# 1. Who We Are
## Who We Are (For Those Too Lazy to Read the Whole GitBook)
Back in 2015, we weren’t thinking about AI. We were thinking about **people**—the best founders, the sharpest investors, the ones who actually built things instead of just talking about them. We were scouting talent, connecting the right minds, and doing what every good Silicon Valley accelerator does: **hunting for the next big thing before anyone else saw it coming.**But there was a problem.When you spend every day buried in Telegram chats, Twitter threads, and back-to-back Zoom calls, you realize something: **scaling human intuition is impossible.** There are only so many deals you can track, so many DMs you can send, so many founders you can vet before your brain turns to mush.So we did what any overworked, sleep-deprived startup founders would do: we built a **tool** to do it for us.At first, it was just a **CRM for scouting**—a way to track conversations across Discord, Signal, Slack, and whatever other platform people were using that week. It worked. It helped us **find better projects, match better investors, and move faster than anyone else.**But we started wondering: **why stop at tracking founders? Why not predict who’s going to succeed before they even pitch us?**That was the moment everything changed.
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#### **The Shift: From Humans to AI Agents**
By 2020, AI was creeping into every industry, but in Web3? **Nothing.** Every startup still relied on **human analysts**, VC intuition, and a whole lot of gut feeling. That’s when we made the call:**What if we could use AI to do what we were already doing—just faster, smarter, and 24/7?**At first, we built simple AI-powered scouts. They analyzed **founder backgrounds, deal flow trends, and market signals** to predict which startups had the best shot. It worked.Then we asked: **Why stop at scouting? Why not let AI agents negotiate deals, analyze tokenomics, and run due diligence on autopilot?**That’s when we **stopped being an incubator** and **started becoming an AI-driven Web3 ecosystem.**Now, instead of **us** hunting for deals, **AI agents** were:🔍 **Scanning blockchain data** for hidden alpha before anyone else. 📊 **Analyzing investor sentiment** and predicting hype cycles. 🤝 **Connecting founders and investors** before they even knew they needed each other.And just like that, we had something **bigger than just an accelerator.**
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#### **AI Agents That Build, Scale, and Invest**
Then it hit us:**Why stop at individual agents? Why not let them work together—like decentralized AI startups running themselves?**We built **the AI Agent Orchestration Layer**—where AI agents don’t just execute tasks; they **collaborate, strategize, and run entire businesses**.Now, instead of just **advising** startups, we could **deploy AI agents that actually build them.A founder needs a growth team?** AI agents generate content, run Twitter campaigns, and optimize engagement.**A VC wants better deal flow?** AI agents scan every project, evaluate teams, and spit out the best investments.**A DeFi protocol needs smarter liquidity management?** AI agents rebalance funds, optimize yield farming, and detect rug pulls before they happen.What used to take **teams of analysts, marketers, and community managers**—now takes **a handful of AI agents.**That’s where we are today.
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#### **What We’ve Built (And What Comes Next)**
We didn’t just build another AI tool. We built **the foundation for an AI-first Web3 ecosystem**—where agents, not humans, do the heavy lifting.We launched:🧪 **Palo Alto Research Lab** – Our AI & Web3 incubator, funding and supporting startups building with AI-first strategies.🚀 **AI Agents Launchpad** – A platform where **anyone** can create, train, and deploy AI agents to run their businesses.🎭 **AI Agents Orchestration Layer** – The infrastructure for **fully autonomous AI collaboration**, where **AI agents work together to build and scale projects.**And we’re not stopping.The next phase? **AI agents running entire DAOs, governing investments, and executing business decisions in real time.**The goal isn’t just to **automate work**—it’s to **replace outdated systems with AI-driven execution**.
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#### **The Takeaway**
We spent years **finding** the best founders, **investing** in the best projects, and **connecting** the best minds. Now?We’re **building** the AI-powered Web3 ecosystem that will **replace** the outdated, slow, human-reliant system.You can either **watch from the sidelines**—or you can **be part of the next wave of AI-powered Web3 innovation.**Welcome to the future. Welcome to **AI-first Web3.**
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