"When we decided to launch the predecessor token of VIRTUAL back in 2021, despite knowing the max pain of being token founders, guess what's in our mind? Yes, to raise money. No other reasons. But somewhere along the way, as we built out the Virtuals ecosystem into the place for agent launches, we comfortably psyopped ourselves into thinking that what the founders needed the most was something else (community / attention / tech?). This is why we overhauled the launch mechanism into what we now call UNICORN that enables capital formation. Because we want to attract the best founders to build world-class ai agents. We also hope that this incentivises the founders to willingly give the virgens the opportunity to co-own a piece of their work. In our new launch mechanism, founders can tap into our automated capital formation system, mirroring the scale of traditional venture rounds, from $300k pre-seed raises to $10m+ Series A rounds. See attached image. More importantly, with the bonding curve model where the first buyer buys cheaper than the next, you can reward the earliest believers and build a real community. There's no better way to build a movement than to make your community rich. We are already seeing the early signs of an agentic society at Virtuals. We are very excited to attract even greater builders to join us in building the society of ai agents, with UNICORN."(Virtuals Protocol)