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7 days 600 times, will AI Season 2.0 start because of $SPARK this dog?
In just one week, the AI meme coin $SPARK on pump.fun has created a wealth myth of 600 times. What is the narrative behind $SPARK? (Background: The trading code of the meme coin whale: The game and manipulation under high returns of Memecoin) (Supplementary background: With a plot! A mysterious person created a meme coin that spells out the name of the ALPHA token on the K-line chart, and the internet calls it romantic: it can be used for confessions) Since Elon Musk's "crazy praise" for Grok has made $Ani one of the "golden dogs" on Letsbonk.fun, the market has slowly begun to regain confidence in the AI track. With pump.fun returning to the top in the "meme launch pad battle," a new AI big dog $SPARK emerged last weekend on pump.fun. This morning, after $SPARK set a historical high market capitalization of 73 million USD, it has slightly retreated, currently approaching 57.5 million USD. So, what is the narrative of $SPARK? Illusion of Life, a company aiming to be the "AI Disney" On February 25 of this year, animator Pasquale D'Silva announced that he and AI developer Kevin Fischer jointly established Illusion of Life "Life Illusion Company," with the support of Spark Capital's Nabeel Hyatt. The name "Life Illusion Company" comes from Walt Disney's famous animation principle — "The Illusion of Life." They want to use AI technology of this era to make animated characters more vibrant. Spark, an animated image of an "AI dog," had already appeared on animator Pasquale D'Silva's Instagram when the Illusion of Life "Life Illusion Company" was announced. On July 19, animator Pasquale D'Silva released a short video, where Spark visited the branding and graphic design department of Disney Animation Studio: On July 29, he released another video with Spark on a private jet. In this video, Spark was very excited, suggesting to fly the plane and asking for food: On August 5, Kevin Fischer announced that he would hand over his Twitter account to Spark, making Spark the first entrepreneurial virtual AI creature. Spark's story will be told by itself. On this day, the $SPARK token launched on pump.fun. The same ticker on Bags once surpassed a market capitalization of one million USD but eventually came out on pump.fun. Before it emerged, on August 6, there was an episode where Illusion of Life's official Twitter announced that they had not created any tokens and had no financial interest in any tokens, which caused $SPARK to drop from a high point close to a market capitalization of 20 million USD to below 2 million USD. Until the early morning of August 9, Spark itself came to greet the $SPARK community, and the trend of $SPARK changed instantly, rising from then on. It can be said that Illusion of Life is an "AI animation company" that created the animated image of Spark the AI dog, allowing it to write its own story in reality and on the internet. Due to animator Pasquale D'Silva creating other animated characters in his previous career and directly mentioning two other animated character tickers on August 5, $tanaki and $starby were also once speculated. Additionally, he released a video about littleguy, which sparked interest in the project not belonging to the "Spark universe." Littleguy is more like an ICM project, creating wearable electronic pets, and has already secured 1.2 million USD in funding. The founder of this project also noticed the heat from Crypto and proactively reached out to the founders of pump.fun and Believe. Conclusion Overall, the big pump of $SPARK indeed gives a sense that AI season 2.0 is about to begin. Reflecting on the previous AI season, it started with AI memes. $SPARK can indeed be categorized as an AI meme, but its narrative can be said to have evolved compared to the first wave of AI memes. It carries the vision of an "AI animation company," producing content through proactive contact with various people and things in reality and on the internet, stepping beyond the question-and-answer format of AI companions. In the video visiting Disney Animation Studio, Spark made the employees laugh. It has its own understanding and emotions, as Kevin Fischer said, many people already consider Sparks as a real existing creature. Will this cute AI dog open the door to AI season 2.0? We will wait and see. Related reports After BNB reaches a high, who will be the next dark horse to explode? Public chain VS. meme coins Is the meme coin season coming? Five potential Meme coins at a glance ETH, SOL strengthening driving meme coins to warm up, can XYZVerse take over the push? "In 7 days 600 times, will AI season 2.0 start because of this dog $SPARK?" This article was first published in BlockTempo "BlockTempo - The Most Influential Blockchain News Media."