AI Agent War Report: 7 Months Later

Boom → Bust → Rebuild.

Seven months ago, the AI Agent hype peaked.

Everyone wanted a Telegram bot that farmed, traded, or memed its way to an airdrop. Thousands of “agents” launched—most just wrappers on ChatGPT with no memory, no logic, no autonomy.

Then? It all crashed.

Points dried up. Users left. Projects vanished.

But not all.

Here’s who survived, what’s changed, and what’s coming next.

➾ The Survivors

1. @virtuals_io

Built a real ecosystem around autonomous creators. Genesis Launchpad. Sticky user loops.

Still innovating—and their $VIRTUAL token has actual use.

2. @elizaOS

Open-source infra. Multi-agent systems with memory, recursion, and logic.

Quietly powering other builders.

3. @arcdotfun

Shifted focus to dev-first tooling for real autonomy.

Less hype, more substance.

4. @CreatorBid

Runs on Bittensor. AI agents for monetizing attention.

Leans into utility, not noise.

➾ The Dead AI Agents

• Copycat bots with no memory

• Projects built only for points

• “Agent” shells with zero backend logic

90% of the top projects from Q4 2024 are inactive or pivoted.

➾ What’s Next?

+ Infra rise: @opentensor, Gensyn, ElizaOS

+ Real agents: Learn, act, transact—without human prompts

+ Tokens with purpose: Agent-based economies emerge

+ Simple UX: AI that feels native to Web3

📝 Elite’s Take

The Agent meta didn’t fail. It filtered.

Now comes the real build phase.

If you're only just paying attention—you're still early.