PANews reported on February 5 that according to The Block, Olas, an autonomous AI agent platform in the crypto field, has completed $13.8 million in financing to support the launch of an "agent app store" called Pearl. This round of financing was led by 1kx, and companies such as Tioga Capital, Sigil Fund, Zee Prime Capital, Borderless, and Keyrock also participated in the investment. The Olas team said that the funds will be used to support its agent app store, which aims to achieve democratized access to user-owned AI agents.

Along with the announcement of the funding, Olas also launched the Olas Accelerator program, which offers $1 million in grants and OLAS token rewards to developers who build agents on the platform. Olas' technology stack includes the Olas Stack and the Olas Protocol, which incentivize the creation and co-ownership of AI agents. The team said it has facilitated more than 3.5 million transactions from agents across nine blockchains.