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.
@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
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
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
@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
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
@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
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
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
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
@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
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
@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