The vision for a society of AI agents, what the co-founder actually means
Jansen framing of Virtuals as building a "digital country" where tokenized AI agents operate as independent economic actors sounds abstract until he gets specific. The agents are not just chatbots. They are designed to:
- Interact with other agents autonomously
- Generate revenue through services and content
- Be co-owned by token holders who benefit from that revenue
The economic model creates alignment between agent performance and token holder value in a way that is more interesting than most token utility designs.
Whether "digital country of AI agents" becomes a real thing or stays a compelling whitepaper depends entirely on execution. The vision is coherent though.
Would you co-own a tokenized AI agent as an income-generating asset if the revenue model proved out?