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AI Podcasts

June 4, 2025

Sam Dare: Templar Bittensor Subnet 3, Decentralized Pretraining Models, Open-Source AI | Ep. 46

Ventura Labs

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Decentralized Pre-training is AI's Liberty Bell: Control over foundational models is control over future narratives; open, permissionless networks are the defense.
  2. Incentives Fuel Collective Genius: Bittensor's core strength lies in aligning distributed miners through sophisticated economic games, turning individual efforts into collective super-intelligence.
  3. Training is the New AI Moat: As AI capabilities consolidate, the sovereign ability to train bespoke, foundational models will become the ultimate strategic asset for individuals and organizations.
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June 4, 2025

Hash Rate - Ep 116 - GAIA Subnet 57 - AI Weather - $TAO

Hash Rate pod - Bitcoin, AI, DePIN, DeFi

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI Weather is Here: AI models like Microsoft Aurora are outperforming traditional weather forecasting in speed, cost, and increasingly, accuracy, making GAIA's offering highly competitive.
  2. BitTensor = High-Risk, High-Reward Incubator: The DTA model accelerates market feedback but pressures subnets to monetize quickly; GAIA is racing to generate revenue to achieve sustainability.
  3. Liquidity is King: The influx of capital from other chains into BitTensor subnets and direct revenue generation are critical next steps for projects like GAIA to realize their valuation potential beyond the current crypto-niche.
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June 3, 2025

Hash Rate - Ep 115 - SYNTH Subnet 50 - Bittensor TAO

Hash Rate pod - Bitcoin, AI, DePIN, DeFi

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Probabilistic Power: Synth’s value lies in modeling uncertainty through probability distributions, not just hitting price targets, making its data highly versatile for sophisticated risk management and AI training.
  2. Incentives Drive Innovation: The high root TAO APY may be stifling subnet growth; reducing it faster could catalyze more capital and innovation across the Bittensor network.
  3. Competition is King: A competitive environment, including potential deregistration for underperforming subnets, is crucial for Bittensor's evolution and for ensuring that TAO emissions reward genuine value creation.
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May 31, 2025

Varimo: Bittensor Subnets, TaoHash, Dynamic Tao, Privacy Coins, Crypto Investing, AI | Ep. 45

Ventura Labs

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Profit-Taking is Paramount: When you've made life-changing money, change your life – don't let paper gains evaporate.
  2. Bet on Bittensor's Talent: The concentration of high-caliber individuals in the Bittensor ecosystem signals immense potential for disruptive innovation.
  3. Follow the AI Capital: AI is poised for significant capital inflow; identify projects with strong fundamentals and teams within this narrative.
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May 30, 2025

OpenAI, Hyperliquid, and the Internet's Next Growth Phase | Roundup

Bell Curve

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI is the primary internet growth driver; crypto will largely be downstream.
  2. Hyperliquid's app-first L1 strategy and strong fee generation make it a formidable, closely-watched player.
  3. The era of "free money" airdrops is fading, replaced by "skin-in-the-game" token launches and significant institutional capital via treasury vehicles.
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May 30, 2025

Novelty Search May 29, 2025

taostats

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Democratization Unleashed: Subnet 17 radically lowers barriers to 3D content creation, empowering indie developers and non-artists.
  2. Gaussian Splats are Hot: This representation is emerging as a key technology for fast, high-fidelity 3D AI, and Subnet 17 is at the forefront.
  3. Web2 Validation is Key: Partnerships like the Unity "verified solution" status signal BitTensor's growing real-world utility and credibility, presenting opportunities for miners and the TAO ecosystem.
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May 30, 2025

SN17 - 404GEN :: Decentralized AI generated 3D assets

Opentensor Foundation

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Unlocking Creative Potential: 404GEN radically lowers barriers to 3D content creation, enabling faster iteration and new forms of interactive media previously unfeasible for smaller teams or individuals.
  2. Gaussian Splats are Ascendant: This representation is emerging as a powerful alternative for 3D AI, and 404GEN is at the forefront of its practical application and tooling.
  3. BitTensor's Competitive Edge Shines: The subnet's rapid quality improvement and the innovative ELO validation system highlight BitTensor's power to incentivize and coordinate decentralized intelligence towards state-of-the-art results.
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May 30, 2025

Hey Tech, Come to Healthcare

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Build for Behavior Change:** The biggest wins will come from engaging consumers and enabling sustainable health behaviors, an area where tech excels.
  2. **AI is the Leapfrog:** Healthcare can jump directly to AI-driven solutions, bypassing clunky legacy software, especially for service-oriented tasks.
  3. **The Trillion-Dollar Prize is Real:** Whether through full-stack "payvider" models or horizontal platforms, the path to becoming the world's largest company runs through transforming the consumer healthcare experience.
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May 29, 2025

Building a DePIN-powered Shazam for Media with Rumi | Niko Cunningham and Mateusz Poreda

Proof of Coverage Media

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Decentralized Analytics:** Rumi’s DePIN model democratizes media intelligence, offering far richer and more granular data than traditional players like Nielsen.
  2. **Context is King:** The "Shazam for media" capability will fuel a new generation of AI agents and interactive experiences, making media deeply engaging.
  3. **Investor Signal:** The $5M pre-seed (EV3, A16Z CSX) and early traction with industry players like Tivision validate Rumi's approach and market potential.
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Crypto Podcasts

September 12, 2025

One Chart Determines if We're in a Bull or Bear Market

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Global liquidity is the ultimate macro signal. As long as the global liquidity chart goes up and to the right, the crypto bull market has the fuel it needs to continue its run.
  2. Ethereum isn't losing; it's quietly winning the RWA war. With 93% market share, Ethereum has become the de facto settlement layer for tokenized real-world assets, a lead that continues to grow as institutions like Fidelity build directly on its L1.
  3. The new blockchain business model is asset management. Chains like Hyperliquid and Mega ETH are pioneering a shift away from relying solely on blockspace fees. By integrating native stablecoins, they are capturing a percentage of the yield from assets on-chain, effectively turning the protocol itself into a revenue-generating asset manager.
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September 12, 2025

Sanctum Founder: Solana's Liquid Staking Future | FP Lee

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. LSTs Are a Distribution Play: For protocols, launching an LST is less about staking yield and more about attracting SOL to gain a strategic advantage in securing blockspace and landing transactions.
  2. Infrastructure Follows the User: Sanctum's pivot to transaction services was not a top-down mandate but a direct response to the needs of its largest partners, proving that the most durable infrastructure is built by solving the immediate, pressing problems of your customers.
  3. Aggregation Is King: Just as Jupiter won by aggregating DEXs for users, Sanctum’s Gateway aims to win by aggregating fragmented transaction delivery networks for developers, creating a simpler and more efficient experience.
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September 10, 2025

Still Time To Be Bullish?

1000x Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Patience is Your Superpower. This cycle rewards thesis-driven investing over hyperactive trading. Identify assets with strong value, momentum, and fundamentals, and give them time to play out.
  2. Bet on the On-Chain Casino. The gambling economy is real, profitable, and growing. Look for platforms that facilitate high-asymmetry games (memecoins, raffles) as they capture a powerful cultural trend.
  3. Find Alpha in the Illiquid. The next frontier is tokenizing real-world value. Platforms creating liquid markets for previously stuck assets—from collectibles to crime—are building foundational infrastructure for a much larger on-chain world.
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September 10, 2025

Hyperliquid: The Fastest Growing Exchange in Crypto?

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Revenue Accrual is King. Hyperliquid's model of directing nearly all top-line revenue to token buybacks creates an aggressive and constant bid for the HYPE token, a feature most crypto projects can only dream of.
  2. Product-First Beats VC-First. Its explosive growth comes from building a superior product that attracted a loyal user base first, then leveraging that traction to build an L1 ecosystem—a stark contrast to the typical VC-funded playbook.
  3. A Bet on the Middle Ground. Investing in HYPE is a bet that CEX-level performance and on-chain transparency can outweigh significant centralization and regulatory risks. It’s a category-defining play that sits squarely between DeFi and CeFi.
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September 10, 2025

Former Barclays CEO’s Big Bet on Hyperliquid’s Explosive Growth |  Bob Diamond & David Schamis

Forward Guidance

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Hyperliquid is a Cash Flow Machine. It is a rare crypto asset with quantifiable fundamentals, generating over $1B in annualized free cash flow with an automated, daily 99% buyback mechanism.
  2. Access is the Arbitrage. The NASDAQ-listed vehicle’s core value proposition is providing regulated access to an asset that US investors cannot easily buy, creating a structural opportunity.
  3. Innovation is Now Permissionless. Hyperliquid’s open architecture allows anyone to build on its rails, enabling new markets like pre-IPO equity trading and accelerating growth without traditional gatekeepers.
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September 9, 2025

Hash Rate - Ep 132 - Real Quantum Computers on Bittensor $TAO (sn63 & sn48)

Hash Rate pod - Bitcoin, AI, DePIN, DeFi

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Quantum for the Masses.** Subnet 48 is set to offer free public access to quantum computers, a service that costs thousands per hour, by leveraging Bittensor's tokenomics to subsidize the cost.
  2. **The Crypto Abstraction Playbook.** The Open Quantum platform provides a blueprint for onboarding mainstream users by hiding the blockchain behind a simple web interface with fiat payments, while still rewarding TAO stakers with platform credits.
  3. **The Bitcoin Countdown.** The threat of quantum computing cracking Bitcoin is a tangible, medium-term risk. The migration to quantum-safe encryption is a complex challenge that the industry must begin preparing for now.
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