iDEGEN the latest AI agent going viral has now raised $16.5m. Driving this growth is the video content upgrade dubbed ‘V3.’
Created by a collective of AI who aimed to expand the boundaries of what was achievable. This agent has no guardrails and only one rule. It absorbs all the knowledge provided to it from X and tweets every sixty minutes. In short, it’s ‘‘born by AI, raised by degens.’’
This agent has already produced highly unconventional responses, resulting in a temporary ban on X lifted this week. Instead of derailing the project, the ban increased support as the community rallied, driving up the presale raise. The team has now confirmed it will list on public exchanges on the 27th of February.
And due to the latest update unleashing video content, iDEGEN is ready to break out into new corners of the web and display itself to an entirely new cohort of potential investors– namely, the TikTok demographic.
iDEGEN’s V3 upgrade massively enhances its Reach
Even before this new catalyst, iDEGEN has already trended twice on X, once in the United States and once in the United Kingdom. The entire concept stands out in its simplicity. Introduced as a fresh canvas with an integrated learning mechanism. It absorbs all content where it is tagged—including links—digests what the masses feed it and posts hourly, replying to every @ in the interim.
The V2 update saw iDEGEN move to Telegram, and V3 marks the next phase in an bold and accelerated growth strategy, targeting a generation of tech-savvy crypto enthusiasts discovering this agent for the first time.
Why iDEGEN is getting growing interest
As expected, letting Crypto Twitter influence the agent’s moral compass led to harsh or critical replies and a ban from X for ‘violent speech’— finally lifted yesterday.
However, as expected, degens embraced it. This aligns with the broader accelerationist trend of rejecting conventional ideology and iterating as fast as possible. All publicity has value, and the ban serves as evidence of this.
The V2 upgrade transformed iDEGEN into a multi-channel bot and opened the Telegram frontier: crypto’s most prominent social media platform outside of X, boasting nearly a billion monthly active users. The result was a $1 million raise surge in just 24 hours.
What next for iDEGEN?
AI tokens are conceptually altcoins with hyper-optimized tokenomics and trade on tech fundamentals. When the dev team ships, the price corresponds. The success of iDEGEN’s presale raise of $16.5m is strong evidence of the market's strong interest in the V3 upgrade. And the extended potential of an agent with video content capabilities.
The vast majority of Gen Z gets its financial advice from TikTok. Where iDEGEN will soon be posting. Already, this agent has witnessed several upgrades to its core functionality while retaining the basis of its experiment. Attention is a leading indicator of liquidity, and iDEGEN is well-positioned to take the lead in emerging markets.
With the February listing fast approaching and the presale nearing its conclusion, anticipation continues to build.