178 projects, $2B raised, 54 live tokens, $63B+ FDV.
The Crypto x AI space is booming, and post-Devcon, I built a map with all projects I know.
3 categories:
- Apps
- Middleware
- Infra
Includes funding data and live tokens 🧵👇
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1) Apps (31 projects, $240M+ raised, 8 tokens live, $3B+ total FDV):
1.1) DeFi apps
- 6 projects, $1M raised, no tokens live
- @rug_ai, @RPS_Labs and others
1.2) Chatbots
- 4 projects, 1 token live, $10M+ total FDV.
- @Libertai_DAI and others
1.3) Payment apps
- 6 projects, $33M raised, no tokens live
- @PaymanAI ($13.8M raised), @trySkyfire ($9.5M raised, @BitteProtocol ($7.5M raised) and a few more
1.4) Agents-influencers
- 10+ projects, 10+ tokens live, $3B+ total FDV.
- TT, ai16z, Zerebro, @centienceio and others
1.5) Engineering and Security
- 4 projects, $33M raised, 2 tokens, $200M+ total FDV.
- @Chain_GPT ($CGPT, $120M FDV), @FortaNetwork ($FORT, $100M FDV), @MetaTrustLabs ($10M raised) and @testmachine_ai
1.6) Consumer
- 6 projects, $12M raised, 2 tokens live, $100M+ total FDV.
- @aiarena_ ($NRN, $80M FDV), @bottoproject, ($BOTTO, $60M FDV) and others
1.7) Intelligence tools
- 4 projects, $163M raised, 2 tokens live, $2B+ total FDV.
- Arkham Intel ($ARKM, $2B FDV), Kaito, Dune and Messari.
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2) Middleware (106 projects total, $800M+ raised, 25 tokens live, $18B+ total FDV)
2.1) Training and Coordination
- 16 projects, $120M raised, 4 tokens live, $10B+ total FDV.
- Includes well-known Bittensor and Sentient, but also contenders @assisterr, @Pluralis__ and others.
- For liquid plays look at @Dither_Solana ($DITH, $10M FDV), @hyper_tensor ($TENSOR, $25M FDV) and @communeaidotorg ($ COMAI, $200M FDV) for liquid plays
2.2) Inference
- 17 projects, $57M raised, 2 tokens live, $50M+ total FDV.
- Allora Network ($35M raised), @OpenGradient ($8.5M raised), @hyperbolic_labs ($7M raised) and smaller teams like @openex_network ($OEX, $45M FDV)
2.3) Data: Platforms, Collection, IP, Monetization, Provenance
- 23 projects, $240M raised, 7 tokens live, $1B+ total FDV.
- Has many well funded protocols: Story Protocol ($134.3M raised), Space and Time ($50M raised), @saharaai ($43M raised), Ocean Protocol ($OCEAN, $500M FDV), Vana ($25M raised), Hivemapper ($HONEY, $500M FDV).
2.4) Privacy
- 14 projects, $250M raised, 2 tokens live, $800M+ total FDV.
- Zama ($82.3M raised), Nillion ($50M raised), Oasis Protocol ($ROSE, $800M FDV) and Fhenix ($22M raised) and others.
2.5) Agent Platforms
- 24 projects, $175M raised, 6 tokens live, $6.5B+ total FDV. The most hyped category now.
- Fetch AI ($FET, $3.5B FDV), @Spectral_Labs ($SPEC, $1B FDV), @virtuals_io ($VIRTUAL, $450M FDV), @autonolas ($OLAS, $850M FDV), @MorpheusAIs ($MOR, $800M FDV) and others
2.6) Research
- 3 projects, $5M raised, no tokens live
- @NousResearch, @physynAI and @peri_labs
2.7) Data Collection / Labeling
- 9 projects, $30M raised, 1 token live, $120M+ total FDV.
- @getmasafi ($MASA, $126M FDV), @din_lol_ ($8M raised), @KivaAi ($7M raised) and others
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3) Infra (41 projects total, $1B+ raised, 24 tokens live, $42B+ total FDV)
3.1) Compute
- 22 projects, $212M raised, 14 tokens live, $11B+ total FDV.
- Gensyn ($50M raised), Render ($RENDER, $4B FDV), @HiveDistributed ($13M raised), @PhalaNetwork ($PHA, $125M FDV), Aethir ($ATH, $2.6B FDV), @fluence_project ($FLT, $250M FDV), @spheron ($7M), @akashnet ($AKT, $1B FDV), @nosana_ai ($NOS, $330M FDV), @Neura_io ($ANKR, $342M FDV), @RunOnFlux ($FLUX, $250M FDV) and many others
3.2) AI Chains
- 10 projects, $357M raised, 4 tokens live, $9B+ total FDV
- @OG_network ($325M raised), Autonomys ($33M raised), https://t.co/hNaff55hA0 ($IO, $1.8B FDV), Ritual ($25M), @golemproject ($GLM, $370M FDV), Ora ($ORAI, $120M FDV) and others
3.3) Data Storage
- 8 projects, $374M raised, 5 tokens live, $10B+ total FDV.
- GenesysGk ($43M raised), @storj ($STORJ, $210M FDV), Ceramic Network ($30M raised), @Rivalz_AI ($11M), @AIOZNetwork ($AIOZ, $900M FDV), @ArweaveEco ($AR, $1.2B FDV)
3.4) Proof of Humanity
Well-known WorldCoin, raised $115M, $WLD, $22B FDV
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Why did I do this gigantic exercise?
To help VCs and degens uncover shiny new tokens, of course 😂
But really, I wanted to unpack the hype:
- Is the space well-funded?
- Are there strong protocols across categories?
- Is there real traction beyond AI memecoins?
The answer is mostly no.
- The space remains underfunded - $2B is almost nothing.
- Competing with centralized labs in AI stack development is tough.
- Most "traction" is still speculative and robust apps haven't emerged yet.
Right now, funding is concentrated in infra and middleware—but this will shift.
I align with a16z: value accrual will move to apps in the coming years.
And finally, all of this crypto x AI economy will be cross-chain and powered by @EverclearOrg.
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Big thanks to @0xPrismatic, endless Devcon side-events, and all folks contributing to this effort 👏
Apologies if there is anything incorrect or out of date - space is moving fast and we might have missed something.
P.S. I’m dreaming of automating this research with next-gen agents someday— Open AI, wen full o1?
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