Animoca Brands Invests in IoTeX to Accelerate Real-World AI

Animoca Brands has made a strategic investment in IoTeX, becoming a network validator and ecosystem partner. This collaboration strengthens IoTeX’s leadership in real-world AI, scaling adoption with verifiable data, decentralized infrastructure, and global expansion in Asia and worldwide.

IoTeX Team

Aug 27, 2025 • 3 min read

We’re proud to share some exciting news with the IoTeX community: Animoca Brands has made a strategic investment in IoTeX, becoming both a network validator and ecosystem partner. This collaboration not only strengthens IoTeX’s foundation as the leading platform for real-world AI, but also accelerates our mission to bring decentralized infrastructure and verifiable real-world data to intelligent systems across the globe.

Since 2017, IoTeX has been building the backbone of a new digital economy powered by real-time, real-world data. Today, our network supports over 100 projects and 40 million devices across industries such as mobility, robotics, energy, and healthcare. These deployments all share one goal: enabling AI systems to see, understand, and interact with the physical world.

The partnership with Animoca Brands marks an important milestone in that journey, one that brings new capital, expertise, and reach to the IoTeX ecosystem.

Accelerating the Adoption of Real-World AI

Most AI today operates in isolation, trained on static datasets and disconnected from the realities of the physical world. IoTeX’s infrastructure changes that by supplying AI with real-time, verifiable data from millions of devices and decentralized physical networks (DePINs). This trusted data forms the foundation for AI models and applications that can operate autonomously in live environments.

With Animoca’s investment, IoTeX will be able to scale these efforts even faster. Their support strengthens our leadership position at the intersection of AI and blockchain, unlocking new opportunities to develop applications that have a measurable impact in the real world — from autonomous mobility networks to smart energy systems and beyond.

Animoca as Network Validator & Ecosystem Partner

Animoca Brands is not just investing — they’re becoming an active participant in the IoTeX network. By joining as a validator, Animoca will play a direct role in securing the IoTeX blockchain, supporting decentralization, and reinforcing the trust and resilience that underpin our infrastructure. This is critical as more AI-driven applications rely on IoTeX to deliver mission-critical data and verification.

Beyond validation, Animoca will also act as an ecosystem partner. Known for its pioneering role in Web3 and its extensive portfolio of over 540 companies, Animoca brings unmatched reach and expertise in scaling decentralized technologies. Their involvement will help us cultivate new collaborations, expand the ecosystem of builders on IoTeX, and bring additional resources to the developers building the next generation of AI x Web3 applications.

Expanding Our Reach in Asia and Worldwide

IoTeX has always been a global project, with community members, developers, and partners spanning every major region. But Asia has long been a hub of innovation in both AI and blockchain — and Animoca’s deep roots across the region make this partnership especially impactful.

With Animoca’s support, IoTeX is better positioned to accelerate adoption in Asia while also expanding our footprint worldwide. Animoca’s network of partners, enterprises, and investors will open new doors for IoTeX, strengthening our ability to drive mainstream adoption of real-world AI applications across industries.

This expansion is not just about growing IoTeX — it’s about shaping the future of AI and Web3 globally. Together, we aim to empower communities, enterprises, and developers to harness trusted real-world data as the foundation for the next era of intelligent systems.

A Shared Vision for the Future

Animoca Brands has been at the forefront of Web3 adoption, advocating for digital property rights and building a portfolio that spans some of the most innovative projects in blockchain. Their decision to invest in and actively participate in IoTeX is a strong signal of alignment: both organizations believe that the future of AI will be open, decentralized, and built on verifiable connections to the physical world.

This shared vision underpins our collaboration. By combining IoTeX’s infrastructure for real-world data with Animoca’s global network and expertise, we are creating the conditions for real-world AI to thrive — not in theory, but in practice.

Looking Ahead

For the IoTeX community, this partnership represents much more than a milestone. It’s a catalyst for growth, validation of our vision, and a sign that the broader Web3 ecosystem recognizes the importance of what we are building.

As Animoca joins IoTeX as both an investor and validator, we are entering a new phase of momentum — one where the adoption of real-world AI can accelerate rapidly, powered by trusted infrastructure and a global network of partners.

We want to thank our community for being part of this journey. It’s your support, energy, and belief in IoTeX that make partnerships like this possible. Together, with Animoca and all of you, we will continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible when AI meets the real world.

About IoTeX

IoTeX is the blockchain platform for Real-World AI. Since 2017, its foundational infrastructure has delivered verified, real-time data from the real world to AI systems and decentralized applications. Powering 100+ projects and 40M devices across mobility, robotics, energy, health, and more, IoTeX enables developers to build next-gen AI models and applications that deliver real-world impact. The IoTeX tech stack provides the data, identity, and verification layers to fulfill the surging demand for real-world data in the new AI era. Trusted by partners like Google, Samsung, IEEE, ARM, and Nordic Semiconductor, IoTeX is uniquely positioned to capture the multi-trillion-dollar AI and data economy.