Some Quick Reflections on DeAI at ICML 2025: YoY Growth in Presence, Quality of Decentralized AI Contributions It was highly encouraging to see a step up in presence from top DeAI teams – not just as attendees but as core participants presenting novel papers + research From @ritualnet and @exolabs to @PluralisHQ, @gensynai, @PrimeIntellect, @bagelopenai, @akashnet_ and others – the quality of contributions to the field is increasingly outstanding, original, and bringing legitimacy to crypto as a domain where fundamental innovation in AI can credibly take place We’re Still (Very) Early That said, it remains the case that for most of the conventional AI field, ‘decentralization’ isn’t really a relevant part of the conversation Two Obvious Reasons For This: 1) DeAI is largely still in its R&D era – more research than production-grade reality 2) DeAI is preemptive – from training to deployment, the constraints that’ll drive relevance + adoption of the emerging decentralized stack do not (yet) outweigh the practical benefits that the traditional stack offers Early is Okay, BUT: Ideology can’t replace technical or economic parity. To really have an impact, it’s critical that teams look beyond the crypto silo to understand what builders + users are actually optimizing for. Naturally, it'll be (user / product) dependent and vary across a spectrum of reliability, performance, cost, compliance/security, privacy, new economic models and more But the ability to do this effectively will determine whether the decentralized AI stack can be truly transformative across both worlds, or if it remains a performative exercise in launching tokens

Ethereum is the settlement layer of the internet-native economy And we're incredibly excited to continue accelerating the adoption of Ethereum by backing the world's first purpose-built ether generation company, @TheEtherMachine Led by one of Ethereum's most esteemed OGs, Andrew Keys @AK_EtherMachine, The Ether Machine is making the internet's most productive asset and its institutional-scale yield more accessible than it's ever been before

Remix is altering mobile gaming as we know it Deploy, remix, compete, and earn while you game Ecstatic to lead Remix’s seed round!!

We've closed our Seed Round raising an additional $5 million. Lead by Archetype, backed by Coinbase, Variant, Lemniscap, and more. Mobile gaming will never look the same. 🧵

1/ @Meow is the Costco of financial services: business banking, invoicing, and treasury management that works – at a fraction of the price. Now startups using Meow can send + receive USDC like cash—no fees, no wallets, no friction. Here’s how Bridge helps Meow make it happen 👇

I’ve learned so much from the @archetypevc team, from @dberenzon, @DannySursock, @katherineykwu, @oddhash, @thatdegenvc, and @tylerinternet. And @AshAEgan - apologies for borrowing your quote!

for IN CONVERSATION WITH, i chatted with the legendary @matdryhurst about: + all media is training data + data monetization + the failures of DAOs + artist grants, crowdfunding, institutional theses + AI and cultural production and more

In Session 05 of Proof is in the Pudding, @cryptodavidw dives into: + TEEs and confidential compute + Why TEEs are secure (and why they’re not) + Memory encryption, measurements, and firmware TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:25 Confidential compute 12:55 TEE security and attack vectors 25:08 Root of trust 27:51 TXT, SGX, VMX, and memory encryption 35:55 Measurements and firmware

Gondi now drives the NFT economy. Collect, sell, borrow, lend. Apes together strong.

Congratulations to Archetype company @nash_app (FKA Once Upon) on their acquisition by @chainalysis! We're excited to see two teams laser-focused on making blockchains human-readable and human-understandable come together We can't wait to see what's next!