Marina Lyubimova
⬤ OpenAI teamed up with crypto investment firm Paradigm to roll out EVMBench, a specialized benchmarking tool designed to test AI agents working with blockchain technology. This framework focuses specifically on the Ethereum Virtual Machine and checks how well AI systems can handle real smart contract interactions.
⬤ The benchmark evaluates three critical areas: how accurately agents execute tasks, how well they reason through blockchain operations, and whether they reliably complete on-chain activities like deploying contracts, executing trades, or managing decentralized protocols. Since smart contracts run automatically and can't be undone once activated, testing AI behavior beforehand isn't just helpful - it's absolutely necessary.
⬤ This launch fits into OpenAI's broader push to expand its infrastructure and commercial offerings. The company recently introduced its Frontier platform for enterprise AI coworkers and started testing sponsored ads in ChatGPT for US free users, showing how aggressively it's moving into enterprise and monetization territory.
⬤ EVMBench provides a structured way to measure AI performance inside blockchain environments before these agents interact with real financial systems. The tool represents a practical step toward making AI-driven blockchain automation safe and reliable enough for actual deployment. As AI agents become more capable of handling complex financial operations, having solid benchmarks to validate their behavior becomes essential infrastructure for the industry's next phase.
Marina Lyubimova
