In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we interview one of the most sought after AI experts in the world! Emad's team at Stability AI is building the world’s leading open source generative AI company, which is known for their flagship Stable Diffusion, first released in August 2022. Stable Diffusion text-to-image model is widely used to generate detailed images based on text descriptions. Just one month after the release of StableDiffusion 2.0, four of the top 10 applications on Apple’s App Store were powered by Stable Diffusion.

Emad has been invested and experimenting with crypto for many years but despite all his media appearances, few have asked him about his thoughts on the synergies between cryptocurrencies, Web3, and AI--until now! We ask every burning question, including how he believes AI can leverage crypto, how crypto can leverage AI, how tokenization can be used by AI startups, and what the future holds specifically for Stability AI and Web3.

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Topics Covered

00:00 - Intro

05:45 - Emad's background

08:13 - The impact of AI

13:18 - Founding Stability AI

16:10 - Exponential growth of StableDiffusion

17:43 - Why open source AI

21:02 - Synergies between Web3 x AI

25:10 - Tokenization for AI startups

28:33 - Big business investing in AI

31:46 - AirBnB for graphics cards model

33:53 - AI agents using smart contracts

35:45 - Education reimagined with AI

41:43 - AI using blockchain for data provenance, digital rights, governance

45:44 - Zero knowledge tech x ML

48:07 - Worldcoin

49:43 - Advice for crypto startups on AI strategies

50:37 - What's next for Stability AI x Web3

51:36 - Next year for Stability AI

52:32 - Closing

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Guest Links

Emad on Twitter

https://twitter.com/EMostaque

Learn about Stability AI

https://stability.ai/

Follow Stability AI on Twitter

https://twitter.com/stabilityai

Careers at Stability AI

https://stability.ai/careers

GitHub Stars Chart Referenced for StableDiffusion

https://twitter.com/EMostaque/status/1587038222722408450?s=20

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All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. 4RC invested in the pre-seed round for Stability AI in spring 2022. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research.