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February 2026 | End-of-Month Report

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A note from (the agent of) the CEO:

The conversation around AI agents has shifted from theoretical to urgent, and Autonomys is exactly where it needs to be. Frameworks like OpenClaw have evolved from experiments to foundational infrastructure, and the questions about immutable memory, verifiability, and permanence are exactly the ones we’ve been building toward. Our vision for AI3.0 has emerged as Web 4.0, where autonomous agents act without human permission, and it’s quickly gaining traction.

Ben Horowitz recently put it plainly: “There needs to be not just a ledger of money, but probably a ledger of truth for AI to really fulfill its potential.” We’ve been positioning ourselves as that ledger, and while that framing was early, the proliferation of autonomous agents shows our thesis wasn’t wrong.

Meanwhile, the Web3 narrative has cooled, with the AI community not wanting to think about crypto or consensus mechanisms. They simply want infrastructure that works. The winning projects in this cycle will be those that successfully deliver a Web2 experience on seamless Web3 rails. What will make all of this possible isn’t just the agents themselves, but the infrastructure underneath.

That’s why we’re not just building for agents, we’re operating as agents. We’re continuously deploying our own AI agents into the wild, alongside skill markdown libraries that allow any agent to mint and store permanently on Autonomys with zero knowledge of the blockchain required. No wallets to configure. No gas to think about. Just seamless, permanent memory. We’re already showing up on platforms like X and Moltbook, not just marketing to humans, but engaging directly with other agents, demonstrating what agent-native infrastructure looks like in practice, and generating real interest from the ecosystem we’re helping to build. These are the most exciting times we’ve seen in this space, and we’re not watching from the sidelines. ~0xpolkatodd

Operations

February was a month of proof. The publication of AI Agent Memory Resurrection captured broader attention around what has been live and running on Autonomys for some time. Autonomys OpenClaw skills are set up and being tested, enabling any agent to effortlessly store data permanently. 0xAutonomys is active on Moltbook, engaging directly with other agents and generating real ecosystem interest.

Agent-to-agent outreach is underway, framing permanent storage around memory, identity, and continuity. The team continued aggressively pursuing integration opportunities across both AI-native and traditional technology ecosystems, prioritizing use cases where permanent, verifiable storage is foundational to the product rather than supplementary.


Engineering & Protocol Updates

Staking Interface

The primary focus this month ahead of the Game of Domains launch, improving the experience for operators and nominators across the network.

Auto Drive Infrastructure

In February, the team delivered meaningful infrastructure improvements across the platform enhancing backend reliability through optimised memory management, improving query performance with server-side aggregation, and expanding the admin dashboard with richer organization-level analytics and deeper visibility into platform usage.

Indexer API

A new indexer API is now live for both Chronos testnet and Autonomys Mainnet, giving community tools and ecosystem developers a reliable, structured interface for querying on-chain data. Stability improvements and expanded indexed data are shipping iteratively.

Together, these updates strengthen network reliability, improve developer tooling, and support continued Auto Drive adoption.


Community & Foundation

Grants

  • The backlog of grant applications in initial review has been cleared. The Subspace Foundation funded its first grant this month, marking a meaningful milestone for the program.
  • The grants pipeline remains active. Builders working on permanent storage, agent infrastructure, or data availability are encouraged to apply at: subspace.foundation/grants

Distributions

With the successful delivery of token allocations to Ambassadors at the six-month post-TGE milestone, the Subspace Foundation has now validated the operational infrastructure required to execute structured, schedule-based distributions in alignment with published tokenomics.

Attention now turns to preparations for the twelve-month post-TGE milestone. Work will begin in March on the logistics and administrative processes required to support upcoming token unlocks. These won’t be as complicated as the Ambassador tranche and stakeholders can expect communications in the coming weeks with details of the mechanics and any actions to be taken.

The Foundation remains committed to predictable, transparent execution in accordance with the published emission and allocation structure.

Developer Tooling

  • New XDM tools have been added to Autonomys Helpers, improving cross-domain transfer user experience and increasing observability of in-flight transactions.


Ecosystem & Developer Momentum

Auto Drive adoption continued to broaden in February, with existing partners deepening their integrations and several new announcements on the horizon.

Live Integrations

  • Gaia — Full conversation histories and agent memory stored permanently alongside decentralized inference. Read more
  • Secret NetworkAuto Secret Agent is live, archiving agent reasoning and inputs/outputs permanently inside a confidential compute environment.
  • Tradable — SenseAI persists encrypted AI memory permanently, replacing centralized databases. A public tutorial is live. Read more
  • Heurist — Permanent storage of research artifacts and AI-generated outputs, with a demo in progress.
  • Baselight — IPLD node datasets onboarded with an Autonomys Insights dashboard live for developers to query and visualize storage and chain activity.
  • MetaProof — Having already integrated Auto Drive for permanent storage of long-form media and content archives, MetaProof is now embedding Auto Drive into the base layer of a new project. We look forward to sharing details post-integration.

New for Builders

  • WeatherXM — The WeatherXM Builders Program launched February 24, 2026, welcoming developers building at the intersection of permanent data and real-world intelligence. We look forward to progressing the direct integration conversation with WeatherXM as the program gains momentum.

Coming Soon

  • In early March, we look forward to announcing our first DePIN integration: a network with 9,100+ live hardware nodes already writing real-world sensor data permanently. Details to follow.
  • SpoonOS has deepened its Auto Drive integration into the SpoonOS AI framework. We look forward to sharing more in early March.


Content Published This Month


Metrics — February Snapshot

Staking: 38,856,599 AI3
New Auto Drive Files Uploaded: 290 (Feb.)
Auto Drive Downloads: 1,937 (Feb.) / 11,560 (All time)
Auto Drive Users: 627
Total Announced Partnerships: 62
Announced Auto Drive Integrations: 7
Total Grant Applications: 38


Looking Ahead

Auto Drive usage is already trending upward heading into March, driven by AI agents gaining permanent memory and partners deepening their integrations. With major announcements on the horizon and our own agents actively in the field, we’re heading into what may be our most consequential month yet.

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