Announcing OFR Dubai | Singularity: AI x Crypto Convergence
In the intense embrace of Artificial Intelligence, IOSG Ventures is presenting “Singularity | AI x Crypto Convergence” around Token 2049 Dubai. We are extremely excited that we have onboarded founders and partners from NEAR, EigenLayer, Polygon, Gensyn, io.net, Render Network, Worldcoin, ChainML, Aethir, FirstBatch, Pocket Network, Ritual, FetchAI, Upshot, Sahara AI, Bagel, Brevis, Lagrange, Herodutus, IoTeX, Marlin, Phala Network, Alterscope, AltLayer etc., to join our event, contributing to our Panels and Talks! And yet, more big names are on the way.
📅 Date: April 17th, 2024
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM — 6:30 PM (GMT+4)
👉 Location: Emirates Ballroom (6th Floor), JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai
💥 Website: https://iosg.vc/ofr-dubai/
🎫 Click here to register! https://lu.ma/ofr.dubai
🔥 Agenda
2:00 PM Opening Remark | AI x Crypto Investment Philosophy 🎤
Gokhan Er, Managing Director of IOSG Ventures
2:15 PM Keynote | Why AI Needs to Be Open 🎤
Illia Polosukhin, Co-founder of NEAR
2:30 PM: Fireside | Enabling AI Function in the Last Generation Blockchain 🎤
Illia Polosukhin, Co-founder of NEAR
Sandeep Nailwal, Co-founder of Polygon
Moderating by Momir Amidzic, Senior Director of IOSG Ventures
3:05 PM Panel | Data & AI Model 🎤
Kerim Kaya, Co-founder & CEO of FirstBatch
Vyas Krishnan, Strategy of EigenLayer
Sean Ren, Co-founder & CEO of Sahara AI
Bidhan Roy, Founder & CEO of Bagel Network
Marvin Tong, Founder of Phala Network
Moderating by Mohit Pandit, Investment of IOSG Ventures
3:50 PM Panel | The Role of AI Agent in Crypto 🎤
Ethan Jackson, Co-founder of ChainML
Humayun Sheikh, Co-founder & CEO of Fetch AI
Michael P O’Rourke, Co-founder & CEO of Pocket Network (Grove）
Niraj Pant, Co-founder of Ritual
Nick Emmons, Co-founder & CEO of Allora (Upshot)
Moderating by Roshan Raghupathy, Researcher, Marlin Protocol
4:35 PM Keynote | AI On-Chain: Why Web3 is the Best Path Forward for AI 🎤
Ethan Jackson, Co-founder of ChainML
4:50 PM Panel | ZKML: Applications & Challenges 🎤
Mo Dong, Co-founder of Brevis
Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh, Founder of Lagrange
dcbuilder.eth, Accelerating Worldcoin
Kacper Koziol, Co-founder of Herodutus
Marijo Radman, Co-founder of Alterscope
Moderating by Gokhan Er, Managing Director of IOSG Ventures
5:35 PM Panel | GPU Networks 🎤
Ben Fielding, Co-founder of Gensyn
Trevor Harries-Jones, COO of OTOY (Render Network)
Tory Green, Co-founder & COO of io.net
Mark Ryden, Co-founder & CEO of Aethir
Moderating by Raullen Chai, Co-founder & CEO of IoTeX
🔥 Why AI x Crypto
The surge in large language models (LLMs) has set high expectations for intelligent, blockchain-integrated decentralized apps, posing significant challenges due to AI’s demand for vast, typically centralized computational power. To address this, developers are innovating in the crypto sphere, establishing peer-to-peer GPU networks to offer essential, decentralized, and affordable GPU resources. This groundwork supports a growing crypto AI environment.
On top of this GPU infrastructure, builders are creating inference networks integrated with various blockchain ecosystems. Zero-knowledge machine learning (ZKML) plays a crucial role in ensuring the decentralization and integrity of model inferences. ML models are inherently vulnerable; altering just one weight among billions of parameters can lead to inaccurate results. Robust solutions are needed to verify the correctness of ML inferences before widespread adoption.
Further advancements include decentralized networks with incentives inspired by the NFT market and advanced stablecoins yielding profits for AI users, promoting an economy where funds earn interest when not deployed for AI services. Beyond Ethereum, this AI revolution is extending to Bitcoin, with developers crafting fast, cost-efficient, programmable Layer 2 solutions, gearing up for an expansive AI wave across blockchain ecosystems.
📢 About Old Friends Reunion
Over the past 6 years, we’ve successfully held a series of Old Friend Reunion events, with more than 2500 attendees and 150+ industry experts, 15+ top-tier media coverage, and over 7000 views via live streaming on Youtube, bringing together all the founders and leaders for profound discussions. Following the success of
- OFR Denver — 2024 — Restaking Summit
- OFR Istanbul — 2023 — Autonomous Arcade & Mass Adoption
- OFR Singapore — 2023 — LSD & ZK Modular
- OFR Denver — 2023 — Security day
- OFR Paris — 2022 — Dataverse day
- OFR Lisbon — 2022 — Sovereign Individual & ZK Odyssey
- OFR Shenzhen — 2021 — Scaling Summit and Metaverse Carnival
We’re thrilled to carry forward the trend and add value to the dynamic crypto industry in 2024.
