Partnr: AI Agents as Personal Crypto Assistants
- Lara Hanyaloglu
- Jul 24
- 5 min read
Managing crypto finances- from DeFi yields to NFT drops- can be complex and time-consuming. Meanwhile, AI personal assistants (think Siri, Alexa) aren’t equipped to handle Web3 tasks. Partnr is a Los Angeles-based startup (by Mirai Labs, launched in early 2025) building an AI agent that can act as your crypto “partner”. The core problem Partnr addresses is that users lack intelligent automation for crypto tasks: setting up a wallet strategy, monitoring multiple protocols, executing trades or routine transactions still largely require manual effort or scripts. If you’re an enthusiast, you probably juggle a dozen apps to manage your portfolio. Partnr’s vision is an AI that can learn a user’s needs, manage their wallets, and execute on-chain tasks autonomously. Essentially, bring the convenience of a human personal assistant into the crypto world, via AI. This also touches on security: Partnr is exploring ways to use Trusted Execution Environments or safe vaults so that an AI could hold keys or execute trades without exposing you to hacks.
What Partnr Does
Partnr is building a crypto-focused AI agent platform comprising a chat interface (Partnr Chat) and an execution vault (Partnr Vaults) The user interacts via a familiar chat AI (like texting with a knowledgeable friend), asking it things like “Hey, monitor my addresses and swap any rewards to ETH once a week” or “Find arbitrage opportunities between my exchange accounts.” Under the hood, Partnr’s AI connects to your wallets (with permission) and has plugins to various crypto protocols and exchanges. It can thus perform tasks such as transferring funds, rebalancing a portfolio, providing alerts, or even directly interacting with smart contracts on your behalf.
The unique challenge is enabling autonomy with safety. Partnr’s approach is a vault system: you deposit a certain amount of funds or specific assets into a Partnr Vault, which the AI agent has control over up to a limit. This limits risk (the AI can’t move all your money, only what’s in the vault) and allows trustless execution; the vault is a smart contract that only the AI agent (with its assigned key or permissions) can access, and its actions are auditable on-chain.
Partnr’s AI is trained on blockchain data and user habits: over time it learns; say, that you prefer staking over trading, or you are interested in certain NFT collections, and it will proactively suggest actions (e.g., “There’s a governance vote on Aave you might want to delegate to me” or “Your ENS expires next week, should I renew it?”). It’s like an “AI butler” for crypto.
On the backend, Partnr likely leverages large language models fine-tuned for blockchain terminology (the co-founders include engineers experienced in Rust and ML, hinting at custom model work and secure enclave use). Another planned feature is Partnr Marketplace ,where users could share or sell “task scripts” or agent skills. For instance, one Partnr user might create a great strategy for yield farming with an AI and share that recipe with others (perhaps for a fee or token reward). This community aspect could drive network effects: more usage improves the AI and yields more strategies that attract more users.
Token Utility & Funding
As of the seed stage, Partnr has not announced a token, but given its design, one can imagine a Partnr token (PRTN) in the future. Such a token could be used to pay for the AI’s services (like a subscription or per-task fee in tokens), to reward users who share successful agent “skills” on the marketplace, and to stake for higher trust levels (perhaps staking tokens to increase your agent’s operational limits as a security deposit).
The platform might also consider a token-curation mechanism for its marketplace of strategies or for the Partnr AI’s knowledge base (for example, to incentivize data providers that enrich the AI’s context).
Partnr secured $4 million in seed funding in Feb 2025, led by Mechanism Capital, with participation from other notable crypto investors (Oak Grove, Rubik Capital, Manifold, etc.) Mechanism’s involvement is telling: they focus on DeFi and likely see Partnr as a bridge to bring more users (through AI guidance) into the complex DeFi world. The seed funds are being used to expand the engineering team, especially experts in AI and Rust (for smart contract safety).
Since no token exists, there’s no market cap or FDV to note. However, the concept of an AI + crypto personal assistant has drawn community interest: there’s already a waitlist of crypto power-users eager to beta test. If Partnr follows the path of similar projects, they might introduce a token via an airdrop to early users or integrate with an existing ecosystem’s token. Their focus now is getting the product right, since trust is paramount, one mis-execution by the AI with real funds could be fatal to reputation.
Potential Upside & Next Steps
If Partnr succeeds, every crypto user might have an AI agent managing routine tasks, leveling the playing field (so even a casual user can benefit from complex DeFi strategies without expertise). That could significantly boost DeFi adoption and liquidity, a reason VCs are excited. Early traction includes closed alpha tests where the AI successfully managed testnet portfolios and even caught a potential liquidation on a loan promptly (as the team reported).
In the near term, a big milestone is the public beta launch of Partnr Vaults, likely on a test network or with limited funds to prove the concept. Demonstrating that the AI can hold, say, $1000 worth of a user’s assets and competently manage them over a month with no catastrophes will be key to building trust.
Another upcoming catalyst is integration announcements: Partnr is likely to integrate with major wallets (Metamask Snaps, for instance) or DeFi protocols as an “intelligent mode.” On the user side, Partnr’s success will be measured by how much it improves outcomes – e.g., did using Partnr for 6 months save the user time and improve their portfolio ROI? Early testers have reported significant time saved on weekly tasks and less anxiety around missing events (the AI keeps watch 24/7). If those anecdotes scale to broader user base, Partnr could become as indispensable to crypto users as email alerts once were- except far smarter.
Risks: of course, smart contract risk and AI error are notable. Partnr is addressing these via heavy testing and limiting scope initially (the “guardrails” approach). If they navigate that, the reward is a first-mover advantage in AI managed finance. Overall, Partnr is a seed-stage under-the-radar project that could blossom into a killer dApp, merging personalized AI with the relentless pace of crypto. Keep an eye out for their beta launch and any token plans, as those will be when this quiet project steps into the limelight.
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