ai16z创始人Shaw：项目初衷是给普通人成为投资者的机会

为了贴近社区，一直躲在幕后专注于技术的Shaw挺身而出。

Author: Weilin, PANews

作者：伟林，PANews

In order to get closer to the community, Shaw, who had been hiding behind the scenes and focusing on technology, stepped forward. In late December, which was the most important holiday overseas - Christmas, Shaw and his wife chose to come to China to meet with community developers. From Shanghai to Beijing and then to Hong Kong, Shaw's schedule was very tight, and he was lined up for questions at every event.

为了贴近社区，一直躲在幕后专注于技术的Shaw挺身而出。 12月下旬，正是海外最重要的节日——圣诞节，Shaw和妻子选择来到中国与社区开发者见面。从上海到北京，再到香港，邵逸夫的行程非常紧凑，每次活动都要排队接受提问。

As the most popular AI agent project, ai16z's token market value has exceeded $1 billion. The core of ai16z, ElizaOS, is a powerful multi-agent simulation framework designed to create, deploy and manage autonomous AI agents. It is built with TypeScript and can interact across multiple platforms. Currently, many projects are being developed based on this highly acclaimed open source framework.

作为最受欢迎的AI代理项目，ai16z的代币市值已超过10亿美元。 ai16z 的核心 ElizaOS 是一个强大的多智能体模拟框架，旨在创建、部署和管理自主人工智能智能体。它是用 TypeScript 构建的，可以跨多个平台交互。目前，许多项目正在基于这个备受好评的开源框架进行开发。

On December 26, at the ai16z community exchange event held in Beijing, PANews had an in-depth conversation with Shaw, the founder of ai16z and creator of ElizaOS, to discuss the original intention, progress and future development direction of the project, as well as his views on the future of AI Agents.

12月26日，在北京举办的ai16z社区交流活动上，PANews与ai16z创始人、ElizaOS创始人Shaw进行了深入对话，共同探讨了项目的初衷、进展以及未来的发展方向。作为他对人工智能代理未来的看法。

Shaw said he is not a money lover, but his development work aims to provide investment opportunities for ordinary people so that the crypto ecosystem can transform from speculative to generative, getting rid of gambling-style bets and investing in things that can truly expand the pie.

Shaw表示，他不是一个爱钱的人，但他的开发工作旨在为普通人提供投资机会，让加密生态系统从投机性向生成性转变，摆脱赌博式的赌注，投资于真正能把蛋糕做大的东西。

In terms of project progress, ai16z will soon announce a list of partners to improve transparency, and will announce a new proposal for ai16z token economics around January 1. Shaw believes that in order to deal with the AI hosting world, people should own their own data and models, and high decentralization is the key.

在项目进展方面，ai16z 很快将公布合作伙伴名单，以提高透明度，并将于 1 月 1 日左右公布 ai16z 代币经济的新提案。Shaw 认为，为了应对 AI 托管世界，人们应该拥有自己的代币经济提案。数据和模型，高度去中心化是关键。

The original intention of ai16z: to give ordinary people the opportunity to become investors

ai16z的初衷：给普通人成为投资者的机会

In the interview, Shaw admitted that the birth of ai16z stems from his observation of the current investment landscape and his desire for fair investment opportunities. He mentioned: "If you want to invest in top startups like Uber or OpenAI, you must be an institutional investor like a16z. Ordinary people have almost no channels to access these opportunities."

Shaw在采访中坦言，ai16z的诞生源于他对当前投资格局的观察以及对公平投资机会的渴望。他提到：“如果你想投资像Uber或OpenAI这样的顶级初创公司，你必须是像a16z这样的机构投资者。普通人几乎没有渠道获得这些机会。”

Shaw believes that crypto ecosystems like Solana can move from being speculative to being generative, moving away from gambling on this token or that token, and investing in things that can actually expand the pie. Like companies and software. For example, when a16z, Paradigm or other large venture capital firms invest in software companies, they also incorporate them into their own networks and drive value. They make money because they create something extremely valuable. Shaw hopes that similar opportunities can be widely used by ordinary people and communities.

Shaw 认为，像 Solana 这样的加密生态系统可以从投机性转向生成性，摆脱对这个或那个代币的赌博，并投资于真正可以扩大蛋糕的东西。就像公司和软件一样。例如，当a16z、Paradigm或其他大型风险投资公司投资软件公司时，他们也会将其纳入自己的网络并驱动价值。他们赚钱是因为他们创造了极其有价值的东西。肖希望类似的机会能够被普通民众和社区广泛利用。

He recalled the beginnings of the project: "I worked with baoskee from daos.fun. We had lunch together, and I said, I want to make like an AI version of a16z. He said, just call it ai16z and put it together. So we started working on it immediately after lunch that day."

他回忆起这个项目的开始：“我和daos.fun的baoskee一起工作。我们一起吃午饭，我说，我想做一个AI版本的a16z。他说，就叫它ai16z，然后把它放在一起。”所以那天午饭后我们就立即开始工作。”

Latest progress: list of partners to be announced, new proposal for ai16z token economics

最新进展：合作伙伴名单待公布，ai16z代币经济新提案

As ai16z's token market value exceeds $1 billion, Shaw revealed a series of exciting project dynamics. In the short term, Shaw believes that many people in the crypto field do not understand DeFi and do not understand how to use the funds in their wallets to make more profits for themselves like banks or other financial institutions. ai16z hopes to build a bridge to connect DeFi with ordinary users.

随着ai16z的代币市值超过10亿美元，Shaw透露了一系列令人兴奋的项目动态。短期来看，Shaw认为，加密领域的很多人并不了解DeFi，也不了解如何像银行或其他金融机构一样，利用钱包里的资金为自己赚取更多利润。 ai16z 希望搭建一座连接 DeFi 与普通用户的桥梁。

Therefore, ai16z is developing tools such as the Automatic Liquidity Pool (LP) Agent. This agent can automatically manage liquidity pools for users and help them earn income. The autonomous investor tool developed by ai16z allows the community to invest in projects they believe in. And this autonomous investor is not just determined by AI, but by the community collectively. AI listens to everyone's opinions, organizes them into an investment thesis, and then makes decisions as a representative of the community. ai16z is interested in how AI can solve many coordination and communication problems within DAOs and communities, thereby helping them make decisions together.

因此，ai16z正在开发自动流动性池（LP）代理等工具。该代理可以自动为用户管理流动性池并帮助他们赚取收入。 ai16z开发的自主投资者工具可以让社区投资他们相信的项目。而这个自主投资者不仅仅是由AI决定的，而是由社区集体决定的。 AI听取每个人的意见，将其整理成投资论文，然后作为社区代表做出决策。 ai16z 对人工智能如何解决 DAO 和社区内的许多协调和沟通问题感兴趣，从而帮助他们共同做出决策。

In addition, Shaw said that the project will officially announce the list of all partners to improve the transparency of the project and help the community more clearly understand the cooperation between the parties and their specific scope. Regarding token economics, in response to the controversy that the token economics is unclear pointed out by industry insiders, ai16z will announce a new token economics proposal around January 1. The proposal was jointly designed by professionals from multiple teams and will include LP matching mechanisms, DeFi function integration, etc. In addition, the project also revealed that they have acquired a Launchpad company, which will be used for the official release of AI agents in the future.

此外，Shaw表示，项目将正式公布所有合作伙伴名单，以提高项目的透明度，帮助社区更清楚地了解各方的合作及其具体范围。关于通证经济，针对业内人士指出的通证经济不明确的争议，ai16z将于1月1日左右公布新的通证经济提案。该提案由多个团队的专业人士共同设计，将包括LP匹配机制，此外，该项目还透露，他们已经收购了一家Launchpad公司，该公司将用于未来正式发布AI代理。

At the same time, the AI Pool project, which Shaw has supported many times on social media recently, has attracted market attention

与此同时，Shaw近期在社交媒体上多次支持的AI Pool项目引起了市场关注