Eliza Labs and IoTeX Announce Strategic Partnership to Unlock Sentient AI Capabilities with DePIN Integration

IoTeX and Eliza Labs, the foundation behind ElizaOS and ai16z, are thrilled to announce a strategic partnership focused on empowering autonomous AI agents with the ability to perceive and act in the physical world through Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePINs). This partnership aims to accelerate progress toward sentient AI agents by bridging the gap between digital intelligence and real-world sensory and interaction.

The collaboration integrates IoTeX’s modular DePIN infrastructure with ElizaOS, enabling AI agents to leverage real-time data and services from DePIN networks and control physical devices in decentralized environments. By embedding real-world sensory input and actuation capabilities, AI agents evolve from static tools into adaptive, context-aware entities capable of interacting with the world around them.

Bringing AI to Life: IoTeX’s DePIN Infrastructure Meets ElizaOS

The partnership will integrate IoTeX's modular DePIN framework with ElizaOS, allowing AI agents to harness real-time data streams from decentralized sensor networks and interact with physical devices autonomously. IoTeX’s robust DePIN ecosystem includes networks like:

• Nubila: A decentralized weather station network providing real-time atmospheric data across 10,000+ global weather stations.
• GeodNet: A geospatial sensor network leveraging 2,000+ GNSS stations for centimeter-level positioning accuracy.
• Pebble Tracker: A secure hardware device collecting verifiable real-world data, including GPS, temperature, and motion.

By embedding real-time sensory input and actuation capabilities, AI agents will transition from passive data processors to adaptive, context-aware entities capable of real-world decision-making and automation.

Advancing Physical AI: Key Focus Areas for Collaboration

The Eliza Labs and IoTeX partnership kicked off in 2025 with a series of proofs of concept, demonstrating how DePIN networks can become the nervous systems of AI agents. These initiatives will provide developers, researchers, and users with cutting-edge tools and real-world applications across various sectors.

Key areas of collaboration include:

• Integrating the DePIN plugin for Eliza OS（Merged）: The new plugin-DePIN will serve as the critical connective layer, allowing Eliza agents to retrieve and process real-world data from IoTeX-powered DePIN networks such as Nubila (weather stations) and GeodNet (geospatial sensors). This will enable agents to perceive, act, and learn based on dynamic physical environments.
• Creating the First DePIN-Aware AI Agent - BINOAI (Live): The BINOAI agent, powered by Eliza OS and IoTeX, will be the first AI agent to demonstrate real-world perception and interaction through DePIN infrastructure. This agent will continuously improve its capabilities by accessing real-time data streams and controlling devices, setting the stage for the next generation of Physical AI.
• Enhancing Agent Contextual Awareness with DePIN Data and Services: By leveraging DePIN data and services from IoTeX’s DePIN networks, Eliza agents will develop predictive capabilities and adaptive behaviors based on historical and real-time inputs. This will significantly improve contextual reasoning and decision-making in real-world applications, from smart cities to robotics and smart devices.
• Expanding Developer Ecosystems: The partnership will focus on empowering developers by offering early access to IoTeX’s modular DePIN tools through Eliza Labs' Agent Dev School. This includes workshops, tutorials, and technical guides on integrating DePIN capabilities into AI agent workflows.

A Vision for Sentient AI Agents

The Eliza Labs and IoTeX partnership is driven by a shared vision of building sentient AI ecosystems. By combining open source AI agent framework with DePIN infrastructure, this collaboration will enable agents to:

• Perceive: Access decentralized, real-time sensory data from a variety of physical infrastructure networks.
• Think: Process and contextualize this data using Eliza OS, enabling real-world reasoning and decision-making.
• Act: Control physical devices through DePIN connections, creating tangible real-world impacts.

This vision is inspired by human biological systems, where nervous inputs (perception) are processed by the brain (cognition) to drive action. Similarly, Eliza agents will operate as digital nervous systems, making AI-human interaction more intuitive and immersive.

Join Us on the Journey to Sentient AI

As Eliza Labs and IoTeX continue to push the boundaries of AI agent innovation, we invite the developers and community to follow this partnership and explore opportunities to participate. With the DePIN plugin integration and the creation of BINOAI, we're paving the way for a new era where AI agents go beyond static interfaces to become real-world-aware companions that perceive, learn, and act in the physical world.

Stay tuned for updates and upcoming announcements from IoTeX and Eliza Labs as we advance toward the next frontier of AI agent development.