From Musician to Developer to AI DAO Leader: Building BillionX AI Agent Community – Shaw of ai16z & Eliza
Welcome to "Build On"! We explore how AI and Web3 transform ordinary people into builders of the future.
Host: @Valeri
Guest: X @shawmakesmagic, Founder @Eliza Labs, Creator of elizaOS: github.com
00:31 Boundary between traditional Al & crypto Al?
03:31 ail6z has no VCs, bottom-up funding.
04:47 From 0 followers to a Legacy Beyond Self
06:55 Came Late, But Right on Time for the Al Hype
08:14 Filling the Missing Pieces: The Instinct to Build What's Needed
08:39 Al coding era: anybody who's not a coder now can be a coder
10:37 The next generation of Al models may be trained on our codebase
11:35 Shaw: From Musician to Developer
13:19 Find great role models & work for them
14:50 Role model, Vitalik
18:39 Cultural Differences & International Dev Community Vibes
20:43 The Secret to Attracting So Many Devs
22:24 Huge Success, Getting Richer, Yet Living Simply
23:45 Inside governance pattern within ai16z
24:38 Early Believer, Whale, Partner: The Organic Growth of a DAO
26:36 You should Crowdfund Your Own Project
28:20 Effective DAOs: Merit Over Politics, Action Over Talking
30:01 Building, Not Competing: Empowering Eco with Open-Source Values
