At this year’s ETHDenver, Sonic Labs pulled back the curtain on something that could quietly reshape the way people approach Web3 development. The team introduced Spawn, a new AI-powered platform that allows users to create and deploy complete decentralized applications by simply describing what they need in plain English. There is no solidity. There is no need to worry about installation. There is no need to connect the front end to the wallet. Just a little prompt.
If you’ve ever tried to build a dApp, the problems are familiar. Even a basic project can involve weeks of multidisciplinary work, including coding smart contracts, testing and auditing, compiling, deploying to the chain, connecting wallets, and building usable interfaces. Because of its complexity, the creation of Web3 has largely been in the hands of experienced developers, even as the rest of software development has moved toward no-code tools and AI-assisted “vibe coding.”
Spawn is Sonic Labs’ attempt to bring the same ease of use to blockchain. “Create a coin toss game where players stake S tokens” or ” $NFT The system then generates contracts, deploys them to the Sonic testnet, and generates working web apps connected to those contracts. The result is a live, usable dApp rather than just code.
What makes this experience feel more like collaboration than programming is Spawny, the built-in AI agent that guides you through the process. Instead of editing code, users can adjust their projects interactively. Want to tweak the UI? Change the game logic? Add functionality? Just ask. Spawn updates the contract and frontend accordingly, keeping everything in sync. According to Sonic Labs, the goal is to make dApp creation iterative and fast, measured in minutes instead of days.
Turn your prompt into a live Web3 app
To show that it’s more than just a concept, the team built a complete Snake game live on stage at ETHDenver from a single prompt. The version they produced included on-chain leaderboards recorded in Sonic, turning a nostalgic browser game into a decentralized application with verifiable scores. Conference attendees can jump right in, play games, and climb the leaderboards for a chance to win Sonic merchandise. This gave the demo a fun, hands-on atmosphere and kept people crowding around the booth.
All apps created with Spawn are deployed on the Sonic blockchain, Sonic Labs’ proprietary EVM-compatible network built for speed and low cost. The team says Sonic can process up to 400,000 transactions per second with near-instant finality and very low fees. This is the performance you need for responsive apps like games. $NFT Drop, payment tools run smoothly without delays or expensive transactions. By tying Spawn to Sonic from the beginning, the company is effectively building a pipeline from idea to actual dApp entirely within its own ecosystem.
This fits into Sonic Labs’ broader efforts to increase adoption of the S Token. Beyond infrastructure, the team has developed and acquired a complete on-chain financial stack, trading, lending, payments, and liquidity tools. Spawn adds a new layer of onboarding creators who may not have considered building on blockchain before. As more apps are launched because they are easier, we expect network activity and token utilities to follow.
The preview released at ETHDenver is just the beginning. Sonic Labs plans to roll out a closed beta soon, followed by a wider rollout. Early users can sign up for whitelist access through the Spawn site.
It’s unclear whether Spawn will be a groundbreaking tool or just the first step in a larger trend, but its debut signals changes already underway at Web3. For years, building on blockchain meant learning specialized languages and workflows. Sonic Labs is betting that the next generation of dApps will start with text, not code.