Wu Shuo learned that Shaw, the founder of ai16z, posted accusing X of threatening to restrict service usage unless he pays a monthly enterprise-level API fee of 50 thousand USD, citing violations related to his open-source code. Shaw stated that he currently only pays 1,000 USD monthly for yellow badge certification and 200 USD for developer licensing, denied any data misuse, and claimed the relevant code is pieced together from other open-source projects. He condemned the action as "blatant extortion" and said he is considering whether to take legal action. Previously reported, both the official X account of ElizaOS and Shaw's personal X account were frozen.

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Wu Shuo learned that Shaw, the founder of ai16z, posted accusing X of threatening to restrict its service usage due to alleged violations related to its open-source code unless it pays a monthly enterprise-level API fee of 50 thousand USD. Shaw stated that it currently only pays 1,000 USD per month for yellow-label certification and 200 USD for developer licenses, denying any data misuse. He also mentioned that the relevant code is pieced together based on other open-source projects, condemning the act as "blatant extortion" and is considering whether to take legal action. Previously, it was reported that the official X account of ElizaOS and Shaw's personal X account were both frozen.<br><br>

Shaw: X's demand for a high licensing fee to unlock accounts constitutes extortion.