Set your reminders for Friday at 3pm CT for an AMA with founders @joshualeestone and @OneBillian! x.com/i/spaces/1DGleVvZLeVJL

Just about ready...

Tomorrow Night!! More than a dozen North Texas AI builders took the mic in August. 🎥 Tuesday it's your turn. 📅 Sept 29 · 6–8 PM CT 📍 ROAM at Grandscape, The Colony Free → ntxai.org

Next Tuesday you get 30 seconds on the mic. Who you are. What you're building. Where you're stuck. Say the stuck part out loud. Someone in the room has probably already solved it. 📅 Tue Sept 29 · 6–8 PM CT 📍 ROAM at Grandscape, The Colony Free → ntxai.org

Time for another Friday $STUFF update: 🔥 47.04% of the original $STUFF supply has now been burned. That’s 4.704 BILLION $STUFF permanently removed from the original 10B supply. ♻ Our Buyback Program keeps growing. We’ve now purchased 94.5M $STUFF through the company buyback program — nearly 1.9% of the 5B $STUFF supply that was available before the burn program. And we’re not done. We’re building real products, growing the ecosystem, and continuing to align what we’re building with $STUFF. Nearly half the original supply is gone. The buyback keeps climbing. And we keep building. Huge thanks to the OGs and everyone who continues to believe in what we’re creating. Own your $STUFF.

It’s here. Literally. All three books in the It’s Here series are NOW LIVE on Book.io. Enter the story. Decode the illusion. Speak the glyph. 📖 book.io/book/its-here/ 🔐 book.io/book/its-here-the-co… 🔮 book.io/book/its-here-to-spe…

Wen Newsletter will come to you live today at 4pm CT!

Breaking News!! VIDEO is now live in the Stuff.io Creator Portal! 🎥 Create and sell videos, albums, and singles for FREE with code CREATORSWELCOME. Get 5,000 units included. Additional units and redemption codes are available for a fee. stuff.io/creator-portal/

If you clicked BUY, you should own it. Not until a licensing agreement changes. Not until a platform removes it. Not until someone decides you can't access it anymore. You bought it. It should be yours. This is exactly why we exist. We're building a future where digital movies, music, books and media can be actually owned, not temporarily accessed under someone else's rules. The internet taught us to confuse access with ownership. It's time to fix that. Own your $STUFF.

Building a better future for creators and their fans isn't easy, but it's worth it. Special thanks to all the authors who've talked with us about the future they want to see, so we can keep building the right tools.

A lot happening behind the scenes at @Stuff_io and @Book_io , so here are a few Friday $STUFF facts: 🔥 By tomorrow, 46.85% of the original $STUFF supply will have been burned — nearly 4.7B tokens from the original 10B supply. ♻ Our $STUFF Buyback Program is in full swing. We’ve now purchased nearly 75M $STUFF — roughly 1.5% of the 5B $STUFF supply available before the burn program. 📈 Over the last 30 days, $STUFF is up roughly 64%. We’re continuing to build, continuing to execute, and continuing to put $STUFF at the center of the ecosystem we’re creating. Huge thank you to the OGs and everyone in the community who has supported us along the way. Own your $STUFF.

Lots of work went into this behind the scenes. One small step for ownership, one giant leap for authors and readers. Special thanks to @jasonmanske

Last event was great. Would love to meet more people in this space and hear about what you're building.

One month out. 🎉 NTXAI is back: Tue, Aug 11 · 4:30–6:30 PM · Crow Museum of Asian Art, UT Dallas, Richardson. Every builder gets 30–60 sec to intro what they're building. No panels. Then open networking. Free. RSVP → ntxai.org

Seems like there's a lot of drama going on. So maybe take the advice of my cofounder, @joshualeestone: "Ignore the FUD, build the future."

🚨 AMA X Space with the founders today! Stop by and chat with @joshualeestone and @OneBillian at 2pm CT/ 7pm UTC. 🎙️ This will replace our weekly Wen Newsletter podcast with Sheila for this week :) x.com/i/spaces/1kKzDDyXnbyJv

Amazing turnout for the first meetup for @NTXAI_org!

This might be the greatest time in history to be an entrepreneur. Not because money is easier to raise. Not because competition is lower. Because for the first time ever, a founder can access capabilities that once required an entire company. Need a designer? AI. Need a copywriter? AI. Need a developer? AI. Need a research team? AI. Need a therapist after your launch blows up? Okay, AI isn't quite there yet but I'll meet you at the bar and we can laugh about it. A recent Nasdaq report found solo business formations are up more than 20% since early 2025 as AI tools help individuals build companies that previously required teams. We're witnessing the biggest reduction in startup costs since the internet. The entrepreneurs who learn to work with AI won't be competing against people. They'll be competing against people still doing everything manually. The barrier to entry has collapsed. The barrier to execution has not. As @joshualeestone likes to say, "Ignore the FUD, build the future." No excuse to not give it a shot if you've got a dream.

Announcing the launch of @NTXAI_org North Texas AI (NTXAI.org), a monthly gathering for the people using AI to change businesses in North Texas. North Texas is one of the fastest-growing technology regions in the country, with people moving here from both coasts every day (it’s actually the #1 U-Haul destination in the country) + multiple Fortune-ranked companies now headquarter here + if it were a state, it would be bigger than 40 other states + it’s TEXAS! We need a place for AI founders, builders, and engineers to meet with enterprise leaders, investors, students, professors, and civic leaders, so they can connect and work together to define how AI will be applied in businesses. Every AI builder gets a 60-second slot to introduce themselves, followed by open networking time. No panels, no big pitching, no sales agendas. We’re partnering with the @McKinneyTxEDC Innovation Unwind for our first meetup: 📍 Monday, June 15, 2026 🕓 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 🍻 TUPPS Brewery, McKinney Texas If you’re deep in the weeds vibe coding – or just AI curious, RSVP now (space is limited): NTXAI.org

A Strategic Update for the $STUFF Ecosystem On July 3, 2026 (Epoch 641), we will begin sunsetting the $STUFF Stake Pool. When we launched the pool, it played an important role in helping grow and reward the community. Today, @book_io and @stuff_io are entering a new phase, and we believe the strongest path forward is to focus $STUFF on utility, demand, and ecosystem growth rather than token emissions. As a result, we have made the decision to discontinue bonus $STUFF rewards through staking. If you currently delegate ADA to the $STUFF Stake Pool, please be sure to redelegate to another stake pool before July 3rd. Any unclaimed rewards will remain available through the normal claim process. We encourage all delegators to visit rewards.book.io and claim any outstanding rewards within the next 60 days. Most importantly, this is not a step backward. It is a step forward. Our focus is now on building real utility and real demand for $STUFF through products, commerce, and platform growth. We are moving aggressively toward bringing more than 12 million print books to @book_io, creating one of the largest book marketplaces in the world. As those sales grow, a portion of net sales will be allocated toward purchasing $STUFF. We believe the future value of $STUFF should be driven by adoption, customer activity, and ecosystem growth. That is exactly where we are headed. To help make this transition as smooth as possible, we will be publishing a detailed FAQ and stake pool wind-down guide at book.io/stakepool in the coming days. Thank you to every delegator who supported the pool and helped us build the foundation for what comes next. The mission remains the same. The vision is bigger than ever. Own Your $STUFF!