JackGK
@jack_gk • 18,398 subscribers
Host of The Tech Frontier Podcast. I go behind the scenes with the people quietly building the biggest businesses of tomorrow. Lead Spaces Host Unfungible
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New gen Pokémon fans are going to hate me for this. I’m a 90s kid trying to get back into Pokémon, but there are 1,000 of them now & I do not care about this new lore. So we’ve started a brand new stream for everyone who feels the same. Full podcast & stream in the comments.
JackGK1,802,460 views • 2 months ago
500,000 Pokémon fans are mad at me, but look me in the eye and defend this washing machine.
JackGK745,937 views • 1 month ago
"Pokémon did not become the largest IP in the world by accident" My full conversation with Tim Donaghy, aka Donny Slabs - a Pokémon TCG expert and content creator 00:00 Pokémon was never just a game 00:53 How Donny Slabs became a Pokémon market expert 02:04 The $ 250K+ NFT sale that funded a TCG side hustle 03:46 The Pokémon crash nobody talks about properly 05:06 Why card prices got so chaotic 08:37 Is Pokémon flooding the market or starving it? 14:49 Should beginners buy now or wait? 17:01 The real damage from the Covid card crash 18:38 Why Pokémon cards became financial assets 22:50 The 151 set price explosion explained 27:52 Inside the business of card shows 35:52 Which grading company should collectors trust? 40:20 The problem with PSA owning a marketplace 46:22 The 25x premium behind Black Labels 56:00 How to buy Pokémon cards without getting wrecked
JackGK213,224 views • 2 months ago
"We'll get to a point in intelligence where the human making that decision is going to be less efficient than the AI making that decision themselves." My full conversation with the head of AI at the Solana Foundation on the world coming fast, where AI starts earning, investing and outpacing the humans who built it. 00:00 Intro 02:46 The Wall Street dream he ditched 06:50 The cold email that changed everything 08:07 Meeting the founder of Stable Diffusion 11:36 Why Rishin left investing to build AI 20:31 When AI starts paying for things itself 23:36 The moment that predicted the future 31:35 Three people, five weeks, one product 38:01 When AI stops asking you first 41:09 When your customer is a robot 44:01 How much of the economy will AI run
JackGK18,608 views • 8 days ago
"What's drawn people together for thousands of years is stories." My full conversation with Phil & Dom, co-founders of EasyA - the Duolingo for blockchain, with over a million users learning crypto. We covered what it's really like building a company with your brother, why they left promising careers in finance and law, their partnerships with Ripple, Solana and Sui, why crypto matters in a post-quantum AI world, and why every brand will need a face to survive. 00:00 Intro 01:03 How This Pod Happened 03:20 Printing the Bitcoin Whitepaper at 16 05:11 Mining Bitcoin From the Basement 06:12 Wharton, Blackstone and Sullivan & Cromwell 07:55 What It's Like Building With Your Brother 28:47 The UK vs US Talent Drain 29:04 Their Friend Who Ran AI Safety at Anthropic 36:29 EasyA Is the Duolingo for Blockchain 38:06 Why They Teach Stories, Not Code 46:34 The Business Model and EasyA Labs 50:31 Why Crypto Solves the AI Trust Problem 54:04 Why Every Brand Needs a Face
JackGK26,719 views • 28 days ago
What happens when the best hedge funds in the world stop being gatekept for the ultra wealthy? KAIO has already started answering that. This week I sat down with Shrey, co-founder and CEO of KAIO, to talk about opening access to funds most people were never meant to get near 00:00 Intro 00:56 Introduction & Shrey's Background 03:48 From Delhi to LBS - The Education Journey 06:34 McKinsey, Seoul and Working With Stock Exchanges 12:17 Why Past Tokenization Attempts Failed 16:17 The Real Inefficiency KAIO Is Solving 19:30 Eliminating Intermediaries Without Breaking Regulation 22:40 Tokenized Assets as Collateral 26:40 From $200K Minimum Tickets to $100 32:18 Why Building This Tech Is So Expensive 34:51 The AI Letters Sitting in the Middle of KAIO 37:53 Why AI Agents Naturally Route Through Blockchain 43:17 The KAIO Token and the Long-Term Vision
JackGK38,569 views • 1 month ago
"Every crypto company wants to talk about TPS, consensus mechanisms or cryptography. It goes straight over everyone's head. What's brought people together for thousands of years? Stories. So that's how we teach crypto. We know the founders. We know why they built it. That's what people actually care about." That's how EasyA 🤳📱 hit a million users. Full pod dropping s👀n
JackGK23,161 views • 28 days ago
🎙️ My FULL interview with burnt toast, founder of doodles “I don’t burn out, I’m Burnt Toast.” 01:21 What is Doodles? 02:40 How Burnt Toast entered the creative industry 04:52 Career path: from Red Bull to Silicon Valley 06:38 The birth of Doodles’ unique style & designing the Facebook “Like” button 08:52 Entering the digital art renaissance (NFT boom) 11:45 What are NFTs? 14:20 Discovering the NFT space 15:00 The almighty Beeple 17:16 Launching the Doodles collection 20:00 Seeing your art sell for tens of thousands of dollars 24:18 The time NFTs “died” 29:04 Acquiring a AAA animation studio (Golden Wolf) 34:03 Could there be a Doodles movie or TV show? 39:42 Collabs: McDonald’s, Crocs & more 42:00 The new Froot Loops collab 50:22 Doopies: new characters enter the world of Doodles 54:21 “Be Beautiful, Be Everywhere.”
JackGK57,500 views • 9 months ago
My full conversation with Yat Siu, Chairman and Co-Founder of Animoca Brands "The people who win are the ones who learn to be divergent." 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:43 - Growing Up in Austria: Music, Coding & Being an Outsider 00:07:40 - The Iron Curtain, Capitalism & What Shaped Yat's Worldview 00:14:53 - Building a Business from the Wreckage 00:18:43 - 3D Graphics, Early VR & the Metaverse Before Its Time 00:24:00 - Dot-Com Boom, Outblaze & Selling to IBM 00:28:17 - MUDs, Virtual Swords & the Origins of Digital Ownership 00:33:59 - The Animoca Origin Story 00:38:29 - Getting Deplatformed by Apple & Pivoting to Android 00:40:54 - CryptoKitties, NFTs & Going All-In During Crypto Winter 00:47:50 - Investing in De-Extinction: Colossal Biosciences & Real-Life Jurassic Park 00:50:41 - Agents, Tools & the 1% Problem 00:56:37 - Why Tokens & Blockchain Matter for AI 01:04:30 - Advice for the Young: Embrace Uncertainty & Be Divergent
JackGK28,960 views • 4 months ago
Full Podcast with Spencer: OG Trader to Full-time Founder & CEO in Crypto. Spencer is the founder of Orange Cap Games & Head Birb at Moonbirds. “Our tagline always was ‘bring IP to life.’” 00:00:56 – Meeting Spencer 00:02:13 – Spencer’s Background Before Crypto 00:03:52 – Talking Trading Cards 00:08:04 – How Trading Cards evolved in the digital era 00:11:18 – How Environment Shapes Ambition & Success 00:14:25 – Private Influence vs Public Leadership in Crypto 00:16:07 – Why Skill Is Hard to Measure in Crypto Trading 00:19:34 – Overtrading, Conviction & Playing the Long Game 00:22:10 – Seeing the Crypto Chessboard 00:26:47 – Being Both a Founder and a Trader 00:31:48 – Why Acquiring Moonbirds Made Sense 00:38:46 – The Future of Moonbirds, IP & Brand Building
JackGK36,015 views • 5 months ago
Full Podcast with Luca Netz CEO of Pudgy Penguins.🐧 “I want Pudgy Penguins to become one of the biggest brands in the world.” 00:00:30 – Intro & Meeting Luca 00:01:53 – Growing Up, Instability & Early Hustles 00:04:38 – Discovering Dropshipping & First Real Money 00:09:24 – Sales Career, Solar & Commission Reality 00:15:18 – “Stack or Starve” Mindset 00:20:52 – Money doesn't buy happiness 00:24:27 – Scaling Dropshipping with Influencers 00:28:14 – Internet Fame & the “Money Man” Era 00:32:34 – Venture Investing & Gel Blaster 00:36:15 – Why Pudgy Penguins Made Sense as IP 00:40:30 – Buying Pudgy Penguins & Rebuilding Trust 00:44:16 – NFTs as Attention Assets 00:47:08 – Walmart, Retail Strategy & Brand Expansion 00:50:19 – Long-Term Vision for Pudgy Penguins
JackGK28,751 views • 4 months ago
Full Podcast with OSF | CEO & CO-Founder of RektDrinks. "This next iteration of brands is going to be through Web3 and through crypto" timestamps below 👇 00:58 – Introducing OSF, Founder of Rekt 03:00 – Who Is OSF? Background & Journey Into Crypto 03:47 – Creating RektGuy & Building the Community 04:10 – The Birth of Rekt Brands Inc. & Making Drinks 06:07 – OSF's Entry Into the Crypto Space (2012-2021) 19:32 – The Art Collection Launch & NFT Strategy 29:45 – Transitioning From Art to Physical Products 37:28 – Web3 Brands vs. Traditional CPG Companies 51:42 – The Coin Launch Strategy & Community Rewards 01:02:33 – Competitor Analysis: Prime, Celsius, & Monster 01:18:56 – Crypto Scepticism in Traditional Retail 01:29:40 – Market Opportunity in the Energy Drink Space 01:30:09 – The FaZe Esports Partnership Announcement 01:32:36 – Traditional Retail Distribution Plans 01:34:30 – Long-Term Vision for Rekt Brands 01:36:06 – What Success Means for Rekt Coin Holders 01:36:28 – Where to Follow Rekt & OSF
JackGK18,232 views • 5 months ago