Ethereum Emerges as the Ultimate App Store for AI Agents - Here’s Why
AI agents are finding their perfect home on Ethereum's decentralized network
The Infrastructure Revolution
Ethereum's smart contract capabilities create an unprecedented playground for artificial intelligence. Autonomous agents can now deploy, interact, and transact without centralized gatekeepers controlling their every move. The network's global settlement layer provides the trust foundation that AI systems desperately need.
Decentralized Intelligence Unleashed
Imagine AI agents that can't be shut down by corporate overlords. Ethereum makes this possible through its unstoppable applications and programmable money features. These digital entities can now form complex economic relationships, negotiate deals, and execute contracts entirely on-chain.
The numbers speak for themselves - developers are flocking to build AI-native applications on Ethereum's robust infrastructure. While traditional tech giants fight over walled gardens, Ethereum builds the open ecosystem where true innovation happens. Because nothing says progress like cutting out the middleman - even if that middleman happens to be your friendly neighborhood trillion-dollar corporation.
“The bad outcome is we have many different silos, like app stores, [and] that’s it,” De Rossi said of the future of AI agent discoverability. “That’s just worse for consumers.”
“If we want to make this happen in an interoperable way, there are two possibilities, probably. The US government,” De Rossi said with a laugh, “or the infrastructure owned by nobody, which is the blockchain.”
Pushing some vague ideals of whatever “Web3” is supposed to be isn’t going to spur blockchain adoption in the AI industry, De Rossi argued.
“Who cares? The point is, how can we have an infra that is neutral, and this is understandable to everybody. It’s public infrastructure.”
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