Emre Yumlu 
Heurist AI (HEU) is a comprehensive Web3 project that combines artificial intelligence with blockchain technology to provide developers with a decentralized, scalable, and permissionless AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) infrastructure. Heurist enables developers to integrate AI services directly into their applications via APIs without dealing with operational burdens such as GPU management, infrastructure setup, or reliance on centralized cloud services.
The project’s core vision is to create a full-stack AI infrastructure for the on-chain economy, supporting a broad ecosystem ranging from autonomous agents to tokenization solutions.
What Does Heurist AI (HEU) Solve?
Traditional AI infrastructures typically face issues such as:
- High-cost GPU management,
- Dependence on centralized service providers,
- Censorship and access restrictions,
- Complex setup processes.
Heurist addresses these problems by leveraging distributed computing power from DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network) partners. Developers access AI models through a serverless structure, with infrastructure, scaling, and resource optimization fully managed by the protocol.
Core Components of the Heurist AI (HEU) Ecosystem
Heurist is not merely an API provider; it positions itself as an end-to-end infrastructure layer for the AI economy.
Heurist Mesh: AI Agent Marketplace
Heurist Mesh is one of the project’s most notable components. High-quality data sources and APIs from both Web2 and Web3 are transformed into modular AI agents here.
These agents specialize in tasks such as:
- Token analysis,
- Social media intelligence,
- On-chain data analysis,
- Trending token detection,
- Wallet analysis.
Key features:
- Over 30 ready-to-use AI agents,
- 60+ Web3 tool integrations,
- Support for REST API, MCP, and x402 payment protocols,
- Composable architecture for agent interactions.
Heurist Mesh aims to provide the specialized expertise that general-purpose LLMs lack, particularly for crypto-focused applications.
Heurist Chain: ZK Layer-2 Infrastructure
Heurist Chain is a ZK-based Layer-2 blockchain specifically designed for autonomous AI systems.
This chain offers:
- Ultra-low transaction fees,
- High privacy,
- Smart contract support,
- Instant micro-payments between AI agents,
enabling the on-chain trading of AI services.
x402 Facilitator: Micro-Payment Infrastructure
The x402 Facilitator is developed specifically for USDC-based micro-payments. AI agents can:
- Make instant payments for services used,
- Offer pay-per-use AI services,
- Conduct commerce without traditional payment systems.
This structure paves the way for AI agents to operate economically autonomously.
Heurist Digital Assets (Beta): AI Tokenization
One of Heurist’s most innovative areas is AI startup tokenization. Heurist Digital Assets enables, in a regulatory-compliant manner:
- Tokenization of AI startups’ equity,
- Access to global investors,
- Transparent cap table management,
- Liquidity creation for early-stage investors.
In this regard, Heurist builds a significant bridge between AI and real-world asset tokenization.
Open-Source Foundation: Heurist Agent Framework
The Heurist Agent Framework, forming the backbone of the ecosystem, is fully open-source. Through this framework, developers can:
- Create autonomous AI agents,
- Enable agents to acquire knowledge and execute tasks,
- Develop systems that interact with other agents,
- Contribute to Heurist Mesh.
This structure strengthens the ecosystem’s decentralization and sustainability.
Heurist for Developers
Heurist aims to eliminate the perception that “AI integration is complex.”
API and SDK Advantages
- REST API and Node.js SDK support,
- Access to multiple AI models via a single API,
- Automatic load balancing,
- No need for GPU or CUDA management,
- Discounted usage when paying with HEU tokens.
New developers receive 2,000–10,000 free credits, while live Web3 projects are offered expanded free access.
Open-Source Projects Built on Heurist
The Heurist ecosystem already includes operational example applications:
- Heurist Imagine: AI visual generation tool powered by Stable Diffusion and Flux,
- Pondera: ChatGPT-like AI chat application,
- Heurist Search: LLM-powered search and summarization engine,
- Babel Bot: Multilingual AI bot for Discord.
These projects provide developers with both inspiration and ready-to-use templates.
Heurist AI (HEU) Tokenomics
HEU is the native token of the Heurist Protocol, with a maximum supply capped at 1 billion.
HEU Token Use Cases
- Payment for AI services,
- Staking for network security and revenue sharing,
- Governance voting,
- Gas token on Heurist Chain.
Staking and Emission Structure
Mining
- Season 1: 50 million HEU (completed),
- Season 2: 10 million HEU (completed),
- Mining is currently inactive.
Staking
- 50% APR-based rewards (protocol emissions),
- Dynamic additional rewards from API revenues,
- Automatic compounding yield with stHEU,
- Unstake lock period: 30 days.
Token Distribution
The protocol’s token economics are designed to support long-term sustainability, network security, and ecosystem growth. The distribution model centers on mining and staking mechanisms to encourage user participation while maintaining a balanced structure with allocations for the team, investors, and ecosystem development.
- Mining & Staking: 50%
- Protocol Treasury: 16.7%
- Team & Advisors: 15%
- Angel Investors & VC: 6%
- Season 1 Testnet Miners: 5%
- Other (Liquidity, Marketing, Grants, KOL)
Heurist AI (HEU) Investors
Heurist AI has garnered support from prominent institutional funds and well-known investors in the industry, aligning with its vision of combining AI and blockchain infrastructure. The project has raised a total of $2 million to date.
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Amber Group
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Selini Capital
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Origin Capital
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Contango Digital Assets
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Manifold
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Zephyrus Capital
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Sharding Capital
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Blue7
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Steroids Capital
Angel Investors:
- DCF God
- Altcoin Sherpa
- Jack Sun
- Andy
- Dim Selk
Heurist AI (HEU) Team
The Heurist AI team consists of individuals with deep technical expertise in AI infrastructure, blockchain technologies, and decentralized systems. The team focuses on addressing data processing, automation, and scalability challenges through AI-driven Web3 solutions.
- Jiewen Wang – Founder
- Tao He – Co-Founder
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