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John Dogru, Founder and CEO of the 3DOS Network Oct 16, 2023

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Connor and Mahesh are joined by John Dogru, Founder of 3DOS, the world’s largest decentralized peer-to-peer manufacturing network. John walks us through the current state of the 3D printing industry, how 3DOS’ brings a new meaning to just-in-time manufacturing, dramatically improves rates of materials waste, and empowers a new generation of creators.

00:00 Intro

1:10 Are we aliens?

3:10 3DOS founding story

4:30 Where’s the 3D printing industry at today?

8:20 Not drop-shipping, but drop-manufacturing?

13:05 End-to-end use case

17:35 How starting with higher ed strengthened 3DOS from the ground up

20:00 How 3DOS fulfils the last mile

23:00 How 3DOS helps load balance capacity across devices

26:20 Impact of democratizing manufacturing

29:40 The long-term vision for 3DOS

32:30 How 3DOS is using crypto principles to drive network activity and empower creators

27:05 How 3DOS is optimizing its incentive structure for quality

Disclaimer: The hosts and the firms they represent may hold stakes in the companies mentioned in this podcast. None of this is financial advice.

Maria Lema, Co-Founder of Weaver Labs Oct 06, 2023

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In this episode of the Proof of Coverage podcast, Sal interviews Maria Lima, the founder of Weaver Labs and the Adeno network. Maria shares the origin story of Weaver Labs and discusses their work in powering lab deployments across Europe. They delve into the innovative technology behind Weaver Labs, including their full-stack modular software platform for scaling wireless networks. Listeners will gain insights into the exciting advancements being made in the field of telecommunications.

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[00:02:05] Demo or die approach.

[00:04:41] Decentralizing telecommunications infrastructure.

[00:08:30] Innovation in the telecom ecosystem.

[00:09:41] UK's investment in telecoms.

[00:14:50] Building a 5G private network.

[00:16:20] Using street furniture for network deployment.

[00:19:58] Neutron host model explained.

[00:23:34] Fixed wireless access trial.

[00:26:14] Residential connectivity cost analysis.

[00:30:16] Telecom sector funding scarcity.

Disclaimer: The hosts and the firms they represent may hold stakes in the companies mentioned in this podcast. None of this is financial advice.

Greg Osuri, Founder and CEO of Akash Network Sep 25, 2023

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Join Mahesh and Connor for a thought-provoking conversation with Greg Osuri, the founder of Akash Network.

They discuss the importance of Akash and its implications as the first-ever super cloud for computing. Akash operates in a decentralized manner, utilizing crypto incentives to source compute power and providing it to those who need it through an innovative leasing framework. The conversation also touches on recent events, such as Mexico's Congress unboxing aliens, prompting reactions and thoughts on the existence of non-human life in the universe.

[01:02] Aliens and extraterrestrial life

[04:33] The cloud's influence on innovation

[07:23] Decentralized marketplace for cloud

[10:07] Aggregating latent compute resources

[12:59] Fragmenting the AI chip market

[16:17] Akash vs. competitors

[20:12] AI developers and user friction

[22:07] Network effects in crypto

[26:08] Crypto and AI convergence

[28:19] Incentivizing equitable AI

[31:43] Akash Network and community

Disclaimer: The hosts and the firms they represent may hold stakes in the companies mentioned in this podcast. None of this is financial advice.

David Minarsch, Founder and CEO of Autonolas Network (Olas) Sep 07, 2023

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Join Mahesh and Connor as they dive into the world of co-owned AI services, with David Minarsch, Founder and CEO of the Olas Network.

Olas has created a general framework for developers to spin up autonomous AI services across chains, which perform key services on chain. These could be as simple as automating DAO governance around voting, or as complex as creating self-balancing index funds. The Olas SDK makes it incredibly easy to spin up a new service, and the Olas protocol lives across chain to coordinate the network.

We discuss decentralized autonomous agents, the scalability of such a framework, and certain use cases that we expect to explode in coming months. Shownotes:

0:00 Intro

00:35 David’s Background And Phd In Game Theory

02:30 Work At Fetch.Ai And On Multi-Agent Systems

6:00 What Is A Multi-Agent System And Introducing Olas

12:55 What Is Olas And How Does It Work?

14:40 What Is An Agent? What Is A Service?

16:55 Governance Product And How It Works

19:10 Fund Management And Defi Products

22:30 Community Use Cases

24:30 Token Structure and Bonding Disclaimer: The hosts and the firms they represent may hold stakes in the companies mentioned in this podcast. None of this is financial advice.

Eric Wollberg, Founder of PropheticAI & Evan Fisher, Founder of Portal Ventures Aug 30, 2023

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Join Mahesh as he discusses the world of lucid dreaming with Eric Wollberg, Founder of Prophetic AI, and Evan Fisher, Founder of Portal Ventures.

Prophetic AI has created the first hardware device capable of stabilizing lucid dream states among casual participants. An operating system to explore consciousness, Prophetic aims to create a platform to allow us to explore the inner workings of our brains, which may present over time as immersive, VR-like experiences.

We discuss the process of lucid dreaming, the value of contextualized sleep data, and the implications of using such a novel mechanism to explore consciousness.

Show Notes

01:19 What is lucid dreaming and why is it important?

03:45 Eric and Evan discuss their experiences with lucid dreaming

06:15 Eric’s background and origin on Prophetic

10:45 Key unlocks of the last 10 years

12:40 Business model and the value of dream data

18:50 Evan’s thoughts on sleep data

22:12 Regulatory and public backlash

27:25 Evan’s view on the brain and technology

Note: Mahesh and Evan are both angel investors in PropheticAI

Cornelius Greyling, CEO at VulaCoin Jun 12, 2023

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Join Sal and Connor as they interview Cornelius Greyling, CEO of VulaCoin. VulaCoin (www.vulacoin.com) and its sister company Isizwe (www.isizwe.com) are connecting the next billion unconnected by providing low-cost, high-quality internet access to underserved communities, beginning in South Africa.

We discuss: how Isizwe’s operating model was determined by their sole focus on the end user experience, the unique challenges of building a network in underserved communities, how VulaCoin is enabling an ecosystem of small hyper-local businesses, and the current state of crypto regulation in South Africa.

Show Notes

0:00 Intro

03:39 Cornelius’ Background and Isizwe’s Origin

09:20 Isizwe’s Mission and Design around the End User

15:56 How VulaCoin lowers transaction costs and facilitates an ecosystem of small businesses

28:40 How Isizwe differs from other mobile money businesses

34:10 Improving the Crypto User Experience

38:17 Why Solana?

39:37 South Africa’s Crypto Regulatory Environment

42:48 The Future of Isizwe and VulaCoin

Denis Sklyarov, CEO at WiFi Map Mar 28, 2023

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Join Connor and Mahesh as they interview Denis Sklyarov, CEO of WiFi Map. Wifi Map is an eight year old travel and connectivity app that makes Internet connectivity as cheap and easy as possible for its 4 million monthly active users.

We discuss: how Wifi Map solves connectivity issues around the world, how a singular focus on their users helped them grow to 120+ million downloads without any paid marketing, and the exciting new products they have planned in conjunction with the launch of their public token, $WIFI.

Show Notes:

0:00 Intro

03:15 Denis’ Background and Wifi Map’s Origin

07:40 The problem WiFi Map solves

10:06 How WiFi Map serves their users

12:08 WiFi Map’s organic growth

15:18 Wifi Map’s User Personas

20:18 Why Businesses Love WiFi Map

24:16 WiFi Map’s Upcoming Token Launch

28:53 How WiFi Map Uses AI

31:52 Denis’ View on the Future of Crypto

Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The hosts or the companies they work for (Second Element Partners or Escape Velocity Ventures) may own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast.

Rob Solomon, Co-Founder at DIMO Mar 17, 2023

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Join Connor and Sal as they interview Rob Solomon of DIMO. DIMO helps drivers access useful data about their car and enables developers and other third-party services to build on a large and growing network of mobility data.

We discuss: how DIMO helps both drivers and developers, the vision of a mobility industry driven by open data networks, the guiding principles behind DIMO’s token structure and the exciting features coming soon to DIMO.

Show notes:

0:00 Intro

3:25 Rob’s background in decentralized systems and the automotive industry.

6:09 The DIMO team’s background

8:25 Get Rob to the table

8:51 The current state of automotive data, and the problem that DIMO solves

13:26 The data that DIMO collects, and who it helps

17:20 DIMO’s token structure and origins

22:15 The current state of being a crypto founder

24:35 Incentive token structures (single vs. double)

30:30 Audience Questions - data privacy and blockchain choice

34:09 Token Governance

40:58 The DIMO Product Roadmap
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Neil Chatterjee, CEO at Andrena Feb 06, 2023

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Join Sal from EV3 for the third episode of the Proof of Coverage podcast as he interviews Neil Chatterjee, CEO of Andrena. Andrena is a quickly growing traditional wireless ISP (internet service provider) that's innovating in the DeWi space as well.

We discuss: Andrena's quickly growing, core WISP business, the technological breakthroughs that are allowing for innovation at the edge of connectivity, and the role Andrena sees DeWi playing in the buildout of next-gen networks

Show notes:

0:00 - intro, Andrena overview and model

2:37 - Neil's background in healthcare analytics, then connectivity at Facebook

6:02 - what's so hard about the fixed wireless industry?

13:01 - why is mm wave spectrum and point to multi-point connectivity so important?

15:30 - is there enough unlicensed spectrum for DeWi to succeed?

19:00 - the golden age of wireless

19:30 - DeWi cartel installations in Salt Lake City?

20:14 - Andrena's background and involvement in DeWi

24:12 - owning your backhaul and transport is the best position to be in

25:56 - bear take on DeWi?

29:23 - can the DeWi model work for mobile?

34:41 - any ideas on how to validate indoor cellular coverage?

39:42 - outro, socials

Rich DeVaul, CEO at XNET Nov 07, 2022

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Join Connor and Jonah from Second Element Partners (SEP) along with Mahesh from Escape Velocity Ventures (EV3) for the second episode of the Proof of Coverage Podcast, where we interview Rich DeVaul, the CEO of newly launched DeWi CBRS project XNET!

We discuss: Rich's unique background in tech and telecom, what makes XNET different, and why XNET believes its points of differentiation will help it stand out in the rapidly-growing DeWi CBRS space.

Show notes:
0:00 - intros (Connor, Mahesh, Rich)

5:00 - Rich's background at Apple, Google, etc. (Mahesh, Rich)

11:30 - overview of XNET, what makes it special, lessons learned from Project Loon (Mahesh, Rich)

16:11 - telcos as dinosaurs, DeWi as fighter jets, XNET as a dinosaur with a jetpack (Rich)

18:20 - "pioneers get shot, settlers get rich", the second mover advantage (Mahesh, Rich)

20:57 - Helium & Pollen building a data-only network, XNET building a full-service network (Connor, Rich)

28:32 - XNET tokenomic innovation, data tickets expire to maximize for utility not speculation (Rich)

33:20 - why did XNET choose to launch as the most centralized DeWi protocol? (Connor, Rich)

40:25 - DeWi's pivot towards more centralization early-stage (Connor, Rich)

42:50 - why are XNET rewards lower than Helium/Pollen for early-stage deployments? (Connor, Rich)

46:50 - token lockups will keep XNET's circulating supply very low (Rich)

49:29 - timelines for paid data transfer (Q1 2023) (Connor, Rich)

54:50 - what are the biggest challenges of being a crypto entrepreneur? (Mahesh, Rich)

58:36 - social links

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