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Pi Network unveiled three new products on Pi2Day, its annual June 28 ecosystem event, including a beta platform for self-hosted AI applications, a single sign-on authentication service, and a business identity verification tool.
The announcements expanded the network’s stated push into compute, AI, and digital identity beyond its existing crypto user base.
Pi2Day Launches Push Pi Network Into AI and Identity Infrastructure
The headline launch was SoloHost, a beta platform available through Pi Desktop that lets users and developers run self-hosted applications directly from their own computers. The platform supports local AI agents, enabling on-device data processing without reliance on centralized cloud infrastructure.
Pi Network said SoloHost is expected to eventually draw on the network’s more than 420,000 Pi Nodes to support distributed AI computing workloads, with node operators able to earn Pi for contributing resources.
Pi Sign-in allows users to authenticate into third-party websites and applications using their Pi accounts, reducing the need for separate credentials. Developers gain access to Pi’s community of more than 18 million KYC-verified users through the integration.
PiVerify is a business-facing identity platform combining AI-powered checks with human review to provide document verification, liveness detection, sanctions screening, AML checks and duplicate account detection. Businesses pay for the service in Pi, which the company said could generate additional demand for the token.
Pi Community Critic Calls for More Transparency Around $100M Fund
Alongside the launches, Pi Network community analyst Dr. Altcoin published an open letter addressed to co-founders Nicolas Kokkalis and Chengdiao Fan, as reported by secondary outlets. The letter argued that most of the newly announced products, with the exception of AI Studio, could have been released years earlier.
It questioned how the $100 million Pi Network Ventures initiative has been allocated, with the analyst saying he had not seen meaningful financial support reach community developers. He called for greater transparency, stronger ecosystem funding and faster execution.
Pi’s native token PI traded at approximately $0.13 at the time of the announcement, down roughly 95% from its all-time high of around $3 set in February 2025. More than 163 million PI tokens were released in June 2026 through the network’s ongoing unlock schedule, adding consistent supply pressure.
