Ethereum Foundation Establishes dAI Team for AI and Blockchain Integration

The Ethereum Foundation has launched a new artificial intelligence initiative, the dAI Team, to integrate blockchain technology with AI. Announced by research scientist Davide Crapis on September 15, the team aims to make Ethereum the preferred settlement and coordination layer for AI agents.

The dAI Team will focus on enabling AI agents to conduct payments and coordinate without intermediaries and building a decentralized AI stack.
This aligns with Ethereum's values of neutrality, verifiability, and censorship resistance.

dAI Team Objectives

Create an AI economy on Ethereum, allowing AI agents to pay, coordinate, and operate autonomously.
Develop a decentralized AI stack to prevent control by a few corporations.
Advance the ERC-8004 standard for AI agent identity and trustworthiness, facilitating decentralized coordination.
The ERC-8004 standard will be presented at Devconnect in Buenos Aires this November.

Foundation Restructuring and Future Plans

The dAI Team is part of Ethereum Foundation's broader restructuring to manage network growth and emerging technologies.
The foundation focuses on ecosystem acceleration and specialized units for new tech.
Recent initiatives include a funding report, the "Trillion Dollar Security" initiative, and proactive ETH treasury management.
The dAI Team plans to collaborate with the Foundation's Protocol group and Ecosystem Support to align protocol improvements with AI developer needs.
Hiring for the new team is underway, with resources dedicated to blockchain and AI research.

This move underscores Ethereum's ambition to extend its reach beyond traditional finance, aiming to become the foundational layer for future machine-to-machine economies.