**[Metis Founder Elena Releases Open Letter to the Community, Outlining a Strategic Evolution Path Centered on AI and Playability]** Odaily Planet Daily reports that Metis co-founder and LazAI advisor Elena Sinelnikova has issued an open letter to the community, systematically outlining Metis' strategic plan to evolve from "Metis is no longer just L2" to "the next-generation groundbreaking decentralized application testing ground." Metis' infrastructure stack has been clearly divided as follows: Andromeda serves as the settlement layer, Hyperion as the AI-optimized high-performance computing layer, and together, Andromeda and Hyperion form the foundational infrastructure. LazAI, on the other hand, focuses on the "playability" aspect as the application and data layer. Metis believes that traditional Layer 2 solutions need an upgrade, as infrastructure alone is insufficient to drive large-scale adoption. Playability and meaningful interactions must be added. LazAI and its first AI companion data asset (DAT), Lazbubu, are key implementations of this strategy. Data shows that the Lazbubu whitelist event has attracted over 90,000 participants, with more than 10,000 minting events, providing initial validation of the market demand for the "AI agent as asset" model. In the letter, Elena calls on the community to participate early in the construction of new ecosystem layers like LazAI and to shape the future together. This move signifies that Metis is shifting its strategic focus from being solely a scaling solution to building an integrated ecosystem that combines blockchain, AI, and community-driven initiatives.