Shaw Walters – Milestones
Key milestones and important events in Shaw Walters's history.
Showing 10 milestones for Shaw Walters
Slop Cash introduced
Walters and Drew Pierson introduced a live platform that rewards accepted open-source contributions, including merged code and accepted reviews.
chainwire.org/2026/10/02/umia-opens-its-platform-to-outside-projects-with-slop-cash-from-elizaos-creator-shaw-walters-the-first-to-be-announced/Walters announces ElizaOS token and foundation wind-down
Walters said the token would receive no further support and that he would continue building the open-source software without a related token.
www.theblock.co/news/defi/2026-08-05-eliza-labs-native-token-dead-410774Class action filed against Walters and Eliza Labs
Gorka Pikabea filed a proposed class action naming Walters, Eliza Labs, Sebastian Quinn-Watson, and the AI16Z DAO as defendants.
www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/64225140/Pikabea_v_Walters_et_alWalters co-hosts AI acceleration debate
Walters co-hosted a debate between Vitalik Buterin and Guillaume Verdon, alongside Eddy Lazzarin, on effective and defensive accelerationism.
www.odaily.news/en/post/5209969Eliza Labs’ lawsuit against X dismissed
A federal court dismissed the case with prejudice after the parties agreed to end it.
www.reuters.com/legal/government/musks-x-resolves-eliza-labs-lawsuit-over-ai-agents-2025-12-30/ai16z-to-elizaOS token migration begins
The project began migrating the ai16z token to multichain $elizaOS at a 1:6 holder conversion ratio.
docs.elizaos.ai/tokenomicsEliza Labs files lawsuit against X
Eliza Labs sued X, alleging it obtained technical information about its AI agents before suspending the account and introducing similar products.
www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/musks-x-hit-with-antitrust-lawsuit-by-software-startup-eliza-labs-2025-08-28/ai16z rebrands as ElizaOS
The project adopted the ElizaOS name amid concerns that ai16z could be confused with Andreessen Horowitz.
unchainedcrypto.com/ai16z-is-rebranding-as-elizaos-after-request-from-venture-firm-a16z/ai16z launches on Solana
Walters launched ai16z as a decentralized investment DAO on daos.fun, alongside the Eliza agent framework.
www.theblock.co/research/blockchains/a-complete-guide-to-ai16z-and-the-eliza-framework-333640The Life premieres at the Serpentine Galleries
As CTO of Tin Drum, Walters helped build the mixed-reality experience for Marina Abramović’s The Life, which premiered at the Serpentine Galleries in London.
www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/marina-abramovic-life/