TaoWeave Backs Manako To Bring Physical AI To North America

Today Manako announced that TaoWeave (Nasdaq: TWAV) has invested in the company and partnered with it on North American commercialization. The deal between TaoWeave and Manako accelerates the platform’s expansion into the largest market for AI adoption in the world. Manako runs on Score (SN44) on Bittensor, so the move also strengthens the commercial story of the wider subnet ecosystem.

What Manako Does

Manako turns the camera infrastructure that organizations already own into real-time understanding of their operations. Notably, the platform asks for no new hardware and no specialist AI expertise. Businesses describe what they want to detect in plain language, and the system then delivers instant alerts, insights, and automated actions across any connected camera. Manako calls this approach a Business Operations World Model, designed to interpret physical environments and trigger responses such as lockdowns, dispatch orders, and audit reports.

Why TaoWeave Invested In Manako

TaoWeave trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker TWAV and holds and stakes TAO as its primary treasury asset. Beyond that treasury, the company is building an operating business around partnerships with Bittensor subnet teams, with a clear focus on accelerating commercial adoption of decentralized AI across North America. Through this investment, TaoWeave gains direct exposure to physical AI revenue and a foothold in enterprise vision intelligence. As a result, the TaoWeave Manako partnership connects a Nasdaq-listed treasury company, a frontier physical AI product, and a decentralized compute layer on Bittensor.

Score (SN44) Locks $1 Million In Conviction

The announcement landed as a milestone for the ecosystem. In response, the Score (SN44) team locked $1 million in perpetual conviction to mark the moment, signaling a long-term commitment to the network behind Manako. That gesture underlines how seriously the team views the deal and the demand it could drive across the subnet.

A Pattern Of Enterprise Momentum

The investment builds on strong commercial proof. Reading FC already uses Manako to process match footage through Score’s vision pipeline. Furthermore, Manako recently formed an enterprise alliance with PwC France and Maghreb and took first place at Start In Block 2026 during Paris Blockchain Week. Adding a publicly traded partner with North American distribution rights extends that trajectory into a market where enterprise demand for AI is moving fast. For Bittensor watchers, the signal is straightforward, since a subnet-powered product has attracted capital and a commercialization partner from the public markets. That points toward growing downstream demand for decentralized compute as Manako scales across retail, logistics, manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure.

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This article is based on Manako’s official announcement, Bringing Physical AI to North America with TaoWeave, published on the Manako blog.