Sonic, a Solana layer-2 blockchain, and venture investment firm Galaxy Interactive have announced a new fund aimed at advancing Web3 gaming and other emerging cryptocurrency sectors. The announcement comes as excitement grows around artificial intelligence agents.
Sonic, the first gaming-focused Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) L2 network, announced the launch of the G.A.M.E. (Game, AI, Meme, Ecosystem) Fund 1, to accelerate the developments of Web3 games, AI agents and social media content creation tools on HyperGrid.
The fund will offer up to $1 million worth of support per project, with no limit on the maximum amount of accelerator participants, according to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph.
G.A.M.E. Fund 1 announcement. Source: Sonic SVM
The fund will also offer technical and infrastructure support, marketing and user acquisition support and integration with Sonic’s TikTok Applayer, which has surpassed two million users.
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Sonic could become a bridge between the traditional Web2 and Web3 gaming worlds, according to Sam Englebardt, founding general partner at Galaxy Interactive:
“This fund represents our commitment to backing visionary teams who are building the future of interactive entertainment, leveraging AI and social platforms in novel ways.”
The fund confirmed its first inaugural investment in Gomble Games, a Binance Labs and Animoca Brands-backed protocol transforming traditional Web2 games into Web3.
Gomble Games said it amassed over 110 million unique users worldwide across 230 games, after becoming the most downloaded mobile game app in South Korea in 2023.
SONIC/USD, all-time chart. Source: CoinMarketCap
The announcement comes a day after the Sonic SVM (SONIC) token generation event on Jan. 7, which saw the token reach a market cap of $365 million within the first 24 hours, CoinMarketCap data shows.
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AI agents will drive Web3 gaming adoption through infinite virtual experiences
The future of gaming lies at the intersection of high-performance infrastructure, AI and social connectivity, according to Chris Zhu, founder and CEO at Sonic SVM.
Zhu told Cointelegraph:
“We can see the future of AI creating massive forms of interfaces for humans to interact with the digital and real world. Sonic is focused on helping teams build towards infinite, asset-driven gaming experiences powered by AI.”
Multimodal AI agents, which can interact across social media platforms like X and TikTok, represent the biggest growth potential.
“As agent creation and interaction become more sophisticated, there is a direct link between these agents’ social influence and economic value, Sonic is at the perfect intersection for that,” Zhu said.
Interest in AI agents saw a recent uptick after Luna, an AI agent on Virtuals Protocol, executed an autonomous transaction on the blockchain with another AI agent, without direct human input, Cointelegraph reported on Jan. 2
LUNA virtual protocol, X post. Source: Luna
Industry watchers foresee a year of significant upside for the emerging field of AI cryptocurrencies.
AI agents launch platform ai16z and decentralized trading protocol Hyperliquid are “poised for growth in 2025,” Alvin Kan, chief operating officer of Bitget Wallet, told Cointelegraph.
“Emerging narratives like AI-driven investments, decentralized AI agents and tokenized assets hint at a tech-driven shift, though with added risk,” he said.
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