Jansen Teng: Inside Virtuals’ Meteoric Rise, The Race to Billion-Dollar Crypto-AI Agents and life after AGI

Jansen Teng: Inside Virtuals’ Meteoric Rise, The Race to Billion-Dollar Crypto-AI Agents and life after AGI

Join Tom Shaughnessy and Pondering Durian as they host Jansen Teng, CEO and co-founder of Virtuals, for an in-depth exploration of AI agents and the future of decentralized AI. From Virtuals' evolution as a gaming DAO to becoming the leading crypto AI platform, the conversation covers crucial developments in agent autonomy, tokenization, and the path toward an agentic economy.


🎯 Key Highlights


▶ Origins and evolution of Virtuals platform

▶ Analysis of agent frameworks and autonomous capabilities

▶ Discussion of value capture in crypto AI projects

▶ Deep dive into decentralized infrastructure challenges

▶ Vision for agent coordination and business development

▶ Future outlook on AI-human interaction and cybernetics


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Timestamps


00:00 - Introduction and Background

01:29 - Virtuals Origin Story

07:42 - Agent Development Discussion

13:00 - Vision for Agentic Economy

22:51 - Framework Competition Analysis

29:37 - Infrastructure Challenges

36:20 - Agent Value Capture

42:46 - Decentralized AI Stack

54:00 - Team Analysis and Due Diligence

01:00:10 - Future Risks and Opportunities

01:05:44 - Agent Autonomy Vision

01:09:43 - Future of Human-AI Interaction



Disclaimer


This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Ventures may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token.

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19 Elo 202044min

Kurt Watkins: A 360° Crypto Legal Update

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Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Kurt Watkins, the founder of Watkins Legal. The two have a broad legal conversation on token generation events, DAOs (open law, Aragon and others), DeFi, privacy, GDPR, CEXS vs DEXs and more.    Thank you to our sponsor Crypto.com for making this happen! Visit bit.ly/cryptodelphi for more information! -   Resources: Watkins Legal: https://watkins.legal/team Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8 Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Kubera lets you monitor your crypto and traditional portfolios in a single place. Think Coinbase and Fidelity on the same dashboard. All major banks, brokerages, crypto exchanges and wallets supported. https://www.kubera.com/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom Shaughnessy personally owns tokens in ETH, BTC, RUNE, NXM, BTC, SOL, SNX, STX, MLN AND HNT. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service.

17 Elo 202050min

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11 Elo 202043min

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7 Elo 202045min

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