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Tech Focus on Ultra’s Our first tech focused episode features our very own Lead Data Architect, Romain Gilles!

Romain and Rami explore what data actually is, event-based architecture, why open networks require better data architecture, and how we're preparing to scale Ultra to millions of users.

This episode covers:

- Romain's background

- Ultra's data team

- What is event-based architecture?

- Why an open network requires better data architecture 

- Preparing to scale Ultra to millions of users 

Ultra announced it's partnership with Theta last year and now we've officially integrated the streaming service within our own platform! The partnership comes with a lot synergy and Rami speaks with Theta's Head of Strategy, Wes Levitt, and our very own CEO, Nicolas, to understand more about why this partnership fits within Ultra's ecosystem so well.

Episode 5 covers:

- The background of Theta

- How Ultra and Theta are connected

- Play to earn models 

- Advertising on Theta and Ultra

- Targeting lower income countries

- Future strategies 

On this week's episode we're joined by Ultra's CTO, Michael Dunn, to discuss all things technology, agile, and philosophy. Rami, David, and Mike delve into the processes needed to build a robust tech team from the ground up, the challenges Ultra has faced and overcome, how we structure our teams effectively, and the balance between business product and technical demands.

Episode 4 covers:

- Wave 2 and why we're doing things the way we are

- Mike's background and role at Ultra

- How the Ultra team is built and structured

- What makes an exceptional R&D team and why we've implemented a flat structure

- How we balance the demands between business, product, and technical

- If and how we've changed course 

- Community Q&A

Rami and Nicolas are joined by Edward Moalem, Ultra's Chief Strategy Officer. During this episode, gain exclusive insight into Ed's role at Ultra, how we navigate partners, and our strategy when it comes to games.

Episode 3 covers:

- Ed's experience

- What we look for in partners

- Ultra's spiel and how brands react 

- The connection between crypto and gaming

- The art in crafting an effective strategy

We announced our partnership with AMD in 2019. Since then, we've been working closely together to gear up Ultra for launch and trust us, we've been hard at work. On this episode, Rami, David, and Nicolas are joined by AMD's Director of Blockchain, Joerg Roskowetz, to discuss our partnership in more detail than ever before! 

Episode 2 covers:

- Joerg's background in the blockchain space

- Community Q&A

- Ultra and AMD's history

- AMD's view on blockchain internally

- The largest impediments when it comes to mainstream adoption of blockchain

- The future of blockchain technology

Ultra's favourite trio discuss what it takes to design a mainstream blockchain product and delve into the progress made with one of the platform's highly anticipated features, the Ultra Wallet.  

Episode 1 covers:

- Nicolas and David's past ventures

- Is Ultra is living up to Nicolas and David's expectations

- Ultra's hiring surge 

- What needs to be decentralized and what's reasonable to be centralized 

- The reasons behind Ultra's release slippage 

- How the Ultra Mainnet and wallet-only client launches went

- Community Q&A