Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?

How does AI make you feel? Are you excited to “vibe-code” your smart home? Or anxious about all the added pollution and billions of gallons of water used by data centers? Dig a little deeper and you’ll start to question the actual value of the GPUs that underpin all the leaps and promises of generative … Read more

Judge Spotlight: Sjoerd Dijkstra, Co-Founder of Nosana, on Powering AI with Decentralized Compute

This interview is part of the Judge Spotlight series for the Decentralize AI Hackathon, where we sit down with our judges to explore their work, perspectives, and advice for builders. As a judge for the Decentralize AI Hackathon, Sjoerd Dijkstra, Co-Founder of Nosana, brings years of experience building at the intersection of AI and Web3, … Read more

AI Governance In High-Stakes Finance: Radhika Venugopal

The integration of Generative AI into financial services presents unprecedented opportunities alongside complex regulatory challenges. Institutions are actively seeking pathways to deploy advanced artificial intelligence without compromising the integrity of legacy systems or exposing sensitive client data. Leading this transformation is Radhika Venugopal, a Technical Architect with eighteen years of experience in enterprise financial technology … Read more

QIE Blockchain: The Identity Layer of Web3

Making crypto as simple as sending an email. Bitcoin solved digital money. Ethereum introduced smart contracts. But one problem still affects almost every blockchain today: Identity doesn’t exist. Every wallet is just a long string of random characters. 0x8b34…bc1q9…TQf7… Every blockchain has different wallet addresses. Every exchange asks you to complete KYC again. Every dApp asks … Read more

How to Price Commercial Open Source

Most COSS founders pick a number too early and then guard it like a fortress. They settle on something that feels defensible, publish it, and refuse to touch it again, because changing prices feels like breaking a promise. The instinct is backwards. A price is a hypothesis. You test it against what people will actually … Read more