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Beyond Models: Agentic and Advanced AI in Web3

INSEAD

Beyond Models: Agentic and Advanced AI in Web3

 Alisa Acosta
Douglas Heintzman
Don Tapscott

Instructors: Alisa Acosta

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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3 hours to complete
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

3 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Explain agentic AI and assess how blockchain can provide security, transparency, identity, and trust for AI agents.

  • Analyze how AI can support DAO governance through proposal analysis, sentiment analysis, treasury management, and decision support.

  • Evaluate AI-driven tokenomics, incentive design, and the ethical and governance issues surrounding advanced AI in Web3.

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October 2026

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Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

In this module, you’ll explore the concept of agentic AI and examine how intelligent agents could act as trusted digital counterparts in a Web3 environment. You’ll learn how these agents can support decision-making, manage tasks, and interact with digital services on a user’s behalf, while blockchain provides the security, transparency, identity verification, and trust mechanisms needed to support their use. You’ll also consider important challenges related to ethics, accountability, privacy, and data ownership as agentic AI becomes more capable and more deeply integrated into daily life.

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In this module, you’ll explore how AI can support decentralized governance by helping DAOs manage complex processes and make more informed decisions. You’ll examine how AI can assist with proposal evaluation, community sentiment analysis, treasury management, conflict moderation, and decision support, while also considering the importance of transparency, fairness, accountability, and human oversight. By the end of the module, you’ll be able to explain how AI can strengthen DAO operations while preserving community control and decentralized principles.

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1 video1 reading1 assignment

In this module, you’ll explore how AI can reshape blockchain economics by making token systems more adaptive, responsive, and personalized. You’ll examine how AI can support dynamic token supply models, optimize incentive mechanisms based on user behavior, and create individualized economic experiences that strengthen participation and long-term engagement. By the end of the module, you’ll be able to evaluate how AI-driven tokenomics can help blockchain networks become more resilient, efficient, and user-centered.

What's included

1 video1 reading1 assignment

In this module, you’ll review the key ideas introduced in this module, including the concept of agentic AI, the role of blockchain in supporting secure and trustworthy AI agents, the use of AI to improve DAO governance and decision-making, and the application of AI to tokenomics and incentive design. The graded assignment will evaluate your understanding of these concepts and your ability to apply them to governance, digital agency, and blockchain-based economic systems.

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