Tonight $AI16Z launches more formal token econ

"Phase 1: Launchpad (Q1 2025)

This was an acquisition play with ready-for-market tech and a solid technical team. It aims to serve as the schelling point for innovation on the Eliza framework, including agent-to-agent interactions (swarms), multi-chain integrations, and other frontier advancements enabled by Eliza's plugin architecture.

Value capture mechanisms include launch fees, $ai16z token staking for access, and liquidity pool pairings with $ai16z."

Phase 2: Ecosystem Growth / Incentive Alignment

The goal of this ecosystem is to have multiple products add value to each other and inextricably tie value to the $ai16z token. The analogy here would be how $ETH or $SOL underpins most core decentralized infra built on top of it (e.g. used as collateral, base trading pairs etc). The argument here is if ai16Z is building decentralised AGI then its token should be the medium that aligns its actors to get there.

Projects / Devs will be incentivized through ecosystem funds, potential investment from the autonomous investor, and fee sharing from the launchpad.

Buyback and burn mechanics using launchpad fees are being explored as a value accrual strategy.

Treasury Strategy

The treasury will be diversified across major L1 tokens, stablecoins, and select project tokens. It will provide liquidity support and incentives for $ai16z pairs while maintaining a long-term approach to sustain projects through market fluctuations without reactive selling."