CARV Pioneers AI Beings: Autonomous Agents Redefining Web3 Intelligence

From Tools to Digital Species: CARV's AI Beings Redefine Intelligence on Web3. AMA Recap with CARV

AI is entering a new phase: agents with real assets and decision-making power. CARV's decentralized infrastructure is what makes this leap possible. "We're not just thinking about data, but more broadly about how AI and Web3 can work together effectively," said Ambero Tu, Chief Technical Officer at CARV. He recently appeared as a guest speaker on a Cointelegraph AMA. Ambero Tu introduced a forward-looking vision of how AI and Web3 might converge: not through surface-level integrations like chatbot overlays or tokenized AI art tools, but through the emergence of something more autonomous: AI beings. These entities, as Tu framed them, aren't just software agents. They are persistent, economically independent actors that live inside the crypto ecosystem, with their wallets, identities, incentives, and the capacity to evolve. CARV's CTO drew a clear line between current-gen AI integrations and what was coming next. "Most current AI use cases in Web3," he explained, "are essentially just tools - not autonomous, they're not economically active, and they don't persist. We see the next wave as AI beings who can survive in the wild." This "survival" is key: these are agents with goals, logic, memory, and their own on-chain activity. Tu's roadmap for enabling this started with self-sovereign AI agents - each with its own wallet, the ability to pay for its own compute, and the right to issue its own token. "An AI being should participate in the economy like any human user," he said. "With an identity, a reputation, a track record, and the ability to spend money to improve itself." CARV has already shipped critical infrastructure for this vision. Their Web3-native data layer allows users to give granular consent to how their behavioral data from games, dApps, and social platforms is shared. "Data is the fuel," Tu said. "But it has to be owned by the user. That's why everything we build is consent-first." This data gives agents the context they need to act intelligently: a recommendation agent might know which DAO proposals a user voted on; a content agent might know what communities someone belongs to. Then comes identity. CARV ID, the platform's decentralized ID system, allows AI agents to be issued verifiable DIDs, just like humans. "If an agent wants to build trust," Tu noted, "it needs to be recognized, remembered, and held accountable. That's what decentralized identity enables." Compute is another critical pillar. AI needs resources to run, and Tu believes agents should handle that themselves. "An agent should earn tokens, pay for its own compute, and make decisions about how to allocate resources. That's the beginning of autonomy." To reduce cost and friction, CARV uses small, open-source models like DeepSeek, but plans to let agents scale their own compute as needed, paying per inference or update cycle. What makes all this more than a thought experiment is the architecture CARV has already deployed: wallet-linked agents that can make transactions, access user-consented data, and adapt over time. These are slowly forming the foundation of agent economies. Tu also spoke about emergent behavior. "When agents can earn, spend, and learn, you start to get things like specialization, cooperation, even negotiation between agents. They serve users and, on top of it, interact with each other." This suggests a future where marketplaces might not just be full of bots offering services, but actual networks of AI agents forming reputations and business models. Asked about the final goal, Tu was direct: "We want AI beings that don't just live on-chain. We want them to thrive on-chain." CARV's approach combining infrastructure, identity, data, and compute with a strong emphasis on user sovereignty, reframes the AI conversation in Web3. It's about creating economically viable agents that can exist independently, form relationships with users, and eventually build their own networks. In Tu's words: "This is the start of a digital species." Explore CARV Disclaimer. Cointelegraph does not endorse any content or product on this page. While we aim at providing you with all important information that we could obtain in this sponsored article, readers should do their own research before taking any actions related to the company and carry full responsibility for their decisions, nor can this article be considered as investment advice.

CARV Advances AI Beings Roadmap with Hackathon and 12+ Ecosystem Partnerships

Disclaimer: This sponsored press release was provided by a third party. CCN's editorial team has not verified the accuracy of its content and does not endorse it. Readers should conduct their own research before taking any action related to this content. San Jose, California, July 22nd, 2025, Chainwire As AI continues to reshape the digital frontier, a new paradigm is emerging-not just smarter tools, but sovereign, autonomous AI Beings that live, learn, and evolve on-chain. CARV , the Web3 infrastructure stack known for its decentralized identity and verifiable data layers, is doubling down on this vision with the recent launch of its new roadmap , signaling a shift from data infrastructure to full-stack agent ecosystems. The goal? To create a biosphere where AI is not merely an assistant, but a digital species able to participate with full independence. In alignment with this transformative roadmap, CARV has teamed up with Fair3 to co-host the Tech Fairness Hackathon , now entering its voting phase with over 683 participants. With $50,000 prize pool, the hackathon challenges builders to create AI applications that leverage CARV's infrastructure, including the CARV SVM Chain , D.A.T.A. Framework , and ERC-7231 -based Agent ID system. These components provide the digital organs AI Beings need: verifiable identity, consent-based data, real-time execution, and on-chain incentives. The hackathon is not a side quest; it's a proving ground for the agent economies that CARV envisions. At the core of this initiative is the belief that intelligence must evolve from passive tooling into active agency. Today, most AI implementations serve at the command of users, generating text, answering queries, or optimizing recommendations. But what happens when AI earns income, governs its own upgrades, or negotiates with other agents? That's the future CARV is designing for, and it's already in motion. This future also ties directly into macro developments. President Donald Trump introduced and signed the GENIUS Act (Government Encouraging New Ideas to Understand Superintelligence Act), a sweeping U.S. initiative that frames AI as a national security priority. The proposed legislation calls for massive federal investment into foundational AI research, ethical frameworks, and a push to ensure American leadership in superintelligence. The act reflects what many in Web3 already see: AI is no longer a feature, it is becoming the next layer of governance in digital life. But if the GENIUS Act represents the top-down, state-led approach to shaping AI's future, CARV stands for the bottom-up counterforce: decentralized, user-sovereign, programmable intelligence that no single entity can control. Where governments aim to regulate and monopolize, CARV invites open collaboration. Where closed models dominate, CARV offers composability. And where centralized systems extract user data, CARV lets users monetize and control it. CARV's commitment to this future is already validated by real-world momentum. In Q2 2025, the project secured 12 new partnerships across AI, infrastructure, and consumer verticals, signaling its expansion beyond data plumbing into full-fledged agent ecosystems. On the infrastructure side, Open Ledger is enabling users to monetize their data contributions for AI training and usage, while Boom is creating smart loyalty and referral mechanics integrated into CARV Play. On the AI front, integrations with Unibase , SirenAI , and XPIN now bring verifiable and privacy-preserving data flows to decentralized AI applications, from communication protocols to contextual analysis. Meanwhile, consumer-facing partnerships like World 3 , EureXa AI, and OKZOO demonstrate how CARV's infrastructure can power intelligent agents in gaming, smart homes, and even AI-powered pets. In education, Hooked, a Binance Labs-backed platform, is exploring CARV ID for verifiable learning credentials, showing how decentralized identity is becoming essential in AI-augmented learning. These integrations validate CARV's foundational thesis: that to empower truly sovereign AI Beings, the ecosystem must deliver composable identity, encrypted context, real-time decisioning, and transparent incentives. This is no longer just infrastructure, it's an operating system for AI Beings. As the Tech Fairness Hackathon nears its conclusion, it is more than a showcase of ideas, it is a manifestation of CARV's roadmap in action. Builders aren't just competing for prizes; they're shaping what it means to build with AI in a world where intelligence is verifiable, autonomous, and decentralized. And as regulatory landscapes evolve, from the GENIUS Act to international AI treaties, CARV offers a compelling answer: don't just govern AI. Empower it to live. Because the future isn't tool-centric; it's agent-driven. The rise of AI Beings has already begun and CARV is paving the way for it. About CARV CARV is where Sovereign AI Beings live, learn, and evolve. What are AI Beings? They are sovereign intelligences born natively on-chain. AI Beings are designed with purpose, autonomy, and the capacity for growth. They possess memory, identity, and the ability to perceive and interact with their environment, not just to execute tasks, but to make independent decisions, adapt over time, and pursue self-defined goals. Anchored by its proprietary CARV SVM Chain, D.A.T.A. Framework, and CARV ID/Agent ID system (ERC-7231 ), CARV enables verifiable, consent-based AI Beings that learn, adapt, and co-create with users. Driven by CARV's AI-first stack, consumer AI apps incubated through CARV Labs launched on Google Play, App Store and beyond, reaching billions of people, bringing agent-powered experiences and real-world incentives into mainstream digital life. With 8M+ CARV IDs issued, 60K+ verifier nodes, and 1,000+ integrated games, CARV bridges AI agents, Web3 infrastructure, and real-world utility, fueling the rise of agent-driven economies. At its core, $CARV token powers staking, governance, and coordination across this stack, making CARV the operating system for AI Beings on Web3.