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AI Podcasts

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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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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Crypto Podcasts

December 12, 2025

Rate Cuts! ETH’s Comeback? & All Markets Going Onchain?

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. ETH is positioned for a potential resurgence fueled by technological advancements, institutional investment, and a shift in market sentiment away from solely favoring Solana, mimicking Bitcoin’s rise in the 2021 cycle.
  2. ZK technology is fundamentally changing the Layer 2 landscape, unifying liquidity and enabling seamless interaction with Layer 1, which may lead to standardized infrastructure and increased institutional adoption.
  3. Regulatory winds are shifting, with agencies embracing crypto, banks legitimizing Bitcoin as collateral, and the potential passage of the Clarity Act paving the way for Wall Street's tokenization efforts.
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December 11, 2025

Maciej Kula: Bittensor Halvings, Chain Buys, TaoFlow, Latent Holdings, LearnBittensor | Ep. 76

Ventura Labs

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Focus on understanding the fundamentals of incentive mechanisms, not just surface-level information, to adapt to Bittensor's frequent changes.
  2. Proxy wallets will enhance security by allowing users to isolate activities and protect their primary wallets.
  3. Monitor subnet inflows to understand the impact of TaoFlow and identify potential opportunities or risks.
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December 11, 2025

The Airdrop Mistake Luca Netz Won’t Repeat

The DCo Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Prioritize Early Alignment: To benefit from Abstract's ecosystem rewards, demonstrate commitment now, not right before a potential airdrop.
  2. Community Over Opportunism: Future rewards will favor genuine holders and active community members over short-term profit seekers.
  3. No Second Chances: Don't expect warnings or sympathy if you try to "grift" the system; Netz is committed to protecting loyal users.
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December 11, 2025

The Return of Corporate Blockchains | Roundup

Bell Curve

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Enterprise blockchains are making a comeback by embracing crypto, not avoiding it, marking a significant shift from the failed attempts of 2018.
  2. The success of corporate chains hinges on strategic focus, prioritizing ecosystems and BD, over trying to dominate the entire value chain, as too much control can stifle innovation.
  3. Public, permissionless blockchains must remain relevant by continually finding product-market fit in emerging segments to maintain their monetary premium amid increasing competition from verticalized corporate chains.
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December 10, 2025

Ethereum's New Era of Internet Capital Formation! The Return of the ICO

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **ICOs are evolving:** The return of ICOs marks a shift from hype-driven raises to more sustainable models focused on established projects and fair price discovery.
  2. **Ethereum is primed for capital formation:** With its stablecoin liquidity, auction mechanisms, and tokenization narrative, Ethereum is positioned to become a central hub for internet capital markets.
  3. **Regulatory clarity is crucial:** The industry must continue to pursue regulatory clarity to foster innovation and attract institutional investment in tokenized assets.
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December 9, 2025

How MetaDAO Became Solana's Breakout Token Launchpad | Kollan House

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Embrace Futarchy: Explore and implement market-driven governance mechanisms to enhance decision-making in decentralized organizations, reducing reliance on traditional, potentially biased, governance models.
  2. Prioritize Investor Protection: Adopt capital formation models, such as MetaDAO's, that offer robust investor protections through market-based checks and balances, mitigating risks associated with centralized control and poorly informed token allocation.
  3. Prepare for Crypto-Native Solutions: Build cryptonative primitives that can compete with traditional financial systems. This can prevent tradFi from dominating the blockchain space.
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