Feb 11

From Eater to Blackbird: Ben Leventhal on Restaurants, Loyalty, and Rebuilding Payments

Restaurants generated more than a trillion dollars in sales last year — but they don’t control the payment rails those dollars flow through.In this episode, Ben Leventhal (founder of Eater, Resy, and now Blackbird) joins Robert Hackett to explain why that’s a problem, how loyalty ... Show More

15m 49s

Feb 2

Bridge CEO Zach Abrams: Stablecoins Are The Next Platform for Money

with @zcabrams @rhackettWhat happens when money moves 10x — or 100x — faster than it does today?In this episode, Zach Abrams, cofounder and CEO of Bridge (now part of Stripe), lays out a bold vision for the future of money: a world where stablecoins become the dominant payment ra ... Show More

19m 45s

Jan 30

Why Privacy Will Be the Biggest Moat in Crypto

with @alive_eth @rhacketta16z crypto General Partner Ali Yahya explains why privacy — not performance — will determine the long-term winners in crypto, and how it creates powerful network effects. In conversation with a16z crypto show host Robert Hackett, Ali lays out how privacy ... Show More

36m 20s

Sep 2023

AI x Crypto

with @alive_eth @danboneh @smc90This week's all-new episode covers the convergence of two important, very top-of-mind trends: AI (artificial intelligence) & blockchains/ crypto. These domains together have major implications for how we all live our lives everyday; so th ... Show More

1h 4m

May 2023

188. News: Worldcoin, Airstack, and Crypto.com's chatbot – how AI and Blockchain are colliding

gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in the world of crypto, including: Airstack raises over $7M for AI-backed Web3 developer platform Crypto.com launches ChatGPT-based AI user assistant Amy OpenAI’s Sam Altman nears ... Show More

39m 56s

Jul 2023

Tech and AI: 10. Can We Control AI?

When so-called "generative" Artificial Intelligences like Chat GPT and Google's Bard were made available to the public, they made headlines around the world and raised fears about how fast this type of AI was developing. But realistically, what harm could AI do to people? Is it a ... Show More

13m 51s

Dec 2023

What’s Next for OpenAI + Binance Is Binanceled + A.I. Is Eating the Internet

Warning: This episode contains some explicit language. The drama at OpenAI is not over. Kevin and Casey take stock of new information they’ve gathered since last week, and look at how other artificial intelligence companies are trying to capitalize on the de ... Show More

1h 4m

Jul 2023

Tech and AI: 6. What is AI?

Artificial Intelligence has been in the news constantly this year, from a chatbot that can write anything you can imagine, in any style, to scientists and world leaders warning that AI needs to be controlled. With the big tech firms all rushing to make their AI products available ... Show More

13m 50s

Nov 2023

The Promise and Peril of Open Source AI with Elizabeth Seger and Jeffrey Ladish

As AI development races forward, a fierce debate has emerged over open source AI models. So what does it mean to open-source AI? Are we opening Pandora’s box of catastrophic risks? Or is open-sourcing AI the only way we can democratize its benefits and dilute the power of big tec ... Show More

38m 44s

Nov 2023

Superintelligent AI: The Utopians

If even AI companies are fretting about the existential threat that human-level AI poses, why are they building these machines in the first place? And as they press ahead, a debate is raging about how we regulate this emergent sector to keep it under control. In the second epi ... Show More

24m 48s

Jun 2023

#124 Sina Kian: Reshaping Privacy in the AI & Machine Learning Revolution

Welcome to episode #124 of the Eye on AI podcast, where we bring you the latest insights into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence. In this episode, Craig Smith is joined by <a href= "https://twitter.com/sinakian1?lang=en">Sina Kian</a>, General Counsel and COO at ... Show More

57m 27s

AI & Crypto