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AI Podcasts

June 13, 2025

Gareth Howells: Bittensor Video Upscaling & Compression, VOD, AI, Crypto, Subnet 85 Vidaio | Ep. 48

Ventura Labs

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Compression is Cash: Vidaio’s bespoke AI compression offers enterprises 50%+ savings on video storage/bandwidth without sacrificing visual quality, targeting the 80% of internet traffic that is video.
  2. Bittensor’s Velocity: The decentralized Bittensor network acts as a powerful R&D engine, enabling Vidaio to out-innovate and outpace traditional development, turning concepts into market-ready solutions in months, not years.
  3. Token Tied to Utility: The success of Vidaio's alpha token hinges on securing enterprise clients and reinvesting revenues, making its value a direct reflection of its real-world utility and market penetration.
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June 13, 2025

Why the Robotics Revolution will be Powered by Decentralized AI, w/ the Founder of PrismaX

The People's AI

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Hardware Isn't the Holdup: Robot bodies are capable; their brains (AI) need smarter, real-world training.
  2. Data is the New Differentiator: Access to diverse, large-scale, real-world interaction data will determine the winners in robotics AI.
  3. Decentralization Unlocks Scale: PrismaX bets that a community-driven approach to data collection and teleoperation can overcome the biases and bottlenecks of centralized efforts, fueling the next wave of robotic intelligence.
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June 13, 2025

What You Missed in AI This Week (Google, Apple, ChatGPT)

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI is rapidly democratizing sophisticated content creation and enabling entirely new business models. The speed of innovation is intense, making it both an exciting and "exhausting" time for creatives and builders.
  2. Video & Voice Converge: AI is now generating synchronized audio-visual content from simple text prompts, opening a Pandora's box for storytellers and "faceless" creators.
  3. Consumer AI Pays: Startups in consumer AI are scaling revenue at unprecedented rates, proving users will pay premium subscriptions for powerful, AI-native experiences.
  4. AI-Assisted Entrepreneurship: The barrier to launching a brand or product is crumbling, as AI tools empower anyone to design, market, and even conceptualize businesses with previously unimaginable speed and ease.
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June 12, 2025

How We Built A $300M+ Onchain Business in 2025 - Sky Founder, Rune Christensen

The Rollup

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Hyper-Rational Focus Wins: Targeting "mercenary capital" with the best risk-adjusted returns creates a superior product for all users.
  2. Decentralized Innovation Engine: The "Stars" ecosystem is Sky's scalable solution for dynamic yield generation and market penetration, adapting faster than centralized models.
  3. AI is the Arbiter: Future stablecoin dominance will be heavily influenced by AI, both in yield sourcing by protocols and in product selection by users seeking maximum efficiency.
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June 11, 2025

The Ultimate AI Video Stack: Up-to-Date Best Tools to Make Content With AI

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Assemble Your AI Arsenal: Master video creation by strategically combining specialized tools: V3 for text-to-video, Cling 2.1 for image animation, Hedra for lip-sync, Higsfield for VFX, and Krea for multi-model experimentation and enhancement.
  2. Master the Art of the Prompt: Precision in prompting is paramount. Sequential descriptions in V3 ensure narrative coherence, while ample text for audio prevents awkward AI-generated filler.
  3. Iterate, Enhance, Conquer: Beyond initial generation, platforms like Krea are crucial for refining AI video, offering upscaling, frame rate boosts, and cross-model comparisons to achieve professional-grade outputs.
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June 10, 2025

Giving New Life to Unstructured Data with LLMs and Agents

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Embrace Predictable AI: Shift focus from chasing perfect AI accuracy to building systems where AI errors are predictable and manageable, enabling human oversight where it matters most.
  2. Agents as Co-Pilots: Leverage AI agents to accelerate development and design ("compile time"), but maintain human control and deterministic execution in production ("runtime").
  3. Reimagine Customer Experience: AI offers a profound opportunity to move beyond process optimization and create entirely new, more intuitive, and efficient ways for customers to interact with businesses.
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June 9, 2025

Shakeel Hussein: Ridges AI, Bittensor AI Agents, Decentralized Software Engineering | Ep. 47

Ventura Labs

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Ridges AI is pioneering a decentralized, hyper-competitive model for AI-driven software development. Speed, open innovation, and smart incentives are their weapons of choice in the race to automate coding.
  2. Execute Relentlessly: In the fast-paced AI domain, Ridges AI prioritizes rapid iteration and learning over perfecting initial designs.
  3. Open Code, Fierce Competition: Making agent code public is designed to spark a continuous improvement cycle, as miners build upon each other's work.
  4. The End of Human Coding is the Goal: Shakeel's explicit aim is for Ridges AI agents to entirely replace the need for human software engineers.
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June 8, 2025

We have a problem with ChatBot Arena.

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Gaming is Rife: Major players admit to fine-tuning models specifically for Arena, meaning high scores don't always reflect real-world, generalizable capability.
  2. Data Access Skews Results: Preferential treatment in sample rates and access to Arena data for fine-tuning gives proprietary models a significant, often undisclosed, advantage.
  3. Transparency & Fair Play Needed: ChatBot Arena must implement stricter, transparent rules—like prohibiting score retractions, limiting private models, and ensuring fair sampling—to restore trust and utility.
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June 6, 2025

China, AI Immigration, Rare Earths & Chips, Tariffs, Markets | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner

Bg2 Pod

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Embrace Openness for AI Dominance: The US should champion open data access and aggressively recruit global AI talent, rather than erecting counterproductive barriers, to maintain its innovation lead.
  2. Strategic Détente with China: A pragmatic approach to US-China relations, potentially involving chip-for-mineral trades, is crucial to navigate dependencies and mitigate geopolitical risks while fostering domestic capabilities.
  3. Proactive Industrial & Economic Policy: Success hinges on coherent industrial strategies that learn from global competitors and economic policies that balance growth stimulus with long-term fiscal health.
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Crypto Podcasts

November 14, 2025

Is The Crypto Bull Market Already Over?

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Fee Switch Is On. Uniswap's pivot to real-yield tokenomics is a watershed moment. Expect other DeFi protocols to follow, finally aligning token value with protocol success and rewarding long-term holders over mercenaries.
  2. Onshore ICOs Are Back. Coinbase’s new token sales platform for US retail is a massive signal that the industry believes the regulatory tide has turned. This could unlock a new wave of capital and mainstream participation.
  3. Privacy Is A High-Stakes Gamble. While the market is rewarding privacy tokens, the 5-year prison sentence for a wallet developer is a brutal reminder of the risks. Until clear rules are established, building privacy tools in the US remains legally treacherous.
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November 13, 2025

Hash Rate - Ep 144 - SCORE Subnet 44

Hash Rate pod - Bittensor $TAO & Subnets

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Privacy is Paramount. SCORE’s use of TEEs for a private data track is the key that unlocks enterprise adoption, proving that decentralized networks can handle sensitive information securely.
  2. The 1/10th Price Model Wins. Leveraging Bittensor’s incentive structure allows subnets to radically undercut legacy competitors on price without sacrificing quality, opening up previously inaccessible markets.
  3. Tie Rewards to Revenue. The most sustainable tokenomic model directly links network emissions to real-world cash flow, ensuring the subnet's economy is grounded in tangible business success, not just speculation.
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November 12, 2025

Lean Ethereum: How L1 Reaches 10k TPS | Beast Mode & Fort Mode

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Ethereum's New Offense:** Lean Ethereum marks a strategic pivot from a defensive, decentralization-first posture to an offensive "Beast Mode," targeting 10,000 TPS on L1—a 500x increase—to become the settlement layer for all of finance.
  2. **The Validator Role is Evolving:** The future validator will verify tiny cryptographic proofs on cheap hardware (like a smartphone), not execute massive blocks. This radical shift, enabled by ZK-EVMs, simultaneously boosts scale and decentralization.
  3. **L1 Scaling is Now Possible Without Centralization:** Unlike competitors who scale by using powerful hardware in data centers, Ethereum's use of SNARKs allows it to scale L1 while *decreasing* hardware requirements, reinforcing its core value proposition.
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November 11, 2025

Hash Rate - Ep 142 - Targon (Subnet 4) Update

Hash Rate pod - Bittensor $TAO & Subnets

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Proof-of-Work Is Now Verifiable. Targon’s TVM introduces a new primitive for Bittensor, making "proof of useful work" cryptographically verifiable. This technology could become the network’s standard, eliminating fraud and ensuring capital flows to genuine contributors.
  2. The Internal Economy Is the Main Event. The focus has shifted from attracting external enterprise clients to building a robust, circular economy within Bittensor. The success of one subnet directly benefits others, creating a powerful collaborative incentive structure.
  3. Bittensor Is Playing the Long Game Against Centralized AI. The strategy is clear: build a resilient, hyper-efficient decentralized alternative while centralized AI players burn through unsustainable amounts of capital. When the market turns, Bittensor aims to be the "black hole" that absorbs the distressed compute assets.
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November 7, 2025

Finding Alpha In Crypto, Mamdani Wins & The AI Gold Rush | Weekly Roundup

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Ditch the Alts, Buy the Adopters.** The most compelling risk/reward is no longer in L1 tokens but in publicly traded companies effectively integrating blockchain. Think Stripe and Robinhood, not the 25th-largest token on CoinMarketCap.
  2. **Follow the Gamble.** The "gambling energy" from disillusioned younger generations is a powerful market force. That capital has pivoted from crypto to AI. The best trades lie in narratives that capture this retail attention.
  3. **Conviction Over Diversification.** In a market with no consensus, holding a portfolio of "pretty good" assets is a losing strategy. Raise cash by cutting low-conviction plays and concentrate firepower in your highest-conviction ideas.
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November 7, 2025

Bull Market or Fakeout Top? Haseeb’s Crypto Cycle Take

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI Is The Only Game In Town: The crypto market is currently a passenger in a macro environment dictated by AI. Until that capital rotation shifts, crypto will likely remain highly correlated and susceptible to sell-offs when equities show weakness.
  2. Bitcoin’s Handover Is Bullish: Don't mistake consolidation for a bear market. Bitcoin is undergoing a healthy ownership transfer from early believers to new institutions, building a stronger, deeper foundation for its next leg up.
  3. Decentralization Is About Coercion, Not Paralysis: The ability of a chain’s validators to collectively intervene in a catastrophic hack is a feature, not a bug. True decentralization is measured by a network's ability to resist external pressure, not its inability to make collective decisions.
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