Pi Network Celebrates Pi2Day With Two New Features

Pi Network marked this year’s Pi2Day celebration on June 28 with a wave of new announcements aimed at expanding its ecosystem and deepening user engagement.

This year’s announcements centered around two strategic updates: a no-code AI app creation platform and a staking utility designed to decentralize app discovery within the ecosystem.

AI-Powered App Studio Opens Doors for Non-Coders

The heart of the Pi2Day event was the launch of Pi App Studio, a no-code development tool powered by artificial intelligence.

With Pi App Studio, users can build and deploy applications using natural language instructions rather than complex programming. This approach empowers individuals without coding expertise to turn their ideas into functioning apps within the Pi ecosystem.

“Creating apps through Pi App Studio therefore means that you are able to own and run a business and product built entirely around your knowledge and ideas, which is made possible through the use of AI and supported by the blockchain ecosystem of Pi,” the team explained.

At launch, the app studio includes two key features. First, users can build topic-specific AI chatbots that reflect their knowledge and deliver tailored responses to end users.

Second, an open-ended app builder currently in beta mode allows users to describe what they want an app to do. The system then builds the logic behind the scenes.

Pi2Day Announcement. Source: Pi Network

According to Pi Network, this tool allows users to own and operate digital businesses shaped by their insights, using AI as the engine and blockchain as the foundation. Meanwhile, beta access to the broader app builder is expected to roll out gradually.

Pi Staking Utility Reshapes App Visibility on Mainnet

In addition to the AI rollout, Pi Network also launched Ecosystem Directory Staking on Pi2Day. The new feature lets users stake Pi tokens to boost the visibility of apps they value, starting today.

This approach moves away from traditional ad-based promotion and centralized ranking algorithms.

The staking model is simple as the more Pi staked toward an app, the higher it appears in the Pi Browser directory. This change gives users direct influence over which apps gain traction, rewarding quality and community impact over marketing spend.

“In addition to the utility of Pi in staking, this also seeks to provide greater exposure to apps that are of higher quality and provide for meaningful community engagement,” the team explained.

The Pi team emphasized that this staking system aligns exposure with real engagement and innovation. It also reinforces the network’s mission to decentralize digital participation and reduce dependence on legacy Web2 models.

This staking utility moves away from the centralized ranking models common in Web2, creating a feedback loop in which the community distributes attention, value, and exposure.

In addition to these major updates, Pi Network also announced several technical upgrades. These include a new Node version release and an improved Mainnet migration that onboarded over 500,000 new users.

Other updates include an extended auction for .pi domains through September 30 and a third-party fiat on-ramp integration that would streamline participation in the Mainnet ecosystem.