SPECIAL: How @ErikVoorhees Built the Leading Private, Uncensored AI @AskVenice Timestamps: 00:00 Intro & ShapeShift Origin Story 05:25 Did Crypto Play Out as Expected? 06:25 AI vs. Crypto: Are They Similar? 07:23 What Is Venice AI? 09:38 Why Erik Left ShapeShift to Build Venice 10:31 Censorship in AI & the Open Source Alternative 11:38 Hibachi, infiniFi Ads 12:00 Are AI Labs Too Censored? 13:24 Relay Ad 13:41 Geopolitics: Chinese Open Source vs. US Closed Models 14:15 SBF, the Anthropic Investment & Crypto Scammers 16:26 NearCon, Illia & the AI/Crypto Convergence