Sonic Labs launches Spawn to turn plain English prompts into dApps

Sonic Labs, the developer of the Sonic blockchain, has unveiled Spawn, an AI-powered platform designed to convert plain-language prompts into fully deployed decentralized applications.

Spawn runs on Sonic, a high-performance network capable of processing more than 10,000 transactions per second with fast finality and low fees, making it suitable for real-time applications, including gaming and payments.

The platform handles the entire web3 development workflow, including smart contract generation, compilation, on-chain deployment, and frontend creation with wallet integration, as noted by the team. It also includes an AI assistant named Spawny that helps users adjust contracts and interfaces through natural language commands.

Spawn seeks to address the accessibility issue that has kept web3 development out of reach for most people, according to Samuel Harcourt, a core contributor at Sonic Labs. Users can describe their ideas in plain English, and the platform handles the technical deployment behind the scenes.

“With Spawn, we’re removing that barrier entirely. If you can describe your idea, you can deploy it. Simply describe your dApp in plain English, whether it’s a coin flip game where players wager S tokens or an NFT collection with a public mint, and Spawn handles the rest,” Harcourt noted.

Spawn was introduced at ETHDenver 2026 with live demonstrations through a fully playable Snake game, complete with an on-chain leaderboard, from a single text prompt. The tool is set for a limited early-access release ahead of its full public launch.