Announcing 0G and OnePiece Labs’ Second AI Accelerator Cohort

The 0G x OnePiece Labs AI Accelerator is designed to support cutting-edge AI projects that are pushing the boundaries of decentralized intelligence. Since kicking off this Accelerator last summer on a rolling admissions basis, we’ve seen a flood of high-potential AI applicants looking to scale their impact within the decentralized AI landscape. 

So far, the inaugural 0G x OPL Accelerator cohort has set a high bar:

• CARV grew its user base to over 10M, generated $6M in revenue from their cutting-edge, AI-driven gaming solutions, and reached a $1B ATH market cap after onboarding with 0G x OnePiece.
• Cygnus Finance Reached $100M+ TVL and secured strategic partnerships with Binance, OpenOcean, and SynFutures; currently gearing up for a $15M fundraising round leading up to their TGE.
• DataHive expanded its pipeline to 6M users, secured $150K in booked revenue and is in the final review stage at NYU Stern’s Endless Frontier Labs.
• Infinity Ground raised $2M in Seed funding to build interoperable AI-powered worlds across blockchains like Base, BNB Chain, and KaiaChain.

Following the remarkable success of this first cohort, 0G and OnePiece Labs are excited to introduce the second cohort—a handpicked selection of startups building at the intersection of AI and web3!

Meet The Latest Cohort

The second 0G x OPL cohort is composed of high-caliber AI projects spanning multiple web3 sectors and application types. The most exciting verticals and projects covered in this cohort include:

AI-Enhanced Gaming / Generative AI

PlaysOut (Unlocking Mini-Games in Every App)

• Pitch: PlaysOut enables super apps to seamlessly integrate thousands of AI-powered mini-games, enhancing user engagement, retention, and unlocking new revenue streams.
• Major Milestones: Partnerships with Tencent Cloud, OKX, Aptos, KAIA, TON, Movement, and Taiko; engages 200+ mini-game developers & studios globally and is currently raising a $5M strategic pre-TGE round.

PlayArts (AI-Powered Dynamic NFTs)

• Pitch: PlayArts transforms AI-generated data into dynamic, tradable NFTs, enabling users to monetize evolving AI agents through a Train-to-Earn system. By embedding AI intelligence into NFTs, PlayArts is redefining digital asset ownership and interaction.
• Major Milestones: Selected for the NVIDIA Inception Program and also backed by Story Protocol Arbitrum, and Alchemy. They reached 200K users in January 2025 and are currently raising a $2M seed round at a $20M valuation.

Escape Velocity (Autonomous Gaming Agent Launchpad)

• Pitch: Escape Velocity is a tokenized agent launchpad that adds gaming utility to autonomous agents, and solves liquidity fragmentation issues through gamified trading and “liquidity pool raids” mechanisms
• Milestones: Gamified trading MVP launched in early Feb. First gaming agent prototype, Agent Squaid (AI Squid Game), released at Consensus HK. Currently raising a $1M Seed Round.

WagerVS (Gamified Prediction Market Platform)

• Pitch: WagerVS is a decentralized, gamified prediction market where players can create and engage in unique bets—from celebrity feuds to sports, politics, crypto news, and more. By leveraging AI for event forecasting and outcome determination, WagerVS solves the issue of traditional gaming where “the house always wins,” ensuring fairer and more engaging wagering experiences.
• Milestones: Open Beta launched on February 25, 2025. Raised $55K from a small community OTC private sale. Over 100 unique wallets onboarded. Processed $10K+ in wagers within the first 10 days. Recorded fastest wager of $2K in just 14 hours. Full platform launch planned post-beta after debugging. Currently raising a $1M Seed Round.

Lockness (Decentralized 3D Asset Creation Platform)

• Pitch: Lockness is revolutionizing 3D asset creation by combining DePIN and Generative AI. The platform enables users to effortlessly scan real-world objects into high-quality 3D models using just a smartphone or generate complex 3D assets from simple text prompts. Lockness offers unmatched versatility for creators, from artists to engineers.
• Milestones: 3D Scanner MVP ready for alpha testing within 3 months. Received a Render Network Grant for its innovative approach. Raising $500K Pre-Seed at a $5M Valuation.

AI Agent Marketplaces

Assisterr AI (A Network of Specialized AI Models & Agents)

• Pitch: AI is poised to add $15.7T to the global economy by 2030. Assisterr AI is leading this revolution by providing the infrastructure and tools to build, monetize, and tokenize Specialized AI Models & Agents—disrupting SaaS as we know it.
• Major Milestones: Raised $2.5M, reached 2.5M users and saw 17K+ AI agents/models deployed by our community in 202; currently raising a $5m private round to fuel their TGE.

Exponent.ai (AI-Powered Trading Agents for Retail Users)

• Pitch: Exponent.ai makes the average web3 user as productive as institutional firms by equipping them with an entire team of AI trading agents, including Analyst and Trader agents in a chat-based UI.
• Major Milestones: Analyst MVP launched at Devcon7 SEA, onboarding 1K+ users in 3 weeks. Raised $2.59M pre-seed from top web3 VCs like GSR and KR1. 11K+ followers on X, 17K+ Telegram members, and growing fast; currently raising a $4.5M seed round.

Replicats (No-Code AI-Fi for Autonomous Trading Agents)

• Pitch: Replicats is a no-code AI-Fi framework for building autonomous trading agents, powered by DAG workflows, specialized foundational models, and LLMs.
• Major Milestones: Replicats’ first agent, Replicat-One, has launched internally, with public demos coming soon. The RCAT token was the #1 asset bought by smart money on Base on its launch day, according to Nansen; currently raising a $2M seed round.

Specialized Language Models (SLMs) 

Credible Finance (AI-Powered Credit System for Web3 Users)

• Pitch: Credible Finance leverages AI-driven credit analysis to generate on-chain credit scores for 560M digital asset holders, enabling access to credit cards, cash loans, and pay-later financial products within a decentralized ecosystem.
• Major Milestones: Backed by Circle, Outlier Ventures, BitSwiss Capital, Solana, 0G, and OnePiece Labs. Over 200K+ users are already utilizing its fintech ecosystem; currently raising a $5M pre-TGE strategic round and a $30M Oracle node sale.

Cred Protocol (The First Predictive Web3 Credit Score)

• Pitch: On-chain lending is a $50B market but remains inefficient due to a lack of credit visibility. Cred Protocol introduces the first predictive web3 credit score—a “FICO for crypto”—enabling reputation-based lending and institutional credit access.
• Major Milestones: Processed 350K+ credit scores across 9 chains in 2024. Joined the Base ecosystem and launched under-collateralized lending with 3Jane; currently raising a $2M round.

DAO Automation

DAO AI (The First Agentic Governance Protocol for DAOs)

• Pitch: By 2030, DAOs will govern over $1 trillion in assets. DAO AI is redefining decentralized governance with the first agentic governance protocol, allowing DAOs to operate autonomously and efficiently at scale using on-chain intelligence & machine learning.
• Major Milestones: Onboarded 10K daily users in its first week after launching in February 2025; backed by Serafund (early investors in Movement, $1B+, and Plume, $300M+) and currently raising a $3.5M round to fuel their TGE.

While these projects vary in focus, they share common traits: advanced product maturity, strong communities, and significant growth potential, making them valuable additions to the 0G ecosystem. 

Building the Future of AI on 0G

We’re proud to launch the second cohort of their AI Accelerator, bringing together some of the most cutting-edge AI projects in web3. 

By bringing these high-caliber projects into the 0G decentralized AI OS, the accelerator aims to expand 0G’s technological capabilities and attract more innovators to its ecosystem. 0G is rapidly emerging as the AI-enabling Layer 1, with a vision to build a truly decentralized AI infrastructure that is scalable, efficient, and open to all. And with OnePiece’s proven track record in AI and web3 acceleration, we’re excited to see how far these 0G x OnePiece Labs AI Accelerator projects will go!

In support of this mission, 0G has secured significant funding, recently closing a major investment round to fuel its growth. With its TGE on the horizon, the 0G ecosystem is primed for exponential expansion. It offers AI developers, researchers, and enterprises an unparalleled platform to build and deploy AI solutions that are powerful, decentralized, and accessible to all.

Over the coming weeks, the projects that form cohort 2 will receive mentorship, technical support, and investor exposure—culminating in their participation at Token2049 Dubai’s on-site Demo Day, where they will showcase their progress to the global web3 and AI community.

Stay tuned for updates as these projects bring their AI-powered visions to life!

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