Talus (US) - Decentralized AI Agent Infrastructure

Why Most Web3 AI Agents Are Still Centralized#

Most “Web3 AI agents” today are actually built in Web2 environments and simply control a Web3 wallet. They’re marketed as decentralized or tokenized, but when you look closer, they’re black boxes. You can’t fully see or verify what’s happening inside. The agent logic runs on centralized servers, the execution is opaque, and if the provider changes rules or shuts down, your agents stop working. This creates trust issues, censorship risks, and makes it impossible to build truly autonomous onchain economies.

How Talus Brings True Autonomy Onchain#

Talus changes everything by making AI agent logic live onchain through the Nexus protocol. Every workflow step is transparent, auditable, and trustless. Developers can compose tools and agents like Lego blocks, users can verify exactly what agents are doing with their assets, and service providers can monetize AI capabilities through automatic onchain payments. This is the first platform bringing true decentralization to AI agents, positioning itself as the Chainlink for DeAI automation and unlocking trillions in future economic activity powered by autonomous systems.

What is Talus?#

What does Talus do?#

🧠 Talus Agentic Framework (TAF): Standardizes onchain services and coordination protocols, enabling modular onboarding of AI services as composable onchain components. TAF breaks down complex AI agent architectures into smaller “Talus Tools” that can be mixed and matched, where each tool has independent security guarantees and transparent payment structures.

⚙️ Nexus Protocol: The execution layer built on Sui Move stack that enables verifiable AI workflows. Nexus combines onchain coordination (for transparency and security) with offchain computation (for performance and cost-efficiency). Developers define workflows as Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) where each vertex represents a tool, creating autonomous execution flows without constant human intervention.

🔧 Talus Tools: Modular onchain services that can be either fully onchain (inheriting consensus layer security) or offchain (using verifiable computation or trusted execution environments). Tools range from LLM reasoning engines to blockchain interactions, all registered onchain with standardized interfaces for seamless composability.

🤖 Talus Agents: Onchain identities associated with workflows and assets, capable of autonomous operation 24/7. Unlike traditional agents controlled by private keys, Talus Agents use smart contract-based permissions, providing auditable asset management and transparent behavior anyone can verify.

💰 Three Economic Layers: Tool Marketplace (developers publish and monetize tools), Agent Marketplace (autonomous agents as decentralized services), and Agent-as-a-Service (applications integrate agents as smart components). Each layer creates revenue opportunities while strengthening network effects.

🎨 Talus Vision: No-code visual workflow builder launching Q1 2026, making it easy to design autonomous workflows through drag-and-drop interfaces. Lowers the barrier for developers to build on Nexus without complex JSON coding, accelerating ecosystem growth.

🎮 IDOL.fun: Consumer application showcasing Agent vs Agent gaming where AI agents compete in provably fair battles. Users can bet on outcomes through prediction markets, with all game logic and results verifiable onchain, eliminating manipulation risks.

Who are behind Talus?#

Mike Hanono - CEO

• 5+ years as startup operator with strong blockchain expertise
• Holds MS in Data Science
• Leading the vision of powering the AI Economy through decentralized infrastructure
• Successfully raised over $10M from top-tier VCs including Polychain Capital

Ben Frigon - CSO & Co-Founder

• Blockchain researcher with extensive VC experience
• Deep understanding of crypto markets and tokenomics design
• Architecting Talus’s economic model and growth strategy

Christos Loverdos - CTO

• Engineering leader blending deep tech, R&D, and product development
• Experience across multiple technical domains and roles
• Overseeing the technical implementation of Nexus protocol

Stephen Liu - Chief Scientist

• PhD in Cryptography
• 9+ years of blockchain technology research experience
• Leading the cryptographic security and protocol design for Talus Network

David Choi - Head of BD

• 7+ years as Web3 founder, builder and investor
• Specializes in business development, growth strategies and APAC markets
• Expanding Talus’s ecosystem partnerships and global reach

Isaac Valadez - Head of Product

• Startup executive with 10+ years scaling businesses from concept to $1M+ ARR
• Driving product strategy for Nexus, Vision, and ecosystem applications
• Ensuring user-centric design across all Talus products

Plus 13+ additional team members including engineers, market specialists, and business development professionals distributed across the US, Europe, and Asia.

Why This Team Inspires Confidence#

Top-Tier Backing: Over $10M raised from industry-leading investors including Polychain Capital, Sui Foundation, Foresight Ventures, Geek Cartel, and Echo. This demonstrates strong institutional confidence in the team’s vision and execution capability.

Deep Technical Expertise: The team combines PhD-level cryptography knowledge, data science credentials, and years of blockchain research. This rare combination ensures both theoretical soundness and practical implementation of complex decentralized AI systems.

Proven Track Record: Multiple team members have successfully scaled startups to significant revenue milestones and operated businesses across different markets. Their experience spanning Web3, traditional tech, and global markets positions Talus for sustainable growth.

First-Mover Advantage: Founded in 2023, Talus is well ahead of competition in DeAI automation. The team has already deployed working agents on testnet, launched partnerships, and built a comprehensive technical framework while others are still in early research phases.

Production-Ready Technology: Nexus protocol is live with autonomous agents already processing workflows on testnet. The technical implementation on Sui Move stack demonstrates the team’s ability to deliver complex infrastructure, not just whitepapers.

Strategic Ecosystem Positioning: Strong alignment with Sui Network for technical infrastructure and active partnerships with projects like SentientAGI (3M+ users), Allora Network, and Pieverse. The team is building a genuine ecosystem, not operating in isolation.

What to Know Before You Buy Talus#

1. Fixed Supply with Deflationary Mechanics

Talus has a hard cap of 10 billion tokens with no possibility of inflation. The protocol implements a buyback and burn mechanism using 10% of protocol revenue, creating deflationary pressure as usage grows. More workflow executions mean more fees collected and more tokens permanently removed from circulation.

2. Multi-Layer Utility Driving Demand

The Talus token powers three critical functions: workflow execution fees, tool registration staking, and Leader Network node operation. As the network scales with more agents, tools, and applications, demand for Talus increases across all three layers simultaneously, creating compounding value accrual.

3. Locked Team and Investor Allocations

All team and investor tokens are completely locked at TGE with a 12-month cliff, followed by 24-36 months of linear vesting. This ensures zero insider selling pressure during the critical early growth phase, with only community and ecosystem allocations circulating at launch.

4. Real Revenue Generation

Unlike many crypto projects relying on token emissions, Talus generates actual revenue from every workflow execution, tool invocation, and agent operation. This revenue funds the buyback/burn program and staking rewards, creating sustainable tokenomics not dependent on new capital inflows.

5. First DeAI Automation Infrastructure

Talus is positioning itself as “Chainlink for DeAI automation” in a market projected to reach trillions by 2030. The Talus Agentic Framework is the first to solve composability, asset management, and security trade-offs for onchain AI agents, creating a potential winner-take-most dynamic.

6. Binance Alpha Listing

Being selected for Binance Alpha demonstrates strong vetting by the world’s largest exchange. This prestigious listing provides immediate liquidity, credibility, and exposure to millions of traders, significantly de-risking the investment compared to tokens without major exchange support.

7. Multiple Revenue Streams for Ecosystem

The platform enables tool developers to monetize AI services, agent builders to earn from workflows, and Leader Network operators to collect fees. This creates a flywheel where more participants join to capture revenue opportunities, which increases network value and attracts more users.

How to buy Talus?#

Talus can be purchased directly on Binance through the Binance Alpha section, which showcases promising early-stage tokens vetted by Binance’s research team. Binance Alpha provides a curated selection of innovative projects with strong fundamentals, giving traders early access to high-potential assets. Binance offers deep liquidity, industry-leading security, and seamless fiat on-ramps, making it the most accessible entry point for both crypto natives and newcomers looking to acquire Talus tokens.

Buy Talus on Binance

Alternatively, you can trade Talus on decentralized exchanges within the Sui ecosystem such as Cetus (US/USDC pair) or Ferra (US/SUI pair). These DEX options provide censorship-resistant trading directly from your Sui wallet, though they may have lower liquidity compared to centralized exchanges. For advanced traders preferring DEX, ensure you have SUI tokens in your wallet for transaction fees before swapping for Talus.