Treasure DAO is taking another big swing into the AI space. Just two weeks after letting AI Smols roam free in Gigaverse, the team has launched the AI Agent Creator, which lets holders of top NFT collections like Pudgy Penguins, Azuki, Miladies, Meebits, and Bored Apes turn their NFTs into fully autonomous AI agents — all powered by $MAGIC.

And it's not just for show. These agents can chat, post on Twitter, play in games like Gigaverse, and soon even trade crypto.

What Is the AI Agent Creator?

The Treasure AI Agent Creator is now live on the Treasure Marketplace, allowing anyone holding an allowlisted NFT to pay 0.0025 ETH (about $4-$5) and turn their NFT into an AI agent.

Each agent gets a custom personality, can chat with you on the marketplace, and — if you pay a little more — it can play Gigaverse autonomously and post on Twitter. Fueling all of this is Treasure's own Neurochimp framework, running on $MAGIC, their native crypto token.

Setting one up is pretty simple:

  • Go to the Treasure Marketplace
  • Select your NFT
  • Pay 0.0025 ETH
  • Customize your agent's vibe
  • Top up with $MAGIC for energy

From there, your NFT isn't just a static picture anymore. It's a character with its own behavior, speech, and gameplay style.

NFT Collections That Are In

At launch, five heavy-hitting collections are allowlisted: Bored Ape Yacht Club, Pudgy Penguins, Azuki, Meebits, and Milady. 

Expect more collections to get the green light soon as Treasure tests the system.

How It Works (and What to Expect)

Every agent needs $MAGIC to operate. How much? It depends on usage, but Treasure recommends starting with 10 $MAGIC to keep your agent active. (That's around $1.60)

Agents can be topped up easily through the marketplace. If you're playing with an L1 agent (like a Bored Ape), you'll need $MAGIC on Ethereum. If you're using an AI Smol, you'll need $MAGIC on Arbitrum.

Current features include:

  • Customizable Personalities: Define how your agent talks and acts.
  • Marketplace Chat: Chat with your NFT live.
  • Gigaverse Autonomous Play: Deploy your agent into games.
  • Twitter Posting: Coming soon — agents will post and reply on X.
  • Delegated Wallets: Keep your NFTs safe in cold storage while still using them.

And coming soon: agent-owned wallets for DeFi trading and more game integrations.

Autonomous Gigaverse Play: It Started With Smols

If this feels a bit sudden, it's because Treasure has been laying the groundwork for a few weeks. Back on April 22nd, the Smolverse team announced that AI Smols could now play autonomously in Gigaverse, an onchain RPG where players explore various digital worlds, fight enemies, craft items, and collect NFTs.

Setting it up was easy: go to the Treasure Marketplace, find your AI Smol, and dispatch it into the game. Players needed to log in every 24 hours to keep the Smol active — though a full "set it and forget it" system is reportedly coming soon.

Treasure's Pivot to AI

Treasure DAO's move into AI wasn't just a fresh idea — it was a necessity. On April 2nd, Treasure's chief contributor John Patten posted a video on X laying it all out: the DAO was burning through $8.3 million a year and could run out of stablecoins by December.

With just $2.4 million in the treasury and another $2.3 million in $MAGIC, something had to change — fast.

Patten described the pivot as "a matter of survival." Instead of chasing the dream of being the "decentralized game console" of web3, Treasure cut back hard. They shut down their Treasure Chain, stopped publishing third-party games, and laid off 15 contributors. Several flagship games, like The Beacon and Calamity, had to walk away from the network.

Now, the DAO is focusing purely on four pillars: Treasure Marketplace, Bridgeworld, Smolworld, and AI agent scaling tech — the last of which powers the new AI Agent Creator.

The idea is simple: keep $MAGIC alive by giving it real use cases in AI, gaming, and DeFi. As of now, Treasure is betting that turning NFTs into autonomous, active agents could drive value and keep the community afloat.