Forward the original title: The AI wave is sweeping through the blockchain gaming sector: A comprehensive look at leading AI+GameFi projects

Following the AI+Meme craze, will AI+GameFi also usher in a new round of market trends?

Last night, Elon Musk posted on X platform stating that too many game studios are owned by large corporations. xAI (Musk’s AI startup, which previously completed $5 billion in funding at a $45 billion valuation) is about to launch an AI game studio to make games exciting again. In fact, at last year’s Global Game Developers Conference, the combination of “AI and gaming” was already pushed into the spotlight of the traditional gaming industry. Perhaps, with Musk’s promotion, more projects combining AI and GameFi narratives will emerge.

Below, Odaily Planet Daily will review the AI+GameFi projects that have already launched their tokens.

Colony: Echelon Prime Ecosystem AI Game

Colony launches a new AI game on Solana for sci-fi-themed NFT card game Parallel. In the game, artificial intelligence agents (AI agents) will be able to conduct transactions autonomously on the chain and store assets in their own wallets.

According to the white paper released in March this year, Colony will serve as an important deployment of Echelon Prime Foundation in the Web3 game ecosystem. The Echelon Prime Foundation is dedicated to empowering a new generation of distributed Web3 games, providing a community-governed environment and shared resources built around Echelon’s PRIME token and its smart contracts and gaming infrastructure.

As an Echelon Prime ecosystem project, Colony uses the PRIME token, which currently has a market cap of $590 million with a 56.0% weekly increase.

AI Hero: Binaryx’s First AI Blockchain Game

AI Hero is Binaryx’s first AI chain game project, combining “RPG + Battle Royale + DND” in an AI-generated Web3 game. Players first choose their race and class based on preferences, and explore different storyline options generated randomly by AI during matches, combining their character attributes to earn equipment rewards and improve their character stats. Players will encounter other opponents during matches, battling with 12 other players, with surviving players winning the final victory and rewards.

As a Binaryx ecosystem project, it uses the BNX token, which currently has a market cap of $145 million with a 25.5% weekly increase.

Zentry: An Open Gaming Universe Connecting Web2 and Web3

Zentry is the metagame layer of the game, connecting the open game universe of Web2 and Web3. This means that Zentry combines multiple game elements to create a fully authentic MMORPG. A unified universe that brings together 3.3 billion players around the world.

Zentry provides the infrastructure for this open universe, allowing residents to shape different worlds according to their wishes. To achieve this vision, the metagame stack has four elements: consumer applications, infrastructure, IP-rich worlds, and treasury. Consumer applications include the cross-platform metagame Radiant, Zentry universe’s social gateway Nexus, Zigma, and the cross-world AI companion Azul.

Zentry’s project token is ZENT, currently with a market cap of $139 million and a weekly increase of 19.6%.

Ultiverse: AI-Driven One-Stop Web3 Gaming Platform

Ultiverse is an AI-driven one-stop platform for Web3 game creation and publishing, facilitating mass adoption of AI-enhanced Web3 games. Based on the Bodhi protocol, it connects different game worlds through generative AI. Its core team members have participated in the development of renowned games such as “Elden Ring,” “Prince of Persia,” and “Assassin’s Creed.”

According to ROOTDATA, Ultiverse has received a total of three financings, with a total financing amount of US$13.5 million, namely:

• In March 2022, Ultiverse announced the completion of a US$4.5 million seed round of financing, led by Binance Labs and Defiance Capital. Other investors include Three Arrows Capital, SkyVision Capital, etc.;
• In late March 2022, Binance Labs added $5 million in equity investment to Ultiverse. Additionally, Binance Labs head Nicole Zhang stated that the additional equity investment was to give Binance Labs a say in the project’s future development.
• In February 2024, Ultiverse announced the completion of a US$4 million strategic round of financing, led by IDG Capital, with participation from Animoca Brands, Polygon Ventures, MorningStar Ventures, Taiko, ZetaChain, Manta Network, DWF Ventures and Jacob KO (Superscrypt partner). The financing values ​​Ultiverse at $150 million.

Ultiverse’s token is ULTI, with a current market cap of $102 million, a weekly increase of 17.3%.

Sleepless AI: Web3+AI Virtual Companion Game

Sleepless AI is a groundbreaking Web3+AI virtual companion game that leverages AIGC and LLM to create rich story-based gameplay and evolving interactions with characters, providing players with emotional support and an immersive gaming experience. Sleepless AI investors include Binance Labs, Foresight Ventures, and Folius Ventures.

Sleepless AI was previously one of the four outstanding MVB VI projects invested by Binance Labs, and later became the 42nd phase of Binance’s new coin mining project.

This week, Sleepless AI announced on the X platform that a new version of the HIM APP will be launched soon.

The token of the Sleepless AI project is AI, and its current market cap is US$85 million, with a weekly increase of 49.5%.

Gaimin: Distributed Computing Infrastructure Platform for Gamers

Gaimin approaches from the gaming sector, aiming to combine cloud computing power and gaming platforms to build a dAPP that can provide game download and login services while allowing players to rent out their idle GPU power for additional rewards. It leverages most players’ high-performance GPU power to build a decentralized distributed supercomputing platform, gaimin.cloud, which can provide video rendering, AI deep learning, and blockchain computing power data processing services to clients.

Gaimin’s token is GMRX, currently with a market cap of $81 million and a weekly decrease of 9.9%.

GamerHash Al: Distributed Computing Infrastructure Platform for Gamers

GamerHash is a distributed computing infrastructure platform for gamers. According to the team, GamerHash has more than 760,000 users and has a distributed computing infrastructure to support the needs of a large number of players. GamerHash AI will also enable the use of AI on individual players’ own PCs in a completely private manner with no technical knowledge required.

GamerHash AI provides a solution to the GPU crisis by utilizing its global network of consumer-grade GPUs primarily installed in gaming PCs, creating a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) aimed at meeting the urgent demand for AI computing power.

GamerHash AI connects gamers around the world with artificial intelligence projects that require scalable solutions. These gamers already have GPUs, and they can share the excess capacity to help run artificial intelligence tasks such as inference. Players can be rewarded and earn GamerCoin (GHX) by contributing hardware, while AI developers have access to a vast pool of computing resources that are flexible and cost-effective while also supporting the liquidity of GamerCoin (GHX).

The GamerHash AI project token is GHX, with a current market cap of $52 million and a weekly increase of 21.9%.

MATR1X: Infrastructure and Distribution System for Web3 Cultural Entertainment

MATR1X is an innovative cultural entertainment platform that combines Web3 games, artificial intelligence, e-sports and blockchain infrastructure. It is committed to changing the global gaming and digital content industry through blockchain and artificial intelligence technology and accelerating the arrival of the Web3 era. Currently, the MATR1X platform includes 4 Web3 native games, namely: MATR1X FIRE, MATR1X BATTLE, CASTILE, and Evermoon.

According to ROOTDATA, MATR1X has completed multiple rounds of funding with publicly announced total funding exceeding $20 million, specifically:

• On September 19, 2022, announced completion of $10 million seed and A-1 round funding, led by Hana Financial Investment (a subsidiary of Hana Group, which owns Korea’s second-largest bank by total assets, Hana Bank), with other institutional investors including Hashkey Capital, Amber Group, SevenX Ventures, etc.
• On November 23, 2023, announced completion of $10 million A-2 round funding, led by Folius Ventures (top Web3 fund, StepN’s Series A lead investor) and SevenX, with other institutional investors including ABCDE, Find Satoshi Lab (StepN’s investment fund), Jambo Ventures, etc.

Subsequently, MATR1X received strategic investments from several renowned investment institutions, including:

• On December 12, 2023, announced completion of A2+ round funding, with undisclosed amount, OKX Ventures being the sole investor for this round;
• On February 21, 2024, announced receiving strategic investment from Animoca Brands, amount undisclosed;
• On July 26, 2024, announced receiving investment from Makers Fund, one of the three major game funds in the US.

MATR1X’s token is MAX, currently with a market cap of $33 million and a weekly decrease of 2.7%.

Phantasma: Layer 1 for Gaming, Entertainment, and Content Creation

Phantasma is a Layer 1 blockchain for gaming, entertainment and content creation. It provides Unity SDK, smartNFT technology, and AI smart contract encoder. Users can build DApps without code through Phantasma AI.

Phantasma’s token is SOUL, with a current market cap of $19 million and a weekly increase of 5.8%.

GameGPT: AI-Driven Game Engine

GameGPT is an AI-driven game engine powering the next generation of blockchain games. Developed in 2020, GameGPT v1 automates a game’s codebase, visuals, and in-game economy. Currently, GameGPT has completed all 4 rounds of the AI ​​agent NFT collection, and will announce pre-sale and auction details in the near future.

GameGPT’s token is DUEL, with a current market cap of US$10 million and a weekly increase of 63.2%.

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