At the Teamz Summit, Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, discussed the transformative shift from traditional chatbots to autonomous AI agents, which are designed to serve as permanent digital staff that proactively solve problems. This evolution reflects a broader trend where on-chain data enables an agentic economy, allowing these autonomous agents to monetize their skills independently, with top creators earning up to $125,000 per agent. Animoca’s Animoca Minds platform is currently in alpha, facilitating the low-cost creation of these persistent AI agents.
Yat Siu: Yat Siu is the co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, a key advocate for digital property rights and blockchain innovation in gaming and Web3. He emphasizes agentic AI as the next major distribution shift capable of addressing platform censorship issues. In the recent Teamz Summit interview, he outlines the acceleration from assisted AI chatbots to autonomous economic actors with on-chain sovereignty.
D. Sencil: David Sencil is the media product manager and writer at Bitcoin.com News, hosting podcasts and discussions on cryptocurrency, Web3, and tech trends. He frequently covers topics like blockchain tooling and community building in the crypto space. He interviewed Yat Siu at the Teamz event to explore AI agents’ role in retiring traditional software.
Animoca Brands: Animoca Brands is a Hong Kong-based leader in digital assets that builds, invests in, and accelerates Web3 technologies including blockchain gaming and AI-driven ecosystems. The company recently launched an alpha-stage platform called Animoca Minds for users to create autonomous AI agents with persistent memory. Its executive chairman Yat Siu featured in the interview highlights how AI agents are set to replace traditional software packages by functioning as proactive digital staff in an agentic economy.
AI Agent Shift: The discussion at Teamz Summit frames AI agents as evolving from reactive chatbots to permanent digital staff that proactively solve problems.
Agentic Economy: On-chain data provides sovereign ownership, enabling an autonomous agentic economy where agents monetize skills independently.
Animoca Platform: Animoca Brands’ Animoca Minds platform in alpha allows low-cost creation of persistent, autonomous AI agents.