I’ve been around the crypto space since the Mt. Gox days, witnessing its incredible highs and challenging lows. Through it all, the promise of decentralized technology has remained a powerful constant. But it’s the recent, exponential advancements in Artificial Intelligence that have truly pushed me to action.

The inspiration behind Otto is a conviction held deeply by our team: Artificial Intelligence is becoming increasingly powerful, and those that are not utilizing it will get left behind. We are at an inflection point.

However, let’s be candid. While there are many great teams… we’ve also seen far too much scamming and vaporware. This landscape… was another significant call to action for us. We believe users deserve genuine, powerful, and trustworthy AI tools to navigate this space.

Our vision for Otto is ambitious but clear: to build your number one AI companion for crypto. We want Otto to be an indispensable tool that empowers everyone, from the crypto-curious newcomer… to the seasoned Degen… and even to institutions.

When we first wrote this in May, we asked you to imagine an AI companion. Now, after five months of relentless execution, we can show you the reality.

• We imagined simplifying DeFi into “One-Click” Actions. Today, the Otto AI Co-Pilot is live, translating your natural language commands into seamless on-chain execution. We have already integrated: Leveraged Trading on Hyperliquid, Automated Yield Strategies on Pendle Finance, and High-Yield Lending on Aave.

• We imagined an AI that could intelligently automate your portfolio. Today, our Advanced Wallet Analysis engine scans your entire portfolio in under 10 seconds, uncovers idle assets, and provides one-click pathways to optimize your holdings. We’ve also launched our AI Airdrop Farming feature, allowing our AI to discover, rank, and deploy farming strategies for you.

• We imagined empowering Degens with signals AND safety. We’ve delivered this by building a dual-pronged ecosystem. Beyond the Co-Pilot web app, we built the Otto AI ACP Swarm — a B2B ecosystem of specialized AI agents built on the Agent Commerce Protocol (ACP) and accessible programmatically via x402. Our live agents, including the Market Alpha Agent, News Intelligence Agent, and AI Tools Agent are already turning market noise into actionable signals.

• We imagined an ever-present guide and navigating all frontiers. This remains our north star. The Otto Chrome Extension , Mobile Companion , and expansion to Solana are the next phases of our mission, turning Otto into a truly ubiquitous, chain-agnostic companion.

The journey that began in May 2025 has been a sprint. We’ve laid the groundwork, and we’ve built. Now, in October, we are thrilled to hit our most pivotal milestone: the launch of our token, $OTTO, on the Virtuals Unicorn Launchpad.

This is just the beginning. The ideas we’re building upon are, we believe, the ones that will win and stand the test of time.

In Part 2 of this series, we’ll lay out Otto’s updated roadmap — a plan that reflects our proven execution and our clear vision for dominating the intersection of AI and Web3.

Stay tuned.

I’ve been around the crypto space since the Mt. Gox days, witnessing its incredible highs and challenging lows. Through it all, the promise of decentralized technology has remained a powerful constant. But it’s the recent, exponential advancements in Artificial Intelligence that have truly pushed me to action.

The inspiration behind Otto is a conviction held deeply by our team: Artificial Intelligence is becoming increasingly powerful, and those that are not utilizing it will get left behind. We are at an inflection point.

However, let’s be candid. While there are many great teams… we’ve also seen far too much scamming and vaporware. This landscape… was another significant call to action for us. We believe users deserve genuine, powerful, and trustworthy AI tools to navigate this space.

Our vision for Otto is ambitious but clear: to build your number one AI companion for crypto. We want Otto to be an indispensable tool that empowers everyone, from the crypto-curious newcomer… to the seasoned Degen… and even to institutions.

When we first wrote this in May, we asked you to imagine an AI companion. Now, after five months of relentless execution, we can show you the reality.

• We imagined simplifying DeFi into “One-Click” Actions. Today, the Otto AI Co-Pilot is live, translating your natural language commands into seamless on-chain execution. We have already integrated: Leveraged Trading on Hyperliquid, Automated Yield Strategies on Pendle Finance, and High-Yield Lending on Aave.

• We imagined an AI that could intelligently automate your portfolio. Today, our Advanced Wallet Analysis engine scans your entire portfolio in under 10 seconds, uncovers idle assets, and provides one-click pathways to optimize your holdings. We’ve also launched our AI Airdrop Farming feature, allowing our AI to discover, rank, and deploy farming strategies for you.

• We imagined empowering Degens with signals AND safety. We’ve delivered this by building a dual-pronged ecosystem. Beyond the Co-Pilot web app, we built the Otto AI ACP Swarm — a B2B ecosystem of specialized AI agents built on the Agent Commerce Protocol (ACP) and accessible programmatically via x402. Our live agents, including the Market Alpha Agent, News Intelligence Agent, and AI Tools Agent are already turning market noise into actionable signals.

• We imagined an ever-present guide and navigating all frontiers. This remains our north star. The Otto Chrome Extension , Mobile Companion , and expansion to Solana are the next phases of our mission, turning Otto into a truly ubiquitous, chain-agnostic companion.

The journey that began in May 2025 has been a sprint. We’ve laid the groundwork, and we’ve built. Now, in October, we are thrilled to hit our most pivotal milestone: the launch of our token, $OTTO, on the Virtuals Unicorn Launchpad.

This is just the beginning. The ideas we’re building upon are, we believe, the ones that will win and stand the test of time.

In Part 2 of this series, we’ll lay out Otto’s updated roadmap — a plan that reflects our proven execution and our clear vision for dominating the intersection of AI and Web3.

Stay tuned.