AI and Crypto — "key architectures of the future" in @a16z $15B fund Where Crypto and Crypto x AI can jump in 1. Infrastructure - Stablecoins, on-chain payments, and micro-payments infrastructure - On-chain wallets, on-chain primitives (defi) - Provenance, identity, and reputation - Cryptographic proofs and privacy techniques - Decentralized AI accelerating developments, coordinating resources - On-chain personal finance - Crypto as the coordination & verification layer of $30T+ agentic economy 2. Applications - Prediction markets and prediction markets products/agents - Agent-powered consumer fintech & invisible payments - DeFAI apps/agents - Tokenized assets + all-in-one investing super app - Verifiable content & on-chain media/reputation primitives TL;DR -> For builders, If you can apply AI/Crypto into one (or more) of the sectors that a16z focuses on, part of the $15B can be yours.