In a recent blog post, OpenAI CEO Altman wrote that the first AI agents will “join the workforce” this year and “materially change the output of companies.”
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang also believes that the rise of “Agentic AI” is the next major technological shift, one that will drive a multi-trillion-dollar industry and transform how people work. “The age of AI Agentics is here,” Huang announced during his CES 2025 keynote, adding that these agents are the “new digital workforce.”
As AI agents become more sophisticated, they are expected to be integrated into nearly every aspect of business, reshaping industries worldwide. The euphoria surrounding AI Agents has also entered crypto.
In fact, the most profitable crypto narrative last year was AI, recording the highest average price gains of 2,940%. This mania has led to the AI agent narrative now taking up a lot of mindshare, though it remains only the tip of the iceberg for what’s to come.
As AI mania reaches new heights and makes its way deeper into the mainstream, the lines between humans and agentic participants will only continue to blur, creating a need for transparency, fairness, and accountability. This is where blockchain’s decentralized architecture can help maintain authenticity and offer enhanced safety and privacy in this increasingly automated future.
Platforms like Pundi AI are providing decentralized data solutions that prevent large corporations from exploiting user data, enable data producers to retain control over their data as well as benefit from it, and offer everyone an equal opportunity to develop AI tech.
Zac Cheah, founder of Pundi AI, believes that the future of AI shouldn’t be decided by a few tech giants as is the case with the Internet.
Decentralization, according to Cheah, “is the best antidote to BigAI monopolies,” and Pundi AI’s AI efforts will drive this innovation forward while incentivizing both developers and users for their contribution to AI’s evolution.
Pioneering the AI-Blockchain Convergence
Amidst this mania, the crypto community also onboarded this train, but so far, it remains primary in the name-only save for a few projects actually utilizing the technology to bring real-world changes.
Pundi AI is among those taking advantage of AI’s capabilities to boost efficiency and deliver better experiences. Its AI efforts include enabling retail stores to accept crypto payments with AI-powered solutions.
As a leading blockchain payment solution provider, Pundi AI’s integration of AI into its business will allow for better optimization of crypto transactions and streamlining crypto payments for merchants around the world.
Pundi AI has launched an incubation program in order to support innovative AI projects to reach the masses. Besides collaborating with AI projects like Futureverse and hosting panels to discuss the intersection of AI and crypto, Pundi AI has launched a SocialFi AI tool for X (previously Twitter).
By enabling users to perform tasks like analyzing social media posts, it allows them to contribute to the development of AI and in exchange, they earn points that can be converted into cryptocurrencies like $PURSE.
What sets this initiative apart from other projects in the space is the ease of use it offers to everyday users who don’t need any technical expertise to get started with AI as well as benefit from it.
This SocialFi AI tool has actually been part of Pundi AI’s much bigger AI push — Pundi AI. Built on Base, the leading low-cost, high-speed L2 from Coinbase, Pundi AI is a decentralized system that facilitates the contribution, labeling, and exchange of AI data.
Data is what separates a quality AI system from an inefficient and faulty AI model. It is the very foundation of AI systems using which they learn, generate accurate results, make informed decisions, and improve over time.
Pundi AI Data here aims to democratize the contribution and labeling of data while allowing individuals and organizations to earn fair compensation for categorizing and annotating datasets that ensure comprehensive and unbiased data for AI models.
To ensure the quality and accuracy of the data, the platform has mechanisms in place, including reviews, ratings, and reputation systems.
So, this way, Pundi AI is positioning itself to capture the multi-trillion dollar opportunity the convergence of AI and blockchain offers. These two most disruptive technologies of the decade are opening up a whole range of new possibilities, and Pundi AI is right at the center of this upcoming digital revolution!
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