In Brief
- Animoca Brands introduces AI agents called Animoca Minds, in partnership with CryptoSlam.
- These AI agents are designed to be user-friendly and secure, functioning in the cloud to enhance safety.
- Animoca Minds are blockchain-enabled, allowing for engagements such as token trading and DeFi actions.
Animoca Introduces New AI Agents
Animoca Brands, in collaboration with CryptoSlam, has launched a new service known as Animoca Minds. This initiative allows users to have their own persistent AI agents. These agents are designed to harness CryptoSlam’s Ethoswarm technology, providing the AI with distinct identity, memory, and cognition capabilities.
Funding and Development
The development of Animoca Minds was supported by a significant financial investment, with Animoca leading CryptoSlam’s $9 million funding round in 2022. Post the funding, CryptoSlam was merged with the Forkast.News website, creating a new entity named Forkast Labs which became instrumental in developing the technological infrastructure needed for Animoca Minds.
Features and Security
A key feature of the Animoca Minds service is its approachability for non-technical users, offering access to AI technology in a secure manner. The use of Ethoswarm technology ensures agents are persistent and sovereign. For added security, these AI agents operate in a cloud environment, which mitigates many common security risks associated with on-device agents.
Animoca Minds also aims to rival the flexibility of existing technologies like OpenClaw, enabling users to manage tasks via familiar platforms like email and Telegram, with plans to expand support to others such as Discord and X. Additionally, they incorporate a blockchain-based ownership model, permitting users to conduct cryptocurrency transactions and participate in decentralized finance (DeFi) activities directly through their agents.
Technological Choices and Vision
While specifics weren’t disclosed about the exact models employed by Animoca Minds, it is anticipated they would use sustainable and less resource-intensive technologies compared to more expensive alternatives. The choice reflects a balance of capability and accessibility, catering to practical uses rather than pushing computational boundaries.
Industry Perspectives
CryptoSlam CEO Randy Wasinger and Animoca’s executive chairman Yat Siu expressed enthusiasm about the potentials of AI agents to make high-tech pervasive and user-friendly. “Ethoswarm was built to ensure that AI agents are persistent, sovereign, and safe. However, the true potential of this technology is only realized when it reaches the hands of everyday users,” Wasinger noted.
Yat Siu, sharing his personal experience with AI agents operating his emails and other routine tasks, highlighted the integrative potential of blockchain with AI. “Blockchain provides AI with true agency: it provides ownership, settlement, and a native way to transact in tokenized goods and services,” Siu explained, adding that “When agents can work through familiar channels like email or messaging, they can also make on-chain activity feel more natural than manually managing wallets and transactions.”
Accessibility
For those interested in leveraging this technology, early access registration is available on their website, animocaminds.com. Through Animoca Minds, the company looks forward to making AI technologies more accessible and functional for everyday applications.
