INTERVIEW -
@AskVenice Is Here to Win: How Private AI Takes On OpenAI and Anthropic
@TrustlessState sits down with
@JonShapeShift and
@jesseproudman to unpack how Venice is taking on OpenAI and Anthropic with private AI.
They talk about:
- why AI is becoming the biggest data honeypot ever
- private
@grok access through Venice
- unrestricted AI as a consumer wedge
- how non-crypto users still feed the
$VVV economy
-
$DIEM, tokenized inference, and AI agents
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:12 Why Private AI Matters
3:01 The AI Data Honeypot
6:07 Venice’s Consumer AI Ambition
8:01 Beating the Big AI Labs
10:19 Model Aggregation and Agentic Chat
12:29 Open Source, Closed Source, and Private Grok
17:14 Who Actually Needs Private AI?
21:58 Venice’s User Base
23:53 What Drove Venice’s Recent Growth
27:21
$VVV,
$DIEM, and Tokenized Inference
29:00 Where Venice Gets Its Compute
32:17 Bonding Curves and DIEM Monetary Policy
39:14 Real Tokenomics, Not Just a Pie Chart
45:46 AI Agents Need Inference to Exist
52:54 ShapeShift DNA Inside Venice
55:53 Regulation, AI, and Individual Rights