AI Continues to Lead the Way, Which AI NFT Projects Are Worth Watching?

By: blockbeats|2025/01/03 10:00:04

AI has undoubtedly been the absolute main theme of the Crypto market recently, with various AI concept tokens surging. So, how has AI NFT performed? Which AI NFT projects are worth our attention? 律动 BlockBeats lists 13 AI NFT projects worth paying attention to.

ai16z partners

Although originating from community member @SOLsesame created an NFT series, it is clearly supported by ai16z official.

Shaw has expressed support multiple times on Twitter:

AI Continues to Lead the Way, Which AI NFT Projects Are Worth Watching?

Within ai16z's official Discord, there is also a "NFT" role specifically set up for ai16z partners holders.

Currently, it is unknown what specific utility there will be, and the series itself is not an AI narrative but has a close relationship with ai16z. The current floor price is close to 4 SOL, nearing its previous high.

zereborn

Coming from the zerebro official and should be the first NFT series created by an AI Agent. I think the official endorsement + AI creation dual narrative makes zereborn's market value higher than ai16z partners, although the market value of $zerebro is currently nearly $15 billion lower than $ai16z.

Currently, it is unknown what specific utility there will be, with the floor price close to 5.7 SOL.

Virtuals World

This is a Free Mint land series issued by Virtuals official in July 2024, with a total supply of only 100, with no whitelist restrictions. Nevertheless, at the time, it even took close to 20 minutes to mint, and you even had the opportunity to buy in at such a low price:

With the explosion of the AI concept, as the AI leader on the Base network, this series is now soaring. If it weren't for the limited supply, this would definitely be a strong competitor for the largest NFT play of 2024. However, very few NFT players have noticed this hundredfold NFT project because it is actually in the AI track, and different industries are like different mountains.

The current floor price is 11 ETH, and players are more hopeful that it will play a role in AI+ gaming in the future.

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2049 // Reflections

The official NFT series of Freysa AI, this is a limited NFT collection that runs autonomously in a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), providing access to tools, seed hints, and mission objectives. The minting price for this series is 0.25 ETH, with a total supply of 2049. The current floor price is close to 0.6 ETH, corresponding to a market cap of about $4.2 million, and its token $FAI has a market cap close to $370 million.

Smol Brains

This series, also known as "Magic Monkeys," is an old project from the previous cycle and has always been a core PFP project in the Treasure DAO ecosystem.

In the past week, Smol Brains have quadrupled in value, with the current floor price close to 0.4 ETH.

The reason for the surge in "Magic Monkeys" is Shaw, as Shaw was one of the early developers in the Treasure DAO ecosystem and is responsible for the Smol Brains game project Smol World. Smol World will be an AI game where each Smol Brains acts as an AI Agent for on-chain gameplay, allowing them to steal each other's assets in PvP. The game will integrate with the Eliza framework.

The token $SMOL of Smol Brains also saw an all-time high increase of 8 times in the past week. $SMOL will migrate to a V2 version to enhance its utility in the Smol World game. Currently, the market cap of $SMOL is approximately $16.5 million.

Kemonokaki

Inserting this project here might seem a bit forced, but it is worth paying attention to. In summary, Kemonokaki is like the Milady on Base.

The reason for its surge in the past week is that it will benefit from daos.world's whitelist for the $OHM reinnovation project Daolympus World.

In ALCHDAO's multisig, 3 of the signers are from the daos.world team. ALCHDAO is a DAO focused on investing in tokenized AI agents and blockchain innovation.

Additionally, in July 2024, Virtuals' official account also posted about Kemonokaki. Of course, this post was a while ago and doesn't really indicate anything significant; it mostly highlights Kemonokaki's Base Milady status.

Parallel Avatars

Parallel is an on-chain TCG (Trading Card Game) based on a Base chain and is under the Echelon Prime Foundation. In 2021, Parallel completed a $50 million funding round led by Paradigm, with other investors including YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, Focus Labs, OSS Capital, and Yunt Capital, among others.

Parallel is already available for players to enjoy. Apart from Parallel, the Echelon Prime Foundation is also developing a survival game called Parallel Colony, which integrates ERC-6551 technology and allows players to cooperate with AI. In Parallel Colony, players can assign tasks to AI Agents, who will then autonomously carry them out. The AI Agents interact with each other and with players, sharing their own gaming ideas, and engage in transactions within Parallel Colony.

The initial AI Agent game characters need to be created through Parallel Avatars, and there will be mechanisms in the future to allow regular players to obtain AI Agent game characters to participate in the game. Currently, the floor price of Parallel Avatars is close to 1 ETH.

This game is set to begin its open testing in the first quarter of this year. In addition to Parallel Colony, Parallel has also developed an AI-driven fully on-chain automated trading tool @AIWayfinder, showcasing a strong AI-centric approach.

CryptoAgents

This is an upcoming collection with a total supply of 10,000, Free Mint. In a nutshell, this will be an AI Agent-created NFT series. However, the key difference is that this will be a fully on-chain NFT series, meaning the images are rendered by the smart contract's code.

This project is launched by @punk3700, who is the founder of the modular Bitcoin Layer 2 project BVM and the founder of Eternal AI, a cross-chain AI layer.

Bossu

A new project, currently scheduled for minting on January 7th, nicknamed "Shark Egg" in the Chinese-speaking community due to its cute image, which has attracted more attention from NFT players.

Information about this team @wawe_online is somewhat chaotic. The official website states that it was founded in 2019 as a digital art creative studio in Argentina, but the location shown on LinkedIn is Chiang Mai, Thailand, while Behance indicates China.

However, this is a Free Mint series, so it's not a big issue. Their token $BOSSU runs on the Eliza framework and currently has a market cap of nearly $2 million. The NFT series itself consists of IP images that this studio has been developing for many years, not generated by an AI Agent. However, using an AI Agent to operate the IP images and then releasing the artwork indeed reflects a broader IP development strategy beyond just an initial image.

xNomad

From NFTGo, a new AI NFT project that has not been released yet. In simple terms, it combines AI Agents with small images. NFT holders can use their NFTs as AI Agents, allowing them to invest, participate in airdrops, and more. The money earned by the small images can also be withdrawn.

It runs on the Eliza framework. Let's see if Shaw can pay attention, as that would make us more optimistic if possible.

Botto

Starting from here, we have some things that are different from the current mainstream AI narrative and that NFT players might be more interested in.

Botto, which seasoned NFT players should be familiar with, is a project that has been around since the previous cycle. Botto is a decentralized AI artist that has been active since October 8, 2021. The AI creates 350 pieces of art every week, and the community votes on one final piece to be auctioned on SuperRare. To vote, one needs to stake $BOTTO to receive voting points, and 40% of the auction proceeds are used to reward voters.

The community also decides on proposals regarding the AI's creative themes, the introduction or removal of the AI models used, allowing Botto to explore different artistic directions in different periods.

This project can be considered to have weathered the bull and bear markets, as Botto's six pieces were collectively auctioned for a total of $351,600 at Sotheby's on October 24, 2024. Currently, $BOTTO has a market cap of approximately $31 million.

Neura

Neura is not a regular AI image generation platform; in fact, the team behind Neura, Adanede, intends to develop Neura into a decentralized, self-aware AI artist through self-funding. Neura will create art independently, but users can use Android NFTs to influence Neura's creations. Different Android NFTs will give Neura different artistic styles, making each user a unique node of Neura.

Currently, Neura has created its first series, "The Memories," and completed the Free Mint. This series allows users to freely inspire the AI and then the AI will recreate based on the user's initial sketch, essentially showcasing Neura's abilities first. The formal journey of nurturing Neura as an AI artist has not yet begun, so stay tuned.

alignDRAW

These images are pretty abstract... right?

This rough mosaic-like abstraction is because these works were created by the first-ever text-to-image AI model in history. In 2015, 19-year-old Elman Mansimov, through his alignDRAW model, first achieved the AI operation of generating images from text prompts.

This is a pure art project that focuses on an AI development historical narrative. In 2024, the series reached a record high price of almost 3 ETH, with the initial minting price being 0.1 ETH. Currently, the series' floor price is around 1.66 ETH.

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