AI + Web3s booming development and future prospects in multiple fields | Nx.one

As the digital wave surges, the integration of AI and Web3 is reshaping many fields with an unstoppable momentum. In the first half of 2024, a total of 1,240 projects in the Web3 field raised a total of US$7.52 billion. Among them, financing in the AI field surged. In the second quarter of 2024 alone, financing in the AI field reached US$24 billion, accounting for a large part of the total investment. Since the end of the year, AI concept coins have continued to exert their strength, leveraging the wealth-making effect of Meme coins and Trumps bull market effect, and have become one of the most concerned and optimistic concepts in the market. AI is bringing unprecedented opportunities and changes to the cripto world. Let us explore the development status and future potential of this cutting-edge field in depth.

AI+Social: UXLINK and Pop Social

Let鈥檚 review 2024 and explore the development achievements in the field of AI + Social from various dimensions:

• In terms of improving user experience, social platforms that use AI technology have achieved outstanding results in user matching and content recommendations. The accuracy of user matching has increased by 30% compared with the past, and the click-through rate of content recommendations has increased by an average of 25%, which has increased the average daily interaction time of users by 20 minutes and greatly enhanced user stickiness.

• From the perspective of data security and privacy protection, more than 40% of emerging social platforms have used decentralized storage technology based on blockchain, reducing the risk of user data leakage by 45%, and users trust in platform data security has increased to more than 80%. At the same time, about 30% of platforms have introduced AI-driven smart contracts to automate social incentive mechanisms, and the number of users participating in incentive activities has increased by 50%, greatly stimulating user enthusiasm.

• In terms of investment and financing, in the first half of 2024, the AI + Web3 social field attracted more than 50 investment projects with a total financing amount of US$300 million. The massive influx of capital has provided a strong impetus for the development of this field. User data has also shown explosive growth. At present, the number of monthly active users of related platforms has exceeded 50 million, of which the growth rate of new users has reached 35%.

Looking ahead to 2025, NX.one Research Institute believes that this field has unlimited potential. With the advancement of AI technology, the accuracy of sentiment analysis and natural language processing is expected to increase to more than 90% and 85% respectively, which can more accurately understand user emotions and intentions and provide users with highly personalized social services. Under the trend of decentralization, it is expected that the user market share of decentralized social platforms will break the partial monopoly of traditional social giants. There is an obvious trend of cross-platform and cross-domain social integration. AI will help different social networks connect seamlessly and build a larger and richer social ecosystem.

UXLINK is a new socialfi infrastructure project built on Telegram, focusing on acquaintance social networking. Since its launch in April 2023, it has developed rapidly and has become one of the worlds largest web3 social platforms. It has the following features and advantages:

• Huge user base and activity: As of April 30, 2024, UXLINK has covered more than 95,000 groups, with 5.38 million verified users and 7.73 million users in groups. Its daily active user peak can reach about 743,000, the number of independent active wallet addresses in the past 24 hours exceeded 730,000, and the number of independent active wallet addresses in 30 days exceeded 1.65 million, ranking first in the social sector, with total smart contract assets exceeding US$1.44 million, and total smart contract assets inflows reaching US$11.54 million in 30 days.

• Innovative Link-to-Earn mechanism: Users can obtain Arbitrums on-chain wallet and points by sharing invitation links, inviting others to join the community and starting the registration bot. At the same time, uxuy points can also be earned by completing tasks, casting on-chain with exclusive social relationships, and establishing your own community. The points are linked to the airdrop amount, which effectively encourages user participation and the expansion of social relationships.

• Dual-token economic model: uxuy is a utility token used to incentivize the community, pay service fees, and is partially destroyed; uxlink is a governance token with a fixed supply of 1 billion, which will be released after listing and airdropped to active users, builders, partners, etc.

• Powerful social data graph: UXLINKs uxsbt and uxgraph help users accumulate social graphs, successfully transfer web2 sns social relationships to web3 social assets, and provide a valuable data foundation for developers and AI projects.

• Extensive ecological cooperation: UXLINK has cooperated with multiple AI and GameFi projects and launched the UXLINK Social Ecological Alliance. The first batch of ecological projects include Bubble AI, 1 Gen Labs, Pond, MetaCene, BacGames, Space Nation, EarlyBird 3 and more than ten others. By cooperating with different types of applications, it has enriched its own ecology and provided partners with unique data value empowerment, jointly promoting the development of AI + Web3 social fields.

Pop Social is another example of the combination of AI and social. It is committed to building an AI-driven social network that enables content creators and consumers to gain value in exchange for the value they bring to the platform. Currently, Pop Social uses DID, verifiable reputation technology, and AI-driven AIGC suite to help users create content. It has received funding from Fundamental Labs, Ceras Ventures, Chainlink, and Fusion Labs, etc., and has raised more than $4 million.

In fact, taking Pop Social as an example, there are many projects that combine this specific scenario with AI. Although the entire Social sector is currently Fud, the issuance of content-based tokens led by Pump.fun can be understood as a deformation of Social. In particular, social products themselves have their own cultural memes. By releasing their own original or secondary content in the form of Meme to the market, they also conform to the current trend of AI Meme Launch to some extent.

AI+Infra锛歋entient

In 2024, the rapid development of AI technology will drive explosive growth in the field of data infrastructure:

• In terms of technological innovation, more than 200 related projects around the world focus on the research and development of data storage, management and security technologies, with a total investment of US$1.5 billion. New data storage technologies have increased storage capacity by an average of 3 times and read and write speeds by 5 times; intelligent data management systems can achieve more than 90% of data automatic classification and retrieval; advanced data security technologies have reduced the incidence of data leaks by 40%.

• In terms of data quality and labeling, with the surge in demand for high-quality data in AI, the data labeling market size will reach US$1 billion in the first half of 2024, spawning more than 500 professional data labeling companies and employing more than 100,000 people.

• Judging from investment, financing and user data, in the first half of 2024, the AI + data infrastructure field attracted more than 300 investment projects with a total financing amount of up to US$5 billion. The number of monthly active users of related platforms exceeded 300 million, and the growth rate of new users reached 30%.

NX.one Research Institute is optimistic about the future development of AI + Social. It is expected that more than 500 new projects will enter the market in 2025, further promoting technological innovation. The integration of blockchain and AI will enable at least 40% of data to be stored and shared in a decentralized manner, greatly improving the security and credibility of data. The application of AI technology in data labeling, cleaning and quality assessment will become more mature, providing better data for AI model training.

Sentient is an innovative project focusing on the field of AI + data infrastructure, aiming to build a decentralized AI ecosystem and provide comprehensive data infrastructure support for AI development. It has the following outstanding features and advantages:

• Luxurious technical team: Sentient has a strong team, with Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal deeply involved, and industry experts such as EigenLayer founder and CEO Sreeram Kannan serving as consultants, as well as professional talents such as professors from Princeton University and the Indian Institute of Science.

• Strong financial support: Due to the great potential of the track and the strong technical strength of the team, in July 2024, Sentient successfully completed a US$85 million seed round of financing, led by Peter Thiels Founders Fund, Pantera Capital and Framework Ventures. This also became the largest single financing in AI+web3 infrastructure in the first half of 2024.

• Decentralized open source collaboration: Sentient is based on the concept of decentralization and open source, and uses blockchain technology to break the traditional centralized management. It encourages global participants to contribute data, computing power, algorithms, etc., to achieve distributed data storage and sharing, and protect the rights and interests of data owners. At the same time, it builds an open platform for developers and researchers to freely use and optimize AI models and data, promote communication and innovation, and solve centralization problems.

• Innovative incentive mechanism: Sentient designs an activity mechanism to motivate participants. Each activity has clear goals and measurement criteria, and participants will receive corresponding rewards for completing tasks. This incentive system stimulates the enthusiasm and creativity of community members, encourages more people to contribute data and optimize models, and promotes the continuous development and improvement of AI data infrastructure.

AI+Assets: AI16z, AI Pool

In 2024, the application of AI in this field has risen rapidly, and more than 50 innovative projects such as AI16z and AI Pool have emerged in the market, attracting a lot of attention and capital investment. From the relevant data of public chains, Base, Solana, Sui and other public chains are active in net traffic. These public chains provide strong infrastructure support for AI-based asset issuance projects, thereby promoting the development of projects. These projects have received more than US$1 billion in financing in the first half of 2024, providing strong support for technology research and development and business expansion.

These innovative projects use AI technology to play a key role in asset pricing, risk prediction and investment decision-making. Asset issuance projects that use AI technology have a 20% higher financing success rate than traditional projects, and the issuance cycle is shortened by an average of 30%. NX.one Research Institute believes that with the continuous upgrading of AI technology, its advantages in asset pricing, risk assessment, market forecasting and other aspects will become more prominent. In 2025, more than 100 new projects are expected to enter the market, further promoting industry innovation. The integration of AI and Web3 technology will be closer, and the scale of asset issuance using AI + Web3 technology is expected to reach US$50 billion, an increase of 150% from 2024, and the market share is expected to increase from the current 10% to 25%.

As a representative project in the field of AI + asset issuance, AI16z relies on advanced AI algorithms and models to conduct in-depth analysis of multi-dimensional information such as market data and project fundamentals. Its intelligent entity Eliza autonomously manages the on-chain liquidity pool and achieves an annualized rate of return of over 60%. AI Pool has attracted more than 5,000 registered investors and manages assets of $100 million. It realizes automated asset issuance and management through AI-driven smart contracts and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). In addition, AI16z also provides investors with real-time investment advice and strategy adjustments to help them better respond to market changes.

AI Pool has created a new asset issuance model, which uses AI-driven smart contracts and decentralized autonomous organizations to realize the automated issuance and management of assets. In this process, AI technology runs through the entire process, providing precise support from the initial pricing of assets to subsequent risk monitoring. By participating in the governance and decision-making of AI Pool, investors can not only share the development results of the project, but also influence the direction and strategy of asset issuance to a certain extent. This innovative model has attracted the attention of many investors. As of now, AI Pool has attracted more than 5,000 registered investors and managed assets of US$100 million.

AI+Gaming: Raiinmaker, Today, DeepLink

In 2024, AI is widely used and rapidly developed in the field of gaming and entertainment. Many game companies have invested a lot of money in AI-related research and development. According to incomplete statistics, the RD investment in this field has increased by 30% over the previous year, reaching about 2 billion US dollars. This investment has brought significant results. A large number of games have begun to introduce AI technology to enhance the gaming experience. According to data, the number of games using AI technology has increased by 40% compared with 2023, and more than 2,000 games have applied AI technology to varying degrees.

These applications are mainly reflected in the intelligent behavior of game characters, scene generation and content recommendation. For example, the intelligent character behavior system realized by AI can make the reactions of game characters more realistic, and the users favorable rate for such games has increased by an average of 25%. At the same time, AI-assisted scene generation technology makes game scenes more diverse, and the richness of game scenes has increased by an average of 35%.

According to a report by DataIntelo, the global AI game market size will be $1.2 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach $10.93 billion by 2032, with a compound annual growth rate of 23.3%. By then, AI will make greater breakthroughs in game plot creation and personalized game experience. It is expected that more than 5,000 games will deeply integrate AI technology to achieve highly personalized customization of game content to meet the needs of different players. This will attract more users to the game entertainment market, and the number of users is expected to increase from 1 billion in 2024 to 1.5 billion in 2025, further promoting the field to flourish in a more intelligent, personalized and innovative direction.

In this field, NX.one Research Institute will focus on projects related to AI games, and also include projects with other popular elements, such as social projects with great potential and infrastructure projects that are popular for financing this year:

• Today is a striking Web3 social simulation game. It is currently focusing on developing intelligent NPCs and code-free creator tools based on generative AI. Through these innovative features, the game can provide players with a richer and more personalized experience. It is worth mentioning that Today has completed a $5 million seed round of financing, led by Sfermion and Big Brain Holdings, which provides solid financial support for its subsequent development and promotion.

• Raiinmaker is building decentralized AI tools and Web3 infrastructure to support sports, gaming, and entertainment projects. Users can train AI through iOS or Android phones and receive rewards proportional to their impact on AI models. Raiinmaker has raised a total of $10 million, including a $7.5 million seed round co-led by Jump Capital and Cypher Capital.

• DeepLink is a decentralized AI cloud gaming protocol that provides ultra-low latency game rendering solutions for 3A games and cloud internet cafes. It supports ultra-low latency of 1 ms and 8K high-resolution gaming experience through AI, blockchain and streaming technology. DeepLink has completed a total of $8 million in angel and A rounds of financing, with a valuation of $100 million. Investors include Gobi Ventures, Hycons, DBC, ROCK Ventures, etc.

Conclusión

In 2024, AI + Web3 has shown strong development vitality in many fields, from social to infrastructure, from asset issuance to gaming and entertainment, and has achieved remarkable results in all fields. With the continuous innovation and integration of technology, I believe that in the future, AI + Web3 will continue to expand boundaries, create more possibilities, and bring us a richer and more diverse digital world.

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