ETHDenver Recap: Future of Blockchain and Open AI with Bidhan Roy, Founder at Bagel

The Index Podcast

How do we unlock the true potential of decentralized AI? In this episode of Everything Bagel, co-hosts Alex Kehaya and Bidhan Roy dive into the powerful intersection of blockchain and AI, fresh from ETHDenver and the OpenAGI Summit.

Bidhan, founder of Bagel, shares insights from hosting a Builder’s Breakfast that exceeded all expectations, drawing triple the anticipated attendance. He unpacks how Bagel is tackling one of decentralized AI’s biggest challenges—verifiability—through innovations like ZK LoRa (Zero-Knowledge Low-Rank Adaptation).

The conversation explores why structured public data often holds more value than proprietary datasets and how Bagel enables contributors to monetize the process of transforming raw data into usable intelligence. Most importantly, Alex and Bidhan discuss a new paradigm where builders—not extractors—are at the heart of innovation, aligning open-source principles with financial sustainability.

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Chapters

1. Introducing Everything Bagel with Bidon Roy (00:00:00)

2. ETH Denver Highlights and Bagel Team's Success (00:01:03)

3. Collaborative Model Building Challenges (00:03:20)

4. Data Structuring and Value Attribution (00:06:54)

5. Bagel's Community Growth and Future Plans (00:11:57)

6. Building Together: Principles of Open Source (00:16:42)

7. Contributing vs. Extracting in Open Intelligence (00:22:21)