XMAQUINA Launch: Why peaq incubated XMAQUINA, and how we plan to support them from here

Figure raised $675M. Apptronik is building humanoids with NASA. 1X is shipping robots into homes. Unitree’s machines dance on stage in Beijing one day and load warehouses the next.

The humanoid wave is real. The capital flowing into it is real. And almost none of it is reaching the people who actually want to participate.

Right now, exposure to humanoid robotics and Physical AI runs through venture capital, private equity, and accredited investor rooms. The robots are being built in public. Their ownership is being decided in private.

peaq exists to give machines all they need to do business onchain — the infrastructure layer for the Machine Economy. peaqOS handles ownership and decentralization at the micro level: every individual machine, liquid and accountable onchain. That solves part of the problem. 

Another part is the equity level — opening up access to the manufacturers, ecosystems, and Physical AI companies producing the hardware itself. XMAQUINA does exactly that. 

It is a decentralized ecosystem giving anyone — not just VC funds — onchain exposure to humanoid platforms, machine deployments, and the businesses being built around them. At the heart of peaq’s thesis, there has always been the mission to democratize access to the abundance of the Machine Economy. peaq’s vision is to turn machines into autonomous economic agents to enable a human-centric Machine Economy.

Our vision extended to the incubation of XMAQUINA. The project was initiated from inside peaq by Mauricio Zolliker, founder of XMAQUINA, who used to work at peaq and decided to make this the focus of his life. During incubation, peaq supported the build end to end: strategic direction, DAO structure, treasury and operations, investor introductions, exchange and liquidity relationships, brand creation, naming, and marketing, and community formation from zero. 

The DAO committee reflects that lineage, with multiple members carrying long-standing roots in peaq. Explicitly, early backers Michael Ganser, Markus Ogurek, Lex Sokolin, Simon Dedic, Eric Yang, Max Thake, and Martin El-Khouri formed what is known today as XMAQUINA’s Scoring Committee, but also as the first investors in the DAO.

XMAQUINA is the perfect example of a project that takes support, and makes the best out of it. From idea to functioning DAO, XMAQUINA grew rapidly and gave the thesis its own spin, focus, narrative and execution. It is now Web3’s leading Robotics DAO, and it reaches its TGE as a formed ecosystem with real capital, real partners, and real momentum behind it. We could not be prouder of what the team has achieved. 

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Why XMAQUINA exists

XMAQUINA is an example for the ownership layer of the Machine Economy. A decentralized ecosystem where anyone — not just funds — can gain onchain exposure to robotics platforms and the businesses being built on top of them. 

Their RCM layer is more than just a trading platform. It is liquid exposure enabling each and everyone to today trade the category defining companies that have their IPOs tomorrow. It democratizes access to an asset class that is typically exclusive to VCs. 

That’s what XMAQUINA is opening up. 

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Transparency

peaq is one of the largest token holders in the XMAQUINA ecosystem. Significant positions should be visible. Both the XMAQUINA and peaq communities have asked for this level of transparency. Here are the wallets.

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Wallet 1 – (1,125,000 $DEUS): https://basescan.org/address/0x1679B3CDb16915B5Db0f9a4A82e4fa02488764A9#tokentxns 

Where the initial TGE tokens are held. Some of these tokens will be used for initial liquidity campaigns.

Wallet 2 – (13,875,000 $DEUS at 6 month lock, 18 month linear vesting): https://peaq.subscan.io/account/0x34F951f047e3C3814695a39828AeeB9C0937BEc7 

Where the smart contract will be executed according to the standard strategic contributor terms as outlined here. No preferred terms.

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For full transparency, during incubation additional structures and SPVs were formed alongside strategic participants, funds, and external investors. Because those arrangements involve third-party counterparties, not every related wallet can be disclosed publicly, but we can and have made our primary position fully visible.
 

Commitment

The TGE is the starting line, not the finish line.

On the market side, we’re driving exchange partnerships and liquidity initiatives so $DEUS has the infrastructure it needs from day one. Multiple CEX introductions have been facilitated, with more being worked on in relevant markets.

On the ecosystem side, we are collaborating on Machine Economy campaigns and co-initiatives — community initiatives and strategic introductions across the peaq ecosystem. 

peaq carries the micro story of the Machine Economy: every individual machine and dApp running on peaqOS. XMAQUINA carries the macro side — exposure to the manufacturers and platforms building the wave. The two are complementary, not competitive.

We look forward to further collaboration with XMAQUINA and build new projects and initiatives that deliver value to DEUS and PEAQ holders. 

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The Bigger Picture

XMAQUINA is the first proof of a larger model. More incubations are in development across peaq’s Machine Economy. The infrastructure exists. The ownership layer is being built. The robots are already here. And peaq’s latest partnerships and integrations, including the release of the Machine Tokenization Framework, the strategic investment in DualMint, and other major integrations, will make it even more granular, expanding community access to individual machines as well.   

peaq’s commitment is to help maintain XMAQUINA’s position as Web3’s leading Robotics DAO and to extend that mandate further. The goal is for XMAQUINA to become the place where private individuals around the world — including those coming from Web2 — can gain real exposure and a real share in the companies building the machines deployed around them.

Humanoids are entering the workforce. Autonomous machines are generating real revenue. Physical AI is moving from science fiction to the factory floor. XMAQUINA exists to make sure that shift belongs to everyone, and peaq will keep building alongside it, every step of the way.

Explore the DAO, get to know $DEUS, and meet the ecosystem the Machine Economy is being built on. 

TGE = May 27th, 2026, and DEUS token will be listed on MachineX, the world’s first Machine Economy DEX.

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Disclaimer: While fully committed to supporting XMAQUINA’s future growth and development as an independent entity, Peaq Foundation bears no responsibility for the DAO’s management decision and outcomes. This statement is meant to establish transparency regarding the relations between the Foundation and the XMAQUINA project, not as financial advice or an endorsement meant for third-party investment decisions. 

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