Agents Unleashed

This is episode 6 of the Agents Unleashed podcast — your guide to filtering the signal from the noise in the fast-evolving world of agentic AI.

In this episode, host Thomas Maybrier interviews Oleg Golev, the technical product manager at Sentient, discussing the mission of Sentient, the importance of community contributions in AI development, and the innovative Dobby model.

Oleg explains how Sentient aims to create a decentralized AI ecosystem that rewards contributions and addresses data privacy concerns. The discussion also covers the role of AI agents, the unique features of the Dobby model, and its potential use cases.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Sentient

Olas' Mech Marketplace

🔔 Don’t forget:Agents Unleashed is also a global event series on agentic AI — the next event is June 30th in Cannes, France. RSVP now!

Sponsored by Olas — the best way to own and monetize your AI agents. Learn more at https://www.olas.network

🎵 Theme music: "Forward" by Grand Project on Pixabay

This is episode five of the Agents Unleashed podcast — your guide to filtering the signal from the noise in the fast-evolving world of agentic AI.

In this episode, host Thomas Maybrier goes hands-on with some of the newest demos in the agentic AI space, including the Open Computer project from Smol Agents, which combines Qwen2, a Linux sandbox, and Python-based agent reasoning.

He shares his firsthand experience with the demo, the UX tradeoffs, and the broader questions raised by giving AI agents access to your computer or desktop.

The episode also explores how companies like Microsoft and Google are bringing agentic behavior to the mainstream. Microsoft is embedding AI agents directly into Windows via Copilot Vision, while Google’s Gemini Pro is showing off powerful multimodal capabilities, including the ability to generate learning apps from YouTube videos.

This episode covers questions of privacy, control, and ownership. If agents are watching our screens and reading our files, who benefits? And how can users share in the upside of the AI economy?

Thomas offers one possible path forward: agentic ecosystems like Olas, where open-source agents and incentivized staking models shift the power dynamic back to the user.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

SmolAgents

Open Computer demo

Qwen2 from Alibaba

E2B Linux sandbox

Microsoft Copilot Vision

Google Gemini Pro + Flash

🔔 Don’t forget: Agents Unleashed is also a global event series on agentic AI — the next event is June 30th in Cannes, France. RSVP now!

Sponsored by Olas — the best way to own and monetize your AI agents. Learn more

🎵 Theme music: "Forward" by Grand Project on Pixabay

This is episode four of the Agents Unleashed podcast — the show that filters the signal from the noise in the fast-paced world of agentic AI.This episode dives into a big week for AI payments and open source: Visa, MasterCard, and Coinbase all announced new tools to enable AI agents to make and receive payments, Mark Zuckerberg shared insights on Meta’s open source strategy and a flurry of new models from companies like Alibaba, Microsoft, and NVIDIA are pushing the boundaries of what open source can do. We also look at a new report on open source AI adoption from McKinsey, Mozilla, and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.Resources mentioned in this episode:Visa and Mastercard's payments for AI agents: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/visa-and-mastercard-unveil-ai-powered-shopping/Coinbase’s HTTP 402 proposal: https://www.coinbase.com/en-sg/developer-platform/discover/launches/x402Meta’s open source strategy and Zuckerberg interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYXeQbTuVl0McKinsey x Mozilla x McGovern report: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/open-source-technology-in-the-age-of-aiAlibaba’s Qwen 3: https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen3NVIDIA Parakeet: https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-launches-fully-open-source-transcription-ai-model-parakeet-tdt-0-6b-v2-on-hugging-face/?utm_source=chatgpt.comMicrosoft Fi4 Models: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/one-year-of-phi-small-language-models-making-big-leaps-in-ai/?utm_source=chatgpt.comJetBrains Mellum: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/jetbrains-releases-mellum-an-open-ai-coding-model/DeepSeek Prover V2: https://arxiv.org/html/2504.21801v1Agents Unleashed is more than a podcast — it's the premier global event series for AI agents. With 77+ speakers and over 2,500 attendees, events have been hosted in 6+ cities worldwide. The next one is happening June 30th in Cannes, France. Learn more at https://olas.network/agents-unleashed.Sponsored by Olas — the best way to own and monetize your AI agents. Explore more at https://www.olas.network.Theme music: "Forward" by Grand Project on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/grand_project-19033897/

This is episode three of the Agents Unleashed podcast — a show all about the latest developments in the fast-paced world of AI agents.

In this episode, we look at some recent releases and moments from the previous week: OpenAI, Anthropic and McKinsey all putting out guides and reports on AI agents, ChatGPT 4o becoming so sycophantic the company had to address the issue, and an article from David Shapiro about the "future of work", where human labor gets replaced by work, and how the timeline for AGI or ASI complicates this shift.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

OpenAI's "A Practical Guide to Building Agents"

Anthropic's guide to agentic coding

McKinsey's report

Agents Unleashed Episode 2, where David and Thomas talk about user-owned AI

University of Zurich study

David Shapiro's X post

Agents Unleashed is an ongoing event series focused on AI agents. Events have been held in 6 cities and counting, with 77+ speakers and over 2500 total attendees.

Find out more about the next event here.

Sponsored by Olas, the best way to own and monetize your AI agents. Get the details here.

Theme music: "Forward" by Grand Project on Pixabay

Welcome back! This is the second episode of the Agents Unleashed podcast, and this time, it's an interview with David Minarsch, Co-founder and CEO of Valory and founding member of the Olas DAO.

This conversation focused on the current "state of AI agents" with a focus on user-ownership of AI.

Agents Unleashed is an ongoing event series focused on AI agents. Events have been held in 6 cities and counting, with 77+ speakers and over 2500 total attendees.

To find out more about the next event, head to https://olas.network/agents-unleashed.

Sponsored by Olas, the best way to own and monetize your AI agents.

Get the details at https://www.olas.network

Theme music: "Forward" by Grand Project on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/grand_project-19033897/

This is episode one of the Agents Unleashed podcast — a show all about the latest developments in the fast-paced world of crypto x AI agents. This episode is a recap of some highlights from the last Agents Unleashed event, held March 1st during ETHDenver. Agents Unleashed is an ongoing event series focused on AI agents. Events have been held in 6 cities and counting, with 77+ speakers and over 2500 total attendees. To find out more about the next event, head to https://olas.network/agents-unleashed. Several clips are excerpted. If you'd like to watch the full talks, you can find that on the official Agents Unleashed playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoP4p0r-X94q7eRSr-tr79asIfBIqMRtNSponsored by Olas, the best way to own and monetize your AI agents. Get the details at https://www.olas.network Theme music: "Forward" by Grand Project on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/grand_project-19033897/