AI Transformer Model Author Illia Polosukhin: Building the Intention Economy

On Ep. 4 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder @ NEAR Protocol to discuss NEAR Protocol, solving AI coordination, payment challenges and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 7:05 NEAR Protocol & solving AI coordination and payment challenges 15:37 Redefining commerce as an intent-based flow beyond payments 22:41 The landscape of agentic commerce protocols and aggregation 25:01 Security challenges with AI agents and the creation of IronClaw 30:13 The evolution toward secure operating systems for AI 31:25 Balancing crypto integration with the open source community 34:04 Future vision for IronClaw and Near Protocol Tokenized is sponsored by VisaA world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. Tokenized is also presented by Mesh As the first global crypto payments network, Mesh connects over 300 wallets, exchanges and payments platforms, and enables anyone to pay and get paid instantly, anywhere, in any asset. Mesh makes digital transactions seamless, secure and universal, fuelling the next era of agentic commerce. Learn more at meshpay.com *** We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!   Music by Henry McLean