Metis has announced its strategic direction for 2026, focusing on the integration of artificial intelligence with high-performance blockchain technology. Natalia Ameline, Metis Decentralized Coordinator, highlighted the shift from speculative activities to real-world applications in a community letter. Metis has developed a unified stack comprising the Andromeda settlement layer, Hyperion high-performance layer, and LazAI application data layer. Andromeda offers transaction fees of approximately $0.01 and confirmation times under two seconds, while Hyperion enhances transaction processing by over 50% through parallel execution. The METIS token now serves as the native gas token for LazAI, supporting a single-token economy within the ecosystem. At the application level, CreateAI minted 20,000 works in three hours, and the AI companion DAT Lazbubu's whitelist event drew over 90,000 participants. Additionally, the GMPayer product has enabled AI agents to perform autonomous transactions, marking significant advancements in Metis's blockchain capabilities.