decentralized finance and artificial intelligence, aimed at simplifying the complex processes of DeFi. Major projects include Griffain (intent-based blockchain terminal), Orbit (DeFi operation simplification platform), and BUZZ (natural language DeFi trading interface).

The Development Prospects of DeFAI

The development of AI Agents still has great potential, mainly based on the following reasons:

1. The integration of AI and Web3 is an inevitable trend, and AI Agents can significantly lower the barriers to using Web3.

2. The current decline in the AI Agent market is more due to short-term factors rather than a lack of long-term value.

DeFAI is expected to become a new growth point for AI Agents:

1. DeFAI can effectively solve the usability issues of DeFi, aligning with the direction of AI improving Web3.

2. The tokens of the DeFAI project are more empowering, such as unlocking advanced features through token payments or staking.

3. Compared to a simple framework or launch platform, DeFAI applications are better at capturing value.

Conclusion

DeFAI not only simplifies DeFi operations and enhances user experience, but also stands at the intersection of DeFi and AI Agents. It has the potential to promote the widespread adoption of DeFi while providing practical application scenarios for AI Agents, facilitating their transition from the conceptual stage to the implementation stage.

During periods of market volatility, firmly believing in the value of DeFAI may bring new opportunities. DeFAI is expected to become the next important innovation direction in the blockchain field, driving the entire industry forward.