Golden Finance reported that ai16z partner Shaw posted an article on the X platform explaining the relationship structure between project-related entities: ai16z is a permissionless DAO, including ai16z and degenai elizaOS is an open source AI agent framework Eliza Labs builds elizaOS ELIZA token is operated by an independent team and is recognized but not an official project Shaw specifically emphasized that the DAO is permissionless because it was launched fairly without an entity and no team allocation or venture capital or anything else. Although it recognizes and supports the ELIZA token project, the project is a different team from ai16z Shaw said the clarification was issued to avoid confusion in the community and that no changes have been made to the project itself.