The topic of AI agents has gained significant attention in the market due to the success of well-known projects such as Virtuals Protocol, aixbt, a16z, and Eliza. However, after January 2025, the prices of various AI agent projects began to decline from their peaks. As voices started to question the sustainability of the AI agent theme, the stars in this field have launched a Crypto x AI investment and development DAO, attempting to revive innovation in this area. The Aiccelerate DAO was thus born, and its token AICC is also seen as having achieved impressive price growth. The fundraising method of Aiccelerate DAO was through the issuance of a meme coin via the Pump Fun model, continuing the product model of a series of meme coin variants in the crypto space.

However, the softening of the crypto AI agent market, coupled with the transformation of various AI agent projects and other established projects, as well as the gathering of venture capitalists, into Crypto x AI accelerators, may also indicate that existing projects need to find a new direction to revitalize market momentum.

(EP.206 HYPE and VIRTUAL are composite product mutations under the meme generation, and their crises feat. Alvin)

Introduction to Aiccelerate DAO: The Alliance Driving the Development of Crypto x AI

Aiccelerate, as the name suggests, is a combination of "accelerate" and "AI".

Aiccelerate DAO claims that it is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on investment and development, dedicated to promoting the integration of Crypto and decentralized open-source Artificial Intelligence (AI). Supported by top open-source AI teams, Coinbase, Google, and well-known venture capital funds, the DAO will redefine how decentralized ecosystems can integrate autonomous AI technology.

Aiccelerate DAO states that its mission is to foster high-potential projects across diverse ecosystems, while uniting a global, multi-framework developer community. This community will design various intelligent agents and tools to drive the development of DAO in the autonomous AI field. The core of the plan is a universal token AICC, which serves as the foundation for DAO operations and community incentives.

Aiccelerate DAO Highlights the Diverse Synergistic Teams

Aiccelerate DAO has an impressive lineup of founders and advisors covering the fields of development, investment, research, and promotion:

• Founders: @markus9x with a strong academic background in Korea and the US, @cryptopunk7213 with previous experience at Coinbase and Consensus, and @ropirito as a researcher and developer in AI and Crypto.
• Development Advisors: Experts from well-known institutions such as a16z, Virtuals Protocol, Abstract, ARC, Open Source AI, Eigenlayer, and Story Protocol, contributing technical and development expertise to drive innovation.
• Investment Advisors: Key figures from Mechanism Capital, Delphi Digital, Topology Ventures, and Coinbase Ventures, providing insights on strategic capital and investment opportunities.
• Research Advisors: Independent researchers and industry experts from networks like Moca Network and Steak Studio.
• Promotion Advisors: Renowned individuals from platforms like Bankless, strengthening Aiccelerate DAO's connection and influence with the global Crypto and AI communities.

The lineup of community members suggests the involvement and endorsement of many well-known industry figures. This is said to help the team access the liquid market, which traditional venture capital finds difficult to reach, and support teams that adopt fair launch models.

Aiccelerate DAO's Specific Plans

• To create a hub for exchange and collaboration between top developers and investors, leveraging its broad network and product expertise.
• To provide funding, networking opportunities, and direct collaboration with supported teams.
• To allow DAO partners to benefit from the growth in Assets Under Management (AUM) through future airdrops, exclusive investment opportunities, and AICC token buyback programs.

Aiccelerate DAO adopts a multi-ecosystem strategy, positioning itself as a unique Crypto x AI index to provide comprehensive exposure to both fields.

AICC Opens Investment Participation Through Selection

Aiccelerate DAO has started the selection process for the pre-sale round on January 9th at 7 PM EST, issuing its token on the Solana DAO token platform daos.fun.

The Meme Coin of the DAO: Party Round Permissioned Issuance

daos.fun provides a meme coin issuance model similar to Pump Fun, but it is not a purely fair launch (only the issuance price is fair), but rather a permissioned participation.

1. Fundraising Stage

The creator has 1 week to complete the specified SOL fundraising amount, and this process adopts a "fair launch" model, where all participants purchase the DAO token at the same price. The creator is responsible for selecting the invited participants for the fundraising activity.

2. Trading Stage (after successful fundraising)

After the fundraising is completed, the creator will invest 90% of the raised SOL funds in their favorite Solana protocols, and the remaining 10% of the funds will be used to publicly list the DAO tokens on an automated market maker (AMM) platform, allowing the token price to fluctuate with trading activity. After the DAO tokens are issued, investors can trade the tokens at any time through the DAOS.FUN platform, and the liquidity pool will be locked to ensure stable liquidity.

3. Handling of Expired Funds

When the fund expires, the DAO wallet will be frozen, and the profit portion of the SOL funds will be distributed to the token holders. Holders can choose to burn the DAO tokens to redeem their underlying assets, or sell the tokens on the trading curve at any time.

The Final Feast of the AI Agent?

The AI agent topic has indeed soared high and far thanks to the AI hype and the meme model, but after experiencing a plateau, it still faces the reality of how to move forward. Dragonfly partner Haseeb has commented that most of the current agents are "human-controlled" "wizard agents" rather than truly autonomous AI.

The community commented: "No matter what you're building, you can only use a generic large language model (LLM) shell and generate tweets based on your description of the agent. You can't train or fine-tune the model using specific datasets."

Furthermore, the functions claimed by the crypto AI agents are mostly weakly connected to their own tokens. The functions of AI agents, such as community posting, information gathering, and automated investment, also do not have revolutionary capabilities. As the countless crypto AI agents can no longer always have the meme-driven wealth effect, and after feeding a few major AI agent protocols, the emergence of Aiccelerate DAO also highlights the phenomenon of "warming up" through capital intervention.

Similar to the previous NFT bull market and meme bull market, there are also investment DAOs formed by famous investors and project founders, but with too many cooks and divided interests, they have not created any impressive innovations through the DAO structure.

Whether Aiccelerate DAO can succeed through its AICC token, integrate the interests of the ecosystem, and replace many projects that want to be the casino boss under the AI narrative, remains to be seen.