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Beacon Podcast
by Kenzi Wang, Diksha Dutta and Sachi Kamiya
Web3 Unlocked, a podcast series from Beacon, offers unprecedented access to the founders of leading web3 companies. Through in-depth, long-form conversations, listeners get to hear everything that goes on behind the scenes of building the biggest companies in web3 – the good, the bad, and the ugly. We speak to founders about how they got into web3, built products, hired teams, and succeeded (or failed).
Episodes
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Karan Sirdesai | Co-Founder and CEO of Mira Network : Building Reliable AI on the Blockchain
In this episode of Beacon Podcast, we speak with Karan Sirdesai, the Co-Founder of Mira Network, a decentralized AI infrastructure platform that's pioneering a new approach to reliable and safe artificial intelligence. Karan shares how Mira tackles the challenge of AI hallucinations, making...
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Ron Bodkin | CEO and Co-Founder of Theoriq: Understanding Agent Collectives in AI
In this episode, Ron Bodkin explores the intersection of AI and crypto, emphasizing responsibility, governance, and the transformative potential of Web3. He shares his journey from Google to founding Theoric and ChainML, reflecting on the shift from corporate AI leadership to startup innovation....
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Jay Jog | Co-Founder of Sei Labs : The EVM's Dominance And Its Limitations
In this conversation, Jay from Sei Labs discusses the parallels between established cities and virtual machines, emphasizing the challenges of displacing dominant systems like the EVM. He shares his journey from traditional finance at Robinhood to now building Sei Network in Web3, highlighting…
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David Minarsch | Co-Founder & CEO of Valory : The Rise of Autonomous Agents and the Future of Web3
Join David Minarsch as he explores the concept of autonomy and its impact on human-machine relationships. He shares his journey into the crypto and AI space, including his work with Fetch.ai and the founding of Valory and OLAS. The conversation highlights the rise of autonomous agents, their...
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Anna Kazlauskas | CEO and Co-Founder of Vana : Solving AI's Data Dilemma
Anna Kazlauskas discusses her path from traditional finance to the world of decentralized AI. She describes what it’s like building Vana, a platform that lets people own their data and contribute it to AI models, and explains why tokenomics plays an important role in their setup. Anna also...
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Uma Roy | Co-Founder of Succinct Labs : Why Zero Knowledge is Key to Scaling Crypto
Uma Roy delves into her journey in the Web3 space, the motivations behind founding Succinct Labs, and the importance of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) for the scalability and privacy of crypto projects. She explains the inception and growth of Succinct Labs in San Francisco, emphasizing the team's...
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Rushi Manche, Co-Founder of Movement Labs: Inside the Mind of a GenZ Web3 Founder
In this episode, Rushi Manche, Co-Founder of Movement Labs, shares his journey from a young coder to a crypto innovator. He discusses the importance of offering your time and skills to gain experience, the rise of meme coins, and the shift to Gen Z marketing in crypto. Rushi explains how Movement...
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Nick Emmons | Co-Founder and CEO of Allora Labs : The Synergies Between Web3 and AI
In this conversation, Nick Emmons, Co-Founder of Allora Labs, delves into the synergies between crypto and AI, exploring the potential for decentralized AI to create a collective intelligence network. Emmons outlines Allora Labs' mission, emphasizing their focus on AI-powered DeFi and innovative...
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Gabby Dizon | Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games : Tokenomics and In-Game Economies
In this episode, Gabby Dizon, Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games (YGG), shares his journey from PC gamer to Web3 pioneer. He discusses the challenges and future of Web3 gaming, highlighting AI's potential impact and the qualities needed for founders to succeed. Learn about YGG's evolution, their...
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Avery Ching | CTO and Co-Founder of Aptos Labs : Decoding the Aptos Ecosystem
Avery Ching shares his outlook on the intersection of crypto and AI, the fundraising process for Aptos Labs, and the key differences between Aptos and other Layer 1s like Solana and Ethereum. He further discusses the use cases for Aptos, the challenges of the Move programming language, and Aptos'...
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Greg Osuri | Founder of Akash Network : Liberty, Community, and the Future of Decentralized AI
Greg Osuri, Founder of Akash Network, dives into the significance of liberty, sovereignty, and freedom in the decentralized web. Explore Greg's journey, the challenges he faced, and the importance of community in Web3. Learn about building a Web3 product, maintaining work-life balance for…
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Michael Heinrich | Founder of 0G Labs : Building The First Modular AI Chain
Michael discusses his journey from high school boredom to founding 0G Labs, the first modular AI Chain. Discover how spiritual readings and meditation changed Michael's leadership style helping him achieve success as a founder. He shares the potential of decentralized AI infrastructure and why a...
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Ethan Sun | Co-Founder of MyShell : Empowering Creators at the Blockchain-AI Crossroads
Ethan Sun discusses his journey into the intersection of Blockchain & AI, and the founding story of MyShell. He explains how MyShell aims to make AI models accessible to non-technical creators and foster a new wave of the creator economy. Ethan also shares insights on transitioning from Web2 to...
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DC Builder | Research Engineer at Worldcoin Foundation: Proving Personhood In A Digital Era
DC Builder, Research Engineer at Worldcoin Foundation, shares the project's approach towards decentralization and its mission to democratize digital identity and finance globally, ensuring fair wealth distribution. He highlights the challenges of the web of trust and biometrics in verifying...
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Richard Ma | Co-Founder and CEO of Quantstamp : Securing the Future of Web3
Richard Ma, Co-founder and CEO of QuantStamp, shares his journey from working in the hedge fund industry to the world of Web3. Detailing the operational mechanics of QuantStamp, he highlights the changing customer base in the Web3 space and what makes Web3 startups successful in the long run....
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David Tse | Co-Founder of BabylonChain : Scaling Bitcoin To Secure A Decentralised World
David Tse, Co-Founder of BablylonChain, shares the future of scaling the Bitcoin ecosystem with staking, the founding story of BabylonChain, and his journey from academia to now being a Web3 founder. With BabylonChain, bitcoin holders can earn yields from their idle bitcoins in a secure way: no...
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Sergey Gorbunov | Co-Founder of Axelar Network : Scaling Interoperability Networks In Blockchain
Sergey Gorbunov, co-founder of Axelar, shares the future of interoperability in Web3, the founding story of Axelar, and what drives him as a Web3 founder to keep innovating. Axelar is the programmable Web3 interoperability platform, scaling the next generation of internet applications to billions...
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Victor Ji | Co-Founder of Manta Network : Building Real World Use-Cases with Zero Knowledge
Victor Ji, the Co-Founder of Manta Network explains the concept of Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proofs and how Manta is delivering a seamless developer experience for ZK applications. He also shares the milestones and turning points in Manta's journey and the qualities he believes are important for Web3...
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Sandy Peng | Co-Founder of Scroll : Building Layer 2 Solutions Intertwined With The Ethereum Roadmap
Sandy Peng, Co-Founder of Scroll, discusses the Layer 2 scaling solutions in Web3, the founding story of Scroll, and how to create a successful Web3 project by focusing on just building. Scroll is a community-first native zkEVM Layer 2 solution, and an open source project working at the forefront...
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Chris Spadafora | Founder of BadgerDAO : Bringing Bitcoin To Defi
Chris Spadafora, Founder of BadgerDAO, discusses decentralized governance, crypto tribalism, and his mission of bringing Bitcoin to the Defi ecosystem. BadgerDAO is an open-source, decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that enables Bitcoin to be used as collateral across decentralized…
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Eli Ben-Sassoon | Founder of StarkWare : Scaling Blockchain With Zero Knowledge
Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and President of StarkWare, discusses his journey into Web3, building blockchain solutions for scalability, and how StarkWare is working on onboarding the next billion users onto the blockchain. StarkWare develops zero-knowledge proof technology that compresses...
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Sreeram Kannan | Founder of EigenLayer : Blockchain Brings Trust to Tech Innovation
Sreeram Kannan, co-founder and CEO of EigenLayer, discusses his journey into Web3, why he left academia to build a blockchain product, and how EigenLayer is solving some of the biggest challenges in the crypto ecosystem. Sreeram's journey into the realm of Web3 began with a deep-seated belief in...
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Aniket Jindal | Co-Founder of Biconomy: Building Tools to Make Web3 Accessible to Everyone
Aniket Jindal, Co-founder at Biconomy, delves into the qualities that define successful Web3 founders, the dynamics of bear markets, and the role of community management. He shared his insights into Biconomy's decentralized relay network and tokenomics and the critical significance of user...
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Beryl Li | Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games: From Games to Guilds - Navigating the Web3 Journey
Beryl Li is the Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games (YGG), the largest decentralized network of gaming guilds. During our chat, we discussed Beryl Li's unique journey into the Web3 space and her contributions to the industry. She shared her insights into the role of guilds in shaping the future of...
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Ryan Kim | Partner at Hashed: Cracking the Code on Web3 Investments in Asia
We spoke to Ryan Sungho Kim, a Partner at Hashed. He assesses deals from Asia and focuses on applications, corporate finance and enterprise. Previously, Ryan successfully exited his company LOOKET, a mobile solution for SME to Recobell (a Big Data company). Ryan was in charge of the development…
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Jeff “Jiho” Zirlin | Co-Founder of Axie Infinity: Turning Your Web3 Community into True Evangelists
For Jeff Zirlin, aka Jiho, the third time was the charm to get into Web3. It could have been in the early days of Bitcoin when his friends started a crypto fund, or it could have been in the days of the Cypriot financial crisis when Jiho wanted to look into currencies that sovereign powers could...
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Yat Siu | Co-Founder of Animoca Brands: The North Star of Web3 is Digital Ownership
Yat Siu, Founder of Animoca Brands discusses how he went from learning music to becoming a tech entrepreneur, the ventures he has worked on and launched, his early days in Web3, his advice for Web3 founders, and so much more. Coming from a musician family, Yat Siu was training to be a musician…
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Lily Liu | President of The Solana Foundation: Why Blockchain Ecosystems are More Like Cities than Companies
Lily Liu is the President of the Solana Foundation. She is an entrepreneur and investor focused on the cryptocurrency industry. She has a background as a CFO and operating executive in the US, China, and throughout emerging markets. Lily is the Co-Founder of Anagram, and part of the founding team...
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Jaynti Kanani | Co-Founder of Polygon: From Underdog to Champion
Polygon is one of crypto's greatest underdog stories if not all of tech. And it all boils down to what makes one of its co-founders, Jaynti “JD” Kanani, a believer in Web3: that all you need is a laptop and an internet connection to build anything. “You don’t need to be out there; put your name…
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Illia Polosukhin | Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol: Scaling an L1 in a Bear Market
In this week’s episode of Web3 Unlocked, Kenzi Wang, and Diksha Dutta speak to Illia Polosukhin, the Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol. He discusses NEAR’s creation, what it takes to have true scalability in Web3, and building through a bear market. Here is a list of the selected time stamps on the...
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Alex Svanevik | Co-Founder of Nansen: From Data Scientist to Web3 Founder
In this epsiode, Alex Svanevik shares his journey from data scientist to Web3 Founder, the business model of Nansen.ai, and how to scale a user-centric product in Web3. Topics: 00:35 to 1:35: What is your favorite thing about Web3? 1:35 to 3:47: How did you get into Web3? 3:47 to 9:05: Idea of...
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Matthew Gould | Founder & CEO of Unstoppable Domains: Building a Web3 Unicorn Without a Token
In this episode of Web3 Unlocked, Kenzi Wang, Sachi Kamiya, and Diksha Dutta speak to Matthew Gould, the CEO of Unstoppable Domains. He discusses building a digital identity-focused Web3 company, what founders need to focus on for fundraising, and why he thinks token funding may be harmful to...
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Harsh Rajat | Founder of Push Protocol: Web3 Market Sentiment, Raising Funds, & L1 wars
In this episode of Web3 Unlocked, Kenzi Wang, Diksha Dutta, and Sachi Kamiya speak to Harsh Rajat, Founder of Push Protocol. Push Protocol is the communication protocol of web3. It enables cross-chain notifications and messaging for dapps, wallets, and services tied to wallet addresses. In a chat...
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Jack Lu | Co-Founder of Magic Eden: Going Multi-Chain, Building for Web3 and the Future of NFTs
In this episode of Web3 Unlocked, Kenzi Wang, Diksha Dutta and Sachi Kamiya speak to Jack Lu, CEO and one of the four co-founders of Magic Eden. Before co-founding Magic Eden, Jack worked at FTX, Google, and Boston Consulting Group. Magic Eden is an NFT marketplace launched in September 2021 and...
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Chris Gonsalves | CEO of Community Gaming: Web3 Gaming Ecosystems and eSports
In this week’s episode of Web3 Unlocked, Kenzi Wang and Diksha Dutta speak to Chris Gonsalves, the CEO of Community Gaming. He discusses how Community Gaming was created, how the Web3 gaming ecosystem differs from traditional eSports, and how Web3 gaming will change in the future.
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Sandeep Nailwal | Co-Founder of Polygon: Setbacks, Community Building and Rebranding Polygon
In this episode of Web3 Unlocked, Kenzi Wang and Diksha Dutta speak to Sandeep Nailwal on his entire journey with Polygon so far. He discusses how he got into Crypto, his commitment to the developer community, and what the future looks like for Web3 today. Website: web3unlocked.xyz Twitter:...
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Lucas Vogelsang | Co-Founder of Centrifuge: The Future of Defi
In this episode of Web3 Unlocked, Kenzi Wang and Diksha Dutta speak to Lucas Vogelsang, CEO, and Co-Founder of Centrifuge, focusing on bringing Real World Assets to Defi since the early days of Ethereum. During the discussion, Lucas covers the future of Defi, the Polkadot ecosystem, and his...
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Sota Watanabe | Co-Founder of Astar Network : Web3 Valuations and the Future of Decentralization
In this episode of Web3 Unlocked, Kenzi Wang speaks to Sota Watanabe, Founder of Astar Network, on being a Japanese founder in the crypto world, parameters that affect Web3 company valuations the most, the multichain future and the exciting new projects at Astar. Here are edited excerpts of the...
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Nischal Shetty | Founder of Shardeum: Building in Web3 and the Importance of Community
In this episode of Web3 Unlocked, Kenzi Wang and Diksha Dutta speak to Nischal Shetty, Founder of WazirX and Shardeum, on decentralization, the right way to build communities, and making it in web 3. Before Nischal launched WazirX and Shardeum, he started his entrepreneurial journey by creating a...
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Andrew Durgee | President of Republic Crypto: Building a Fund and Volatile Markets
In this episode of Web3 Unlocked, Kenzi Wang speaks to Andrew Durgee on the work Republic is doing, its various arms, the current market cycle, the impact of the recent Terra-Luna crash, and why Republic has zero attrition. In terms of structure Republic has four different companies - a holding...
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Ciara Sun | Founder and Managing Partner of C² Ventures: Investing in Web3 Founders, Valuations, and Women in Crypto
In this episode of Web3 Unlocked, Kenzi Wang and Sachi Kamiya speak to Ciara Sun, Founder & Managing Partner at C² Ventures, on being a woman in web3, the challenges she faced, and the road ahead for her investment firm. Before she dived into the world of web3, she was a management consultant…
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Miles Anthony | Founder of Decentral Games: Building and Sustaining Play-to-Earn in the Metaverse
In this episode of Web3 Unlocked, Kenzi Wang talks to Miles Anthony, Founder of Decentral Games. Decentral Games builds games that give players economic freedom through aligned incentives, self-custody and delegation of yield-bearing metaverse assets. . The game first launched its closed beta in...
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Web3 Unlocked, a podcast series from Beacon, offers unprecedented access to the founders of leading web3 companies. Through in-depth, long-form conversations, listeners get to hear everything that goes on behind the scenes of building the biggest companies in web3 – the good, the bad, and the ugly. We speak to founders about how they got into web3, built products, hired teams, and succeeded (or failed).
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