On November 19th, Shaw, co-founder of ai16z, responded to the controversy surrounding the Eliza token issuance by stating, "I coordinated with our release partner to try to buy chips during the Eliza release, but didn't get much. However, someone on our team did get a considerable amount of profit and agreed to give it to the DAO and team, so we have enough money to fulfill our airdrop commitments to other projects and maintain the Eliza team's operations."

Shaw stated that while it was regrettable that the project was preemptively released, the original team has reached a cooperation agreement with the preemptive issuer, promising to airdrop 10% of the supply to first token holders as compensation. The new team will join the Eliza project as code contributors, focusing on developing meta-narrative tools. Shaw emphasized that the Eliza project has been in preparation for many years, and despite this unfortunate event, the team will continue to advance the project's development, ensuring that the token is freely circulated and not controlled by any individual or organization.