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<p>Half a billion people can access the world’s best AI on their phone. So why are most using it to write emails while only some are using it to build empires?</p><p>In this conversation with Mark Halperin from Next Up, Marc Andreessen reveals why small bakeries are beating Fortu ... Show More

<p>Epoch AI researchers reveal why Anthropic might beat everyone to the first gigawatt datacenter, why AI could solve the Riemann hypothesis in 5 years, and what 30% GDP growth actually looks like. They explain why "energy bottlenecks" are just companies complaining about paying ... Show More

<p>Vlad Tenev built Robinhood by breaking every rule Wall Street wrote: zero commissions when competitors charged $10, mobile-first when "serious" investors demanded desktop, a brand that made finance feel like rebellion instead of a club you'd never join.</p><p>By 2021 they'd fo ... Show More

Cryptocurrencies were once an obscure topic in Washington, something  a lawmaker could comfortably ignore without worrying about the impact on their political prospects. Not anymore.This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp and Insider Protocol.In this week’s episode of Money Reima ... Show More

Bill Ottman is the founder and CEO of Minds.com. In this conversation, Bill and Anthony Pompliano discuss free speech, social networks, censorship, crypto as money and an incentive, and what Bill thinks about Aliens.----Totle is a rare blockchain investment opportunity, one that ... Show More

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Quantstamp and EY.Critics of blockchain forensic technology see the surveillance as a breach of a vital right to privacy. But the privacy features that blockchain technology introduces isn’t in its secrecy, but in its transparency.Simone Main ... Show More

This episode is sponsored by Circle and NEAR. In the attempt to contain the inflationary outbreak in the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening by hiking interest rates will continue for some time. Recently, the U.S. central bank’s chair, Jerome Powell, made it c ... Show More

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Quantstamp.During CoinDesk’s Tax Week, “Money Reimagined” hosts Sheila Warren and Michael Casey dive into the fears and debates around crypto during tax season. Last year’s infrastructure bill called out crypto taxing directly, and in the ... Show More

Blockchains are systems of governance written into code, algorithms dictating how users behave. The question of who gets to develop these systems and these rules becomes immensely important.Joining “Money Reimagined” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are Susan Joseph, executi ... Show More

<p>There’s an obvious tension in the crypto world between decentralization and centralization. Of course, Bitcoin was a reaction against the power of the entrenched banking systems and a move toward individual economic empowerment. The essential element of blockchain technology i ... Show More

<p>When most people hear “crypto,” the first thing they think of is “currencies.” Cryptocurrencies have skyrocketed in popularity over the past few years. And they’ve given rise to an entire ecosystem of financial speculation, get rich quick schemes, and in some cases outright fr ... Show More

In this episode of The Unstoppable Podcast, we’re talking to Kinjal Shah. She’s a Senior Associate at Blockchain Capital, a crypto venture fund, and an investor at the Komorebi Fund, the very first investment DAO focused specifically on funding female and non-binary crypto founde ... Show More

My guest today is Chris Dixon, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Chris is a prolific investor and thinker, having been an entrepreneur, angel investor, and is now focused on investing in the crypto and blockchain space for Andreessen. Our conversation focuses on Chris's o ... Show More