SingularityNET (AGIX)

The project was founded by a team associated with artificial general intelligence research, including Dr Ben Goertzel, and is closely linked in public perception with Hanson Robotics’ humanoid robot Sophia. Its broader goal is to create an open network of AI agents that can request services from one another, pay for completed tasks, and improve through interaction. In practice, this could allow a user or application to combine specialised models for tasks such as language processing, image analysis, data interpretation, or robotics control.

SingularityNET’s marketplace model addresses a structural problem in AI: many researchers and independent developers produce useful algorithms, while businesses often need tailored combinations of services rather than a single off-the-shelf model. By using blockchain-based payments and service discovery, the protocol aims to give AI creators a way to commercialise their work and give customers a more flexible route to AI capabilities.

The project has also become part of the wider Artificial Superintelligence Alliance initiative alongside Fetch.ai and Ocean Protocol, reflecting a push to align decentralised AI networks, data infrastructure, and autonomous agent technology. SingularityNET remains distinctive for its long-running focus on open-ended AI agent collaboration and its ambition to support progress toward artificial general intelligence through decentralised infrastructure rather than closed corporate platforms.