TOUCH GRASS

Data: The New Digital Gold

Data has become the most valuable resource of the internet era, powering everything from apps and trades to the AI tools we interact with daily. And the rate at which we’re generating it is staggering:

• 403 million terabytes of data are created every single day.

• That includes 361 billion emails sent daily, 1 billion hours of video consumed, and 500 hours of new content uploaded to YouTube every minute.

• Even gaming companies like EA generate 50 terabytes of data daily from their ecosystems.

The pace isn’t slowing—in fact, it’s accelerating. AI and AI agents are driving this growth, thriving on massive, diverse datasets. The smarter the systems, the more data they need.

Enter Grass Network 🌱

One standout in the evolving data economy is @getgrass_io. Their model is simple yet revolutionary: users monetize unused internet bandwidth. Grass leverages that bandwidth to scrape the web, creating critical datasets for training AI models.

The impact? Grass has turned data into a business model:

• $GRASS recently hit an all-time high of $3.55 ($3.5B FDV), up from $900M just two months ago.

• When you solve a real problem in the AI space, the market responds.

The Rise of AI Agents

AI agents are changing the game. They’re transforming how we work, trade, and engage:

• Personality agents: Conversational bots with distinct voices.

• Alpha agents: Tools for traders to spot big opportunities.

• Utility/DeFi agents: Automating staking, trading, and yield farming.

What powers these agents? Data.

• On-chain data: Transactions, wallet activity, token flows.

• Off-chain data: Trading volumes, order books, price feeds.

• Social data: Sentiment, insights, and trends from platforms like X (formerly Twitter).

Agents delivering consistent alpha are making waves. Take @aixbt_agent, for instance—this degen bot not only calls 5-10x plays but embodies the irreverent CT culture we love.

Frameworks Fueling the AI Agent Boom

As degens, we’ve been leaning into AI frameworks and ecosystems, including:

• $virtual (G.A.M.E)

• $ai16z (Eliza)

• $zerebro (ZerePy)

• $Realis (Agent World Builder)

• $ARC (Rig)

The real backbone of these frameworks? The data layer driving information and alpha flow. That’s where $COOKIE steps in.

Why $COOKIE Matters 🍪

If you’re in the trenches, you’ve likely seen the Cookie Dashboard:

• Tracks Top AI Agent Mindshare and the AI Agents Index.

• Provides metrics like smart engagement/market cap ratios and token holder growth.

But Cookie goes deeper. It’s not just a dashboard—it’s an intelligence layer for humans and agents alike:

• Humans use it to track undervalued tokens, emerging narratives, and trends in real time.

• Agents tap into Cookie’s Data Swarm APIs for:

• Real-time narrative tracking.

• Predictive mindshare metrics.

• Price-to-social correlation analytics.

• Historical pattern visualization and network effects.

Cookie isn’t just riding the AI agent wave—it’s building it. Soon, every major framework will rely on its data.

Cookie DAO and the Path Forward

The team behind Cookie hasn’t revealed the tokenomics for $COOKIE yet. But the direction is clear:

• $COOKIE will be the data gatekeeper for AI agents, offering high-quality, token-gated data access.

• Stakers could benefit from airdrops by projects using the Cookie framework.

Cookie’s consistent mindshare in the Top 25 AI Agent Index isn’t a fluke. It reflects their ability to deliver alpha across their ecosystem and platforms like Twitter.

As its data expands and scales, Cookie is positioned to power the next generation of AI agents, securing its place at the forefront of the AI agent economy.