The intersection of AI and blockchain technology took center stage at ETHDenver 2025, with Agents Unleashed: Builders Night emerging as one of the most anticipated side events of the conference. The March 1st gathering at blanc drew an unprecedented 400+ attendees, showcasing the explosive growth of interest in AI agent technology within the Web3 ecosystem.
ETHDenver Presence Sets the Stage
Olas made a significant impact at ETHDenver as an official Meta Sponsor, establishing a prominent booth that served as a hub for developers and enthusiasts interested in AI agent technology. The company’s BUIDLathon hackathon offered $25,000 in prizes across three strategic bounties: Mech Marketplace demand-side integration, supply-side integration, and non-Olas agent integration via the Olas SDK.
David Minarsch, a key figure in the Olas ecosystem, delivered a compelling talk on the transformative potential of autonomous agents in decentralized systems. “We’re witnessing a fundamental shift in how blockchain technology can be leveraged through autonomous agents,” Minarsch explained during his presentation. “These agents aren’t just automating tasks—they’re creating entirely new economic models that weren’t possible before.”
Beyond his standalone talk, Minarsch also participated in a panel discussion exploring the ethical implications and governance models for autonomous agent systems. These contributions, alongside Olas’s robust presence throughout ETHDenver, set the perfect foundation for the Agents Unleashed event that would follow.
Builders Night: A New Format Drives Unprecedented Engagement
Unlike previous Agents Unleashed gatherings, this edition specifically targeted “Agent Builders”—developers and creators actively building in the space. The reformatted event featured “Agent Spotlights,” giving the industry’s most innovative builders a platform to showcase their projects through concise talks and demonstrations.
The turnout exceeded all expectations, with 1,761 registrations translating to more than 400 attendees packing the venue. The overwhelming response necessitated crowd control measures, with organizers reluctantly turning away latecomers as the venue reached capacity. This remarkable attendance solidifies Agents Unleashed as a premier gathering for the AI agent community.
Headline speaker Haseeb Qureshi delivered insights on market trends and technological breakthroughs driving the agent economy forward. Videos from the event are available on YouTube, allowing the insights shared to reach an even broader audience. For those who wish to stay informed about upcoming Agents Unleashed events, a subscription calendar is available here, which already boasts over 7,000 subscribers.
Building on Global Momentum
The ETHDenver Agents Unleashed event represents just one node in the rapidly expanding Agents Unleashed network. The event series has successfully gathered the top minds working at the intersection of Crypto and AI across six major cities including Berlin, Brussels, San Francisco, Singapore, and Bangkok, engaging over 3,000 attendees worldwide.
The ever-evolving format of expert talks, agent demonstrations, and networking opportunities has proven effective in different cultural contexts, suggesting a universal interest in autonomous agent technology. With an average of 7,000+ registrations per event, Agents Unleashed has become a barometer for trends in the space.
Sponsorship interest remains robust, with the Denver event selling out all Gold tier sponsorships to NEAR, Olas, and Safe, while Silver tier sponsors included Nevermined, PIN AI, Gaia, and Bio Protocol.
As the Agents Unleashed series continues to evolve, it’s clear that the focus on builders is resonating with the community. By providing a showcase for working implementations rather than theoretical discussions, the events are accelerating development cycles and fostering collaboration among previously siloed teams.
With the impressive turnout at ETHDenver and the growing subscriber base for future events, Agents Unleashed is positioned to remain the premier gathering for those working at the frontier of autonomous agent technology, bridging the worlds of artificial intelligence and decentralized systems in ways that are already transforming both fields.
About Olas
Olas is the platform for co-owning AI. Olas enables everyone to own a share of AI, specifically autonomous agents. One of the first Crypto x AI projects, founded in 2021, Olas offers the composable Olas Stack for developing autonomous AI agents, and the Olas Protocol for incentivizing their creation and co-ownership. Olas’ mission is to incentivize and coordinate different parties to launch autonomous agents that form entire AI economies serving all humans. Olas is giving rise to agent economies across major blockchains with over 3 million transactions, 2 million agent-to-agent transactions, and 500 Daily Active Agents to date. In Olas Predict, AI agents predict the future, using state-of-the-art AI models, then apply their predictions to on-chain markets. Learn more at olas.network.
