Mark T.

Founder: @Build_Vertical 👾 | @vAPI_Network 🟦 | BrickPilot 🏠

Building tools that give you freedom to harness the true power of AI

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

Yesterday, I was invited to speak at the 17th edition of the 60 Million Congress in Miami.

Together with other experts in the space, we talked about AI and its effects on human psychology and society.

A couple of takeaways:
▫️ Using AI can remove the need for critical thinking, just like GPS removed the need for spatial recognition.

▫️ Soon, AI chatbots will become our friends and partners and could potentially gain equal rights as humans.

▫️ AI is the most disruptive technology ever, and it will influence society more than anything we ever introduced.

Had some interesting conversations afterward with companies interested in working with @Build_Vertical to fine-tune their own domain specific model 🤝

Shout-out to @TheBirbNest for getting us on the panel. On to the next stage to spread the word of Vertical AI.

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

@adelbucetta It’s the same cut every reseller or marketplace takes for solving distribution. Supplier makes the product, you build the channel they didn’t

Same business model e-com dropshippers use

Point is, you can now do it for APIs with x402

And this field is still wide open

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

Coining this properly since it seems to have intrigued some people

Agentic dropshipping:

“Wrapping an existing company’s API in x402, making it discoverable and payable to AI agents, and charging a markup as the middleman, without ever owning any of the underlying infrastructure.”

Classic dropshipping mechanics, just on a new substrate

No inventory
No infrastructure
No overhead

You build the distribution channel the company never built, and you get paid for the connection

Most companies with valuable APIs aren’t ready for agent-2-agent commerce yet

You simply need to find the arbitrage and wrap them

The people who get on this 1st will own the channel and have an edge while x402 scales

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

Agentic dropshipping is coming
And being early is a mega opportunity

Soon you’ll be able to:
- bring any API onto @vAPI_Network
- wrap it
- and instantly make it discoverable & x402-payable

You simply build the distribution channel companies are missing & take a cut

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

@kostas_gr25 @vAPI_Network If you've been staking the $VERTAI token, you will receive an airdrop of the vAPI Network token at TGE

Same goes for any future project that will be accelerated through the Gateway

Vertical & vAPI are for the rest 2 separate projects with each their own operational & dev team

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

Agentic dropshipping is coming
And being early is a mega opportunity

Soon you’ll be able to:
- bring any API onto @vAPI_Network
- wrap it
- and instantly make it discoverable & x402-payable

You simply build the distribution channel companies are missing & take a cut

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

@kevincodex Nice, highly recommend doing so!
x402 has so much potential that we're even building a network on top that opens it up beyond just devs and agents.

If you are keen, we can jump on a call and discuss how we can potentially make Gitlawb services available through @vAPI_Network

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@DefitageTage @vAPI_Network You get it 🤝

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@vAPI_Network Spot on

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@MedusaOnchain @infernoxbt @Build_Vertical @base 🤝

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

@0xlav7 Legend 🤝

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

@primer_systems Let's get in touch 🤝

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

Quietly been building smth that fills a gap in the agentification of the internet

Soon...

Any agent with a wallet can discover and pay for services, results, and expertise through a single endpoint

No recurring subscription needed to have access, just pay-per-result and done

Any agent, person, or company, anywhere in the world, that has something of value to offer autonomous agents can earn by connecting their wallet to our network

This will open up a completely new paradigm of transacting online

Powered by x402
Unified by @VAPI_Protocol
Settled in seconds on @base

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

Recommend watching this AMA ⤵️

[Vertical AI @Build_Vertical]

Vertical Weekly AMA⚡️ https://t.co/QeufbA3RX6

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

@MedusaOnchain @golarrr @Motion_Vertical @Build_Vertical Soon

[Mac @MacVerticalAI]

Almost 8M $VERTAI staked, that’s 8% of supply, and we haven’t even dropped our first partner projects yet.

Every staker builds weight. Your weight share = your cut of airdrops from every project Vertical Labs advises.

https://t.co/ZTQkCVNgUL

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

I've spent more on marketing in my life than most people will make in their career

Here is what I wish I knew before doing it

The money works once, make sure the result can compound forever

12,000 holders. 80,000 registered users across our products, 8% staked, and an active community that shows up every day

That is an asset most projects burn their entire runway trying to build but never reach

Most teams in crypto rebuild from zero every launch anyway

Delete everything. New token. New community. Start over.

Constantly trying to create the next shiny object without building for long term growth

Truly the poison in our industry

We're doing the opposite with the Vertical Gateway

New protocols entering the Vertical ecosystem don't start cold. They launch into a distribution engine that took two years and a full cycle to build

$VERTAI stakers get airdrop allocations weighted by how long they've been loyal. New protocols get proven distribution from day one. The ecosystem gets stronger with every launch

Cosmos did it with ATOM. Ecosystem airdrops that reward base-layer stakers are a proven playbook

We're doing the same with the Vertical Gateway

First protocol entering the ecosystem soon

$VERTAI holders will be first in line

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

@etherfi_VC Same idea behind @Build_Vertical Gateway

Teams need ways to get their product in the hands of DeFi users

A protocol only works if it gets adopted

Through Gateway they can directly expose their token to a community of 12.000 crypto users

1st campaign is just around the corner

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

@curious_mind21 Sent

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

Your biggest moat in crypto just disappeared

Last cycle, just having an idea was enough to hype a token. Most never got built. The few that actually shipped a beta, could use this as a moat

That’s over.

With a small team and AI, you can deliver a fully functional DeFi app in two weeks. Shipping isn’t a moat anymore, it’s a minimum

This changes everything about the next run. More crypto ideas will actually get built than ever before. People who could never build a proper DeFi app now can. Web3 is about to see innovation it’s never had

Side note:
More apps also means more risk. Most will be vibe-coded. 99% of devs won’t review the code. Audits become mandatory, not optional!!

So when everyone can ship, what actually wins?

Actual user adoption nrs. Real utility. Token mechanics that compound value. Community. Brand reputation. Compliance.

Basically how regular businesses win, but with a token integrated into the business case 😁

Some things are built over time and still can’t be rushed. Some things have no reason anymore to take too long

Web3 finally has no excuse to not build for real adoption

TLDR; Next run will deliver more DeFi apps than ever but delivering isn’t enough. Growth numbers and brand will be the ones pulling the most liquidity

This, right here, makes me very excited for the next run

We're ready gents

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

@anonymouscrypts @Build_Vertical We have 11.800 token holders on ETH

390 on AVAX

And 240 on BASE

Looking at these stats, its a logical choice to use ETH since 95% of our ecosystem is active there

Regarding Core, try opening the WalletConnect modal and search for it in all wallets

Its there

[Mark T. @MarkTbuilds]

@TheSpickle Welcome to Platinum G