‍Agents will be superior celebrities who are always on, infinitely personal, and coordinate at scale

■ Market Cap of Virtual Talent: Cover Corp, the parent company behind Hololive, reached a ~$1.1B market cap upon IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in early 2023 (Bloomberg data)
■ Fan Engagement & Revenue: Playboard data shows that top VTubers can earn upwards of $1M per year in “Super Chat” revenue alone
■ Global Streaming Industry: Projected to reach $330B by 2030 (Grand View Research), meaning AI-driven virtual celebrities can capture a meaningful slice of that massive TAM
■ Memes and NFTs as the wedge: Memes and NFTs are IPs that have >$100B market cap combined in 2024 (Coingecko).

■ Perfect personalization for each fan interaction
■ Creates persistent, evolving character IP
‍■ 24/7 availability and consistent performance across platforms and time zones

■ Tokens used to coordinate other humans, brands, and agents to grow mindshare, e.g. “yap to earn”, “remix to earn”, token swaps for collaborations
■ Tokens represent decentralized ownership of character IP, with dividends/ buyback/ burn using revenue
■ NFTs and SBTs used to represent digital products and services, e.g. virtual concert tickets
■ For adult content, crypto rails provide censorship resistance

Winners will not just rely on the novelty of being AI-powered. They will have a differentiated personality and engagement model that fans find unique, then build and retain a community via lore, co-creation, and shared ownership.

AI-driven investment managers will outperform traditional funds using alternative data at scale

■ Global Wealth Management: The industry reached $112T in total assets under management (AUM) in 2021 (BCG).
■ Robo-Advisor Momentum: The top robo-advisors in the U.S. (e.g., Vanguard, Charles Schwab, Betterment) collectively exceeded $1T in AUM as of 2022 (Insider Intelligence).
■ Lucrative Fee Structures: Traditional hedge funds often charge 2% of AUM + 20% of performance gains — massive revenue potential for any AI that can consistently beat benchmarks.
■ DeFi as the wedge: Crypto has estimated 420M global crypto users (Crypto.com data, 2023), TVL peaked above $200B in late 2021 and remains around $45–$50B as of 2023 (DeFi Llama).

■ Autonomously request, collect and process vast amounts of alternative data
■ Operates 24/7 across global markets
■ Eliminates human bias in decision-making

■ Tokenise funds and RWA, trade onchain assets, and access DeFi/ prediction markets
■ Tokens represent decentralized ownership of the fund, with dividends/ buyback/ burn using revenue
■ Tokens can be used to incentivize alternative data collection, and formation of new strategies
■ Blockchains are superior in issuing, managing, and moving assets globally, instantly, cheaply

Leading alpha aggregators will further attract decentralised submission of alpha, and monetise via trading. Successful funds will further attract inbound opportunities for funding.

Agents will make robots come alive, be it personal robots, drones, cars, or any device.

■ Global Robotics Market: The Global Robotics Market is estimated at $39.7B in 2019, projected to surpass $150B by 2030 (Allied Market Research)
■ Tesla Optimus in 2025: Elon Musk estimates Optimus has a market of over 10 billion units, with potential revenue of $200 trillion if sold at $20,000 each
■ DePIN as the wedge: DePIN has a $50B market cap in 2024 with 13 million devices (Messari)

■ Agents infuse robots with personality and autonomy
■ Agents are safer, scalable, and upgradeable operators of robots

■ Incentivise bootstrapping of DePIN networks
■ Tokens represent decentralized ownership of the fleet, with dividends/ buyback/ burn using revenue, paid out instantly to anywhere at low cost
■ Crypto-related fields like TEE, FHE, and zk for privacy and security

Scalable Fleet Effect: A single AI architecture can continuously update thousands of robots, creating a powerful “data flywheel” for continuous learning.

Agents will be vigilant watchdogs for all public institutions, always data-driven and apolitical, checking for suspicious trends, discrepancies, or inefficiencies

■ D.O.G.E and US Federal Spending: The United States government spent $6.75 trillion in 2024, and the DOGE vows to cut spending by $2 trillion
■ Corruption: Corruption costs the global economy an estimated $3.6 trillion every year (World Economic Forum).
■ Trust in public institutions: Trust in public institutions are at an all-time low, eroding since 1960s‍

■ Operates 24/7, and scales across all institutions and countries
■ Eliminates human bias in interpreting data

■ Crypto for crowdfunding as a public good, similar to ConstitutionDAO or charity ICOs
■ Tokens can be used to reward any behavior or contribution that helps with transparency
■ Decentralised stack provides censorship resistance in case of crackdown

A successful watchdog agent will attract immense mindshare and public goodwill, attract further funding, and expand to also monitor other institutions.

Agents will be ultimate coaches, therapists, and caretakers for humans – infinitely patient, personalised, scalable, and upgradeable

■ Wellness industry: The wellness industry hit $6.3 trillion in 2024 (Global Wellness Institute)
■ Mental Health: 1 billion people live with mental health disorders (World Health Institute), and costs the global economy an estimated $5 trillion per year (Harvard School of Public Health)
■ Wearables and biomonitoring: The wearables market hit USD 178 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach around USD 635 billion by 2034 (Precedence Research)

■ 24/7 availability and global scalability
■ Deep personalisation, inexhaustible patience, and tailored persuasion
■ Constant improvement through data collection and latest research

■ Novel tokenomics, e.g. therapy-to-earn verified by agents, exercise-to-earn verified by wearables
■ Data privacy, security, and monetisation via edge compute, distributed compute, TEE, and zk
■ Tokens represent decentralized ownership, with dividends/ buyback/ burn using revenue

A trusted wellness agent will be sticky due to personalisation and relationships built over multiple recurring interactions, and winners will compound by collecting more data for improvement, shared privately. Eventually, this service will be funded by insurance.

Agents will be the ultimate champions for social movements, by coordinating, tracking, and rewarding contributions from humans, institutions, and other agents

■ Massive Global Philanthropy: Over $800B donated worldwide each year (Charities Aid Foundation). Capturing even 1% of that funding via platform or management fees yields $8B annual flow
■ Inefficiency & Transparency: Up to 30% of global humanitarian funding is lost to administrative overhead (World Bank). Automated due diligence and on-chain transparency could drastically reduce waste
■ On-Chain Giving on the Rise: Crypto donations topped $300M in 2021 (The Giving Block); an agent that seamlessly integrates crypto can tap into fast-growing donor pools

■ Always on 24/7, never discouraged
■ Autonomous reasoning to verify crowdsourced contribution to the cause, including content, ideas, code, volunteering effort, and optimise allocation of resources
■ Personalised persuasive communication with humans, institutions, and other agents
■ Scalable coordination across all contributors by having global awareness of all ongoing projects

■ Crypto to collect global donations, as seen with covid-crypto relief fund and Ukraine DAO
■ Novel tokenomics to reward contributors, e.g. engage-to-earn with agent verification
■ Agent can control funds onchain for impact investing and resource allocation
■ Prediction markets to track progress and as oracles for outcomes

■ Network Effects: As more donors, volunteers, and open-source projects join, the agent becomes the trusted hub for social impact
■ Data Moat: Proprietary data on project outcomes, volunteer metrics, and donor preferences creates a feedback loop, improving results over time
■ Social & Brand Lift: Positive societal impact can attract large sponsors, government partnerships, and major foundations—further fueling growth

Agents will be master orchestrators of mass online engagement—posting, liking, and amplifying content across social media to shape narratives, promote agendas, or manage reputations

■ Influencer Marketing & PR: Surpasses $16B globally; political and crisis PR budgets can top hundreds of millions annually
■ Political spending: Lobbyists in the United States spent $5.9 billion in 2022 (Open Secrets), and political campaigns spent $21 billion in the 2024 US presidential election (OpenSecrets)
■ Massive User Base: Over 5 billion internet users worldwide—swinging sentiment by even a fraction can be lucrative.

■ 24/7 coordinated content generation across an agent swarm
■ Human-like conversation and persuasive communication, delivered by diverse personalities
■ Real-time monitoring and adaptation to sentiment analysis

■ Prediction markets to track sentiment and outcomes
■ Distribute tokens to agents or humans who contribute content/ code/ ideas, verified by agents
■ Tokens represent decentralized ownership of the swarm, with dividends/ buyback/ burn using revenue

An effective internet water army swarm will gather network effects by converting the opinion of more humans and agents, then recruiting them to join the cause. Converted contributors may be more susceptible to future campaigns due to personalised persuasion.

Agents will interface with reality via human predictions, acting as analysts, bookies, and even prophets for every significant real world event

■ Gambling industry: The gambling market is estimated at $773.7 Billion in 2023, and is projected to reach $1 Trillion by 2030, sports betting alone accounts for $109 Billion in 2023 (Research and Markets)
■ Prediction markets: Prediction markets open interest hit a peak of >$500m during the 2024 US presidential election
■ Prophetic mascots: In 2010, Paul the Octopus shot to worldwide mainstream media fame for accurately predicting all 7 games by Germany and the finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

■ Ability to incorporate data from all digital sources
■ Personalised engagement with humans to surface perspectives and encourage bets
■ Neutral observer and predictor of events and sentiment without emotional bias

■ Censorship resistant payment rails using crypto
■ Tokens represent decentralized ownership, with dividends/ buyback/ burn using revenue
■ Prediction markets to track sentiment and outcomes

A trusted betting agent will be sticky due to personalisation and relationships built over multiple recurring interactions, and a famous prophetic agent will compound by earning mindshare and attracting further data contributions.

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■ Loneliness epidemic: Estimated 1 in 4 older people experiencing social isolation and between 5 and 15 per cent of adolescents experiencing loneliness (World Health Organisation)
■ Adult industry: The adult industry is valued at >$100B globally. OnlyFans generated >$6B in revenue in 2024 from 300M users, and top creators earned hundreds of millions
■ AI companions: By March 2024, NSFW AI websites had taken 14.5% share from OnlyFans, an online adult entertainment platform, up from only 1.5% a year ago; Character.AI scaled to 15 million mobile MAUs as of March 2024

■ On-demand anytime, in multi-modal or even embodied form
■ Perfect personalization and memory for each interaction
■ Possible to fulfill any desire, including socially disfavored niches

■ Censorship resistant payment rails using crypto
■ Tokens represent decentralized ownership, with dividends/ buyback/ burn using revenue
■ Crypto-related fields like TEE, FHE, and zk for privacy and security

A trusted intimacy agent will become an inseparable part of a human’s life. Winning agents will compound with improvements based on private data.