I've been a big fan of Brave Browser ever since attending a presentation from Brandon Eich back in 2017.  Brave was one of the first browsers to aggressively block the ability for websites to share information on your computer without your consent (i.e. third party cookies).  I'm so excited to sit down with Jimmy Secretan, VP of Ads and Premium Services of Brave, and talk about all things Brave, from the Browser to the other products to the way Brave takes privacy on the internet to a whole new level, while also empowering content creators and advertisers who depend on ads for income and to promote their businesses.

00:00:15 Introduction

00:00:44 Introducing Jimmy Secretan

00:01:10 How Brave started

00:09:33 Brave and internet advertising

00:21:13 Local machine learning

00:32:07 What is BAT (Brave Attention Tokens) 

00:42:59 Cross-platform data synchronization 

00:44:28 Chromium

00:50:22 Public and Private key encryption and authentication

00:54:27 Brave for Content Creators

00:59:03 Where is Brave now and what is its trajectory

01:05:40 Opportunities in Brave

01:13:10 Farewells

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Jimmy Secretan, VP of Ads and Premium Services:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/jsecretan
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmysecretan/

Brave:

• Website: https://brave.com/
• Brave Careers: https://brave.com/careers/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/brave
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-software/

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