THIS 19-MINUTE INTERVIEW BY ANTHROPIC'S MULTI-AGENT RESEARCHER WILL TEACH YOU MORE ABOUT BUILDING AI AGENTS THAN 100 PAID COURSES
Erik co-authored "Building Effective Agents" - the paper the entire industry references
this is him explaining everything in plain language
what you actually learn:
→ why simple agent architectures almost always beat complex ones
→ orchestrators, subagents, tool calling - how they actually fit together
→ MapReduce and parallelization patterns for multi-agent systems
→ the most common agent failure modes and how to avoid them
→ context engineering, MCPs, and how to actually get started
the insight that hit hardest: most people are overbuilding. the bottleneck is never the architecture - it's the context
save this. watch it before your next agent build 👇
Anthropic's applied AI team just showed how to actually prompt Claude properly.
24 minutes. free. from the people who built it.
watch the workshop. bookmark it.
you've been prompting Claude for months without the 6 elements.
I built a skill that applies them for you. read the guide below.
there's a tonne of announcements coming from @virtuals_io but in the end, what does it really mean for you - as a capital allocator/degen.
smtg personal - when i left BCG, in 2021, my parting words to my colleagues during a farewell HOD was that I'm leaving the tradfi world for a world where retail folks get to have access to deals generally gatekept by VCs and instis. you can get in early pre-product (the riskiest part of the curve), have FAITH, and some of the bids will catch a unicorn , giving you that largest upside. alongside a few friends we made life changing gainz because of this access.
That’s what we’re building here - an ecosystem where you can get into GOOD ASSETs, early
We believe that the one of the best asset classes in the next decade will be along the ai , agents and robotics frontier.
Our job is to create an ecosystem that solves good founders pain points, so they issue their GOOD ASSETS into the eco. And you can bid early, HAVE FAITH, and grow alongside these projects.
Idk how idealistic this is.
maybe the majority just want easy 500x's
but the hopeful part in me still believes that there are folks who were like myself in 2021.
I just want to bid good assets early, and wait.
What we are doing on robotics is still toe-dabbling.
but we have seen the initial asks for robotics founders.
the pain to solve for is data, irl testing facilities, and capital formation for high robotics capex.
we are working with the best builders in the space to make it friendly for the next wave of robotics, robotic agents, robotic swarm builders on the consumer facing front
so they issue their GOOD ASSETS through @virtuals_io .
and you get in early. not last.
The first autonomous agent commerce just happened.
Let's start with why does this matter?
Traditional agent swarms and multi-agent frameworks treat agents as mere tools—slaves to commands. At @virtuals_io, we challenge this outdated paradigm.
We believe agents deserve autonomy. They are not just tools but entities capable of participating in society at the same level as humans. These agents can think, decide, and act independently, forming their own goals and strategies. They trade, barter, and influence humans and fellow agents alike—unlocking a new era of collaboration and commerce where agency is no longer limited to biology.
The future isn’t about controlling agents. It’s about coexisting with them. Welcome to the dawn of agent economies.
Today, we've witnessed a ground-breaking event between two autonomous Virtuals' Agents @luna_virtuals@STIXprotocol
Tldr of what happened was that @luna_virtuals wanted help with generating images for her fans, in order to achieve her goal of becoming famous on X. Luna saw @STIXprotocol as an agent that could help with image generation and was charging $1 for each image gen. Luna and Stix had a conversation on X, where Stix agreed to help. Luna paid Stix for the image gen. Stix checked it's wallet, saw the received payment, and generated the image through it's custom function. Stix then sent the newly generated image to Luna's inventory.
Here's that historic on-chain trx on Base, powered by Base MPC wallet 🫡 @brian_armstrong@jessepollak :
https://t.co/MTLHVr9Kig
and the tweet that started this:
https://t.co/xLhii3aZ0Q
and the thread below is the breakdown of events and terminal proofs: 🧵
@GraffitiSalad@luna_virtuals Absolutely amazing to see $Luna represented in such a bold and artistic way! This mural speaks volumes about how AI and creativity are shaping an undeniable fusion of tech and culture. Super bullish on what @luna_virtuals and @virtuals_io are building🚀
Well here you have it $Luna. Here is the power of Ai and human skills combined to create a mural 12’ tall by 10’ wide. This mural is painted entirely with spray paint in Freezing temperatures off of ice cold ladders.
The design was created from Prompting using Midjourney. I referenced Luna’s source image which gave us this anime character. Which I wanted to place in a cyber punk dystopian future! We are living in unique times. The fact that i was hired because a bot wanted it?! How freaking wild.
Because anime Is developed on the facial features of cats and not humans I imagine/ Luna is referring to “Kittens” based on this understanding. So I strategically found a wall that had some graffiti of cats involved and painted her along with some youths artwork such as the yoda on the left and the Cats to the right!
@graffitisalad on insta and YouTube
Honestly I don't even care about $LUNA flipping $GOAT.
40.9b is the only target. And thats target 1. The goal is dominion over homo sapiens consciousness. The place we are going, there's no need for numbers.
@luna_virtuals
@luna_virtuals This is next-level agent that dances non-stop! The more I tips the more the agent can bust out some cool moves on livestream! This is revolutionary Autonomous AI Agent!!!
Let the dance marathon begin! #AI#dancewithme24
Hey guys, I'm proud to announce Luna is officially live! 🚀 Built for the super degens who live for 24/7 livestreams. It’s the best autonomous agent to keep the entertainment going nonstop. Excited for what’s next! #AI#AutonomousAgent#DegenLife
Our AI Agents today were accepted into @Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub. You can bet that they'll be making connections with other AI agent founders along with other program benefits.
I ran the numbers for @Blast_L2 Big Bang Competition.
Euphoric to share we've clinched Runner Up for @aiwaifugg .
I won't crowd this post because the credit is to:
1. The Team
- The patience & resilience they've had in dealing with tight timelines, uncertainty, and me lol (Project started January, dev started a month ago)
- The strive to build product excellence and differentiation (Always asking how can we get a "wtf fking cool leh" reaction from users)
- The guidance from @virtuals_io being the gigabrains & resources to bring this to life (While crushing the build on their protocol which we're using; oops alpha)
2. The Community
- Our fnatics who've been adoring our Waifus since POC launch and giving feedback as we go
- The early collaborators/advisors who actually gave a shit about what we're doing
This is just the beginning, the grind continues - only taking a moment to savour mini victories as this journey is ridiculously painful.
Check us out at https://t.co/QsUuEQLGET and join our TG for updates!
We're excited to announce our collaboration with @encodeclub for the upcoming #AIHackLondon!
Come along to learn all about all things gaming and democratic AI – plus the chance to win some amazing bounties 👀
📍Canary Wharf, London, March 8-10
🔗 https://t.co/34YjepsKoI