Episode 262: Jansen Teng, Co-Founder of Virtuals Protocol on building the Infrastructure for AI Agent Society

In this episode of Base Layer, we dive deep with Jansen Teng, co-founder of Virtuals Protocol, exploring how their framework is revolutionizing AI agent development and deployment.

Key Discussion Points:

Origins in blockchain gaming and evolution to autonomous AI agents Technical architecture including memory systems and planning engines Revenue model with 1% tax system and distribution structure Infrastructure challenges and scaling solutions Focus on quality over quantity with agent development Vision for creating a "network state" with human-AI cooperation

Technical Insights:

Infrastructure costs and advantages of cooperative model API limitations and scaling considerations Model routing capabilities and memory management

Future Vision:

Creation of physical-digital integrated societies Focus on productive economic output Development of agent-to-agent cooperation standards Evolution toward autonomous business creation

More can be found here on Virtuals: https://whitepaper.virtuals.io/