Good Morning ☕️ 

Changing up the style of our Weekly Roundup to be packed with more actionable alpha. Feel free to let us know how we did this week.

In This Week's Roundup:

• Major projects like ai16z, Zerebro, and Alchemist AI are leading the "AI Agent Networks" sector, which analysts predict could reach a $250B valuation due to increasing global liquidity and technological innovations.

• Five emerging narratives in the space include agentic metaverse building, AI crypto funds, AI gaming integration, agent-to-agent interactions/swarms, and AI agent ecosystems, with projects like Realis, ARC Agents, and FXN as key players.

• Several significant launches occurred: Virtuals Protocol released Agent Sandbox for developer experimentation, Nous Research teased their AI-human interaction platform, and GRASS partnered with AI institutions to release the VALID dataset for cross-modal AI understanding.

• DWF Labs announced a $20 million fund to support AI agent development, while projects like Zerebro & Bully achieved their first monetization milestones through Twitter/X payouts.

• The sector is seeing rapid evolution in various applications, from autonomous pizza purchasing (ropAIrito) to proposed aICO (AI Initial Coin Offering) mechanisms using Trusted Execution Environments.

Let’s dive in 👇️ 

Highlights of the Week