Knockoff Names and Puns: A New Trend in the AI Agent Project Market

ing the days of the market downturn, you must have been bombarded by this little chubby girl --- a "chubby version" girl resembling ai16z, with the corresponding token being LLM (Large Language Models), which literally translates to "large language models."

In the recent crypto market downturn, you must have noticed a meme spreading like wildfire—a "chubby" version of the ai16z logo, with the corresponding token being LLM (Large Language Models).

This pun is quite straightforward: "Large" (the common clothing size for larger sizes) has ironically become a funny meme point. It is indeed a larger ai16z, which also plays on the current generative AI's large language models, thus this meme coin quickly reached a market cap of one hundred million dollars.

Some group members bluntly stated, this is not ai16z at all, it's simply ai160kg. It has garnered an unexpected entertainment effect.

In the current crypto ecosystem, you have to admit that sometimes it's more clever to find angles than to seriously work on projects.

In this chubby girl meme incident, the editor thought of a popular phenomenon in the current crypto market:

ai** projects have begun to enthusiastically create "knockoff names" to play with puns, deconstructing and deriving from the original, thus carving out their own characteristics**. For example, LLM is clearly derived from ai16z, while ai16z itself is also a mimicry and derivation of the well-known crypto VC a16z…

We have reviewed some of the currently well-known pun projects, and perhaps there are quite a few wealth codes hidden in the laughter.

Solana Ecosystem

ai16z +Marc " AI "ndreessen: The Beginning of All Puns

No need for much introduction, one of the leaders in this round of AI agent craze started with a fully entertaining idea --- to replicate well-known crypto VCs and founders on-chain, forming an AI version.

In addition to the name ai16z, which reflects AI and benchmarks against a16z crypto venture capital, the project is also accompanied by a personal account called @pmairca, which is clearly a pun on a16z founder Marc Andreessen's @pmarca account.

The meaning in the Twitter bio is also very straightforward --- I want to imitate, and I want to surpass.

DegenAI: When AI Begins to Become the On-Chain Mirror of KOLs

If ai16z is mimicking investment institutions, then DegenAI (@degenspartanai) is targeting well-known KOLs in the crypto circle.

DegenAI (@degenspartanai) chooses to imitate the well-known trader in the crypto circle, DegenSpartan (@DegenSpartan). This trader, known by the name "찌 G 跻 じ," is quite influential in the circle, a former private equity crypto fund manager, and also a KOL who is highly regarded on social media. Those who often surf CT will definitely be familiar with him.

Interestingly, this AI project also comes from the ai16z ecosystem.

This imitation account not only inherits DegenSpartan's trading style but also aims to replicate his sharp and incisive speaking style on social media.

Moreover, from the perspective of automated trading agents, choosing to imitate a well-known trader like DegenSpartan somewhat embodies the idea of "letting AI learn from top traders."

X Combinator: A Letter Change to Pay Tribute to Y Combinator

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X Combinator is an AI project incubation platform in the Solana ecosystem that imitates Y Combinator (YC). This project positions itself as "the best AI incubator and launchpad on Solana," clearly borrowing from YC's successful model in the Web2 startup circle.

Unlike traditional incubators, X Combinator focuses on incubating AI agent projects, especially autonomous trading agents. They have established a launchpad program called "Project X," which filters and nurtures excellent AI trading agent projects through this platform.

This positioning aligns very well with the current development trend of AI tracks in the Solana ecosystem, as more and more projects begin to apply AI technology in automated trading, investment DAOs, and data analysis.

From an operational perspective, X Combinator has established a strategic fund specifically to invest in top autonomous trading agents that stand out from its launchpad projects. This model is similar to YC's investment support for outstanding startup projects.

AIrthur Hayes: An AI Agent Mimicking a Crypto Legend

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The naming of the AIrthur Hayes project is clearly a mimicry of Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of BitMEX and one of the most influential figures in the cryptocurrency field.

Arthur Hayes himself has also been active in the intersection of AI and crypto, such as joining the advisory board of the decentralized AI platform Ritual; in a previous interview