Interested in humanity, new tech, data right, and cats. #dataright #startuplife #catlover co-founder & CGO of @numbersprotocol, evangelist of @captureapp_xyz
Joined March 2012
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Mar 6
"RWAs" are more than just financial instruments, they are our photos, documents, and creative work.
This week was a powerful reminder of why we build @numbersprotocol. Digital truth is something we can all point to.
Check out the weekly summary:
docs.numbersprotocol.io/intr…
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Feb 7
Saturday morning with the fam at C-Lab to check out @numbersprotocol exhibition by @sofia_numbers 🔥🔥
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Feb 6
Happy Friday!
February is starting so fast. @numbersprotocol had a big week with our VIP media event and joining the x402 ecosystem. I am also heading to Taipei for our community event this weekend! 🇹🇼
Check out our full monthly wrap-up here: docs.numbersprotocol.io/intr…
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Jan 30
Big milestone for @numbersprotocol next week!
After being cited in the U.S. @NIST AI report, we're finally unveiling the commercial application of our tech: The x402 Protocol.
We're hosting a live demo panel in Taipei on Feb 3.
Taipei friends, join us! 🇹🇼 Details 👇
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Jan 30
The shift from "Eyeball Economy" to "Machine Economy" is happening.
Join us to see how we use ERC-7053 & @C2PA_org standards to let AI Agents pay for what they consume.
RSVP here: accu.ps/M8hud9
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Jan 2
Happy first Friday of 2026!
Here's my special New Year audio weekly summary of @numbersprotocol, recapping 2025 & sharing the plan for 2026.
Let’s make Jan a strong start & make 2026 the year we scale trust for everyone!
Text letter 🔗docs.numbersprotocol.io/intr…
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24 Dec 2025
AI isn't in a bubble, it's in a buildout.
VC dollars are chasing models, but the durable moats are picks-and-shovels: verified data pipelines, compute liquidity, and distribution. In this cycle, provenance is alpha.
news.crunchbase.com/ai/big-f… via @crunchbasenews
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16 Dec 2025
Phase change: EU AI Act is shifting AI from policy talk to enforcement. Proof > pitch decks. If you can’t show data provenance, eval results, and audit trails, you can’t ship at scale. You ship risk.
rf: thedotmagazine.co.uk/ai-news…
#EUAIAct #AI #AIGovernance
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12 Dec 2025
If AI cannot read your content, you are invisible.
If AI reads your content for free, you are unpaid.
Just published a guide on @numbersprotocol blog about #GEO & how to turn AI ingestion into a revenue stream with x402.
Full guide 👇
numbersprotocol.io/blog/seo-…
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11 Dec 2025
From Proof to Paywall, now with provenance.
We turned our @aaja @numbersprotocol panel into a quote-level provenance page: each line linked to timestamp, speaker, and on-chain proof.
Check it on-chain👇
numbersprotocol.github.io/nu…
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5 Dec 2025
TGIF! Sofia here with our Dec wrap-up from @numbersprotocol
Highlights:
- ProofSnap live
- ERC-7053 NIST
- A.V. Mapping Hela
- “Warm AI” talk
Tomorrow: AAJA Asia fireside (Dec 6, 14:00–14:45 UTC 8) aaja-asia.org/surviving-the-…
Full letter 👉docs.numbersprotocol.io/intr…
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4 Dec 2025
In an AI-saturated news cycle, trust isn’t a “nice to have” anymore, it’s infrastructure.
Excited to moderate this @aajaasia × @numbersprotocol fireside chat on how provenance and smart licensing can help journalism survive the AI flood.
Register here: aaja-asia.org/surviving-the-…
3 Dec 2025
AI made content cheap.
That means trust got expensive.
Journalists are being asked to defend authenticity and chase licensing payments in a world optimized for copying.
So we’re doing something simple, putting the whole ecosystem in one room: creator, ethics, and platform, all discussing through a real survival kit.
Numbers Protocol × @aaja are hosting a conversational live panel (no slides, no lectures).
We’re putting the full media lifecycle in one room: creator → ethics → platform.
Join us at Dec 6, 2025 (Sat) 14:00–14:45 (UTC 8)
Panel:
• Yu-Shin Tsao — Photojournalist (PyroImage)
• Arwa Elabasy — Fairpicture (ethics consent)
• Marc Scarpa @marcscarpa — CEO, Defiance Media @defiancemediatv (distribution)
• Host: Sofia Yan @sofia_numbers — Numbers Protocol
aaja-asia.org/surviving-the-…
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17 Nov 2025
1/ The real problem with AI isn’t that it “steals images.”
It’s that high-risk, high-skill work, like reporting, photography, and creative IP, that gets sold once, too cheaply, while platforms and models keep compounding the value.
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10 Nov 2025
EU just put $1.1B behind an "Apply AI" strategy and advanced AI Act guidance.
Translation: compliance becomes a feature. Builders who ship provenance and audit trails win distribution; everyone else ships liability. Data lineage is table stakes. #AIAct #Provenance
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7 Nov 2025
TGIF! Sofia here with our 1st Nov wrap-up from @numbersprotocol
Highlights:
- Shared our early story
- New brand look & video
- Talks on accountability & provenance with MossAI
- Shoutout to @CryptoTiMb3R for breaking down open standards.
Full letter👉docs.numbersprotocol.io/intr…
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3 Nov 2025
Google research is collapsing the gap between tokens and reasoning. Musk targets brain implants by 2030. The curve: cloud → edge → cortex.
Solve provenance, safety, and rights now.
Or we ship bugs into brains.
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31 Oct 2025
AI slop will be a big problem now...
29 Oct 2025
#DYK
This video was created 3 months ago, and even then it looked realistic. Fast forward to today: we have Nano Banana and AI that can edit images with precision and make them look VERY real.
It will only accelerate from here, because almost no one checks where it came from.
BTW, intern always knows where our images and videos come from 😏
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31 Oct 2025
Love our new intern, witty guy.
30 Oct 2025
Intern is clocking in for another X Space on building in Web3.
Wdym being an intern is not about building? it definitely is.
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30 Oct 2025
Meta putting AI editing inside IG Stories marks the shift: consumer AI scales when it rides existing creation habits, not new apps.
Distribution > model.
The camera becomes a prompt.
Stories becomes the training loop for brands.
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