Pale Blue Nexus

Every index fund quietly does something strange. When a company's founder retires, sells, or passes away, the index buys more of that company, not less. Haren Bhakta thinks that is exactly backwards. On this episode of Pale Blue Nexus, the CEO and founder of Inside Ownership Index explains why he would rather own the leaders of a business than the logo, and why he went through roughly 20,000 proxy...

Eliza Blank built The Sill into one of the most recognizable houseplant brands in the country. Now she's CEO of The Farmlink Project, a national nonprofit moving 150 million pounds of surplus produce a year from farms to families facing food insecurity. In this conversation, she breaks down how a grassroots COVID-era effort by college students became one of the most efficient food recovery operati...

Founder and self-described "agentic power broker" Charles Cormier on why human relationships are the one moat AGI can't cross, how to use a podcast as your B2B funnel, and why comfort is death.

What if the next frontier isn't a metaphor, it's a market? Venture capitalist Nectarios Economakis (Partner & Co-Founder, Amiral Ventures) just closed the first $40M of a new $75M fund built to keep Canada's best builders home. We start with the brain drain and end up at asteroid mining, and somehow it all connects. In this episode we get into why "San Francisco is just a wrapper on Waterloo,"...

DeepInfra ( https://deepinfra.com/ ) is serving over 5 trillion tokens a week and just closed a major raise backed by NVIDIA. In this episode of Pale Blue Nexus, host Yohann Calpu sits down with co-founder Nikola Borisov to unpack how DeepInfra is challenging the hyperscalers on price, why he compares inference optimization to Formula 1, and what the future of open source AI looks like. Nikola sha...

Austin Armstrong has 5 million followers across social, 11k affiliates, a $2M ARR AI video SaaS ( https://syllaby.io/?via=yohann80 ) , a startup incubator in Durham, NC (Bullhouse), and a conference in Dallas he used to attend as a fan and now co-owns (AI Marketing World, Oct 21–24). He sat down with Yohann to talk about the moment he saw the AI wave coming and bet his agency on it, why founder-le...

Jack Couch was the security guy in the Vista war room, personally set up Xbox Live's network in Japan, watched the iPhone kill the Zune in real time — and then went and built Sophtron, the AI-powered platform that lets agents access banking data the banks don't want them to access. He calls his company "a security firm wrapped in a fintech veneer." It supports 14,000+ banks, 60,000+ connections, w...

He co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros, gaining 4,200% returns in a single decade. He drove around the world twice, once on a motorcycle and once by car, setting two Guinness World Records. Then in 2007, he sold his New York City mansion for $16 million and moved his entire family to Singapore because he believed the 21st century belongs to Asia. Jim Rogers has spent 50 years making bets...

Yohann Calpu introduces the relaunch of his podcast and the switch from the NFT Hype brand, which will cover his expanded curiosity beyond NFTs, the launch of the Pale Blue Nexus podcast, and the intersection of technology and humanity.

Interview w/ Mike ( @allhailoverlord ) from Asigna on Multisig Wallets for Bitcoin, Ordinals, BRC20s, and Stacks Welcome to the NFT Hype Channel Yohann (Host) on X: https://twitter.com/realmtbman Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/NFT_Hype Telegram chat group:  https://t.me/nfthype or @nfthype Telegram News Channel:  https://t.me/nfthypealerts Discord:  https://discord.gg/AvgsZHsUxy Email:  nfthy...

Gansy (Founder, Rare Satoshi Society) joins Yohann to talk about why art on Bitcoin using Ordinals brings so many new benefits to artists that it’s inevitable that artists will come to the Bitcoin scene in droves.  Follow @RareSatSociety on X/Twitter and visit their website for more info. Follow our guest, Gansy on X @theGANSmachine. Read “ Why Art on Bitcoin ” as a supplement to this interview if...

A 20min primer on Bitcoin NFTs vs Ethereum NFTs. ----more---- Welcome to the NFT Hype Channel,   Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/NFT_Hype   Telegram chat group: https://t.me/nfthype or @nfthype   Telegram News Channel: https://t.me/nfthypealerts   Discord: https://discord.gg/AvgsZHsUxy   Email: nfthype@protonmail.com   Follow Us Here:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/NFT_Hype   ************...

Yohann interviews Lemonhaze, an artist inscribing on Bitcoin since #12136.   ----more---- Follow our guest on Twitter: Lemonhaze (@Ordinals10K)   Visit his website to learn more - https://www.bylemonhaze.xyz/ ----more---- Welcome to the NFT Hype Channel,   Website: https://www.nfthype.com   Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/NFT_Hype   Telegram chat group: https://t.me/nfthype or @nfthype  ...

Yohann interviews CB Spears and Psifour from Luxor Mining, and talks all things Quadkey. ----more---- Follow our guests on Twitter: CB Spears (@cbspears) Psifour (@Psifour) Quadkey (@quad_key) Visit their website to learn more - http://quadkey.com/ ----more---- Welcome to the NFT Hype Channel,   Website: https://www.nfthype.com   Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/NFT_Hype   Telegram chat gr...

  NFT Hype Presents:   Yohann interviews the NFT/Crypto artist Mauricio @ChiapasCrypto. ------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the NFT Hype Channel,   Website: https://www.nfthype.com   Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/NFT_Hype   Telegram chat group: https://t.me/nfthype or @nfthype   Telegram News Channel: https://t.me/nfthypealerts   Discord: https://disc...

NFT Hype Presents:   Bluejays interviews the RealmNFT team of Ryan Storey (Head Developer), Matt Calcutt (Project Manager & Developer), Kirsten Lea (Marketing Coordinator). We get to know the team. Get a chance to ask questions about the game. An inside look into Realm.    About RealmNFT:   Realm is a WAX based Play-2-Earn resource management game where you strategically utilize your NFT Leade...

  Bluejays interviews the CEO and Founder of the game company Outblaze and co-founder of Animoca and Animoca Brands, who have invested in over 60 NFT related projects. We discuss:   1) Where is the NFT market going? 2) What are the valuable NFT use cases? 3) What he sees as the evolution of this NFT market. 4) How we are creating Networked Communities with NFTs.  5) And more!   Enjoy!   Signup to...

Alien Worlds Backstory and Lore w/  Rob Allen   Alien Worlds is the fastest NFT game and metaverse.    Rob Allen, Bluejays,  Big Mike break down Alien Worlds and the backstory, lore, and a hint of things to come in the Alien World Metaverse.    More on Alien Worlds:  Alien Worlds Metaverse Strategy - Going down the rabbit hole w/ Michael Yeates https://youtu.be/9KF2DXQGSn0 ​     ------------------...

NFT 101 - Two long time NFT collectors explain NFTs in simple terms   Bluejays and Big Mike break down NFTs in simple terms.    We cover:   1) What is an NFT (Non-Fungible Token)? 2) Why is it related to blockchain? 3) What is the big deal about NFTs? 4) Why does supply and scarcity matter? 5) What do NFT collectors care about? And more....   More on Mint numbers:  NFT Mints - Two collectors discu...

  Bluejays and Big Mike interview Jihoz @ Axie Infinity and discuss:   - Axie Infinity 101 - Building Bridges across Communities - The Metaverse - Play to Earn   About Axie Infinity: Axie Infinity is a Pokémon-inspired universe where anyone can earn tokens through skilled gameplay and contributions to the ecosystem. Players can battle, collect, raise, and build a land-based kingdom for their pets....

Bluejays talks to Jacob the Community Lead at Dapper Labs and NBA Top Shot.   We talk about:   - TopShot pack designs - His favorite TopShot Moments and players - NBA Players and investors in their community - Some hints at upcoming releases  - His assessment of the community - and much more!    About NBA TopShot and Dapper Labs:   OWN THE BEST MOMENTS FROM NBA HISTORY   NBA Fans from around the w...

Alien Worlds Metaverse Strategy - Going down the rabbit hole w/ Michael Yeates   Bluejays and Big Mike discuss Alien Worlds 101, but also dig deeper into the AW Metaverse and the potential from a collector, gamer, and governance perspectives. Enjoy!   About Alien Worlds:   Alien Worlds, which pitches itself as 'DAOs and DeFi in space,' is among a handful of titles at the forefront of monetizing in...

Bluejays and Big Mike have Recourier back on the show to discuss CryptomonKeys and dive into the project.   About CryptomonKeys:   CryptomonKeys is a freely distributed, community-driven, meme-rich digital trading card series, here to disrupt the meme economy. Made in the @banano_official jungle.    In brief, we create BANANO ( https://banano.cc/)-themed ​, monKeyfied collectible cards ( https://w...

The Horrors - Horrific Digital Trading Cards  -  Interview with John and Richie   Bluejays and Big Mike discuss the recently release The Horrors NFT trading set on WAX, which sold out on the first day it went on sale!   About Ultra Rare:   Ultra Rare are John and Richie, a couple of lovely fellas from the North of England.    Having had an interest in crypto for many years, Richie has always belie...

HodlGod - The first blockchain battle royale game Interview w/ Marc @ Onessus   Bluejays and Marc @ Onessus discuss the upcoming WAX battle royale game sale launching on Dec 21st   About HodlGod: The original economic battle royale game built by @OnessusBlock on the blockchain, funded by @WAX_io   #NFT immortal packs pre-sale 12.21.2020 💥   http://www.hodlgod.com/ https://t.me/Onessus https://twi...