Wu said that AI16Z founder Shaw posted accusing X of threatening to restrict access to services unless it pays a monthly enterprise-level API fee of $50,000, under the pretext of alleged violations of its open-source code; Shaw stated that he is currently only paying $1,000 a month for yellow label certification and $200 for developer licensing, denying any data abuse, and claiming that the relevant code is assembled from other open-source projects, labeling this behavior as 'outright extortion,' and stating that he is considering whether to take legal action. Previous reports indicated that the official X account of ElizaOS and Shaw's account have both been frozen.