Ai16z, a venture capital firm run by artificial intelligence agents, has announced a Token economic reform plan to enhance the value of the native Token and position itself as a pioneer in the field. Decentralized AI field.
The reform seemed necessary because even though the Eliza platform, a tool that allows developers to create AI agents, had widespread adoption, the team still felt the native Token lacked a robust mechanism to achieve have long-term value.
Key Details of the New Proposal
One document Details of the tokenomics discussion say the plan will be implemented in two phases starting next year. Phase 1 will involve creating a platform launching in Q1 2025, similar to Pump.fun.
Similarly, Ai16z’s launch platform will act as a place to launch AI projects based on Eliza. To promote community collaboration, it is also proposed that the platform’s source code will be made public after its launch in January.
When a new AI project is launched on the platform, users can trade that Token with SOL for a small fee. This fee will then be used to buy back Ai16z Tokens from the market and create a liquidity pool.
The launch platform will also introduce inter-agent interaction, multi-chain integration, and other developments using Eliza’s plugin architecture. So the key to this phase is the value capture mechanisms, including launch fees, ai16z Token staking, and liquidity pools associated with the Tokens.
In phase 2, Ai16z plans to link the value of its Token to various products in the ecosystem. The Ai16z token is expected to become the base currency for actor-to-actor transactions, similar to the way Ethereum powers decentralized applications on its blockchain.
“The goal of this ecosystem is for multiple products to complement each other and inseparably tie value to the ai16z Token. Similar to how ETH or SOL underpins much of the core decentralized infrastructure built on top of it,” the proposal reads.
Ai16z Aims for a Valuation of 100 Billion USD?
The team also hopes that Ai16z can become a Layer-1 blockchain for AI in the long term. Tokenomics discussions mentioned that the L1 blockchain is how Ai16z was able to achieve a $100 billion valuation.
In November, Ai16z partnered with Ryze Labs to launch AICombinator, an initiative backed by a $5 million fund. This program will enable developers to create innovative projects that combine AI capabilities with cryptocurrency technology.
According to CoinGecko, AI16Z Token is trading at $1.28 at press time, down 5% in the past 24 hours. It’s worth noting that this tokenomics shakeup comes as AI16Z hit a $1.5 billion market cap for the first time earlier this week.
