Shaw, the founder of a16z, has joined the Eliza project as an advisor. Jeff, the director of Eliza Studios and creative director at a16z, along with Ropirito, a researcher at Nous Research, and Matthew, the founder of Ryze Labs, have also announced their roles as advisors for the Eliza project.

PANews reported on December 27 that AVA posted on the X platform that ai16z founder Shaw joined the Eliza project as a consultant. At the same time, Eliza Studios director and ai16z creative Jeff, Nous Research researcher Ropirito, and Ryze Labs founder Matthew also announced that they would become Eliza project consultants.

Shaw, the founder of a16z, and several industry experts have joined the Eliza project as advisors.