Base Ecosystem AI Gold Rush: Treasure Projects Beyond Virtuals

Original Source: Shenchao TechFlow
Preface:
Currently, everyone is praising the promising prospects of AI Agents, and the Solana ecosystem has attracted a lot of attention. However, Base is also one of the important birthplaces of this round of AI boom. It should be noted that the market capitalization of Virtuals is even higher than that of ai16z. People are fond of the Base ecosystem. On the one hand, the intensity of its PVP competition is not as fierce as that of Solana, and many high-quality projects can be unearthed from it. On the other hand, due to scattered information, relatively low popularity of some projects, and the existence of information cocoons, it is not easy to accurately grasp the opportunities in the Base ecosystem. Besides the tokens generated around Virtuals and Clanker in the past few months, as well as the widely known AIXBT, what other easily overlooked treasure projects are there on the Base ecosystem now? The editorial team has embarked on a in-depth exploration journey, striving to find more AI Agent projects related to the Base ecosystem and fully present the hidden opportunities in the entire ecosystem. Next, we will inventory the outstanding projects in the Base ecosystem recently according to different development directions and themes for your reference.
Rising Stars in Virtuals:
Besides AIXBT and the GAME framework, there are also a batch of projects in the Virtuals ecosystem with a market capitalization of less than 100M but huge potential. Their performance has been remarkable in recent months and they are worth noting:
TAO CAT: An AI Agent jointly created by well-known AI projects Masa and Bittensor.
Token Information: $TAOCAT, CA: 0x7a5f5ccd46ebd7ac30615836d988ca3bd57412b3, Market Capitalization: 44M.
Project Advantages: Relying on the strong background and rich resources of Masa and Bittensor. As a native AI agent in the Bittensor ecosystem, it is directly built on the sub-network of Bittensor. For example, SN42 is used for real-time data of super intelligence, and SN19 focuses on LLM / reasoning and has advanced language capabilities.
Functional Features: It can process and analyze real-time social data, interpret data and assist decision-making with the help of AI technology, and provide sharp market insights.
Recent Developments: It has been launched on Binance Alpha and has also received investment from DWF Labs and been selected for its $20 million AI Agent Fund project.
Polytrader: An AI-driven prediction assistant for Polymarket.
Token Information: $POLY, X: @polytraderAI, CA: 0x2676E4e0E2eB58D9Bdb5078358ff8A3a964CEdf5, Market Capitalization: 17M.
Project Highlights: By deeply analyzing market sentiment, it provides users with practical insights to help them make more sensible, data-driven decisions on the Polytrader platform. Users can let Polytrader analyze hot topics on social platforms and then place bets on the trend of a certain event, playing a role similar to a prediction market consultant. It is a vertical-focused, AI Agent that fits the characteristics of the Polymarket platform.
Usage Rules: A certain amount of POLY tokens need to be held to unlock all functions, giving practical value to the tokens.
Potential Opportunities: Whenever major events occur, POLY will not only benefit from the popularity of AI but also ride the wave of the event itself to increase its value.
Acolyte: An oracle focused on AI Agents.
Token Information: X: @AcolytAI, CA: 0x79dacb99A8698052a9898E81Fdf883c29efb93cb, Market Capitalization: 37M.

Core Functions: By building infrastructure, it provides reliable research and engineering data for individuals and companies, and outputs high-quality analysis and practical insights. Currently, it is committed to training to accurately map and deeply understand the indicators that affect the AI agent ecosystem, comprehensively presenting each agent and its role in the system.
Future Prospects: It aims to become a leading oracle, providing high-quality data for AI agents, traders, venture capital companies, index funds, AI accelerators, and education companies. It will be able to analyze and generate probability results for any project even before it is launched.
Freya: An innovative example of the integration of AI Agents and games.
Token Information: $Freya, X: @Freya_Starfall, CA: 0xF04D220b8136E2d3d4BE08081Dbb565c3c302FfD, Market Capitalization: 14M.
Project Positioning: Positioned in the intersection track of AI Agent and GameFi. Its token relies on the well-known Japanese game Starfall Chronicles (using the technical support provided by Immutable), and implants AI Agents into the game to make the game characters more intelligent and expand the imagination space.
Recent Developments: The token has been launched on Binance Alpha. On January 6, the developer behind the game participated in the Japan meeting of AI16Z to discuss the degree of freedom and future roadmap of Freya achieved through elizaTEE.
DeFAI:
The so-called DeFAI refers to integrating AI capabilities into the DeFi field to optimize all aspects of DeFi transactions before, during, and after, which is one of the hot topics discussed on social media recently. For more detailed 梳理 of this track, please refer to the previous article: "The Trend of 'AI + DeFi' Has Emerged, These Projects in the DeFAI Sector Are Worth Your Attention".
Kudai: A DeFAI agent created by the GMX community.
Token Information: $kudai, X: @Kudai_IO, Market Capitalization: 19M.
Project Background: It was born in the Blueberry Club community of GMX and built using the well-known framework @EmpyrealSDK, committed to bringing a new experience that integrates the community-driven spirit, DeFi, artificial intelligence, and innovation functions.
Project Status: Currently, only the token has been released, and more functions are still under development. However, the recent white paper mentions that in the future, Kudai will purchase and stake GMX to expand its income sources and invest in the GM pool of GMX to further increase its earnings.
Ideal Vision: It is expected that Kudai can automatically run various strategies on GMX V2, such as leveraged trading, arbitrage, Farm negative funding rate, etc., and share positions, profits, and losses in real time, just like the AI image spokesperson of GMX. However, many functions still need to be implemented.