Description
NEKO began in early 2022 as the first meme coin on NEAR Protocol and grew into one of the largest NEAR-native communities, with over 23,500 unique holders by the end of 2023. The project operates a creator economy, rewarding content creators with NEKO tokens (2.5% of total supply) for producing educational content about DeFi, NFTs, and development on NEAR. NEKO's ecosystem includes the Good Fortune Felines NFT collection, which underpins community utility and integrations, and Decentralized Finance offerings sponsored by Jump DeFi. In 2024, NEKO acquired Aggregated AI (Aggre/BabyAI), a consumer AI+web3 app with over 10,000 downloads that integrates OpenAI's GPT-4 with crypto rewards, expanding NEKO's presence into the AI application space. NEKO is community-driven with a stated aim of becoming fully decentralized, supported by a core team and partners including Jump DeFi, House of Nephilim, NEAR Tinker Union, Cafe Cartel, and Paras.