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Bitcoin showed us how to coordinate resources at massive scale. Now Decentralized AI can leverage that playbook to unlock an even bigger opportunity: Collective Intelligence. Here’s why I'm excited & the principles Decentralized AI can borrow from Bitcoin. https://blog.variant.fund/building-collective-intelligence-systems

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I’ve joined @variant as an investor. I know personally how much of a rollercoaster the founder experience can be and I’m thrilled to be a part of an organization designed to support people through it. A few thoughts on my journey here and what I’m excited about.

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New piece: Agents in a Bazaar A no fluff view of the bull case of agents and crypto infrastructure. Check it out: https://blog.variant.fund/agents-in-a-bazaar

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We like to work, at our office, with builders. Join us @variantfund & @phantomwallet https://lu.ma/xqouspi6

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If you're attending Accelerate, Variant is hosting co-working with Phantom on May 21 at our office Ship code and meet other amazing builders Space is very tight, sign-up here: https://lu.ma/xqouspi6

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We thought a few friends might swing by… 240+ builders applied to co-work with @variant. This community is not playing.

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We love seeing builders jam IRL at pre-Farcon. Welcome to Variant HQ

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@dbarabander is a great follow. He and @variant are doing big things on Farcaster, not least hosting a coworking event tomorrow at Farcon. He’s also publishing really insightful writing on the intersection of law / crypto / innovation on @paragraph Highly recommend giving him a follow & checking out his writing: https://paragraph.xyz/@variantwriting/using-crypto-ownership-solve-resource-problem

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We’re full! Thanks to all the amazing builders who applied. If you didn’t get a confirmation, that means we’re out of space this round, but stay tuned for the next one!

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We're running it back! We’re hosting another Crypto x AI Demo Night at @variantfund HQ on May 20th Join us for a STACKED lineup of founders presenting projects across the entire Crypto x AI stack.

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Yes, just starting to look through the applications.

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Heading to FarCon NYC? Start early with us. Join Variant for an afternoon of co-working at our HQ. Have a few spot left. RSVP below https://lu.ma/e3eclbmi

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SAVE THE DATE Come hang at the Variant HQ during Farcon in NYC. Good food, good vibes, good fun Register here: https://lu.ma/e3eclbmi

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New Essay: What We're Looking for in DePIN (Pt 1.) When evaluating a DePIN project, the core question one should ask is: what coordination challenge does crypto help solve? There are really only three: 1. Solving verification 2. Overcoming barriers to centralized supply formation 3. Accessing financial services Full piece below, focused on the supply side of networks. Pt 2 (how we're thinking about demand) will come out next week https://blog.variant.fund/what-were-looking-for-in-depin-pt-1

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Could not be more excited to announce our pre-seed investment in Plastic Labs, which is solving personalization for any LLM app. So excited to back Vince, Courtland, Vineeth and the rest of the team as they tackle this enormous problem. Check out the full announcement here: https://blog.variant.fund/investing-in-plastic-labs cc: @jhackworth

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SAVE THE DATE On April 8th, we're co-hosting a Protocol Security Day alongside our friends at Blockaid, Spearbit, and Anchorage It'll cover best practices for security hygiene across the stack Chain and protocol builders, register here: https://lu.ma/3bhzeh3i

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Good crypto x AI projects leverage the features of crypto to overcome limitations faced by AI. Here are three examples of challenges of AI: 1. Resources. To be competitive as an AI company you need to aggregate significant resources (compute and data) and talent. 2. Composability. Agents cannot reliably chain actions together. 3. Native Payments. Agents, while nearly infinite in their ability to act on a web made up of natural language, remain restricted by the fact that payment rails do not exist on internet rails. These challenges can be solved through separate features of crypto: economic ownership, verifiability, and self-custody.

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Same @variant newsletter. Different vibes. X: Ghost town Warpcast: Party time Farcaster community clearly LOVES us more 💙

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New issue of our newsletter is out https://blog.variant.fund/march-2025-newsletter

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