AI Agents & Web3 Agent Ecosystem

Gate News message, April 22 — 0G Labs has announced a partnership with Alibaba Cloud to enable AI agents to directly invoke Alibaba's Qwen large language model on-chain through 0G's blockchain infrastructure. The collaboration marks a shift in AI access paradigms from API-based approaches to

0G Foundation announced on April 21 that it has officially partnered with Alibaba Cloud. It will bring the Qianwen (Qwen) large language model into decentralized infrastructure, enabling AI agents to directly call enterprise-grade LLMs from on-chain environments. Developers will be able to use the Qianwen inference capabilities via a token-gated access mechanism, effectively converting LLM calls into on-chain, measurable operations—making Qianwen one of the first major commercial LLMs to be embedded into a decentralized agent framework.

Gate News message, April 22 — ProCap Financial, backed by crypto entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano, has partnered with prediction market operator Kalshi to launch a professional research product tailored to predictive markets. ProCap will access Kalshi's data through a direct pipeline and employ AI age

Meta announced on April 21 that it will install a new tracking tool called “Model Capability Initiative” (MCI) on employees’ computers in the United States, to capture employees’ mouse movements, clicks, keyboard input, and periodic screenshots of their work screens, for training AI agent models capable of autonomously carrying out job tasks. This move came against the backdrop of Meta cutting roughly 2,000 employees this year, sparking strong reactions from employees.

Volkswagen to deploy China-exclusive AI in cars from H2 2026, with Horizon Robotics, enabling navigation, reservations, and parking; aims to boost software leadership and price competitiveness in China, launching 20+ new electrified models in China and 50 globally by 2030. Abstract: Volkswagen announced at a Beijing event on April 21 that it will embed an AI assistant into its Chinese-market vehicles starting in the second half of 2026, using a China-exclusive electronic architecture developed with Horizon Robotics. The AI system surpasses conventional voice assistants by performing multi-step tasks such as locating and reserving restaurants, providing navigation, and coordinating parking. Volkswagen China CEO Ralf Brandstätter described the platform as part of the automaker's strategy to close the software gap with local rivals and to mitigate pricing pressures in the world's largest EV market. The plan accompanies an aggressive product roll-out, including more than 20 new electrified models in China and about 50 globally by 2030, signaling a renewed emphasis on software-enabled differentiation in its global electrification push.

Gate News message, April 22 — NeoCognition, an AI startup founded by Ohio State professor Yu Su, has emerged from stealth with a $40 million seed round led by Cambium Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures. Vista Equity Partners also participated in the round, with angel investors including Intel

Gate News message, April 22 — Moonshot AI released its open-source Kimi K2.6 model on April 20, introducing new capabilities for coding, front-end generation, and multi-agent orchestration. The model is designed to support complex enterprise workflows through advanced Agent Programming and Deep

Visa unveils Intelligent Commerce Connect, enabling AI-initiated purchases via a single integration on the Visa Acceptance Platform, with payment initiation, tokenization, authentication, and controls; pilots with partners, rollout planned this year. Abstract: Visa introduces Intelligent Commerce Connect, a service that lets AI agents initiate purchases through a single integration on the Visa Acceptance Platform. It supports payment initiation, tokenization, authentication, and spending controls for both Visa and non-Visa cards, helping businesses accommodate AI-driven shopping. The service is currently piloted with partners such as Aldar, AWS, Diddo, Highnote, Mesh, Payabli, and Sumvin, with broader rollout planned later this year.

Gate News message, April 21 — OpenClaw, an open-source AI Agent platform, released v2026.4.20 on April 20, introducing significant updates to default model switching, plugin contract handling, and gateway storage optimization. The release switches the default model for Moonshot's built-in

According to a Google DeepMind official blog announcement, Google launched a new generation of autonomous research agents, Deep Research and Deep Research Max, on April 21, 2026. They are built on Gemini 3.1 Pro, as the official release following the preview version provided through the Interactions API in December 2025. Both agents are now available in the paid tiers of the Gemini API in the form of a public preview, and new startups and enterprise users on Google Cloud will be able to connect gradually. The two variants are positioned differently: interactive vs asynchronous depth Google categorizes the two agents by use case: Deep Research

Gate News message, April 21 — Burwick Law has filed a federal class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) against the creators of AI16Z and ELIZAOS, including Walters, alleging violations of consumer protection laws, false advertising, and unjust

Gate News message, April 21 — Singapore-based digital asset custody firm Cobo unveiled the Cobo Agentic Wallet on April 20, a new product designed to enable artificial intelligence systems to independently execute blockchain transactions within a secure and controlled framework. The wallet allows

Gate News message, April 21 — OpenAI is preparing a new Agents feature for ChatGPT, codenamed "Hermes," according to Tibor Blaho, who monitors AI product updates. The feature includes a new agent builder called "studio" that allows users to create agents from templates, schedule runs, and

Gate News message, April 21 — Security firm OX Security has disclosed a design-level remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in MCP (Model Context Protocol), the open standard for AI agents to invoke external tools, which is led by Anthropic. Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on any

Gate News message, April 21 — The 0G Foundation has partnered with Alibaba Cloud to integrate the Qwen large language model series on-chain. Through a tokenized mechanism, developers can embed direct Qwen access into their

Gate News message, April 21 — Nvidia's open-source AI Agent sandbox runtime OpenShell released version v0.0.33 recently, according to monitoring by Beating. The update introduces libkrun, a lightweight microVM driver based on KVM, alongside enhanced security

Gate News message, April 21 — ProCap Financial, founded by crypto entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano, has partnered with Kalshi, a prediction market operator, to launch a research service focused on prediction market analysis. The service leverages Kalshi's data pipeline and ProCap's AI agents to

Justin Sun urged that AI Agents will replace manual Web3 interactions, enabling autonomous, intent-driven DApps that plan and execute on-chain tasks, unlock productivity, and push mass adoption at the Genesis Hackathon. Abstract: Justin Sun's Genesis Hackathon remarks underscore AI Agents as a catalyst for Web3, shifting from manual operations to autonomous, intent-driven processes that manage on-chain tasks and cross-chain trades, addressing user growth bottlenecks and stimulating ecosystem-wide adoption.

Gate News message, April 21 — Alipay has launched an AI agent payment service in Hangzhou that enables OpenClaw-type AI agents to make purchases and process payments on a user's behalf. The feature requires users to enable it, verify their identity, and approve each transaction, with risk controls a

Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.6 expands parallel sub-agents to 300, boosts multi-domain task speed to 4,000 steps, and adds a Skills tool for converting documents into reusable templates. Abstract: Moonshot AI releases Kimi K2.6, an open-source model that scales agent orchestration to 300 parallel sub-agents and 4,000 coordinated steps. It improves long-horizon coding across Rust, Go, and Python, enhances front-end, DevOps, and performance optimization, and introduces a Skills mechanism that converts PDFs, spreadsheets, and Word files into reusable task templates for autonomous multi-step workflows and persistent monitoring.