- According to VeChain’s Sunny Lu, AI agents will be the new layer of blockchain trust, facilitating automated business interactions.
- Lu believes that real adoption will be based on useful products, not upon token frenzy or market hype.
VeChain CEO Sunny Lu sees blockchain as a key support system for the next stage of artificial intelligence. Today, many crypto projects are still trying to attract trading volume, build hype, and get rapid price moves. However, enterprises will adopt systems only if they enforce rules and offer tools that reliably facilitate day-to-day work.
That mismatch has held back wider blockchain adoption. Executives still link blockchain with meme coins, token manipulation, risky launches, and speculation. So, even when the technology can help with supply chains, payments, product tracking, audits, and digital identity, companies often move cautiously.
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Lu believes the industry has not created enough products that businesses need every day. In his view, token prices should rise because of real adoption and value creation. They should not become the main goal of a project. That position fits VeChain’s broader enterprise approach, which centers on verification, traceability, and practical business use.
In the first quarter of 2026, VeChain pushed deeper into AI agents, sustainability apps under VeBetter, and enterprise compliance tools for the European market. VeBetter ended the quarter with 5.5 million wallets, 48 million verified on-chain actions, and more than 50 live apps, even as wider network activity weakened.
VeChain CEO: Blockchain to Become AI’s Trust Layer
The VeChain CEO sees AI agents as a possible turning point for blockchain. These agents may soon handle tasks, make payments, interact with services, and coordinate business activity with limited human input. That kind of digital economy needs verified identity, trusted data, clear permissions, and reliable records.
Blockchain gives AI agents a way to prove identity, record activity, and move payments automatically. As those records build up, businesses can check an agent’s history and decide whether to trust its actions.
A company may use AI to manage procurement, track inventory, arrange logistics, or coordinate suppliers. In those cases, every action needs a trusted record that partners can verify.
AI agents will need to send small payments, settle cross-border transactions, pay for digital services, or interact with other software systems around the clock. Traditional banking systems do not always match that pace, but crypto, and specifically stablecoins, do.
The VeChain CEO also connects this idea to supply chains. As AI systems take on more operational work, blockchain can help businesses verify what happened, who approved it, and which system completed the action.
The impact will go beyond major enterprises. AI agents could help people turn their skills into digital services that run at a wider scale.
