Charlie Silver — Why High-Quality, Permissioned Data Will Power the Next AI Wave

Charlie Silver is the Founder and CEO of Permission and an entrepreneur with successful startups in tech, media, and finance. He pioneered RealAge, a permission marketing company acquired by Hearst after reaching 60 million users. He also co-founded Onramp Invest, Blockforce Capital, and Reality Shares, launching seven publicly traded ETFs, including the first Blockchain equity ETF. Charlie Silver LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliehsilver/ Flor Laorga LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flor-laorga/ X: https://x.com/florlaorga Website: https://aifn.co/flor AI Frontier Network Website: https://aifn.co LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ai-frontier-network/ X: https://x.com/aifn_co YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ai-frontier-network OUTLINE 00:00 Start 00:27 Charlie Silver's Entrepreneurial Journey 04:13 Founding Permission: Empowering User Data Ownership 04:45 Why Data Quality Matters in AI 05:54 Users Owning and Earning from Their Data 10:17 Building Trust and Ethics into AI 20:52 Envisioning the Future of Decentralized, User-Owned Data 23:34 Career Shifts, Values, and Final Insights