Virtuals Protocol Partners with Animoca Brands to Drive AI-Powered Gaming Revolution

Virtuals Protocol, a decentralized platform for autonomous agents, has announced a strategic partnership with blockchain and metaverse game giant Animoca Brands. The collaboration aims to advance the development of AI agents and gaming, converging the two ecosystems to create immersive gaming experiences.

Empowering the Next Generation of Gaming

The partnership will work closely with Agentstarter, an on-chain AI agent accelerator on Base, to fund and support the next wave of agent-driven games. In a statement, the partners emphasized their focus on empowering dynamic gaming worlds, delivering lifelike excitement and engagement to hundreds of millions of players globally.

We are here to fund new experiences, not just tech. Our focus is on empowering dynamic gaming worlds of the future to deliver lifelike excitement and engagement to hundreds of millions of players globally.

Capitalizing on the Rise of Agentic Development

The crypto market has witnessed a surge in Agentic development, with multiple projects achieving significant early success. Virtuals Protocol has gained attention through projects such as G.A.M.E, aixbt, and VaderAI. The partnership with Animoca Brands and Agentstarter will leverage this momentum to support new AI gaming projects through:

  • Capital injection
  • Technical expertise
  • Incubation

The investment will focus on developers seeking to integrate autonomous agents into their projects, pushing the boundaries of traditional gaming limits. Potential areas of focus include:

  • Sentient AI non-player characters
  • AI gamers with the capacity to compete with real human gamers
  • AI avatars that can replicate the player to act as their digital twin

Animoca Brands’ Web3 Footprint

Across the web3 gaming ecosystem, Animoca Brands has an extensive footprint, with investments in over 540 projects and partners. Notable investments include The Sandbox, ApeCoin, Immutable, Axie Infinity, and Decentraland.

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