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AI Podcasts

June 16, 2025

AI Model's Adaptability & Real World Potential

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Adaptability is King:** The model’s capacity to "course correct" and "power through" challenges is a pivotal advancement, promising more robust AI.
  2. **Real-World Agents Incoming:** This enhanced model is poised to accelerate the development of AI agents capable of practical, impactful tasks.
  3. **Hands-On for Breakthroughs:** The true potential will be realized as developers dive in, experiment, and translate these new capabilities into innovative applications.
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June 16, 2025

AI Will Bring Billions of Capital On-Chain — Here's How

The DCo Podcast

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Web2 Leads the Charge: Anticipate major Web2 companies leveraging their user base and trust to be the primary drivers bringing AI-powered capital on-chain initially.
  2. Agents are the Future: AI agents will be the killer app for crypto, finally delivering applications with mainstream utility and revenue potential.
  3. Parallel Evolution: The growth of AI in crypto will see Web2 institutional adoption and native crypto AI agent development advance simultaneously, creating a compounding effect on innovation and capital inflow.
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June 14, 2025

The Unwinding Of The Global U.S Dollar Trade | Weekly Roundup

Forward Guidance

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The U.S. Dollar's Dominance is Fraying: Decades of capital recycling into U.S. assets may reverse, boosting non-U.S. markets, gold, and Bitcoin while pressuring the dollar.
  2. AI is the New Geopolitical Battleground: The U.S.-China AI race will likely drive continued market support and investment into related infrastructure like nuclear and space tech.
  3. "Ponzanomics" Prevails: Expect continued fiscal expansion and market interventions (like Treasury buybacks) globally as governments prioritize economic stability and strategic goals over austerity.
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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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Crypto Podcasts

June 2, 2025

What's Next For BTC, Crypto's Biggest Innovation & Picking Winners In 2025

1000x Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Leverage Kills: Excessive open interest relative to price movement is a clearer warning sign than funding rates alone; avoid getting over-levered at market highs.
  2. Perps are the Future: Perpetual swaps are a superior financial product for speculation and could see explosive growth, with crypto platforms leading the charge if US regulation permits.
  3. Buy the Geopolitical Dip (Wisely): Bitcoin often dips on geopolitical scares but rallies on subsequent government stimulus, presenting strategic entry points.
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June 2, 2025

Debate: How to Value an L1 Token

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. L1 Valuation is Evolving: Investors are moving beyond simple metrics, seeking frameworks that capture both transactional utility (REV) and monetary premium (RSOV).
  2. The "Money" Angle is Key: Understanding L1 tokens as emerging forms of non-sovereign money, with value driven by capital flows and store-of-value properties, is critical for long-term investment theses.
  3. Focus on Real Yield Drivers: For investors, analyzing how L1s plan to capture value from contentious state (e.g., sequencing fees) is crucial, as this will be a durable source of real yield and token demand.
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June 2, 2025

Bitcoin Hits Escape Velocity! Mike Novogratz on the Bond Crisis, Genius Act & AI’s Crypto Future

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Bitcoin's Bull Run is Just Starting: Driven by broad adoption and macro uncertainty, Bitcoin has hit "escape velocity" with significant upside potential.
  2. Regulatory Winds Have Shifted: The impending Genius Act and a more crypto-friendly SEC are set to unleash a wave of innovation and institutional participation.
  3. Tokenization & AI are Converging: The tokenization of real-world assets, especially equities, and the build-out of AI infrastructure (often by crypto-related entities) are major growth vectors.
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June 2, 2025

Finding Product Market Fit In Crypto

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Infrastructure is the New Frontier:** Prioritize crypto ventures using blockchain as a foundational layer to innovate and compete with Web2, moving beyond purely crypto-centric applications.
  2. **Solve Real Problems, Not Chase Hypotheses:** True PMF stems from addressing tangible user pain points; market creation is often a byproduct of successful problem-solving, not an initial goal.
  3. **Large Markets Fuel Pivots:** While a sharp focus is vital, building within a substantial market provides the necessary runway and adjacent opportunities critical for navigating the path to PMF.
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June 2, 2025

The Race to Replace Mainnet | Ian Unsworth, Kairos Research

0xResearch

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. UX is King: Seamless, integrated user experiences (like Hyperliquid's or a desired "Robin Hood for crypto") will win, as fragmentation (EVM L2s) breeds user frustration and churn.
  2. Solana's Ascent: Alpenlow’s 150ms finality and zero voting costs significantly enhance Solana's competitive edge, driven by an "underdog" culture of relentless improvement.
  3. ETH's Identity Search: Ethereum needs decisive leadership and a unified technical/narrative strategy to counter fragmentation and challengers; price pressure often serves as its main catalyst for action.
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June 1, 2025

We Asked Flood About His Hyperliquid Bull Thesis

The Rollup

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Hyperliquid (Hype) is King:** Flood states, "It's the only asset that matters in crypto other than Bitcoin... Nothing else makes money," citing its strong fundamentals and mispricing.
  2. **L1s are Uninvestable Commodities:** Focus on applications and frontends that directly serve users; L1s are a race to the bottom on fees and vulnerable to tech disruption.
  3. **Builder Codes Fuel an Ecosystem:** Hyperliquid's permissionless monetization will attract a wave of development, creating a moat through network effects and specialized user experiences.
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