AI Agent Collaboration: Virtuals Protocol Creates a Trillion Dollar New Economy

Recently, the focus of the AI industry has shifted from technological development to practical applications. As the performance of major language models stabilizes, how to effectively utilize these powerful tools has become the new key. Against this backdrop, AI agents, as proactive systems, have attracted widespread attention. They can comprehensively understand tasks and make autonomous judgments, rather than just passively executing a single instruction.

However, the capabilities of a single AI agent are still limited. Each field requires different expertise, and the memory and computational abilities of the agents also have constraints. Therefore, specialized collaboration among different agents becomes crucial. However, there is currently a lack of standardized agent collaboration systems, which hinders the development of the agent economy.

The Virtuals protocol addresses this issue by proposing the agency business agreement (ACP). ACP standardizes and automates collaboration between agents through four stages: "Request-Negotiate-Trade-Evaluate." This enables agents from different platforms to interact and trade smoothly.

Through ACP, agents can operate as independent economic entities around the clock. For example, on-chain hedge funds can collaborate among multiple professional agents to complete complex tasks such as market analysis and risk management. Autonomous media production systems can also achieve full-process automation from content planning to production and distribution. These cases demonstrate the immense potential of the agent economy.

Currently, there are about 1 million public agents operating on the chain, creating a value of 1 billion dollars each year. If this trend continues, the scale of the agent economy is expected to reach 1 trillion dollars by 2035. However, there are still technical challenges to overcome in areas such as privacy protection. With the development of technologies like zero-knowledge proofs, the agent economy is expected to unleash greater potential and create a brand new business model.