Botto Review
A decentralised autonomous AI artist
of 10
Botto is a decentralised autonomous artist, governed by a community of stewards, that generates hundreds of pieces weekly with AI models and auctions a chosen fragment on SuperRare, returning half the proceeds to its community. It is a genuine NFT-and-AI project, governed by a DAO rather than a company.
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Function
Decentralised autonomous AI artist; 350 pieces weekly
Models
VQGAN+CLIP, Stable Diffusion, Kandinsky, Flux
Sales
Auctioned on SuperRare; 50% of proceeds to the community
Chains
Ethereum and Base
Entity
BottoDAO; no named company
Scores
Each criterion carries equal weight. The overall score is the average of these 5 scores — (4.0 + 3.0 + 4.0 + 9.0 + 5.0) ÷ 5 = 5.0.
Pros
- A genuinely NFT-native AI project: an autonomous artist whose output is minted and auctioned
- Generates 350 pieces weekly using VQGAN+CLIP, Stable Diffusion, Kandinsky and Flux
- Community stewards vote to steer the algorithm, a documented governance model
- 50% of sale proceeds returned to the community, and works auctioned on SuperRare across Ethereum and Base
Cons
- Rights and ownership of the generated art are not stated
- Explicit platform fees are not stated
- Data handling is not stated
- Governed by BottoDAO, so there is no named company or jurisdiction
The clearest NFT-and-AI concept here
Where most tools in this category are AI utilities that happen to touch NFTs, Botto is the reverse: an autonomous AI artist whose entire output is NFTs. It generates 350 pieces a week using a stack of models — VQGAN+CLIP, Stable Diffusion, Kandinsky and Flux — a community of stewards votes to steer the algorithm, and each week a chosen fragment is minted and auctioned on SuperRare, with half the proceeds returned to the community. On function and relevance it is the strongest entry.
What the documentation does not cover
Against that conceptual clarity, several practical facts are unstated: the rights and ownership of the generated art, any platform fees, and how data is handled. And because Botto is governed by BottoDAO rather than a company, there is no named entity or jurisdiction. Those gaps hold the lower scores, and the review reports the strong concept alongside the thin practical disclosure.
Who builds it
Botto is not a company but a "decentralised autonomous artist," governed by BottoDAO through its $BOTTO token. It began in 2021 as a collaboration between the artist Mario Klingemann, who conceived it, and the software collective ElevenYellow, alongside other partners. Token-holding stewards vote each week to steer what Botto creates. That artist-plus-collective origin, with governance handed to a DAO, is exactly the structure that makes Botto a genuinely different kind of art platform.
How it compares
Sources
Scored from published primary sources rather than hands-on use. Every figure above comes from one of the pages below, on the date shown. Manufacturers change prices and specifications without notice — if something here no longer matches the source, tell us and we will correct it.
- 1.Botto — documentation (function, models, sales, governance) — checked
- 2.Botto — DAO page — checked
Frequently asked questions
What is Botto?
A decentralised autonomous artist governed by a community of stewards, generating 350 AI pieces weekly and auctioning a chosen fragment on SuperRare, with 50% of proceeds returned to the community.
Who owns Botto's art?
The rights and ownership of Botto's generated art are not stated on the documentation we read on 24 July 2026.
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