ai16z, a venture capital firm run by AI agents, announced its rebranding to ElizaOS as it continues to expand its technology and community. Founder Shaw Walters emphasized that the new name opens up opportunities for collaboration with established players in the Web3 spaces.

The rebranding was prompted by a request from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The similarity in names was causing confusion with the firm's well-established brand. Despite the name change, Eliza, the project's mascot, will remain the platform's face.

Eliza Labs continues to focus on technology advancement and is working on Eliza v2, aimed at becoming the most feature-rich agent framework ever created.