The Rollup

Erik Voorhees calls ChatGPT dystopian and explains why he built Venice AI: "I loved ChatGPT, but unless someone builds something with actual crypto ethos in it, this is dystopian." "We may all realize at some point in the future that cryptocurrency was actually just being built

Mar 6

"The AI industry doesn't care about free speech or privacy." Erik Voorhees explains why that drove him to build Venice.ai: "It's a largely academic community that was in favor of controlling people and making sure the right person was controlling them. That's a..."

Mar 8

Austin Barack says Venice base:0xacfe6019ed1a7dc6f7b508c02d1b04ec88cc21bf is the best crossover consumer story in crypto: @AskVenice grew revenue 7x this year with a path to $300M by 2027, and @AustinBarack notes almost none of its users know they're touching crypto. That's what mass adoption actually looks like.

Aug 28

"Venice $VVV pumped 18 to 28 because someone outside crypto realized what it was" @bitcoinjack on a concrete example of the tokenization thesis. Outside money discovering Venice through a single writeup and repricing it 55% overnight. https://t.co/WqBkGCTKtF

Sep 14

Jordan, Head of education at @AskVenice, explains why the Anthropic ban showed users they do not really own the AI tools they depend on: “You can just get rugged.” “I lost all those capabilities because I was essentially renting the product.” “It was not mine, and I had no control over it.”

Jun 20

Why route every dollar of revenue to the token and dilute your own equity first? Because the whole point was crypto ethos, not extraction. @ErikVoorhees on the mission behind Venice. https://t.co/9nBkpRxwtg

Aug 18

Bought @AskVenice base:0xacfe6019ed1a7dc6f7b508c02d1b04ec88cc21bf sub a dollar. One of the first buyer that wasn't a sniper bot. Coinbase listed it hours later, the exact setup everyone dreams about. He sold on day two, then watched it do nothing for a year and take off without him. @econoar on why conviction beats timing.

Sep 24

"It's assumed the user has the information and is aware of what can happen, but it's just not the case." Sabrina Aquino of @AskVenice on why privacy should be the default: "There is some level of monitoring happening. And the big thing here is really that the user sometimes isn't aware of the contract they're making when talking to these models through these platforms." "It's assumed the user has the information and is aware of what can happen, but it's just not the case." "This is why we pr

Sep 12

FT @ErikVoorhees @ShapeShift @AskVenice

May 25

FT @ErikVoorhees @AskVenice

Aug 18