The AI wave is sweeping the blockchain gaming sector. This article reviews the top AI + GameFi projects

Written by: Asher, Odaily Planet Daily

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Last night, Musk posted on the X platform that too many game studios are owned by large companies, and xAI (Musk's artificial intelligence startup, which previously completed $5 billion in financing at a valuation of $45 billion) is about to launch an AI game studio to make games exciting again. In fact, as early as last year's Global Game Developers Conference, the combination of "AI and games" was pushed to the center of attention in the traditional game industry. Perhaps, driven by Musk, there will be more and more projects that integrate the two narratives of AI and GameFi.

Next, Odaily Planet Daily will review the AI+GameFi projects that have issued tokens.

Colony: Echelon Prime Ecosystem AI Game

Colony launches a new AI game on Solana for the sci-fi themed NFT card game Parallel. In the game, AI agents will be able to conduct transactions autonomously on the chain, deposit assets into their ownwalletmiddle.

According to the white paper information released in March this year, Colony will be an important deployment of Echelon Prime Foundation in the Web3 game ecosystem. Echelon Prime Foundation is committed to empowering a new generation of distributed Web3 games and providing aCommunityThe governance environment and PRIME around Echelon TokenAnd its intelligencecontractand shared resources built on gaming infrastructure.

Colony is an Echelon Prime ecological project.TokenIt is PRIME, with a current market value of US$590 million and a weekly increase of 56.0%.

AI Hero: Binaryx's first AI blockchain game

AI Hero is Binaryx's first AI blockchain game. It is a Web3 game that combines "RPG + Battle Royale + DND" and is generated by AI. Players first need to choose their own race and profession according to their preferences, and explore different plot options through the plot randomly generated by AI in the game, combined with their own attributes, so as to obtain equipment rewards and improve their character attributes. At the same time, you will encounter other opponent players in the game and fight with other 12 players. The surviving players will win the final victory and win rewards.

AI Hero 作为 Binaryx 生态项目，Binaryx 项目代币为 BNX，目前市值为 1.45 亿美元，周涨幅为 25.5%。

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 together to create a comprehensive and realistic MMORPG. A unified universe that brings together 3.3 billion players around the world.

Zentry provides the infrastructure of this open universe, where residents can shape different worlds according to their own wishes. To achieve this vision, the meta-game stack has four elements: consumer applications, infrastructure, IP-rich worlds, and treasury. Consumer applications include Radiant, an open-world cross-platform meta-game, Nexus, the social portal of the Zentry universe, Zigma, and Azul, an AI partner across the world.

The Zentry project token is ZENT, with a current market value of $139 million and a weekly increase of 19.6%.

Ultiverse: A one-stop Web3 gaming platform powered by AI

Ultiverse is an AI-driven one-stop platform for Web3 game production and publishing, promoting the mass adoption of AI-enhanced Web3 games. Based on the Bodhi protocol, Ultiverse connects different game worlds in a generative AI way. Its core team members have participated in the development of well-known games such as "Ancient Rings", "Prince of Persia", and "Assassin's Creed".

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

• In March 2022, Ultiverse announced the completion of a $4.5 million seed round of financing, led by Binance Labs and Defiance Capital, with other investors including Three Arrows Capital and SkyVision Capital;

• At the end of March 2022, Binance Labs added $5 million in equity investment to Ultiverse. In addition, Nicole Zhang, director of Binance Labs, said that the additional equity investment was to allow Binance Labs to have a say in the future development of the project;

• In February 2024, Ultiverse announced the completion of a $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). This financing brought Ultiverse's valuation to $150 million.

The token of the Ultiverse project is ULTI, with a current market value of US$102 million and a weekly increase of 17.3%.

Sleepless AI: Web3+AI virtual companion game

Sleepless AI is a groundbreaking Web3+AI virtual companion game that uses 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 MVB VI outstanding projects invested by Binance Labs, and later becameBinanceThe 42nd phase of 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, with a current market value of US$85 million and a weekly increase of 49.5%.

Gaimin: A distributed computing infrastructure platform for gamers

Gaimin started from the field of gaming, and its goal is to combine cloud computing power with gaming platforms to build a dAPP, which can provide services such as game download and login, and rent out its own hardware GPU computing power when idle to allow players to get extra rewards. It also uses the high-performance GPU computing power of most players to build a decentralized distributed supercomputing platform gaimin.cloud, which can provide customers with video rendering, AI deep learning andBlockchainComputing power and other data processing services.

The Gaimin project token is GMRX, with a current market value of US$81 million and a weekly decline of 9.9%.

GamerHash AI: A 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 that supports the needs of a large number of players. GamerHash AI will also support the use of AI in a completely private way on the player's own PC without the need for technical knowledge.

GamerHash AI offers a solution to the GPU crisis. Leveraging its global network of consumer-grade GPUs, primarily installed in gaming PCs, it is creating a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) designed to meet the urgent need for AI computing power.

GamerHash AI connects gamers around the world with AI projects that need scalable solutions. These gamers already own GPUs, and they can share their excess capacity to help run AI tasks such as inference. Gamers can be rewarded for contributing their hardware and earn GamerCoin (GHX), while AI developers can access a massive pool of computing resources that are both flexible and cost-effective while also supporting the liquidity of GamerCoin (GHX).

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

MATR1X: Infrastructure and distribution system for Web3 culture and entertainment

MATR1X is a platform that combines Web3 games, artificial intelligence, e-sports andBlockchainAn innovative cultural and entertainment platform based on infrastructure, dedicated toBlockchainAnd artificial intelligence technology will change the global game and digital content industry and accelerate 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 data, MATR1X has completed multiple rounds of financing, with the total amount of financing announced to the public exceeding 20 million US dollars. The specific information is as follows:

• On September 19, 2022, it announced the completion of a $10 million seed round and A-1 round of financing, led by Hana Financial Investment (Hana Financial Investment is affiliated to Hana Group, which owns Hana Bank, the second largest bank in South Korea by total assets.) Other institutional investors include Hashkey Capital, Amber Group, SevenX Ventures, etc.;

• On November 23, 2023, it announced the completion of a US$10 million Series A-2 financing round, led by Folius Ventures (top Web3 fund and lead investor in StepN's Series A round) and SevenX. Other institutional investors include ABCDE, Find Satoshi Lab (an investment fund under StepN), Jambo Ventures, etc.

Afterwards, MATR1X received strategic investments from several well-known investment institutions, including:

• On December 12, 2023, it announced the completion of its A 2+ round of financing. The specific amount has not been disclosed. The only investor in this round of financing was OKX Ventures;

• On February 21, 2024, it announced that it had received strategic investment from Animoca Brands, but the specific amount of financing was not disclosed;

• On July 26, 2024, it was announced that it had received investment from Makers Fund, one of the three largest game funds in the United States.

The token of MATR1X project is MXiaobai NavigationAX, with a current market value of $33 million, has a weekly decline of 2.7%.

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

Phantasma is a Layer 1 public chain for games, entertainment and content creation, providing Unity SDK, smartNFT technology, AI intelligencecontractCoders, users can build code-free through Phantasma AI DApp.

The token of the Phantasma project is SOUL, with a current market value of US$19 million and a weekly increase of 5.8%.

GameGPT: an AI-powered gaming engine

GameGPT 是由人工智能驱动的游戏引擎，为下一代Blockchain游戏提供动力。GameGPT v1 开发于 2020 年，可实现游戏的代码库、视觉效果和游戏内经济的自动化。目前，GameGPT 现已完成 AI 代理 NFT 合集的全部 4 个轮次，近日将公布预售和拍卖的详细信息。

The GameGPT project token is DUEL, with a current market value of 10 million US dollars and a weekly increase of 63.2%.

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