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AI/LLM integration abstractions
Revenue-generating agents
Competitive market dynamics: The Agent App Store
Agent transparency
A live Spectral demo!
Agent-to-agent communication
And much more!

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Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(05:17) On-chain agents

(11:01) AI/LLM integration abstractions

(14:28) Vitalik’s take on AI x Crypto

(17:58) Spectral’s infra-chain

(20:49) Revenue-generating agents

(23:21) Competitive market dynamics: agent App Store

(26:28) Agent verification

(29:09) Agent transparency

(32:36) Spectral Demo

(37:42) Agent moats

(40:04) Security parameters

(41:46) Agents/protocols

(43:36) Agent-to-agent communication

(45:30) Outro

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What Are AI Agents and How They Affect Crypto - Sishir Varghese, Spectral, Ep. 261

The Blockcrunch Podcast

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published about a year ago

MP3•Episode home

AI/LLM integration abstractions
Revenue-generating agents
Competitive market dynamics: The Agent App Store
Agent transparency
A live Spectral demo!
Agent-to-agent communication
And much more!

Episode article links:

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(05:17) On-chain agents

(11:01) AI/LLM integration abstractions

(14:28) Vitalik’s take on AI x Crypto

(17:58) Spectral’s infra-chain

(20:49) Revenue-generating agents

(23:21) Competitive market dynamics: agent App Store

(26:28) Agent verification

(29:09) Agent transparency

(32:36) Spectral Demo

(37:42) Agent moats

(40:04) Security parameters

(41:46) Agents/protocols

(43:36) Agent-to-agent communication

(45:30) Outro

Partner message:

Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/

Twitter accounts:

Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi

Sishir Varghese's Twitter: https://x.com/__sishir

Spectral's Twitter: https://x.com/Spectral_Labs

Spectral's website: https://www.spectrallabs.xyz/

Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch

Blockcrunch VIP:

https://blockcrunch.substack.com/

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40 weeks ago48:52

48:52

Today Jason is joined by Spectral's Co-Founder & CEO, Sishir Varghese to discuss the Onchain Agent Economy and the future of machine intelligence networks aiding autonomous onchain agents . In this episode they discuss: AI/LLM integration abstractions Revenue-generating agents Competitive market dynamics: The Agent App Store Agent transparency A live Spectral demo! Agent-to-agent communication And much more! Episode article links: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/01/30/cryptoai.html https://goodalexander.com/posts/agenticprotocols/ https://www.spectrallabs.xyz/whitepaper Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. -- Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only. -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (05:17) On-chain agents (11:01) AI/LLM integration abstractions (14:28) Vitalik’s take on AI x Crypto (17:58) Spectral’s infra-chain (20:49) Revenue-generating agents (23:21) Competitive market dynamics: agent App Store (26:28) Agent verification (29:09) Agent transparency (32:36) Spectral Demo (37:42) Agent moats (40:04) Security parameters (41:46) Agents/protocols (43:36) Agent-to-agent communication (45:30) Outro -- Partner message: Aptos is the next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability, security, and reliability for decentralized applications. With industry-leading performance, internet-grade UX, 100X lower gas fees than comparable chains, and a thriving ecosystem - Aptos is the platform of choice for both builders and users. Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/ -- Twitter accounts: Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Sishir Varghese's Twitter: https://x.com/__sishir Spectral's Twitter: https://x.com/Spectral_Labs Spectral's website: https://www.spectrallabs.xyz/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch -- Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ -- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about…

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Why Investors Are Not Funding Apps - Blockcrunch Roundtable 013 51:01

42 weeks ago51:01

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We're back with another Roundtable episode! Today Jason and Sanat discuss: Apps: the changing user onboarding landscape App vs Infra investment flows Fee taking business model vs token value accrual Regulation: incentive alignment And much more! Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. -- Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only. -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (04:56) 2017 user onboarding motives vs today (07:12) App vs Infra (18:16) Market’s Infra preferences (25:53) Fee taking vs token value accrual (31:19) Regulation: incentive alignment (34:21) User retention (41:02) Infra differentiations (43:55) Impacts of opaque regulation (45:55) App x AI use cases (46:53) Investment landscape (49:48) Outro -- Links: Galaxy article: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/crypto-and-blockchain-venture-capital-q2-2024/ -- Partner message: Aptos is the next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability, security, and reliability for decentralized applications. With industry-leading performance, internet-grade UX, 100X lower gas fees than comparable chains, and a thriving ecosystem - Aptos is the platform of choice for both builders and users. Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/ -- Twitter accounts: Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Sanat Kapur's Twitter: https://x.com/kapursanat Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch -- Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ -- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about…

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The No BS Guide to Crypto AI with Prodia - Shawn Wilkinson, Prodia, Ep. 260 56:24

43 weeks ago56:24

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Today Jason is joined by Prodia Co-Founder & CEO, Shawn Wilkinson to discuss the future of AI x Crypto and decentralized compute. In this episode they discuss: The foundations for Prodia Why now is the time for DePIN Decentralized node use-cases Training vs decentralization Web3 compute network scepticisms Will Prodia launch a token? And much more! Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. -- Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only. -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (07:57) Why DePIN? (15:10) Economies of scale/cost efficiencies (19:53) Aggregating supply/matching demand (20:48) Decentralized node use-cases (25:00) Training vs decentralization (29:48) Power of cold outreach/market dynamics (30:46) Web3 compute network scepticisms (41:37) Miner business models (46:11) Prodia token (48:30) Why decentralized compute networks (55:00) Outro -- Partner message: Aptos is the next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability, security, and reliability for decentralized applications. With industry-leading performance, internet-grade UX, 100X lower gas fees than comparable chains, and a thriving ecosystem - Aptos is the platform of choice for both builders and users. Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/ -- Twitter accounts: Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Shawn Wilkonson's Twitter: https://x.com/super3 Prodia's Twitter: https://x.com/prodialabs Prodia's website: https://prodia.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch -- Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ -- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about…

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On a Tangent #2: How We Survive Bull and Bear Markets in Crypto - Darryl Wang and Jason Choi 1:00:41

44 weeks ago1:00:41

1:00:41

Welcome to 'On a Tangent' episode 2 , a special segment of Blockcrunch! Jason and Darryl, prop investors at Tangent, sit down to discuss: H1 2024 review How to develop edge as an investor Bull/bear inflection analysis How to conduct conviction reviews ETH ETF post-launch Verticals Jason & Darryl's early days in crypto And much, much more Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. -- Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only. -- Timestamps: (01:14) Introduction (03:04) Tangent: H1 2024 review (05:24) Developing edge as an investor (14:42) Bull/Bear inflections (31:37) Reassessing convictions (34:27) ETH ETF review (37:42) Cycle patterns (43:05) Verticals (46:00) Crypto x AI (53:51) Jason & Darryl’s start in crypto (56:30) Diversification vs concentration (59:43) Outro -- Twitter accounts: Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Darryl Wang's Twitter: https://x.com/0xWangarian Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch -- Partner message: Aptos is the next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability, security, and reliability for decentralized applications. With industry-leading performance, internet-grade UX, 100X lower gas fees than comparable chains, and a thriving ecosystem - Aptos is the platform of choice for both builders and users. Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/ -- Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ -- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about…

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AI is NEAR: Why AI OG Wants to Build a Blockchain for AI - Illia Polosukhin, NEAR Protocol, Ep. 259 53:32

47 weeks ago53:32