NATIXIANs, we are deep into the second quarter of the year, and May reminded us exactly why we build the way we do. We crossed 176K hours of multi-camera footage collected, a number that tells you everything about where Physical AI demand is heading and why our network is built to meet it.
Between major product updates, a bold decision on our Bittensor subnet, and new content for the space, there was no shortage of momentum. Let's get into it.
In May, we launched HODL Clubs for VX360 users, a new rewards layer that gives our most committed community members additional reasons to hold and participate. HODL Clubs are designed to reward long-term engagement, turning everyday data collection into a compounding advantage for drivers who are building with us for the long run.
This release is part of a broader effort to make the VX360 experience more rewarding and more transparent. The more you contribute to the network, the more the network gives back. That feedback loop is how we build a data layer that is durable, not just large.
May also brought a major update to the VX360 app across Android and iOS, and one change stands out above the rest: your phone is no longer required for data collection. That removes a real point of friction from the daily experience. The device now does its job independently, without depending on the phone connection during a drive. It does not even have to be in the car.
Beyond that headline improvement, this release added clearer connectivity indicators, a simplified device status display, and much better upload visibility. Users can now see the exact time of the latest upload and the total GB uploaded in the last 24 hours. A new "Preparing for upload" status fills in a phase that previously felt ambiguous. And a clearer end-of-month message now explains when points have reset and reward calculation is in progress. Taken together, these updates make the VX360 easier to trust and easier to understand at every step.
One of the most important decisions we made in May was a deliberate one. We announced that 100% of miner emissions on the NATIX StreetVision subnet (Subnet #72) on Bittensor would be burned until we publish a new subnet roadmap, which we expect to share over the next 6 to 8 weeks.
This was not a retreat. It was the opposite. The Bittensor space is going through a period of real accountability, and the projects that will matter on the other side are the ones building for actual customers and actual workloads. Physical AI is the next frontier of intelligent systems, and it is where NATIX's impact is greatest. We want StreetVision to reflect that. By pausing emissions now, we ensure that when the subnet comes back online with its new direction, the economics already reflect what we are actually building. The reasoning behind this decision, and what the next chapter looks like, will be shared clearly with the community when the new roadmap is ready.
We published an in-depth article this month that details what actually happens between recording a drive and delivering useful training data. A recording is only valuable if it can be found, cleaned, annotated, and delivered to the teams building the systems that will eventually drive on those same roads.
From ingestion and anonymization to annotation and edge-case discovery, the article explains where the real difficulty lies and where the real advantage is built. The footage is the starting point. The pipeline is what turns it into intelligence.
Another extensive article published this month explores why a self-driving model trained in one place breaks in another, and why geographic diversity in training data is not a nice-to-have but a fundamental requirement for systems that have to work across the real world.
Different locations mean different roads, signage, driving behavior, weather, and different edge cases. A model can only learn what it has seen. And what it has seen is shaped, almost entirely, by where its data came from.
June is looking like another busy month, and we have more news to share before we close out the second quarter. The StreetVision subnet roadmap is in progress, and Physical AI demand is only growing. We are sitting exactly where we need to be to help the teams building the next generation of autonomous systems get the data they need. You will not want to miss what is coming.
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