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Today’s show:
AstroForge is building low-cost, replicable spacecraft to mine platinum group metals from near-Earth asteroids — a $60 billion annual market for materials that are running out on Earth. Founder and CEO Matt Gialich joins the show to talk about the company's ambitious mission, what went wrong on their first two flights, and why Mission 3 could still change everything.
PLUS Sam Dare from Templar stops by to talk about training AI models on a decentralized blockchain, and why it’s so much cheaper and more efficient than the conventional “data center full of GPUs” method. AND a demo of OpenOats from creator Yazin Alirhayim of his open source Granola alternative.
Astroforge: https://www.astroforge.com/
Templar: https://www.tplr.ai/
Epoch AI decentralized training post: https://epoch.ai/gradient-updates/how-far-can-decentralized-training-over-the-internet-scale
OpenOats on Github: https://github.com/yazinsai/OpenOats
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
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3:05 We aplaud Plaud!
3:18 Astroforge is mining… asteroids?!
6:11 How creating an abundance of Platinum will impact Humanity!
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22:01 How Astroforge uses capitalism to unlock abundance
24:35 J-Cal subscribed to… A socialist magazine?
26:19 Sam Dare of Templar joins the show!
27:47 What is TAO doing that's uniquely different from Bitcoin
30:15 What is the incentive mechanism that Templar uses?
30:44 Deel - Founders scale faster on Deel. Set up payroll for any country in minutes, hire anyone anywhere, get visas handled fast, and get back to building. Visit https://deel.com/twist to learn more.
37:49 How much does it cost to run templar's model?
45:16 Can decentralized training over the internet scale? https://epoch.ai/gradient-updates/how-far-can-decentralized-training-over-the-internet-scale
47:16 Jason addresses his tao investment
48:48 Why brand is the moat for startups
49:47 When will a better, more exciting version of Bitcoin, can come along?
52:20 Yazin of OpenGranola Joins the show
53:36 How OpenGranola has local LLM's taking notes for you and giving you real time insights in your meeting!
1:01:45 Jason's callout for a sidebar that shows all inputs from agents
1:13:50 The economics of the new harry potter series and HBO/ Warner Brothers
1:23:33 Why Jason wants government surveillance on Disney adults…
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