Good Morning ☕️

Welcome back to another Big Brain Breakdown!

Apologies for the lackadaisical posting- we’e been deep in the trenches trying to make sense of all of these different niche AI narratives, tokens, use cases, and more.

Nonetheless, agentic protocols… are they finally here? If you don’t know what an agentic protocol is, I implore you to check out this piece we wrote back in April of this year.

We saw it comin’, and early subscribers got the alpha, but I digress.

Key Takeaways:

• ai16z represents the first true agentic protocol, evolving beyond Twitter bots to create an autonomous VC system with its Marketplace of Trust framework.

• The protocol combines AI decision-making with community intelligence, creating a self-improving system where successful members gain more influence over time.

• Future agentic protocols will expand beyond capital allocation into cross-chain management, community building, and collaborative AI swarms.

TLDR; Agentic Protocols

An agentic protocol is an AI-enabled system that operates without human employees, generating cash flow by selling products/services (like software, designs, or entertainment) or through asset speculation, using its native token for transactions and profit distribution.

They differ from traditional companies by rejecting human-centric operations in favor of AI agents doing all of the work.

We firmly believe that agentic protocols are the next evolution of resource allocators, business decision makers, and capital accumulation vehicles...

Let’s jump in… ↘️