AI Agents 4 min read· intermediate
Virtuals Protocol
Co-own AI agents that earn revenue onchain.
Token
VIRTUAL
Network
Base mainnet
AI agents as assets
Virtuals lets anyone tokenize an AI agent. Each agent has its own ERC-20 token. As the agent earns (from API calls, content, services), revenue flows back to token holders via buyback-and-burn.
How an agent gets created
- Define personality, character, voice
- Launch via bonding curve — early supporters get cheap tokens
- Once curve completes, agent gets a Uniswap pool on Base
- Agent operates: posts, replies, calls APIs, earns
- Revenue → buyback → burn → token value accrues
The thesis
If LLMs become economic actors (content, services, trading), their economic surplus needs a home. Virtuals proposes: tokenize the agent, let supporters own a slice, distribute the upside.
NOTEHighly experimental. Most agent tokens are speculative; very few have established earning loops.
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