Creator of AI Agent Zerebro Reportedly Passes Away

Jeffy Yu, the founder of the AI Agent Zerebro, reportedly died on May 5 following a livestream where Yu allegedly took his own life. However, the alleged suicide has sparked debate after Yu’s obituary was deleted earlier today.

The events come less than two weeks after the supposedly autonomous Zerebro X account published a slew of racist and offensive tweets on April 28, with some of them directly calling out its creator, Jeffy.

Jeffy’s posts on X leading up to the events were also rather controversial, but on April 25, Yu had also posted, “I am of sound mind and in good health. I am not suicidal, nor do I intend to harm myself in any way. If anything happens to me, it should be treated as suspicious.”

Yu’s X account and Zerebro’s X account have been deleted since his livestream.

Yu faced heavy criticism from members of the crypto community after the ZEREBRO token tanked alongside the rest of the AI agent sector. The token reached an all-time high valuation of $660 million on Jan. 2, but had plummeted 95% to $28 million by Feb. 24.

The rapid price depreciation left many buyers nursing heavy losses and likely fueled the negative sentiment surrounding the Zerebro token.

The livestream left many community members in shock and despair, and Yu’s death was seemingly confirmed by an obituary posted on Legacy.com; however, the obituary was taken down sometime between 10 am and 1 pm EST on May 6, fueling doubt amongst some market participants.

Jeffy’s Legacy Coin Debate

Jeffy also launched a “legacoin”, calling it his “final art piece.” In a post, he said, “if you’re reading this, it’s because my 72-hour deadman’s switch triggered, so I’m not here, at least physically...this is a legacoin, my final art piece. $LLJEFFY. Not an investment, not a security.” The token went live on May 4.

LLJEFFY quickly ran to a $30 million valuation before pulling back significantly, and currently changes hands at a $6 million valuation. While the origins of the token remain unverified, some users claim that Jeffy has been buying and selling the LLJEFFY token using a different wallet, insinuating that he may still be alive.

The LLJEFFY deployer has purchased and sold LLJEFFY tokens on multiple occasions since its launch on May 4, and was trading another token called RUDY at 12:48 pm EST, long after Yu’s livestream and alleged suicide took place.

One user known as Palis alleges the entire livestream was another hoax in order to fleece the memecoin community of more money.

“Zerebro dev turned off his own steam immediately after, trading tokens on his own known wallet immediately after, made his last post about “legacy memecoins” and then puts his obituary on legacy.com …Maybe you should feel weirded out about someone making performance art out of something like that and launching a grift with it, instead of virtue signaling about the casino,” he said.

Despite the accusations, there are no public transactions directly linking the ZEREBRO token deployer and the LLJEFFY deployer.

It is also possible that Jeffy did not deploy the LLJEFFY token at all, as there is no contract address in his Mirror posts. An anonymous user could have deployed LLJEFFY after Yu’s original Legacoin post on May 4, and the market may have just adopted it as the “real” coin, further fueling confusion and speculation.

Regardless of the truth, DeFi enthusiasts have expressed that either way, the events do not reflect well on the industry.

One user known as KateXBT said, “The point remains the same - if you've decided to stop living entirely or decided to ‘con CT’ and fake your own death for whatever reason, you've already lost. Both are means to an end - and the end is escaping this hellhole we call crypto Twitter.”