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Emad Mostaque co-founded Stability AI, open-sourced Stable Diffusion to 300 million downloads, and then quit because he saw what was coming. His P(Doom) (the probability that AI ends civilization) is 50%... And he's building anyway. In this episode of /brainpower, Bowen and David sit down with Emad, now the Founder of Intelligent Internet (ii.inc), for one of the most intellectually dense and wide...

What happens when the co-founder of Ancestry.com, one of the most successful data companies ever built, goes all-in on decentralized AI and AI development via SOAR AI Studio? In Season 2, Episode 2 of /brainpower, Bowen and David sit down with Paul Allen,  co-founder of SOAR AI Studio and co-founder of Ancestry.com, for one of the most wide-ranging conversations we've had on the show. Paul helped...

/brainpower_podcast is officially back! Welcome to season 2. This season kicks off our new format with Teana Baker-Taylor joining the show. Teana was a Co-Founder of Venice AI and has a wealth of experience in both TradFi & DeFi. 🔗 RESOURCES Morpheus AI Ecosystem: https://mor.org Venice AI: https://venice.ai/chat Guest: Teana Baker-Taylor - https://x.com/TeanaTaylor Co-Host: David Johnston -...

🤖 Your AI agent needs a wallet. Your AI agent needs to move value. Your AI agent needs infrastructure that doesn't exist yet. CoinCap founders Justin and Kent return 8 months after their first appearance to reveal why they rebuilt their entire crypto data platform for the agentic future. This isn't theory. They're running an MCP server that AI agents hit thousands of times a day, and what they've...

Austin Federa left his role as Head of Strategy at Solana Foundation to solve a problem most don't know exists: the public internet is killing decentralized AI and blockchain scalability. In under 12 months, his team built DoubleZero Network—a parallel internet on private fiber that now powers 30% of Solana validators and $23 billion in connected stake. This is 70 live fiber links across 5 contine...

AI TOKENS SURGE 11% IN SEPTEMBER: Why Morpheus Could Be The Next 10x In episode 22, we're joined by David Johnston (@DJohnstonEC), creator of the framework for "Dapps" in 2013 & "Smart Agents" in 2023, to break down the MASSIVE Morpheus Capital Contract V2 launch. This isn't just another protocol update - this could reshape how $2 TRILLION in Bitcoin and stablecoin markets interact with decent...

Episode 21 features Michael Casey (@mikejcasey), Chairman of the Advanced AI Society and Co-Author of books including Our Biggest Fight and The Age of Cryptocurrency. Through his works, Michael outlines a sweeping vision of how new technologies are empowering people, upending business models, and radically redefining society.  Michael also works as an educator and advisor at the MIT Media Lab and...

Episode 20 features Lisa Loud (@lisaisloud). Lisa's impressive career spans over two decades in technology. Starting as a development manager at Apple from 1995–1999, she worked on pioneering projects like Newton Windows and FileMaker. She later served as PayPal's head of U.S. digital acquisition, bringing her expertise to the early fintech revolution. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to found A...

Episode 19 features Roger Hunt (@roger_jgs404040), Core Team/Lead of Ludwitt Academy. Episode Links: Roger Hunt (X) Ludwitt Academy (X) Ludwitt Academy   /brainpower Morpheus Builder Subnet Morpheus Compute API Gateway (Open Beta)   Week in Morpheus (“WiM”) Newsletter Learn more at MOR.org.   /brainpower is the leading podcast subnet of the Morpheus AI ecosystem (MOR.org). We cover decentralized A...

Episode 18 features Vlad Avesalon (@vavesalon), Head of BD at Cosimo Capital, Core Team Member of Zuitzerland, and Core Team Member of Ethereum Chicago.  Episode Links: Vlad Avesalon Cosimo Capital Ethereum Chicago /brainpower Morpheus Builder Subnet Morpheus Compute API Gateway (Open Beta) Week in Morpheus (“WiM”) Newsletter Learn more at MOR.org.  /brainpower is the leading podcast subnet of the...

Episode 17 features Rene Bernard (@rene05x), representing Morpheus Asia. Episode Links: Morpheus Asia Rene Bernard (X) /brainpower Builder Subnet Morpheus Compute API Gateway (Open Beta) Week in Morphues ("WiM") Learn more at MOR.org /brainpower is the leading podcast subnet of the Morpheus AI ecosystem (MOR.org). We cover decentralized AI, freedom technology, open-source agents, and the builders...

Episode 16 features Mark Rizzn Hopkins (@rizzn), widely known as “Doctor Bitcoin.” An AI brain developer, crypto-anarchist, former political prisoner, journalist, and blogger, Mark’s resume is as bold as it is diverse. He is the creator of @theCube, founder of Free Ross DAO, dev lead at Ukraine DAO, and an IBM Futurist --- to name a few of his many roles. Episode Links: Mark Rizzn Hopkins (X) Sanc...

In episode 15, we are joined by David Johnston (@DJohnstonEC), creator of the framework for "Dapps" in 2013 & “Smart Agents” in 2023, to provide a summer 2025 update on all things Morpheus. We cover the incredible growth of the ecosystem over the past 6 months, as well as what to expect between now and year-end 2025. Episode Links: David Johnston (X) Morpheus (X)  /brainpower builder subnet We...

In episode 14, Mikey Anderson (@MikeyAnderson) of THINK joins the show to discuss what it means to own your own intelligence and how THINK Agents and the THINK Protocol make it all possible Episode Links: THINK Agents THINK (YouTube) Mikey Anderson /brainpower Morpheus Builder Subnet Week in Morpheus (“WiM”) Newsletter Learn more at MOR.org. /brainpower is the leading podcast subnet of the Morpheu...

In episode 13, Bowen speaks with @WilBown of IamAI-Core to discuss the shared vision of building a future where individuals have access to truly personal AI. Episode Links: IamAI-Core: https://dashboard-v2-zeta.vercel.app/builders/iamai-core?subnet_id=0x4501d4e79230adce800ff26e5d2e2ae061f1e54da8508fe17dd1462388fb8373&network=Base /brainpower Morpheus Builder Subnet: https://dashboard-v2-zeta.v...

In episode 12, Bowen connects with Syed Hussain & Jim Loperfido of SHIZA.AI to discuss their post-agentic-world developer platform as well as their open-source contributions to the Morpheus Agent Forge initiative.    Episode Links: SHIZA.AI /brainpower Morpheus Builder Subnet  Week in Morpheus (“WiM”) Newsletter  Learn more at MOR.org . /brainpower is the leading podcast subnet of the Morpheus...

In episode 11, Bowen traveled to Puerto Rico to meet with Luke Stokes and Jeff McDonald, two crypto OGs and longtime contributors to the Morpheus protocol and community.   Episode Links: /brainpower Morpheus Builder Subnet Week in Morpheus (“WiM”) Newsletter Learn more at MOR.org . /brainpower is the leading podcast subnet of the Morpheus AI ecosystem (MOR.org). We cover decentralized AI, freedom...

In episode 10, Bowen catches up with James Hotson from Katara (Katara. AI) to discuss their Morpheus Builder Subnet. This subnet is currently one of the most staked-to subnets in the Morpheus Ecosystem and has both a live product and staker rewards enabled.    Episode Links: https://www.katara.ai/ /brainpower Morpheus builder subnet dashboard Week in Morpheus (“WiM”) Newsletter     Learn more at M...

In episode 9, Bowen covers the recently published article where David Johnston breaks down the finer details of the MOR Tokenomics and how they compare to projects like Bitcoin and Ethereum.   Episode Links: https://x.com/DJohnstonEC/status/1896596054365319399 /brainpower Morpheus builder subnet dashboard Week in Morpheus (“WiM”) Newsletter     Learn more at MOR.org.  /brainpower is the leading po...

In episode 8 Bowen chats with Rakshak Talwar, serial entrepreneur and core developer of MySuperAgent.io within the Morpheus Network Ecosystem.   Episode Links: https://mysuperagent.io/ /brainpower Morpheus builder subnet dashboard Week in Morpheus (“WiM”) Newsletter     Learn more at MOR.org.  /brainpower is the leading podcast subnet of the Morpheus AI ecosystem (MOR.org). We cover decentralized...

In episode 7, Bowen chats with Ryan Condron, CEO of Titan Mining and Creator of the Lumerin Protocol ( lumerin.io ).   Episode Links: lumerin.io /brainpower Morpheus builder subnet dashboard Week in Morpheus (“WiM”) Newsletter     Learn more at MOR.org.  /brainpower is the leading podcast subnet of the Morpheus AI ecosystem (MOR.org). We cover decentralized AI, freedom technology, open-source agen...

In episode 6, Bowen catches up with Kent & Justin from coincap (pro.coincap.io) to discuss their Morpheus Builder Subnet, which is currently the second most staked to subnet in the Morpheus Ecosystem.   Episode Links: coincap.io /brainpower Morpheus builder subnet dashboard Week in Morpheus (“WiM”) Newsletter     Learn more at MOR.org.  /brainpower is the leading podcast subnet of the Morpheus...

In episode 5, Bowen discusses the latest within the Morpheus ecosystem highlighting the new community feedback dashboard as well as the builder subnet dashboard that continues to grow rapidly. We also dive into the recent X spaces hosted by Venice. AI, where they addressed the VVV airdrop further and answered questions directly from the community. Additionally, we cover some very recent developmen...

In episode 4, David Johnston joins the show for the first video episode of /brainpower! We discussed the early days of crypto, the implications of the DeepSeek news on AI models looking forward, Venice. AI airdrop, the future of decentralized AI, and more!  Learn more at MOR.org. Additionally, go to the “builders” tab and stake MOR to the /brainpower subnet. /brainpower is the leading podcast subn...

In episode 3, Bowen does another voiceover, this time covering David Johnston's recent article, "In 2025 AI Brainpower Will Surpass Humanity’s Brainpower." This piece defines brainpower ("BP") as a unit of measure and highlights how cumulative AI intelligence will surpass that of cumulative living human intelligence in 2025. Learn more at MOR.org. /brainpower is the leading podcast subnet of the M...