Well, as I see you made a lot of photo for Instagram at this Devcon4 conference. But everyone can make photo with CEO of Binance or Donald Trump for example. But you said about partnerships and didn't call them. Which partnerships you have at this conference and how you will collaborate with them?
In the article itself the the team did break down the photos taken with whom they represent such as IDEX, dock, omisego, spaceshift and so on. These are real photographs at the events and are not made up.
It is also important to note that while some of the meetings are new, the team actively attends such conferences to make such connections that would hopefully build into a partnership in time with their apps being integrated onto the ESS platform.
Lastly, once any partnership deal has been signed with NDAs cleared, I'm sure they will have a proper official announcement too.