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AI Coins Tier List

Everyone’s screaming “#AI” but nobody is grading them on actual AI and usage.

Scored them on 4 things: Real Usage, AI Edge, Ecosystem & Token Design.

🔴 S Tier

➤ $TAO is the cleanest bet on decentralized intelligence: subnets turn model training/inference into an open marketplace, and the upcoming halving hard-bakes scarcity on top of that.

It scores max on AI purity + token design + narrative power for this cycle.

➤ FET (ASI) -

As the core token of the ASI alliance, it sits at the center of the “decentralized OpenAI” story, with real tooling, partnerships, and liquidity.

It earns S Tier for combining strong infra, branding, and deep CT mindshare around AI.

➤ $RENDER –

RENDER is the flagship GPU/DePIN play, with a live marketplace for rendering and growing focus on AI workloads, making it the most recognizable “AI compute” ticker.

High usage + easy-to-sell GPU narrative + serious backing = automatic S Tier for usage + narrative + market structure.

➤ IO –

IO is a Solana-native decentralized GPU cloud that already aggregates tens of thousands of GPUs at lower cost than trad cloud, making it a direct infra bet on AI model training and inference.

It’s S Tier because it nails real infra, real demand, and a clean DePIN + Solana narrative.

➤ LINK –

LINK isn’t an AI project by branding, but it’s the default oracle layer connecting AI models and off-chain data into on-chain logic, and it’s already deeply integrated across DeFi, RWA, and infra.

It gets S Tier for being systemically important glue for AI + crypto rather than a pure “AI token.”

➤ FIL –

FIL is the decentralized storage layer that AI needs for datasets and model artifacts, with a massive existing storage network now explicitly positioned around AI data.

It’s S Tier because it combines scale, real usage, and a clear role at the data layer of the AI stack.

🟡 A Tier

➤ NEAR –

NEAR has gone all-in on branding itself as “the blockchain for AI,” focusing on agentic infra, intents, and private inference while still being a general-purpose L1.

It lands in A Tier as a serious AI-forward chain with strong tech and ecosystem, just a notch below the pure infra blue chips.

➤ $ICP –

ICP is pushing on fully on-chain AI with smart contracts that can run or verify models directly, plus partnerships and infra aimed at decentralized AI services.

That gets it A Tier as a high-conviction AI compute L1, held back mainly by market baggage rather than tech.

➤ AKT –

Akash is the “decloud for AI,” a decentralized compute marketplace where devs can rent GPUs at a fraction of AWS-style pricing, with a clear focus on AI hosting.

That puts it in A Tier as a core infra primitive with real usage and a straightforward AI compute story.

➤ INJ –

INJ is a finance-first L1 with a big DeFi + RWA footprint that’s now layering in AI tooling and integrations on top of strong tokenomics and liquidity.

It sits in A Tier as a multi-narrative chain where AI is an important booster, not the only story.

➤ SAHARA –

SAHARA is building a full-stack AI native chain for data, models, and agents with strong funding and an explicit “collaborative AI economy” vision.

It takes A Tier as a high-upside, still-early infra play that scores very high on AI purity and thesis alignment.

➤ #VIRTUAL –

VIRTUALS is laser-focused on on-chain AI agents and agent commerce, already with a strong user + builder community.

It earns A Tier as a pure agent narrative with growing real usage, even if the infra is earlier than the S names.

🟢 B Tier

➤ LPT –

LPT powers Livepeer’s decentralized video and AI video compute network, which is very real infra but more specialized around media than general AI.

That puts it in B Tier as a legit, niche AI/video infra play rather than a flagship AI asset.

➤ AIOZ –

AIOZ runs a massive DePIN network with ~190k+ edge nodes powering storage, streaming, and AI compute, and is pushing a full AIOZ AI stack and marketplace.

It’s B Tier as strong AI+media infra that’s still catching up in mindshare versus the top DePIN names.

➤ TRAC –

TRAC underpins OriginTrail’s decentralized knowledge graph, a verifiable data layer that’s extremely relevant for trustworthy AI and RWAs.

It’s B Tier because it’s conceptually huge but more niche and under-owned versus the big compute/storage plays.

➤ CGPT –

CGPT is AI infra for Web3 tools, AIVM, launchpad, multi-chain token used by projects and users to plug AI into crypto workflows.

It earns B Tier as a solid “AI toolbox” project with good products but less inevitability than the S/A infra cores.

➤ #OCEAN –

OCEAN is core infra for tokenized data and compute-to-data, letting AI access private datasets without moving them, which is exactly what AI needs at scale.

It’s B Tier because it’s a serious AI data backbone, even if the token hasn’t always matched the narrative.

🔵 C Tier

➤ #KITE –

KITE is an AI-first L1 for agent payments and identity, with PoAI and strong backers, but it’s still very early in ecosystem depth and adoption.

It’s C Tier as a high-upside experimental infra bet that could move up if the agent economy thesis plays out.

➤ #QUBIC –

QUBIC uses “Useful Proof of Work” to route mining into AI training and other useful compute instead of pure hash puzzles, which is a cool design but still experimental.

It sits in C Tier as a speculative AI L1 / uPoW experiment with more to prove on usage and ecosystem.

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