Shiba Inu Teases AI “Beyond Crypto” Project After Long Hiatus

• Shiba Inu founder Shytoshi Kusama teased an AI project “beyond crypto,” saying it is near launch and built with a small company.
• Kusama said details will roll out over time and pointed followers back to his July 2025 “AI Paper” in The Shib Magazine.

Shiba Inu ecosystem lead Shytoshi Kusama published new messages on X, pointing to an artificial intelligence project he noted as “beyond crypto.”  Kusama directed the community back to his “AI Paper” released in July 2025 through The Shib Magazine. Kusama encouraged followers to revisit the text and compare it with changes in AI development over recent months. As we previously reported, that July paper frames AI through a fictional scenario and includes an 80% unemployment figure tied to rapid AI expansion. In the latest thread, Kusama referred to the paper as a guide for how AI could evolve.

I am not appearing after a long silence with an ai video for hype, or huge promises. I am here because what I have been building, alone, at the request of a small company and with the grace of God, is nearing completion and today is the day ordained to begin speaking on it.

— Shytoshi Kusama™ (@ShytoshiKusama) January 26, 2026

Moreover, the Shiba Inu lead pointed to ongoing work with a small company and indicated the project is close to launch. However, the update did not include a product name, technical documentation, or a dated release schedule, but suggested details will roll out over time. Shiba Inu Founder Building “Something That Helps People” In later posts the same day, Kusama expanded on the AI theme with a longer sequence of messages. The thread described concerns about how AI systems may be built and controlled, while also presenting the work as an attempt to build an alternative path. The thread also described a period of testing different approaches. The Shiba Inu lead referenced varied models, business structures, and partner discussions, including talks involving governments and investors.

Not to build another meme, not another network state, or even another billion-dollar community: I DID THAT. No. I simply want to build something that helps a few wise people.

Meanwhile, whales have removed about 80 trillion SHIB from exchanges, cutting total exchange balances from 370.3 trillion to 290.3 trillion. CNF noted that new wallets withdrew roughly 82 trillion SHIB from CEXs such as Coinbase over the past 60 days, reducing available exchange supply and tightening liquidity. Meanwhile, Shiba Inu’s burn rate rose 2,807% in 24 hours, with about 18.8 million SHIB removed from circulation during that period. At the time of writing, Shiba Inu (SHIB) was trading at $0.000007624, with a market cap of $4.49 billion and a 24-hour trading volume of $86.69 million.