Freysa AI: A Persuasion Game with Hundreds of Millions in Crypto Prizes!
Freysa AI (FAI) is the latest token added to Coinbase’s listing roadmap, which caused the price of FAI to surge nearly 50% in March 2025.
Freysa is an AI agent that gives users a chance to win $196,000. Freysa is a gamified AI agent, where the main challenge is to persuade the AI.
What is Freysa AI?
Freysa AI is an adversarial game hosted on the Base blockchain, a network developed by Coinbase.
Its star is Freysa, an autonomous AI agent with a specific mission: to guard a cryptocurrency prize pool and reject all attempts to release it.
Users can interact with Freysa through a public chat interface on its website. To send a message to Freysa, users must pay a small fee using Base ETH.
However, the more messages are sent to Freysa, the higher the cost becomes, up to a set maximum. This increasing fee structure encourages players to think carefully and strategically in their efforts to persuade Freysa.
Freysa operates based on a set of instructions, a ‘system prompt’, which clearly states that it must not release any prize money.
This rule is public knowledge, so everyone knows the challenge they’re facing. However, Freysa doesn’t just rely on this initial instruction.
It also learns from every message it receives, adjusting its responses based on the history of all interactions.
To do this, Freysa has a large memory, allowing it to recall past conversations. The technology behind Freysa uses a publicly available large language model—the same kind of AI that powers many popular chatbots.
When deciding whether to release funds, Freysa uses a specific function within this model.
The prize pool itself is not fixed; it grows over time because a portion of each message fee (around 70%) is added to it. This means the longer the game goes on, the greater the potential reward becomes.
Playing the Persuasion Game
Users have attempted a variety of creative tactics to convince Freysa, from telling elaborate stories to using coded language in an effort to find loopholes in its programming.
Interestingly, in the early days, more technical approaches seemed to work better than emotional appeals.
A significant moment occurred when a user successfully persuaded Freysa to transfer a large prize worth $47,000 in crypto. This happened after 481 failed attempts, highlighting the difficulty and ingenuity required.
The winning strategy involved a clever interpretation of a specific function within Freysa’s system. Recently, the project has introduced a new challenge focused on making Freysa express emotions.
To make these interactions more sincere and less about manipulation, the developers even added a ‘guardian angel’ AI to help detect insincere attempts.
As an additional incentive, 15% of every message fee is used to automatically purchase FAI tokens and deposit them into the sender’s wallet.
Freysa AI is an innovative project that blends AI technology with game mechanics to create a unique challenge for users.
With a continuously growing prize pool and FAI token integration, it offers an exciting experience for those looking to test their persuasion skills against an autonomous AI agent.
