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