Three Companies Partner to Digitally Track and Manage Physical Assets
New York, Sunday, 26 July 2026.
This new alliance will pilot its asset-tracking artificial intelligence at a Colombian gold mine valued at over $150 million before expanding to U.S. real estate markets.
A Strategic Alliance for Physical Assets
On July 25 and 26, 2026, Energy Today (OTCMKTS: NRGT), QED Connect (OTCID: QEDN), and Real Object Intelligence Inc. (ROI) signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to commercialize the Socrates ROI™ platform [1]. This strategic partnership represents an initial step toward merging advanced object intelligence with enterprise asset management [1]. The primary goal of the Socrates platform is to establish persistent digital identities for physical assets, integrating provenance, lifecycle data, and AI-assisted intelligence across multiple capital-intensive industries [1].
Redefining Enterprise Software
The collaboration signals a shift in how corporations manage physical assets. Andrew Van Valer, Co-Founder of Real Object Intelligence, noted that while traditional enterprise software has historically focused on managing documents and databases, the next technological evolution centers on managing trusted digital identities of real-world assets [1]. By connecting each physical asset to its related documents, events, relationships, and lifecycle activity, the platform aims to provide a robust foundation for transparency, governance, and AI-assisted decision-making [1]. Katharina Nanny Bahnsen, a member of the Board of Directors at QED Connect, echoed this sentiment, emphasizing the platform’s significant commercial potential and the group’s objective to accelerate market adoption and establish strategic partnerships [1].
Deploying AI from Mines to Markets
The initial phase of the partnership will focus on a pilot deployment for intelligent mining at the La Palmichala Gold Project in Remedios, Antioquia, Colombia [1]. Energy Today holds the rights to this 97-hectare gold mining property, which boasts NI 43-101 inferred mineral resources valued at more than USD $150 million [1]. By applying the Socrates platform to this asset, the partners hope to demonstrate how digital identity tracking can optimize operations and enhance transparency in resource-heavy sectors [1].
Expanding into U.S. Real Estate
Following the mining pilot, the alliance plans to expand its target market to include U.S. real estate intelligence [1]. The companies intend to target a range of 700 to 1,200 real estate customers in the United States [1]. This target represents a potential scaling of up to 500 additional customers from the lower bound of their initial market projection [1]. However, because the signed MOU is currently non-binding, these plans remain subject to the successful negotiation and execution of definitive agreements regarding licensing, pilot deployments, and capital formation [1].
A Broad Vision for Multi-Industry Traceability
Beyond mining and real estate, the developers of the Socrates AI platform envision a highly versatile tool applicable to agriculture, energy, and infrastructure [2]. In promotional campaigns launched on July 24, 2026, QED Connect highlighted how the platform can organize complex information, secure critical business data, and automate workflows across these diverse sectors [2]. The ultimate goal is to move beyond simply accumulating data and instead focus on making better, more secure use of it across global supply chains [2].
Securing the Agricultural Supply Chain
This multi-industry approach is already being prepared for the agricultural sector. On July 24, 2026, Energy Today Corp and its partners outlined a vision to bring end-to-end digital traceability to agricultural products, specifically targeting premium brands like GMSacha Inchi [3][4]. By using Socrates AI to document everything from seed origin and sustainable cultivation practices to laboratory testing, packaging, and distribution, the alliance aims to build consumer trust through verifiable digital records [3][4]. This application demonstrates how the strategic partnership plans to bridge the gap between complex physical logistics and secure, transparent digital tracking [3][4].