On November 19, Shaw, a partner at ai16z, posted on social media, "What you are actually buying is a token that the creator deliberately uses our name to cheat you. It deceives our own partner developers into thinking it is our partner's token. Many people come to our Discord to talk about'ai16zeliza 'without realizing it is not ours. I didn't call that token a scam, it was out of goodwill. I will respect the airdrop of your scam tokens because I said I would do it, but the actions of many of you really don't deserve it. "