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.