Join us in this captivating episode of the Building Web3 Podcast, where host Jax Dwyer sits down with Matt, CEO and Co-founder of Gaianet. Together, they explore the cutting-edge advancements at the intersection of AI agents, decentralized systems, and blockchain technology.

Matt shares his inspiring journey, starting with organizing global hackathons for Fortune 500 companies, diving into the Ethereum ecosystem at JP Morgan, and eventually founding Gaianet. Discover how Gaianet is reshaping innovation with open-source large language models (LLMs) and decentralized AI infrastructure.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Matt and His Journey
03:15 Early Days: Hackathons and Developer Communities
06:52 How Hackathons Shape Web3 Innovation
11:04 The Future of AI Agents and Their Impact
14:47 Agent-Fi: The Financialization of AI Agents
17:14 AI Agents in Crypto and Decentralized Finance
20:41 Exploring Gaianet: A Platform for AI Agents
23:53 Decentralized Knowledge and Open Source Models
26:27 Autonomous Agents and Decentralized Companies
28:40 How Agents Will Shape the Future of Work
32:39 Future Roadmap and Startup Ideas
36:04 WordPress for AI Agents and Other Innovations

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How Gaianet empowers developers with tools to create autonomous AI agents using open-source technologies.
• The transformative role of hackathons in showcasing the potential of decentralized AI and Web3 innovation.
• Why the future of work involves AI agents collaborating with humans and with each other.
• How Ethereum and blockchain enable scalability, governance, and financial infrastructure for AI-driven projects.
• The challenges and opportunities of integrating AI into decentralized networks, including Agent-Fi and knowledge-sharing economies.
• Predictions on the rise of autonomous AI agents as key participants in Web3 ecosystems.

💡 Insights from the Conversation:

• Gaianet's mission to enable individuals and organizations to become AI-native with censorship-resistant, sovereign systems.
• The importance of fostering a vibrant developer community to accelerate adoption of decentralized AI technologies.
• How AI agents are revolutionizing the concept of DAOs, enabling new forms of coordination and productivity.
• The potential of decentralized systems to create a read-write-own-and-think internet, marking the next phase of digital evolution.

Future Plans for Gaianet :
Matt shares exciting updates about Gaianet's roadmap, including its mainnet launch, partnerships with Ethereum projects like Base and EigenLayer, and the creation of a developer-friendly ecosystem. Learn about their vision to democratize AI innovation and build a more inclusive and efficient Web3 infrastructure. 

 AI agents, hackathons, Web3, blockchain, Gaianet, Ethereum, decentralized systems, innovation, developer community, future of work, artificial intelligence, Agent-Fi, open-source, mainnet, crypto innovation, DAOs, on-chain AI, blockchain technology, decentralized AI, Ethereum network, large language models, LLMs, knowledge-sharing economy, scalable solutions, developer tools, decentralized governance 

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