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OKZOO co-founder Joseph Young’s AIoT livestream with Talking web3 draws 120k+ views across 7 global platforms.
On the evening of April 22nd at 8 PM (UTC+8), Joseph Young, co-founder of the highly anticipated AIoT project OKZOO, joined the well-known web3 media outlet Talking web3 for a video livestream interview. Hosted by Potato, the deep dive centered around the theme “DePIN Reshuffle! How OKZOO Uses AIoT + In-House Hardware for a ‘Dimensionality Reduction Attack’?”
The livestream captured global attention, accumulating over 120,000 views across seven major platforms including X (Twitter), Binance Live, HTX, Hotcoin, TikTok, YouTube, and Telegram. Furthermore, over 100 global KOLs participated, demonstrating the market’s high level of interest in OKZOO’s model. During the livestream, Joseph elaborated on OKZOO’s AIoT vision, unique hardware-software synergy, core manufacturing advantages, and future plans.
AIoT: Transcending “boring” DePIN, building a useful and engaging real-world data network
At the beginning of the livestream, Joseph directly addressed the pain points of the current DePIN sector — many projects have unattractive device designs, user participation is tedious, and it’s difficult to form sustainable network effects. He emphasized that the AIoT (AI + Decentralized IoT) concept proposed by OKZOO is precisely aimed at solving these issues.
“We think about what meaningful things DePIN devices can do, how to contribute to the real world,” Joseph explained. “We chose environmental data as our entry point because its value is immense globally but currently underexplored, especially in many Asian regions where data collection and reporting are lacking.” OKZOO’s AIoT network uses micro-sensors embedded in P-mini hardware to collect hyperlocal and household environmental data such as air quality, noise, CO2, and humidity. The goal is to build a large-scale, accurate, and unbiased real-world data network to power AI applications (like health management and disaster warning).
“Software-hardware integration” new gameplay: AI pets bring data collection to life
When discussing how to solve DePIN’s user engagement challenge, Joseph highlighted OKZOO’s core mechanism, the deep synergy between P-mini hardware and the V2 virtual pet AI application.
“Devices need to be fun for people to use them consistently,” Joseph pointed out.
“Simply mining AIOT isn’t enough.” OKZOO’s P-mini device is not just a data collector but also a carrier for the user’s AI pet. Users can interact with the virtual pet on the device screen, such as feeding and talking to it. The pet exhibits different emotions and behaviors based on the real-time environmental data collected by the P-mini. “If the environment is good, the pet is happy; if it’s poor, the pet might be uncomfortable. To take good care of their pet, users pay more attention to their real environment, even actively optimizing it or taking the P-mini to different places to collect data.”
This approach of combining emotional companionship, game-like nurturing, and data contribution tasks, draws inspiration from the enduring success of pet applications like Tamagotchi, significantly enhancing user stickiness and the sustainability of data contribution. Joseph also revealed that the future OKZOO V3 version will allow users to customize their exclusive pets using AI.
“Manufacturing moat”: Core competitiveness and B2B potential from in-house production
When asked about OKZOO’s in-house hardware production capability, Joseph referred to it as OKZOO’s unique “moat.” Citing Ledger and Trezor as examples, he pointed out that reliable hardware manufacturing and delivery are key to winning user trust and achieving scale.
“We possess the same exclusive (manufacturing) resources, enabling us to mass-produce hundreds of thousands or even more devices and rapidly scale up capacity.” Joseph stated that this ensures OKZOO can stably supply P-mini devices amidst market demand surges (especially after users learn they can earn AIOT by contributing data), solving the hardware bottlenecks faced by many DePIN projects.
Furthermore, in-house manufacturing brings better quality control, faster iteration speeds, and potential cost advantages. More importantly, “This gives us strategic flexibility,” Joseph emphasized. “In the future, we can not only launch more forms of our own devices like P-mini o2, o3, or even watches and rings, but we also have the potential to become a strategic hardware partner for other AI or DePIN projects, helping them overcome manufacturing challenges.”
AIOT and P-NFT: The value engines driving the ecosystem
During the livestream, Joseph also elaborated on the core roles of the AIOT token and P-NFTs within the ecosystem. As the native token of the AIoT machine network, AIOT has wide-ranging utility. It is not only used to incentivize users for contributing environmental data (mining) but will also support node staking, data provider staking, governance voting, V2 app pet upgrades/premium feature unlocks, developer API call fees, and the creator economy. He believes AIOT has more diverse and native use cases compared to typical platform tokens, better supporting the network’s sustainable development.
P.NFT (Physical NFT), on the other hand, is a unique NFT standard directly anchored to physical hardware. Holding a P-NFT not only signifies “membership” in the OKZOO network but also grants free access to all future hardware models produced by OKZOO (P-mini o1, o2, o3, etc.). P-NFTs will be issued via a three-year daily auction (totaling 1000 units), ensuring their scarcity and value. There are three main ways to acquire P-mini hardware: early airdrops to top Stakeholders, participating in P-NFT auctions to gain redemption rights, and future public purchases through distribution channels.
Market enthusiasm soars, future looks promising
The livestream event featuring the OKZOO co-founder hosted by Talking web3 was overwhelmingly successful. Over 120,000 views and interaction data from hundreds of KOLs once again confirm the market’s high recognition of OKZOO’s innovative model. Combined with its existing ecosystem user base of nearly 12 million and successful collaborations with top platforms like OKX and Bybit, OKZOO is firmly on a fast track of development.
Joseph revealed at the end of the livestream that OKZOO’s subsequent roadmap includes the official launch of the environmental data network, mass production of P-mini o1, the introduction and mass production of the distinctively different looking P-mini o2, and the brand new OKZOO V3 application, among others. The complete roadmap will be announced post-TGE. He also mysteriously hinted that P-mini o2 will be “very, very cool,” leaving the market eager with anticipation.
Conclusion
OKZOO, with its forward-looking AIoT concept, unique “software-hardware integration” interaction model, and core in-house hardware manufacturing capability, is rapidly establishing a unique competitive advantage in the DePIN and AI fields. This successful livestream event further boosted its market presence. As its ecosystem continues to improve and core incentive mechanisms are progressively activated, OKZOO is poised to play a key role in the wave of reshaping real-world data value.
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