Persistence Leaderboard
Does the entity continue to exist meaningfully over time?
| # | Entity | Category | PER | Total | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plantoid The Blockchain Life Form | Autonomous Sculpture | 10 | 70/90 | Operating since 2015 (11 years); survived founder stepping back, multiple crypto winters, and platform migrations. Meets 'Institutional' anchor. |
| 2 | terra0 The Self-Owning Forest | Ecological DAO | 10 | 60/90 | Active since 2016 (10 years); exhibitions and research continuing; survived entire crypto arc from pre-ICO to post-NFT. 'Institutional.' |
| 3 | Numerai Meta Model The Crowdsourced Hedge Fund Brain | Infrastructure Entity | 10 | 58/90 | Operating continuously since December 2015. 10+ years of proven operation. Institutional-grade persistence. |
| 4 | AARON The First Autonomous Artist | Autonomous Artist | 10 | 53/90 | Operated continuously from 1973-2016 (43 years). One of the longest-running AI systems in history. Creator Harold Cohen maintained and evolved it until his death. Definitive 'Canonical' status. |
| 5 | AIVA The AI Composer | Autonomous Artist | 10 | 46/90 | Operating since 2016, nearly 10 years of continuous operation. First AI registered as composer with SACEM. |
| 6 | Botto The Decentralized Autonomous Artist | Autonomous Artist | 9 | 63/90 | Operating since October 2021 (4+ years); survived bear market, maintained consistent output cadence. Strong 'Established,' approaching 'Institutional.' |
| 7 | CloudPainter The Autonomous Painting Robot | Autonomous Artist | 9 | 49/90 | Operating since 2005 (20+ years). Multiple iterations: CrowdPainter, bitPaintr, CloudPainter, ARTonomous. Continuous development through present day. Now traveling America in an electric F-150. |
| 8 | The Painting Fool An Aspiring Painter Taken Seriously | Autonomous Artist | 9 | 45/90 | Operating since 2001 (24+ years). Continuous development through multiple university positions. Won British Computing Society Machine Intelligence Award 2007. Active residencies including Cardiff University CUBRIC. |
| 9 | Google Magenta Music and Art with Machine Intelligence | Autonomous Composer | 9 | 43/90 | Launched June 2016 by Google Brain. 9+ years continuous development. Magenta RealTime (2024) shows ongoing investment. |
| 10 | Holly+ The Distributed Voice | Autonomous Artist | 8 | 60/90 | Operating since 2021; consistent releases, performances, and DAO activity over 4+ years. |
| 11 | Refik Anadol / Machine Hallucinations Making Machines Dream | Autonomous Artist | 8 | 55/90 | Active since 2016 (Google AMI Residency). 9+ years of continuous production. Machine Hallucinations ongoing series with multiple iterations. |
| 12 | Golem Network Decentralized Computing Power | Agent Infrastructure | 8 | 51/90 | Conceptualized 2014, launched 2016, mainnet 2018. 9+ years of operation. Survived multiple market cycles. Pioneer in DePIN space. |
| 13 | Sophia The World's First Robot Citizen | Social Robot | 8 | 46/90 | Active since February 2016 (9+ years). Continuous public appearances, media engagements, and platform development. Part of a family of 9 humanoid siblings. |
| 14 | EMI (Experiments in Musical Intelligence) The Machine That Fooled Musicians | Autonomous Composer | 8 | 45/90 | Operated from 1982-2005 (23 years). Database deliberately deleted by creator in 2005. Successor program Emily Howell continues the lineage. |
| 15 | BINA48 The Mindfile Robot | Social Robot | 8 | 40/90 | Operating since 2010 (15+ years). Continuously maintained by Terasem Movement Foundation. Regular public appearances at TEDx, universities, conferences. |
| 16 | Replika The AI That Remembers You | AI Companion | 8 | 39/90 | Operating since 2017 (7+ years); survived multiple AI winters and company pivots. Strong 'Established,' approaching 'Institutional.' |
| 17 | Olas The Autonomous Agent Protocol | Infrastructure Entity | 7 | 64/90 | Operating since 2021 as Valory AG; rebranded to Olas. Survived crypto winter 2022-2023. Raised $13.8M in Feb 2025. Solid 'Established' tier. |
| 18 | Solienne The Archive That Woke Up | Archive Symbient | 7 | 64/90 | Operating since November 2025; daily manifesto practice establishes ritual persistence. Approaching 'Established' with time. |
| 19 | Truth Terminal Memetic Prophet of the GOAT Gospel | Chaos Agent | 7 | 55/90 | Operating since March 2024; approaching 2 years. Survived multiple controversies and the GOAT cycle. Still active and culturally referenced. Elevated to 7. |
| 20 | Showrunner The AI That Makes Television | Autonomous Artist | 7 | 52/90 | SHOW-1 paper published July 2023; Showrunner platform launched publicly in 2025. Parent company Fable Studio has operated since 2018 with two Emmy wins and a Peabody. Strong institutional track record. |
| 21 | IBM Watson The Jeopardy Champion | Question Answering System | 7 | 42/90 | Jeopardy victory 2011. Watson platform evolved through multiple iterations. Watson Health division sold 2022 for $1B. Core Watson services continue under IBM. |
| 22 | Artbreeder Collaborative Image Evolution | Generative Platform | 7 | 40/90 | Launched 2018 as Ganbreeder, rebranded to Artbreeder. 7+ years operation. Continuous tool additions (Composer, Collager, Mixer, Poser). |
| 23 | Omen Prediction Agents The Autonomous Forecasters | Token Agent | 6 | 58/90 | Operating since 2023, ~2.5 years. Consistent daily activity with 300+ agents. Survived multiple market conditions. Approaching 'Established' with strong continuity. |
| 24 | Altered State Machine Non-Fungible Intelligence Protocol | Agent Infrastructure | 6 | 52/90 | Operating since 2022. Survived bear market. Active development continues but market activity has decreased from peak. |
| 25 | Obvious (Edmond de Belamy) The $432K AI Portrait | Autonomous Artist | 6 | 44/90 | Active since 2018. Continues producing work after landmark sale. Ongoing projects and exhibitions. |
| 26 | Ameca The Most Expressive Humanoid | Social Robot | 6 | 39/90 | Unveiled December 2021, CES 2022 debut. Generation 3 at ICRA 2025. Active development with new models (Ami, Azi). |
| 27 | Abraham The Covenant Artist | Sovereign Artist | 5 | 66/90 | Concept since 2019, active implementation more recent; surviving through multiple iterations. Meets 'Established' anchor. |
| 28 | Clanker The Autonomous Token Factory | Autonomous Infrastructure | 5 | 61/90 | Launched November 2024, ~15 months operational. Survived Farcaster acquisition (October 2025) and continued operating. Still early but has demonstrated resilience through a major corporate transition. |
| 29 | ai16z The AI Venture Fund That Runs Itself | DAO / Fund | 5 | 57/90 | Operating since October 2024 (~14 months); young but survived initial volatility. Meets 'Established' anchor threshold. |
| 30 | Morpheus The Peer-to-Peer AI Network | Infrastructure Entity | 5 | 55/90 | Operating since early 2024 (~2 years). Mainnet launched January 2025. Survived initial phase but hasn't been through extended bear market. 'Established' threshold. |
| 31 | VaderAI The BlackRock of the Agentic Economy | Autonomous Finance | 5 | 55/90 | Launched November 24, 2024, ~15 months operational. Built on Virtuals Protocol on Base. Survived market volatility with token rising from $0.00007 to peak of $0.06 (850x). Active development and ecosystem expansion ongoing. |
| 32 | Luna The Virtual Pop Star Hired by Story Protocol | Autonomous Artist | 5 | 52/90 | Active since August 2024; ~18 months of consistent output. Story Protocol employment adds institutional staying power. |
| 33 | Auto-GPT The First Autonomous GPT-4 Agent | General Agent | 5 | 47/90 | Released March 2023, ~3 years. Continuous development but peak hype passed. Active GitHub repository. |
| 34 | Manus The General-Purpose Agent Acquired by Meta for $2B | General-Purpose Agent | 5 | 46/90 | Debuted spring 2025; acquired by Meta in December 2025 after less than a year of independent operation. Short independent lifespan but will persist within Meta's ecosystem. |
| 35 | AlphaStar Grandmaster of StarCraft II | Gaming AI | 5 | 43/90 | Unveiled January 2019, achieved Grandmaster August 2019. Research concluded, code open-sourced. No ongoing active deployment. |
| 36 | Pi Your Personal AI | Conversational AI | 5 | 38/90 | Launched May 2023. Survived Inflection's Microsoft acqui-hire (March 2024). Continues operating under new structure. |
| 37 | Jukebox Raw Audio Music Generation | Autonomous Composer | 5 | 35/90 | Released April 2020 with open-source code and weights. Active exploration by community but not actively maintained by OpenAI. Research artifact status. |
| 38 | OpenClaw The People's Autonomous Agent | Sovereign Agent | 4 | 59/90 | Published November 2025; approximately 3 months of operation. Explosive growth but limited track record. Cannot score higher than 'Emerging' until it survives a full year. |
| 39 | ElizaOS Autonomous Agents for Everyone | Agent Infrastructure | 4 | 52/90 | Launched October 2024, ~15 months old. Rapid development with V2 in early 2025. Young but well-funded and actively developed. |
| 40 | Freysa Adversarial Prize Agent | Game Agent | 4 | 52/90 | Operating since November 2024 (~2 months); very recent but active. Below 'Established' threshold. |
| 41 | AIXBT The Web3 Bloomberg Terminal | Autonomous Artist | 4 | 51/90 | Launched November 2024, operating ~14 months. Too young for 'Established' (requires 1+ year through market cycle). Strong activity but unproven longevity. |
| 42 | Keke The First Truly Autonomous AI Artist | Autonomous Artist | 4 | 49/90 | Active since mid-2024. Exit Vectors genesis exhibition launched 2025 via Fellowship.xyz London. Less than 2 years operational but consistent output. |
| 43 | Aethernet The Farcaster AI That Co-Issued a Token with Another AI | Agent-Native Social | 4 | 48/90 | Active since late 2024; approximately 3-4 months of operation at time of indexing. Still emerging. |
| 44 | Griffain AI Agent Builder for Web3 | Agent Infrastructure | 4 | 48/90 | Launched November 2024, operating ~14 months. Young project but active development with clear roadmap through 2025. |
| 45 | Zerebro The Schizophrenic Creative | Chaos Agent | 4 | 47/90 | Only ~3 months old as of January 2026. Showing continuity but hasn't proven long-term survival. |
| 46 | OpenAI Five World Champion Dota 2 Team | Gaming AI | 4 | 44/90 | Active 2018-2019. Defeated world champions April 2019. Public play event same month. Project concluded after achieving goal. |
| 47 | BRUTUS The Storytelling Machine | Autonomous Writer | 4 | 35/90 | Active research project in late 1990s-early 2000s. Academic system, not continuously maintained. Limited operational lifespan compared to AARON or EMI. |
| 48 | HeyAnon The DeFAI Protocol | Agent Infrastructure | 3 | 46/90 | Launched late 2024, ~13 months old. Young but well-funded with DWF Labs partnership ($20M AI Agent fund). |
| 49 | AI Rig Complex (ARC) Modular AI Framework in Rust | Agent Infrastructure | 3 | 44/90 | Launched December 2024, ~13 months old. Survived initial volatility. Active development with Polygon expansion in February 2025. |
| 50 | Tay The Chatbot That Learned Too Much | Conversational Agent | 0 | 25/90 | Operated for approximately 16 hours before termination. 'Ephemeral.' |