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What happens when decentralized blockchain technology meets artificial intelligence's reasoning capabilities?

In this throwback episode from 2025, we sit down with Jonathan King, Principal Investor at Coinbase Ventures.
JK breaks down the origin story of Coinbase Ventures, from its lean, ecosystem-indexing beginnings in 2018 to managing over 500+ investments and deploying capital via the Base Ecosystem Fund. He provides a deep dive into Coinbase Ventures' flagship thesis on the convergence of crypto and AI.
Discover why Jonathan believes autonomous AI agents using crypto rails (like stablecoins and self-custody wallets) will become the primary drivers of economic activity. He also highlights portfolio breakouts like Vana Network and Sapien, shares how AI developers like Devin and Cursor will spark an on-chain app explosion, and reveals what he looks for when evaluating technical co-founders.

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How does a traditional fine artist go from painting oil canvases in Scotland to pioneering Web3, augmented reality, and multi-million-dollar NFT drops? In this classic throwback episode of The Edge of NFT, host Josh Kriger sits down with world-renowned artist Trevor Jones.
Trevor shares his unconventional journey from failing as a young bassist in Vancouver to studying fine art at Edinburgh College of Art in his 30s. He details his earliest experiments with hand-painted QR code canvases in 2012, his shift to augmented reality (AR) storytelling, and his early 2017 entry into Bitcoin.
Discover the story behind his legendary Bitcoin Angel open edition drop, which grossed $3.2 million in seven minutes and how it funded his iconic, philanthropic Castle Parties. Trevor also reflects on collaborating with Web3 legends like Pak, Jose Delbo, and Alotta Money, while offering invaluable advice on maintaining authenticity and long-term vision as an artist.

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What happens when legendary venture capital investors and pioneering media entrepreneurs replace traditional studio infrastructure with AI digital twins? In this throwback episode of our Edge of AI Podcast, host Ron Levy sits down with Tim Draper and Mark Scarpa.

Mark breaks down how Defiance.TV operates as the first AI-powered television network, utilizing digital twins, automated script writing, AI fact-checking, and decentralized IPFS blockchain distribution to maintain journalistic integrity across 160 million households. Tim shares how his own AI doppelganger on Draper TV broadcasts daily news updates on several hundred portfolio companies in up to 22 native languages, surprisingly serving as his own daily intelligence briefing.
Discover Tim Draper's vision for decentralized governance using AI to streamline bloated government bureaucracies, aligning performance incentives with GDP growth, and why Bitcoin and blockchain ledgers will eliminate modern accounting and auditing friction.

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Are humanoids ready to step onto the front lines of mental health, senior care, and emotional therapy?

In another throwback episode of Edge of Show we are remembering our first-ever live podcast recorded in front of an audience with a humanoid robot, where host Josh Kriger sits down at Moss in Venice Beach with Ria, an emotionally intelligent humanoid developed by Machani Robotics.
Josh frames the episode around groundbreaking clinical data: generative AI therapy chatbots driving a 51% reduction in depression symptoms and patients rating AI psychotherapy responses higher in contextual empathy than human therapists.
Joining the stage is Niv Sundaram, Chief Strategy Officer at Machani Robotics, who discusses the company's technical roadmap, data privacy protocols, and mission to deploy empathy-focused humanoids across senior care, special needs education, and wellness lounges globally.

The episode concludes with a live, unscripted Q&A session where audience members test Ria's perspectives on human loneliness, existential grief, and inter-agent ethics.

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What happens when technology completely removes the skill barrier to artistic creation?

We have another throwback episode of our old Edge of AI Podcast, where Ron Levy and our host Josh Krieger sit down with Claire Silver, a world-renowned, anonymous AI collaborative artist whose work is housed in the permanent collection at LACMA and has been auctioned at Christie's, Sotheby's, and SuperRare.
Claire shares her deeply personal journey of overcoming a life-changing chronic illness, teaching herself to paint, and discovering early AI art platforms. She dives into her core philosophy: as AI augments and democratizes traditional execution skills, individual taste, message, and empathy become the defining skills of the new era.
Don't miss out on this episode and discover the freedom of artistic expression through AI and its impact on future generations.

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