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The Delphi Podcast
Jansen Teng: Inside Virtuals’ Meteoric Rise, The Race to Billion-Dollar Crypto-AI Agents and life after AGI
Jan 10, 2025
Jansen Teng, CEO and co-founder of Virtuals, a trailblazing crypto AI platform, discusses the evolution of AI agents and the future of decentralized AI. He shares insights into the development of autonomous agents and their role in tokenization. The conversation explores the synergy between crypto and AI, revealing how these agents operate in a permissionless economy. Teng also delves into the complexities of blockchain choices and the integration of AI with human progress in technology, highlighting the challenges and opportunities ahead.
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- The evolution of Virtuals transformed from a gaming DAO to a leading crypto AI platform, enhancing agent autonomy and value capture.
- Tokenization of autonomous agents emerged as a key strategy for democratizing economic benefits while addressing user engagement concerns.
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The Evolution from Gaming DAO to Venture Studio
The journey began with a focus on the gaming ecosystem as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) in 2022. The collapse of FTX prompted a shift from a passive investment strategy to a more active approach, leading to the establishment of a venture studio. In this model, the team decided to employ founders directly rather than merely investing in them, positioning themselves at the intersection of consumer applications, crypto, and gaming. This strategic pivot allowed them to incubate companies that would integrate autonomous agents into gaming and entertainment applications.
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