The Bridge Conference

Practical Applications of AI in Crypto – Recorded at The Bridge

By Tyler Fleischer
December 18, 2024

In this insightful panel from The Bridge conference, leaders in AI and crypto explored the transformative potential of decentralized infrastructure in shaping the future of artificial intelligence.

Panelists included:

  • Danny Sursock, Partner, Archetype (Moderator)
  • Pramod Viswanath, Professor, Sentient
  • Matt Wright, CEO, GaiaNet
  • Nick Emmons, CEO/Co-Founder, Allora Labs

Watch the full panel discussion below to dive deeper into the intersection of AI and crypto.

Key Themes

  • Decentralized Infrastructure for AI: Matt Wright highlighted how GaiaNet leverages open-source models and frameworks to democratize access to AI, enabling interoperability and collaboration across decentralized ecosystems.
  • Programmable Loyalty in AI: Pramod Viswanath introduced Sentient’s focus on embedding loyalty and governance into AI models, ensuring alignment with community-driven principles through a novel approach to cryptographic infrastructure.
  • Economic Coordination via Crypto: Nick Emmons emphasized how decentralized networks can efficiently provision data, compute, and intelligence, likening the model layer to “Lego bricks” that build specialized, collaborative AI systems.

The discussion concluded with a forward-looking view of crypto's role in enabling a "Uniswap moment" for AI—where decentralized AI agents collaborate on a massive scale, redefining innovation and efficiency across industries.

Stay up to date

Sign up to receive an email when we release a new post


Tyler Fleischer

Tyler Fleischer

Tyler Fleischer, Author at The Tie

See Additional Posts By Tyler