Juan Benet (Protocol Labs)

Bullish:

• $AI - AI systems are expected to become an integral part of our civilization, with potential for significant growth and impact across various sectors.

  • “We're kind of headed in that direction where, like, AI systems are gonna be in, like, this civilizational landscape the same as us.”

    Juan·31:52
• $NEUROTECH - Neurotech is seen as crucial for human augmentation to keep pace with AI advancements, potentially becoming a key area for investment and development.

  • “As we build superintelligence, humanity can really fall behind if we don't kind of speed up our own integration into the computing environment.”

    Juan·59:46
• $CRYPTO - Cryptography enables the creation of secure, ownership-based systems, suggesting long-term value in crypto and blockchain technologies.

  • “Cryptography gives us the ability to build right system systems on top of basic communication systems.”

    Juan·48:51
• $DECENTCOMP - Decentralized computing systems show promise in harnessing global computing power for various applications, indicating potential for growth and innovation in this field.

  • “If you see what's happening here, you know, we're harnessing all the world's computers to do useful work. Like, this can we can take this in a lot of different directions”

    Juan·3:24
• $FIL - Filecoin pioneered a shift from traditional equity funding to token-based models, potentially revolutionizing project financing in the crypto space.

  • “Filecoin was one of the very projects where we were like, oh, shit. Like, there might not be, like, a a next equity funding round. There's might just be tokens out there.”

    Juan·34:38