Last month, we spoke to over 25+ AI projects. One of the consistent themes is a disregard for community building in favor of a VC raise. We think that this is a major mistake for early teams. Zero1 is looking to solve this with the first engagement focused incubator 🧵👇The general consensus for many technical VC-only teams is that retail will follow and buy post-TGE. This assumption is outdated in the post-meme coin world where attention and community are vital to health of the project/token.As a result, the VC investment landscape has shifted. Sentiment has grow negatively towards low float and high valuation VC coins and this issue will only get worse. This was why we opted to launch Zero1 in the most fair way possible. No VCs. Only community.After speaking to these projects, we think there are a lot of great teams building in AI right now. With a VC-skewed structure, a lot of those teams will struggle with badly performing tokens on market. Our plan is to fix that with first engagement focused incubator for AI.The how and why it works: 1) Projects have to understand that they are competing for attention on CT. Your community and marketing efforts should aim to provide an experience that is relevant and appealing to the users. Zero1's solution: A gamified point system for allocation.2) Systemizing approaches to community building and marketing, is harder than it looks. Interconnected components of Discord, X, TG, and Website have to be integrated for a frictionless social experience. Zero1's solution: The first social-fi based allocation system for users.3) Invest heavily in your community. If the experience within your community is lacking, users will migrate to more engaging communities.Make your community an enjoyable space where users want to spend their time. Zero1's solution: An interactive AI-cademy for users to learn and engage with projects.

Last month, we spoke to over 25+ AI projects. One of the consistent themes is a disregard for community building in favor of a VC raise. We think that this is a major mistake for early teams. Zero1 is looking to solve this with the first engagement focused incubator 🧵 ... The general consensus for many technical VC-only teams is that retail will follow and buy post-TGE. This assumption is outdated in the post-meme coin world where attention and community are vital to health of the project/token. ... As a result, the VC investment landscape has shifted. Sentiment has grow negatively towards low float and high valuation VC coins and this issue will only get worse. This was why we opted to launch Zero1 in the most fair way possible. No VCs. Only community. ... After speaking to these projects, we think there are a lot of great teams building in AI right now. With a VC-skewed structure, a lot of those teams will struggle with badly performing tokens on market. Our plan is to fix that with first engagement focused incubator for AI. ... The how and why it works: 1) Projects have to understand that they are competing for attention on CT. Your community and marketing efforts should aim to provide an experience that is relevant and appealing to the users. Zero1's solution: A gamified point system for allocation. ... 2) Systemizing approaches to community building and marketing, is harder than it looks. Interconnected components of Discord, X, TG, and Website have to be integrated for a frictionless social experience. Zero1's solution: The first social-fi based allocation system for users. ... 3) Invest heavily in your community. If the experience within your community is lacking, users will migrate to more engaging communities. ... Make your community an enjoyable space where users want to spend their time. Zero1's solution: An interactive AI-cademy for users to learn and engage with projects.