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Animoca Brands names Yat Siu CEO to lead AI agent commerce push
Animoca Brands has named co-founder Yat Siu its CEO, effective December 1, 2026.
He will oversee day-to-day operations and lead the company’s push to build infrastructure for AI agents that act on behalf of users.
Group president Evan Auyang will move into a senior advisory role, advising the board on long-term strategy when requested and supporting approved assignments.
The company is developing tools to verify AI agents and their permissions before they interact with digital money or investments.
Its Minds service lets users create personal AI agents, while Moca Network and AIR are intended to provide credentials showing an agent’s identity, whom it represents and what it may do.
The plan brings together AI agents, identity and digital payments, with the aim of allowing agents to carry out authorised transactions.
Siu will lead the rollout with other senior executives, while the board retains responsibility for strategy and governance.
Animoca Brands has named co-founder and executive chair Yat Siu as CEO to lead its push to build infrastructure for AI agents to act and transact for users.
Siu will take up the role on December 1, 2026, and oversee day-to-day operations and project development.
Group president Evan Auyang will move to a senior advisory role, advising the board on long-term strategy at its request.
Animoca’s plan combines AI agents with identity credentials and permissions so they can interact with digital money and investments.
Its Minds product lets users set up personal AI agents, while Moca Network and AIR infrastructure are intended to verify agents’ identities and permissions.
- Who
- Animoca Brands named co-founder and executive chair Yat Siu as CEO.
- What
- Siu will lead the company’s push to build infrastructure for AI agents to act and transact for users.
- When
- Siu takes up the role on December 1, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- The company aims to combine AI agents with identity credentials and permissions so they can interact with digital money and investments.
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Evan Auyang has served as group president.
Animoca Brands launched its Minds product in beta.
Yat Siu is due to take up the CEO role.
- Incoming CEO
- Yat Siu
- Role start date
- December 1, 2026
- Outgoing group president
- Evan Auyang
- Personal AI product
- Minds
- Agent identity and permissions infrastructure
- Moca Network and AIR
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