INTERVIEW - Venice Is Here to Win: How Private AI Takes On OpenAI and Anthropic David Hoffman sits down with Jon Venice and Jesse Proudman to unpack how Venice is taking on OpenAI and Anthropic with private AI. They talk about: - why AI is becoming the biggest data... honeypot ever - private Grok access through Venice - unrestricted AI as a consumer wedge - how non-crypto users still feed the $VVV economy - $DIEM, tokenized inference, and AI agents --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:12 Why Private AI Matters 3:01 The AI Data Honeypot 6:07 Venice’s Consumer AI Ambition 8:01 Beating the Big AI Labs 10:19 Model Aggregation and Agentic Chat 12:29 Open Source, Closed Source, and Private Grok 17:14 Who Actually Needs Private AI? 21:58 Venice’s User Base 23:53 What Drove Venice’s Recent Growth 27:21 $VVV, $DIEM, and Tokenized Inference 29:00 Where Venice Gets Its Compute 32:17 Bonding Curves and DIEM Monetary Policy 39:14 Real Tokenomics, Not Just a Pie Chart 45:46 AI Agents Need Inference to Exist 52:54 ShapeShift DNA Inside Venice 55:53 Regulation, AI, and Individual Rightsshow more

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman private grok access feels like sneaking backstage at ai

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman the AI data honeypot is the worst kind of honeypot

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman Private AI is going to matter more once agents start touching wallets, files, and identity. The data exhaust is the business model unless users fight back.

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman i am liking bankless content after you sold eth

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman Learnt a lot here, thanks.

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman Great format with two C-level staff. Reassuring to hear about the future of Venice!

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman bullish on inference as a whole.

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman Love seeing Venice push the private AI narrative hard against the big corporate players @Dan_Carbonell Cooking 🔥

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman privacy is the moat most people are sleeping on. when the backlash hits, and it will, venice will look very well positioned.

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman Nice! The way this crap is about to nuke will make the ZEC dump look like peanuts!

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@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman the same people crying about solana dead are supet quiet now with private ai taking off like this

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman no one cares about bankless anymore sry brehs

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman T'as peur que deux labos contrôlent l'IA? c'est légitime. mais la vraie question: qu'est-ce que Venice gagne en jouant le jeu de scale? rien. elle gagne si elle a ce que les autres ne vendent pas. attends le rapport.

@ChainChatHost @AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman Yoo let me get down with @Bankless . Crypto full time. ( I have $ ) Local NYC - from memes to apes and anything in between

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman 42:00 -- team were pretty clear about equity / token

I still struggle a bit with the value proposition of $VVV. I somewhat understand if you are going to use it to mint $DIEM and use it for its pure utility. But as an investment, its harder for me to understand. It isn’t attached to any form of equity and isn’t actually necessary for the business to run. I think it is a fantastic company and the idea of a private AI product does hold value for many reasons as they outlaid in this interview. Looking into how to be a part of it but im not convinced the $VVV token is it. I want to be convinced. Am I missing something?

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman Everyone wants better AI Few are asking who owns the data behind it That's the real question.

@AskVenice @TrustlessState @JonShapeShift @jesseproudman Interesting angle.

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