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TaoWeave (Nasdaq: TWAV) pivots into Physical AI with $1M Manako Labs deal

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TaoWeave, Inc. outlined a strategic shift from being mainly a treasury investor in the Bittensor decentralized AI ecosystem to building an operating business within it. The company invested $1 million in UK-based Manako Labs Ltd. and secured a multi-year role as Manako’s commercialization partner for the United States and Canada.

TaoWeave plans to help deploy Manako’s AI-powered computer vision platform, which turns existing cameras in locations like fuel stations, factories, warehouses, and stores into real-time monitoring systems without replacing hardware or adding specialized staff. The platform is in early deployment, with pilots at initial customer sites.

Management emphasized that converting early enterprise interest into signed, recurring revenue is still ahead, and that meaningful revenue in its territory is expected to be measured over coming quarters. TaoWeave expects to give its first substantive progress update alongside its second-quarter results in August and to announce each signed North American customer agreement as it occurs.

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TaoWeave pivots from crypto-style treasury exposure toward operating AI business risk.

TaoWeave is repositioning from primarily holding TAO tokens in the Bittensor ecosystem to backing a specific commercial application: Manako Labs’ AI computer vision platform. The company invested $1 million and obtained a multi-year commercialization role across the U.S. and Canada, tying its upside more directly to enterprise adoption.

The platform is still in early deployment, with pilots and proof-of-concept projects rather than broad availability. Management explicitly notes that meaningful territory revenue should be assessed over future quarters, not weeks, underscoring execution and adoption risk at this stage.

Key milestones the company highlights include progress toward general availability, converting pilots into customer agreements, building a North American pipeline, and a first substantive update with second-quarter results in August. Future filings describing signed customer agreements and revenue traction will be important to understand how effectively this strategic pivot is translating into an operating business.

Investment in Manako Labs $1 million Equity investment in May 2026
Teams evaluated approximately 30 teams Bittensor application builders reviewed over roughly eight months
Evaluation period roughly eight months Time spent assessing Bittensor application teams
Year-end referenced December 31, 2025 Year-end for cited Form 10-K risk factors
Recent 10-Q filing date May 15, 2026 Date of referenced Form 10-Q
Upcoming update timing August Planned first substantive progress update with Q2 results
Bittensor ecosystem technical
"TaoWeave's evolution from a company that invested in the Bittensor ecosystem to one that is building within it."
decentralized AI infrastructure technical
"we believed decentralized AI infrastructure could become a foundational layer for a new generation of enterprise AI applications."
A decentralized AI infrastructure is a system for building and running artificial intelligence that spreads computing power, data storage, and control across many independent machines or nodes instead of relying on one central server. Think of it like a neighborhood sharing tools rather than everyone going to a single hardware store. For investors, it matters because this model can lower costs, boost resilience and privacy, and create new business and revenue structures — but it also brings different technical, regulatory and adoption risks than traditional centralized setups.
Physical AI technical
"customer adoption and the market opportunity of Physical AI technologies, and future development of proprietary AI infrastructure"
Physical AI combines artificial intelligence with physical devices or environments, enabling machines to interact with and adapt to the real world in a human-like way. It matters to investors because it can lead to smarter robots, autonomous vehicles, or advanced sensors that improve efficiency and open new markets, potentially creating significant business opportunities and competitive advantages.
treasury investor financial
"TaoWeave entered the Bittensor ecosystem as a treasury investor because we believed decentralized AI infrastructure could become a foundational layer"
forward-looking statements regulatory
"This press release and any oral statements made regarding the subject of this release contain forward-looking statements as defined under Section 27A"
Forward-looking statements are predictions or plans that companies share about what they expect to happen in the future, like estimating sales or profits. They matter because they help investors understand a company's outlook, but since they are based on guesses and assumptions, they can sometimes be wrong.
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regulatory
"and are made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995."
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 17, 2026
 
TAOWEAVE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
001-35376
(Commission File Number)
77-0312442
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
110 16th Street, Suite 1400 - 1024
Denver, Colorado 80202
(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)
 
 
(213) 683-8863 ext. 5
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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TWAV
 
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8.01: Other Events
 
On June 17, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the issuance of a letter to TaoWeave's shareholders. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
 
 

 
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
TAOWEAVE, INC.
June 17, 2026
By:
/s/ Peter Holst
Peter Holst
President & CEO
 
 
 

Exhibit 99.1

 

TAOWEAVE ISSUES SHAREHOLDER LETTER

 

DENVER, CO - (BUSINESS WIRE) June 17, 2026 - TaoWeave, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWAV) today announced it issued a letter to TaoWeave’s shareholders from its President and CEO, Peter Holst.

 

To our shareholders,

 

This letter is about TaoWeave's evolution from a company that invested in the Bittensor ecosystem to one that is building within it. Over the past year, we moved from studying decentralized AI infrastructure as investors to identifying what we believe is a compelling commercial application of it. That work culminated in our investment in Manako Labs and our North American commercialization partnership for its AI-powered computer vision platform. I want to explain how we got here, why we made this decision, and what comes next.

 

One year ago, TaoWeave entered the Bittensor ecosystem as a treasury investor because we believed decentralized AI infrastructure could become a foundational layer for a new generation of enterprise AI applications. While our conviction in that vision remains unchanged, our experience operating within the ecosystem led us to a broader conclusion:

 

Long-term value creation would likely come not only from owning the infrastructure, but from identifying and supporting businesses being built on top of it.

 

What follows was not the precise path we envisioned a year ago. It is, however, where our experience led us. Being inside the ecosystem, rather than merely holding the token, gave us a perspective we could not have developed from the outside. Over roughly eight months, we evaluated approximately 30 teams building applications on Bittensor. Through that process, we gained a clearer view of where this infrastructure intersected with genuine enterprise demand. That work led us to a decision. We resolved to put our ecosystem knowledge, our capital, and our public-company platform behind a specific commercial application of the technology and to begin building an operating business around it.

 

The application is far simpler to describe than the infrastructure beneath it. Businesses today operate enormous numbers of cameras across fuel stations, factories, warehouses, and stores, and those cameras record everything yet understand almost nothing.

 

They watch, but they do not act.

 

The opportunity is to turn that existing, already installed camera infrastructure into something that recognizes events as they occur and alerts an operator in real time, without replacing hardware or hiring specialized staff.

 

In May 2026, we invested $1 million in Manako Labs Ltd., a UK-based AI company, and secured a multi-year role as its commercialization partner for the United States and Canada. Under that arrangement, we participate in the revenue we help generate across North America whether we close a customer directly, source one, or help build the market around the platform. We deliberately chose Manako and at a specific moment in its development. The platform remains in early deployment, with testing underway at initial customer sites rather than broad commercial availability. What drew us was not a finished product, but evidence that enterprises were already asking to run pilots and proof-of-concept engagements. Our capital is intended to help meet that demand by funding additional engineering and product development as the platform progresses toward broader commercial readiness.

 

I want to be equally clear about where this stands today, and to set expectations responsibly. The work of turning early enterprise interest into signed, recurring revenue lies ahead of us, not behind us. The platform is still maturing, and meaningful revenue in our territory is something we expect to measure over the coming quarters rather than weeks. I would sooner frame that timeline conservatively now than overstate it and disappoint you later. What gives me confidence is not a forecast, but the demand we can already see.

 

Rather than forecast particular deals or timelines, I would point you instead to the milestones against which we intend to report as the year unfolds. These include progress toward general availability, the conversion of pilot and proof-of-concept activity into customer agreements, and the development of our North American commercial pipeline. We expect to provide our first substantive progress update alongside our second-quarter results in August, and to report each signed North American customer agreement as it occurs. We will continue to manage our balance sheet and treasury prudently to support this transition, and we expect to communicate progress regularly.

 

Over the longer term, our work within the Bittensor ecosystem may open further opportunities to build rather than merely to distribute. Those are chapters to be earned rather than promised, and only once the commercial business described here is firmly established. We entered this ecosystem as investors because we believed in the infrastructure. We are working to build on that foundation as operators because we found an application, and a team, that we believe are worth building around. The past year has been a humbling one, and I will not pretend otherwise. Yet for the first time since we made our initial investment in TAO, an increasing share of our future will depend on execution in a product and market we can help build and influence, rather than solely on factors outside our control. That is the change worth understanding, and it is the one we intend to deliver against.

 

Thank you for your patience and continued trust.

 

Sincerely,

 

   /s/ Pete Holst

 

Peter Holst

 

President & Chief Executive Officer, TaoWeave, Inc.

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors

 

This press release and any oral statements made regarding the subject of this release contain forward-looking statements as defined under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, that address activities that TaoWeave assumes, plans, expects, believes, intends, projects, estimates, or anticipates (and other similar expressions) will, should, or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. TaoWeave’s actual results may differ materially from its expectations, estimates, and projections, and consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, forward-looking statements contained in this press release include statements relating to TaoWeave’s commercialization partnership with Manako and anticipated revenue opportunities, customer adoption and the market opportunity of Physical AI technologies, and future development of proprietary AI infrastructure and participation in the Bittensor ecosystem. The forward-looking statements are based on management’s current belief, based on currently available information, as to the outcome and timing of future events, and involve factors, risks, and uncertainties, including the volatility of market price for our securities, that may cause actual results in future periods to differ materially from such statements. Digital assets are highly volatile, and actual results may differ materially due to price fluctuations, regulatory changes, technological risks, or other factors described in the Company’s SEC filings. The Company’s concentration in TAO tokens represents significant market risk. A list and description of these and other risk factors can be found in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2025, the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on May 15, 2026, and in other filings made by the Company with the SEC from time to time. Any of these factors could cause TaoWeave’s actual results and plans to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, the Company can give no assurance that its future results will be as estimated. The Company does not intend to, and disclaims any obligation to, correct, update, or revise any information contained herein.

 

Investor Relations Contact

 

David Clark

 

investors@taoweave.com

 

(213) 683-8863 ext. 5

 

 

FAQ

What strategic shift did TaoWeave (TWAV) describe in its shareholder letter?

TaoWeave described a shift from being mainly a treasury investor in the Bittensor ecosystem to building an operating business on it. The company will now focus on commercializing an AI computer vision platform through a partnership with Manako Labs and developing recurring enterprise revenue around that application.

How much did TaoWeave (TWAV) invest in Manako Labs and what did it receive?

TaoWeave invested $1 million in Manako Labs Ltd., a UK-based AI company. In return, it secured a multi-year commercialization partnership covering the United States and Canada, giving it participation in revenue it helps generate across North America through direct customers, sourced customers, or broader market-building efforts.

What does the Manako Labs AI platform do, according to TaoWeave (TWAV)?

The Manako Labs platform uses AI-powered computer vision to make existing cameras in fuel stations, factories, warehouses, and stores recognize events and alert operators in real time. It is designed to work with already installed camera infrastructure, avoiding hardware replacement or the need to hire specialized staff.

What is the current stage of TaoWeave’s (TWAV) commercialization partnership with Manako Labs?

The platform is in early deployment, with testing underway at initial customer sites rather than broad commercial availability. TaoWeave emphasized that converting pilot and proof-of-concept activity into signed, recurring revenue is still ahead and will likely be measured over coming quarters rather than weeks.

When does TaoWeave (TWAV) plan to provide more detail on the Manako partnership?

TaoWeave expects to provide its first substantive progress update alongside its second-quarter results in August. Management also plans to report each signed North American customer agreement as it occurs and to communicate ongoing progress as the commercialization pipeline and revenues develop.

What risks and forward-looking factors did TaoWeave (TWAV) highlight around this strategy?

TaoWeave noted that forward-looking statements about commercialization, revenue opportunities, and Physical AI adoption may differ materially from actual results. Key risks include digital asset price volatility, regulatory and technological changes, concentration in TAO tokens, and other factors described in its Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filings.

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