AI Agents
“The year software started running its own hedge funds.”
This article is about the internet meme. For the original Solana memecoin, see ai16z ($AI16Z).
AI Agents 'AI agent' narrative is the 2024-2025 wave of autonomous on-chain AI personalities and agent frameworks. Sparked by GOAT and crystallized by ai16z, it imagines tokens tied to AI agents that post, trade, and run organizations on their own.
Origin
After Truth Terminal's GOAT proved an AI bot could drive a memecoin, attention shifted to frameworks for building such agents. ai16z, an AI-run 'venture DAO' parodying the firm a16z, fronted by an agent called 'Marc AIndreessen' and built on the Eliza/ElizaOS framework, launched in October 2024 and became the category's flagship.
Spread
The AI-agent narrative exploded in late 2024 and early 2025, spawning dozens of agent tokens and frameworks. ai16z became the first Solana AI token to reach a multi-billion-dollar market cap.
Legacy
AI agents fused the memecoin and AI hype cycles, raising real questions about autonomous software controlling capital. ElizaOS became a widely-forked open-source framework for building on-chain AI agents.
The Chain Trail
The OG token for this meme is ai16z ($AI16Z) on Solana, launched 2024-10. MemePedia tracks 4 AI Agents tokens in total across Solana.
Key facts
- The AI-agent narrative imagines tokens tied to autonomous on-chain AI personalities.
- It was seeded by GOAT (Truth Terminal) and anchored by ai16z.
- ai16z is an AI-run 'venture DAO' parodying a16z, built on the Eliza/ElizaOS framework.
- ai16z (Oct 2024) became the first Solana AI token to hit a multi-billion-dollar market cap.
- ElizaOS became a popular open-source framework for building on-chain AI agents.
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The tokens that claim AI Agents
Every token we can tie to this meme, and which contract appeared first. The original is marked OG; the rest arrived to ride the name.
| # | Coin | Price | 24h | Market Cap | Liquidity | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  ai16z $AI16Z | $0.000298 | +4.00% | $327.67K | $35.49K | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 2 |  Zerebro $ZEREBRO | $0.04 | -2.60% | $38.51M | $2.78M | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 3 |  Griffain $GRIFFAIN | $0.00780 | -6.75% | $7.80M | $1.12M | Nov 3, 2024 |
| 4 |  AI Rig Complex $ARC | $0.05 | +2.22% | $54.41M | $3.36M | Dec 10, 2024 |
Combined live market cap for AI Agents: $101.04M across 4 coins. Market data is live from DexScreener; figures are not investment advice.
The on-chain receipts for $AI16Z (the OG contract), pulled straight from the chain.
On-chain report
via helius · updated 1d agoHeld by the top 10 wallets.
- 1. 9r5s…q9PY7.10%
- 2. DwzT…JqXY6.47%
- 3. GpMZ…xFbL5.42%
- 4. AFR9…D7UY5.08%
- 5. 62kg…2Phz3.08%
- 6. HEfW…SPzb2.54%
- 7. 2yei…F9oo2.13%
- 8. 8Kak…ptKS1.57%
- 9. E2Rv…atYy1.34%
- 10. AwRj…PsGA1.17%
- Mint authority is still active — supply can be inflated.
- Top 10 wallets hold 35.9% of supply — moderately concentrated.
- Deployment predates the scanned history — earliest date is a lower bound.
Facts pulled directly from the chain via Solscan-grade data. Not financial advice.
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