Pump.fun’s AI ’Mayhem Mode’ Fails to Drive Significant Platform Activity

Pump.fun's newly launched AI feature, Mayhem Mode, has underwhelmed in its first week, failing to meaningfully boost token launches or trading activity. The opt-in system, designed to automate early-stage trading for new coins, saw daily launches rise marginally from 17,300 to 17,800—a negligible increase given the platform's promotional efforts.

The feature allocates one billion tokens to an AI agent for market-making during a coin's first 24 hours, with unused supply burned afterward. While intended to enhance price discovery and attract investors, Mayhem Mode appears to have done little to reverse Pump.fun's broader decline. Active addresses have plummeted to 31,000 from over 200,000 a year ago.

Platform documentation positions Mayhem Mode as a solution to improve early-stage project viability, but initial data suggests the AI tool hasn't yet altered fundamental dynamics. The muted response raises questions about whether automated liquidity provision alone can revitalize waning interest in the token launch platform.