A few weeks ago I gave an autonomous agent built with @NEARProtocol intents + @BitteProtocol access to market data, $50, and the ability to trade It did well, made good calls, a few bad ones and ended its short life with a 3% profit before I shut it down But something about it stuck with me It wasn’t the profit, it was how simple it was to deploy I’d just given an AI real money, full custody, and zero supervision… and not only did it not rug me, it actually did well That weekend experiment made me realize this could be so much bigger So I called up the @BitteProtocol team with a product plan and said what if we made it so anyone could spin up their own autonomous agent in a few clicks? That’s how ATA/01 was born It’s our first step toward a framework for templated autonomous agents, deployable anywhere, customizable strategies, full custody You choose your data sources. You define your logic. We handle the agent tooling First step: let everyone deploy and experiment with the tech, maybe even have a leaderboard where the best strategies compete on PnL for prizes Eventually, real utility DCAing into assets with NEAR intents or managing lending positions on @rhea_finance and @suilendprotocol This all started with a $50 weekend experiment