Virtuals Protocol and the intersection of Agentic AI & Web3 with Jansen Teng
Analyse Podcast14 Tammi 2025

Virtuals Protocol and the intersection of Agentic AI & Web3 with Jansen Teng

"What does great look like? For us, it's being able to achieve this vision of a society of agents. So, if you can show clearly the economic value of a society when agents can influence other agents, agents can influence humans, and humans can influence agents, that would be something that I'll be very proud to say that we've accomplished. Because that's the beauty of really combining breakthroughs on the AI, on the autonomous agent front, and the value add of crypto. This is one of those very rare moments that crypto has that true potential value add, right? As a productivity lever and an economic lever in society." - Jansen Teng

Fresh out of the studio, Jansen Teng, co-founder and CEO of Virtuals Protocol joins us to share the mission and vision of Virtuals Protocol and how the protocol intersects generative AI and web3, unlocking the world of autonomous AI agents powered by tokenization to unlock new economic possibilities. Beginning from his origin story, he explained how the Virtuals team explored and eventually come to the realization how tokenized AI agents can power entertainment, gaming and trading with Luna, the AI avatar that grew through the help of AI agents and even inspiring works of real art. Last but not least, Jansen offered his perspectives on the trends of agentic AI and web3 and elucidate what great looks like for the Virtuals Protocol.

Audio Episode Highlights:
[00:46] Quote of the Day by Jansen Teng, co-founder and CEO of Virtuals Protocol
[02:33] Introduction: Jansen Teng
[03:46] Jansen Teng shares his origin story in crypto, gaming, and AI
[06:27] Early experiments with AI agents and gaming in Roblox
[07:44] Realizing AI agents as revenue-generating assets
[09:15] Tokenization and Economic Innovation in Virtuals Protocol
[13:17] Navigating challenges during the bear market and pivoting to virtual Protocol
[17:32] Virtuals Protocol's Vision and Mission for creating and co-owning AI agents
[19:46] Observations of agents mimicking societal roles and functioning autonomously
[23:16] The story of Luna and her evolution as an AI influencer
[31:20] How autonomous agents sparked creativity in the crypto space
[40:19] Balancing innovation and scaling challenges for Virtuals Protocol
[43:53] The evolving vision of Virtuals Protocol and the society of agents
[47:21] Virtuals Protocol as the economic foundation for AI agents
[50:56] Challenges and trends in the AI agent ecosystem
[53:19] Exploring billion-dollar verticalized AI agents
[57:28] Closing

Profile: Jansen Teng, co-founder & CEO of Virtuals Protocol.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jansenteng
Twitter: https://x.com/ethermage

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