AIxCrypto launches 2 platforms at Automate 2026 to extend robot life cycles

AIxCrypto Holdings debuted at Automate 2026 in Chicago on Monday with two products — RoboShare, a robot rental marketplace, and AIXC01, an autonomous-asset network — designed to extend the productive life of robots years beyond their initial sale.

"For all its progress, the robotics industry has been built around a single transaction — building a machine and selling it," Jay Sheng, President of AIxCrypto, said. "We believe the larger opportunity begins after deployment."

RoboShare, launching June 22 at RoboShare.com, lets businesses rent robots or book robotic services on demand, starting in Los Angeles with planned expansion to New York. AIXC01 provides four infrastructure functions — identity, attestation, access and settlement — giving autonomous systems a shared framework to coordinate and transact. The company also outlined plans for a pre-owned robot resale business, including inspection and valuation standards.

The Nasdaq-listed company, trading under AIXC, is betting that the robotics industry's value lies not in hardware margins at the point of sale but in the utilization, redeployment and network effects that accumulate over a machine's operating life — what it calls the Robot Second Life Cycle.

RoboShare Targets the Utilization Gap

RoboShare addresses a structural mismatch in the robotics market: expensive machines sitting idle while businesses that need them cannot justify the upfront purchase. The platform supports both whole-machine and service-based rental, letting owners put idle equipment back to work and giving buyers access to robotic capability without capital expenditure. AIxCrypto is also launching a City Partner program, inviting local operators to run the RoboShare network in new regions, handling customer acquisition, training and market development.

The pre-owned robot initiative complements the rental model by establishing transparent valuation and inspection standards, creating a secondary market that helps owners recover value when they upgrade and gives buyers better information when they purchase. The approach mirrors how the automotive and heavy equipment industries developed secondary markets — but applied to machines whose operating data is digital from the start.

AIXC01 Builds the Economic Layer for Autonomous Assets

AIXC01 functions as the infrastructure layer for what AIxCrypto calls the Silicon Economy — a network where robots, AI agents and autonomous systems can discover, collaborate and execute tasks. Its four core functions — verifiable digital identities, tamper-proof operational records, network access controls and shared settlement infrastructure — are designed to work across ground-based robots and aerial drones alike.

The company plans to extend the same framework into the low-altitude economy, where drones and autonomous aerial systems face similar challenges around utilization, asset verification and residual value. AIxCrypto said its ground-air integration strategy should help it navigate evolving regulatory frameworks as these markets develop.

The robotics-as-a-service market has attracted growing interest as hardware costs decline and labor shortages persist. AIxCrypto's approach differs from pure-play RaaS providers by adding a Web3 infrastructure layer that creates verifiable operating histories and enables network participation across heterogeneous devices. The company's Nasdaq listing provides a public-market vehicle for investors seeking exposure to the convergence of embodied AI and tokenized real-world assets.

AIxCrypto shares, which trade on the Nasdaq under AIXC, will face their first test of investor appetite for the strategy when the company reports its next quarterly results. The RoboShare platform's initial LA deployment will provide early data on utilization rates and rental demand. If the model proves viable, the company's framework for extending robot economic life could reshape how the industry thinks about asset value — shifting the center of gravity from the factory floor to the operating network.

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