Vanar Chain is an interesting project. It was originally called Virtua, and its token symbol changed from TVK to VANRY. The goal is clear—building Web3 AI infrastructure.

Initially, its approach was quite traditional: entering through entertainment, gaming, and the metaverse, promoting Virtua Metaverse and VGN gaming network, emphasizing high throughput, low fees, and carbon neutrality, while also being EVM-compatible (based on GETH fork). The idea was to lower the barrier for traditional enterprises to enter Web3. It sounded like a conventional playbook.

However, in 2024, the project team made a major shift. They started to focus deeply on AI, claiming to be the "first Layer 1 blockchain designed for AI workloads," transforming from a purely programmable chain into an "intelligent chain." Its core competitiveness is reflected in a five-layer AI-native architecture:

First is the Vanar Chain itself, providing a scalable, secure, high-speed main chain supporting real data and large-scale applications.

Neutron is quite impressive; it’s called the "Persistent Semantic Memory Layer," treating memory as on-chain primitives. This means dApps can remember historical context on-chain, supporting long-term learning.

Kayon is an on-chain reasoning engine that performs decentralized inference and decision-making on stored memories.

The Axon and Flows layers support AI agent workflows, maintaining contextual continuity and fully enabling on-chain AI operation without relying on servers or IPFS.

This architecture seems to address a real pain point: how to truly run AI on-chain while enabling learning and memory.