Scenius Studio (Episode #27)
Anand Iyer -- Canonical Crypto
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As a crypto-dedicated Fund-of-Funds Manager at Scenius Capital, host, Ben Jacobs has the unique opportunity to speak daily with the brightest investors in the blockchain space. In Scenius Studio, Ben chats with crypto Hedge Fund Managers and Venture Capitalists in wide-ranging, evergreen, and alpha-focused conversations.
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In this episode, Ben sits down with Anand Iyer of Canonical Crypto.
Anand founded Canonical after a successful career as a founder, angel investor, and venture partner at Lightspeed and Pear VC. At Canonical, Anand invests into core blockchain infrastructure, middleware, and developer tooling. His thoughts on the intersection of AI and blockchain are representative of how these two technologies need each other to maximize their value to the world.
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In this episode we discuss:
Transitioning from founder to angel investor to fund manager
Developing Canonicalâs thesis around web3 developer tooling
Investing at the -1 to 0 stage
How Anand underwrites deals at the earliest stage and common threads among founders who receive investment
Why AI need blockchain
Why blockchain needs AI
Emerging AI x Crypto technology in the short term vs. long-term
Sarah Silverman and why content creators will desperately need blockchain
The importance of decentralization up and down the AI tech stack
AI agents and why their preferred currency will be blockchain-native digital assets
Analysis of trends within ZK/ML, MPC, and FHE
How years of infrastructure development made an application like Friend.Tech possible
Flaminâ hot spicy takes đ¶
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