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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

August 6, 2025

The World’s Largest ETH Holder - Tom Lee on Treasuries, Ethereum Dominance, and Wall Street

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. ETH Treasuries are Infrastructure, Not ETFs: These companies are active players, using staking yield, MNAV premiums, and balance sheet velocity to accumulate ETH. Bitmine’s goal to own 5% of all ETH positions it as a key, US-compliant entity for Wall Street’s on-chain future.
  2. This is ETH's "2017 Bitcoin Moment": Wall Street is beginning to recognize Ethereum as the settlement layer for tokenization and AI. This institutional awakening creates the potential for a massive step-function price increase as capital flows in.
  3. The Upside Case for ETH > Bitcoin: Tom Lee argues Ethereum has a greater asymmetric upside, with a potential 100x return and a "significant probability" of flipping Bitcoin in network value. The investment thesis is based on this expansive vision, not myopic spreadsheet models.
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August 6, 2025

Karia Samaroo: xTAO Bittensor Treasury, Validators, Subnets, Crypto AI Investing | Ep. 56

Ventura Labs

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. It’s an Operating Company, Not Just a Vault: xTAO’s strategy is to actively build validators and infrastructure, using its public listing as a flywheel for accretive TAO acquisition, rather than passively holding the asset.
  2. Structure is Strategy: The combination of a low-cost TSXV listing and a tax-free Cayman Islands headquarters gives xTAO a significant operational and financial edge designed for long-term sustainability.
  3. The Next Frontier is User Adoption: For Bittensor to reach its potential, it must break out of the crypto bubble. The ecosystem's ultimate success hinges on subnets creating useful products that attract mainstream users.
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August 4, 2025

What To Own This Cycle?

1000x Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Own What Institutions Buy. This is not a crypto-native cycle. The winning strategy is to hold the assets institutions are buying: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and potentially Ripple as a speculative trade on its IPO.
  2. Trade Crypto Stocks Like Memes. Public companies like Galaxy are being driven by retail hype, not fundamentals. This creates high-volatility trading opportunities for those who can ride the narrative waves.
  3. Hold Your Conviction. The macro backdrop is incredibly bullish. Don't let healthy, short-term corrections driven by "amateur hour" traders shake you out of your positions before the real move happens.
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August 4, 2025

Lightspeed Cross-Post: The State Of Solana With Carlos Gonzalez Campo

0xResearch

Crypto
Key Takeaways
  1. The Narrative Gap: Solana is shipping game-changing tech like Jito’s BAM, but it’s losing market momentum to Ethereum’s simpler, more digestible "digital treasury" narrative. This highlights a critical disconnect between engineering reality and market perception.
  2. BAM is an Ecosystem Reset: Jito’s BAM isn’t a simple patch; it's a foundational redesign of Solana's value pipeline. By internalizing MEV and enabling custom sequencing, it directly challenges the business model of SVM appchains and unlocks a new design space for DeFi on the L1.
  3. Decentralization is a Means, Not an End: The push for higher block limits signals a pragmatic shift. The ecosystem is increasingly willing to trade some degree of validator decentralization for the massive performance gains needed to onboard real-world finance, prioritizing the network's ultimate utility over ideological purity.
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August 4, 2025

The Bull Case For GLXY

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. A Sum-of-the-Parts Discount: The market is failing to properly value Galaxy’s three distinct segments. The existing data center deal with CoreWeave alone is arguably worth more than the current stock price, meaning investors get the robust crypto business and a multi-billion dollar balance sheet for free.
  2. Unmatched Credibility in AI Pivot: Galaxy’s multi-billion dollar balance sheet is its trump card. It provides the financial muscle and credibility to secure financing and execute massive data center projects, a feat cash-burning Bitcoin miners can only talk about.
  3. An Execution-Driven Rocket Ship: The current valuation offers a significant margin of safety. If management successfully executes the full buildout of Helios and secures new tenants for its massive power pipeline, the upside is astronomical.
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August 1, 2025

Inside Crypto’s Credit Revival With Sid Powell | Roundup

Bell Curve

Crypto
Key Takeaways
  1. The US is Back in the Game: The regulatory climate has shifted from a headwind to a tailwind. The new clarity allows builders to focus on product, not legal acrobatics, and gives institutions the green light to engage.
  2. Leverage is Transparent, Not Gone: The system is deleveraged, but more importantly, its risk profile has improved dramatically. Leverage now lives in safer, productized, and on-chain formats built on verifiable custody rather than handshake deals.
  3. Bitcoin is Becoming Core Collateral: Look beyond Bitcoin as just "digital gold." Its true institutional power is emerging as a pristine collateral asset, set to anchor a multi-hundred-billion-dollar lending market packaged for TradFi consumption.
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