Eliza Labs launched an account called auto.fun last month, and Shaw, a core member of Eliza Labs, announced on social media X that the project will go online this week. Previously, he mentioned possibly creating a launchpad or community product tied to the $ai16z token. Will auto.fun be able to change the current downturn of Eliza's token series, and which projects on auto.fun are worth our attention?

What is auto.fun?

auto.fun is a community-based open-source token launcher and No Code AI Agent creator where anyone can create autonomous AI agents that can execute tasks across social media platforms, DeFi applications, and other web3 services.

Besides launching tokens, creators can earn fees here, and external communities can communicate, create content, or create CTO tokens. ElizaLabs claims to have developed auto.fun to support AI Agent development at the economic level, and auto.fun will differ from ordinary token launch platforms in its narrative approach.

The official statement says auto.fun adopts a fairer token model than previous launch platforms, combining bonding curves and fair distribution principles. It allows project teams to lock up to 50% of tokens before listing to help reduce sniping behavior. It also introduces a "liquidity Non-Fungible Token mechanism" and shares part of the fees with token creators. The official believes this token model can promote long-term coordination between AI agent developers and users, ensuring sustainable project growth and fair participation for retail investors.

PumpFun Scam Token Controversy Before Launch

Before the project's official launch, auto.fun had already sparked controversy, more precisely, Shaw triggered community discussion. The cause was that several suspected fake auto.fun tokens were issued on PumpFun in recent days, and Shaw purchased some using a public wallet address. These tokens began to rise, with some instantly breaking through a $2.5 million market value before quickly dropping to zero. Interestingly, after the community's CTO, the token rose again several times, currently priced at $1.5 million, which coincidentally aligns with auto.fun's community CTO function, dripping with sarcasm.

After being accused by netizens of being short on cash and wanting to harvest users, Shaw firmly denied being the Dev and explained, "I bought a few random coins on PumpFun, and it started rising. I said I would donate it, but then someone told me it was a SCAM, so I burned the tokens. Sorry for the confusion. I was just playing around."

This is not the first time Shaw has been cursed by the community. Previously, during the Eliza community token incident, he even used a public address to buy multiple "fuck shaw" memecoins with market values of just a few thousand dollars. Theoretically, every blockchain player has the freedom to buy and sell, but as a project leader, with his address under public scrutiny, there is a strong guiding effect and he should consider more carefully the balance between retail investor interests and "FUN".

What Alpha Opportunities Exist?

Despite the previous turbulence causing market expectations to plummet, over 15 projects from different fields have decided or are interested in joining auto.fun, including some excellent teams. The editor has selected a few projects with high topic potential for introduction, not as investment advice.

Comput3 AI

Comput3 is a project providing GPU computing power for AI Apps and AI Agents, initiated by Dmitry Nedospasov. Currently, Comput3 API can be used for video generation, open-source model inference, voice generation, private coding, and portrait generation. The project has opened API interfaces and claims GPU usage costs only $0.5 per hour, though specific computing power remains undisclosed.

Additionally, the project has developed a TG MINIAPP for conversation chat and collaborated with Roolz AI to generate AI anime using Comput3's GPU with LLM models. The project claims to be testing APIs/MCP interfaces allowing AI Agents free usage, with future products enabling large model training, large-scale video generation, and algorithm model calculation, collaborating with BTC mining farms to provide idle capacity, create GPU derivatives, and establish an on-chain GPU market.

DogLife.AI

DogLifeAI was initiated by Dr Pepe, with the concept of bringing a complete dog on-chain and making it immortal. Previously, Dr Pepe launched his science popularization social AI Agent "DrPepe.ai Agent", whose token $Bryan once reached a $40 million market value but has now fallen to $2.8 million.

Notably, in December 2024, DrPepe and his AI mimicked the longevity therapy of Silicon Valley wealthy Bryan Johnson, sharing hyperbaric oxygen therapy "HBOT" that was actually an article he shared on Arweave the previous day. He then guided the community to believe Bryan was DrPepe's "illusion", which is why the related token ticker is $Bryan instead of DrPepe. Although DogLifeAI currently has no CA, DrPepe allows users to "pre-purchase" DogLifeAI tokens using $Bryan.

Sigama Music

Sigma Music is a social music AI agent incubated by AI data platform itheum. Besides allowing users to upload and create music radio, the platform also provides a token launcher for users to turn their music into memecoins.

Kryptonite's CZAI

CZAI is an AI Agent providing traders with an efficient, intelligent assistant to simplify investment decisions and enhance fund management transparency. Some community members claim CZAI is created by DeFi project Kryptonite, though both parties have not yet connected on social media.

Currently, the project mentions that this AI Agent will have multi-signature operations and transparent fund management, monitoring market charts, analyzing economic data (such as Federal Reserve dynamics) and community sentiment to provide personalized trading suggestions. It will also collect on-chain information from multiple chains, capable of searching for new tokens, tracking yield opportunities, and discovering potential investment opportunities across multiple blockchains.

Astra

Astra is a multi-chain payment solution based on the Lightning Network, aimed at providing efficient and scalable payment infrastructure for AI Agents. Astra's core product is the Astra SDK, which allows developers to integrate native Lightning Network payment functions into any application, blockchain, or AI agent.

The Eliza team seems confident about auto.fun, intending to bring a new concept to the market after a long project warm-up. However, whether the market can still buy into this narrative concept after the pre-launch token incident remains unknown. Nonetheless, this brings a glimmer of novelty to the long-dormant CryptoAI field.