top takeaways from
@endgame_summit
first off: awesome job
@madladshad and the
@endgame_summit team. well done. this was a tight-knit but high quality event and it was really fun to meet everyone in person (and now my wife knows I have real friends that actually exist which is also a plus
@markjeffrey @FrankRizz07 @austinsiggz98 @VenturaLabs)
1) exposure.
I am used to "crypto" conferences swimming with VC's. this was anything but.
I did not see a single pAtAgOnIa VeSt (the official uniform of the VC community). only a handful of collared shirts. this was an AI researchers' conference for people either building, or interested in building, on
#bittensor.
this is a GOOD THING.
#bittensor has yet to enter the public conscience at scale. see slide from
@EvanMalanga @YumaGroup that illustrates this ($31.8B deployed into AI but less than $400mm of that is web3). I'm convinced most VC's know about bittensor; they're just pissed they can't get in at pre-launch prices. there's no easy pump and dump; you actually have to contribute to the ecosystem and buy fair. but they will be here soon enough out of necessity (
@Forbes in attendance).
2) talent.
the talent
#bittensor is attracting is absolutely insane. I met people from all over the world (US, Europe, Middle East, Asia) who want to build on the network. these are not your typical "founders": they are people with PhD's from Stanford and tech innovation awards from MIT.
#bittensor offers something truly unique for builders: they can (essentially) immediately build whatever they want without approval or fundraising capital from anyone. the market votes real-time on their idea and they are incentivized accordingly. this is the way it should be.
everyone I met has the same unspoken attitude: the money is nice, but they’re not here for the money. they’re building on
#bittensor because it is *absolutely fascinating*: there is nowhere else in the world of AI they would rather be, the pace of innovation is insane, and they are value-driven towards decentralized AI.
3) maturity.
the
#bittensor network doesn't "need" any major "fix". the network is mature and resilient, and the smartest people I've ever met are actively working on/in it. there are no "fire drills" or major issues that must be "solved" for builders to be comfortable committing their companies to this funding & operational model: they are already here, as demonstrated by the number of subnets ballooning since
$dTAO launch on 2/14.
4) opportunity.
academia needs to know about
#bittensor. I am going to start working on this personally. UT Austin was in the room presenting. however, I remain dumbfounded that *every single higher ed institution with a computer and/or data science program in the world* is not funneling its' students into the
#bittensor ecosystem.
#bittensor is 'kaggle' with crypto-native, free-market incentives. there is no reason why every undergraduate and graduate student shouldn't make mining a subnet their capstone project. no simulation required; just create a mechanism to help students get onboarded (reg fee etc) and you're off to the races.
5) location.
I think many
#bittensor builders and founders will be relocating to Austin after this weekend. why wouldn’t they? TX has a pro-crypto economy, Austin is a fun & funky city filled with interesting people, and a huge % of the gigabrains working in the
$TAO ecosystem already call Austin home.
@UTAustin is the 7th-ranked comp sci program in the US (top 10 in AI), housed in a public institution with in-State tuition for anyone who lives here. this is very important for talent pipeline. bonus: plenty of places to hike, swim and touch grass. I’m Dallas-based now (after 15 years in NYC), and I’m looking forward to making the trip much more frequently.
TL/DR:
#bittensor is mature, yet largely undiscovered. but the world will soon know. if you are here, you are early; count your blessings and let's get to work.
$TAO $dTAO #bittensor #subentsummer