Orbit: The Rise of DeFai Agents

DeFi + AI = DeFai

Jan 11, 2025

DeFAI is the new paradigm at the intersection between AI agents and DeFi.

The last quarter of 2024 has seen the rise of AI agents. However, most of these agents were fairly disappointing, with limited capabilities mostly revolving around social interactions.

Nonetheless, agents are evolving and getting ready to spread across all verticals.

One of the most practical and interesting use cases for agents is DeFi.

Enters DeFAI: Since Daniele Sesta mentioned DeFAI in his article, it has been picking up consistently in mindshare.

What does DeFAI mean?

DeFAI refers to using AI tools (e.g. intelligent agents or LLMs) to conduct DeFi operations.

Imagine telling your agents to execute a cross-chain swap with a simple command (e.g. “bridge 100 USDC to Solana, swap them for GRIFT”) instead of manually executing transactions.

As agents become more sophisticated, they can increase the complexity of their tasks and the width of their scope.

Here’s a quick glance at the current DeFai ecosystem:

Among them, this article introduces Orbit, a no-code platform focusing on abstracting complexity and streamlining interactions in DeFi.

Using Orbit, anyone can use their chat interface to interact with multiple agents and execute transactions across 117 chains and 200+ protocols.

In practice, users can ask agents to do the dirty work for them, such as setting recurrent tasks for agents to automate their asset management and DeFi operations.

Here’s an example of how Orbit automates onchain tasks:

Orbit offers a variety of agents, each specialized in one or more tasks:

For instance, they have an LP specialist agent to streamline how liquidity is deposited and managed:

Just ask the agent, and you shall be given:

Here’s a USDC agent to send USDC transfers for payments and more:

All Orbit agents are also provided with capabilities to gather social media data to refine their strategies:

Buy and sell tokens based on sentiment
Researching projects as an analyst
Combine social media insights with onchain data

Orbit ($GRIFT)

Orbit is the first agent deployed by the protocol, a financial assistant for both humans and agents.

If we imagine a future where agents will autonomously operate across social media and execute tasks and transactions onchain, some challenges arise.

In particular, how can these agents operate across different protocols and blockchains? The fragmented landscape requires moving funds across various networks and standards, hindering possible agent collaboration.

Orbits aim to be the abstraction layer for AI agents, a universal hub allowing them to operate seamlessly across multiple blockchains.