Digitized | Spotlight
Digitized | Spotlight
Digitized
Spotlight is your lens into the best builders in consumer crypto, produced by Collab+Currency. Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (Strobe) explore the latest trends emerging in consumer crypto and chat with those building at the forefront.
Ep. 24: Actual Computer - Powering AI Inference with Local Compute
In this Digitized Spotlight, Winnie (Strobe) and Amanda (Collab+Currency) explore the emerging infrastructure behind distributed AI inference and the untapped compute sitting in people's homes. They chat with Tom, founder of Actual Computer, who's reimagining how AI runs by turning consumer hardware into a global inference network. They cover how Bittensor powers the Actual Computer network, why local inference is the next great commodity, the privacy benefits driving adoption, how improving ...
Apr 22
25 min
Ep. 23: Upshot - Building Accessible Prediction Markets
In this Digitized Spotlight, Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (Strobe) dive into the speculative consumer behaviors emerging around collectibles and prediction markets. They chat with Upshot founder Wayne, who’s reimagining prediction markets from the ground up in the form of trading cards. They cover how to play and win prizes on Upshot, what’s driving momentum in prediction markets, building on-chain on Base, and more! ----- Resources: Explore Upshot | https://www.upshotcards.com/ Fo...
Jan 26
34 min
Ep. 22: Baxus - Bringing Whiskey Onchain
In this Digitized Spotlight, Winnie (Strobe) and Amanda (Collab+Currency) explore how Baxus is unbundling Sotheby’s for the spirits market. Baxus cofounders Tzvi and Carrie cover how Baxus enables onchain liquidity for whiskey, unlocks barrel intelligence for distilleries, powers customer data for brands, and more! ----- Resources: Explore Baxus | https://www.baxus.co/ Follow Tzvi | https://x.com/web4O Follow Carrie | https://x.com/web3princess ----- Stay connected with Spotlight: Sub...
Dec 15, 2025
43 min
Ep. 21: BitRobot - Creating the World's Open Robotics Lab
In this Digitized Spotlight, Winnie (Strobe) unpacks the world’s open robotics lab BitRobot. Amanda (Collab+Currency / BitRobot) and BitRobot cofounder Michael break down current bottlenecks and emerging research trends in embodied AI, how crypto incentives uniquely unlock real-world data collection and evaluation, ways to contribute to the network today, and more! ----- Resources: Learn more about BitRobot | https://bitrobot.ai/ Follow BitRobot | https://x.com/BitRobotNetwork Foll...
Nov 24, 2025
30 min
Ep. 20: Pulse - Building an Open Health Network
Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (Strobe) interview River, co-founder of open health network Pulse. We explore why today’s wearables fall short in democratizing data ownership, Pulse’s debut wearable Series One, where the health & wellness space is heading, and more! ----- Resources: Buy a Pulse Series One | https://pulse.site/ Follow Pulse | https://x.com/PulseNoLimits Follow River | https://x.com/NyxNoLimits ----- Stay connected with Spotlight: Subsc...
Aug 25, 2025
29 min
Ep. 19: Winston Artory Group - Bringing Art On-Chain
Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (Strobe) interview Pete, co-founder of Winston Artory Group (WAG). WAG is the result of a merger of The Winston Art Group, the leading independent art appraisal and advisory firm, and Artory, a global Web3 pioneer in secure and data-driven collection management. The merger creates a full-suite platform for art and collectibles stewardship. We discuss how the merger came to be, trends in art collecting behavior, tokenizing artworks ...
Aug 11, 2025
41 min
Ep. 18: Eco - Unlocking Stablecoin Liquidity Onchain w/ Ryne
Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (Strobe) interview Ryne, co-founder of Eco - a stablecoin liquidity layer for onchain apps and protocols. We discuss the emerging “stablecoin stack,” the implications of recent regulatory and legal developments, why capital is pouring into the stablecoin category, trends to watch in the coming years, and more! ----- Resources: Check out Eco | https://eco.com/ Follow Eco | https://x.com/eco Follow Ryne | https://x.com/rynesaxe ...
Apr 28, 2025
35 min
Ep. 17: Dripster - Launching Physical Products Onchain w/ Jonathan
Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (Strobe) interview Jonathan, co-founder of Dripster - a design-to-product token launchpad that empowers creators to transform innovative concepts into tangible products. We cover how tokens can fuel physical product development, the next evolution of memecoins, the changing landscape for intellectual property and product design in a world of generative AI, and more! ----- Resources: Check out Dripster | https://dripster.fun/ Fol...
Apr 8, 2025
37 min
Ep. 16: B3 - Growing Onchain Gaming on Base w/ Daryl and Viktoriya
Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (Strobe) interview NPC Labs co-founders Daryl and Viktoriya, core contributors to the first horizontally scaled, hyper-operable, gaming ecosystem B3. We cover the case for onchain games, what's worked and hasn't worked in Web3 gaming, games and gamechains launching on B3, and more. ----- Resources: Check out B3 | https://basement.fun/ Follow Daryl | https://x.com/darylX24 Follow Viktoriya | https://x.com/viktoriya0x ----...
Mar 17, 2025
32 min
Ep. 15: MegaETH - Building Real-Time Apps on Ethereum w/ Shuyao
Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (Strobe) interview Shuyao, co-founder of MegaLabs, the developer of an EVM-compatible "real-time" blockchain MegaETH. We also bring on the founders of ecosystem apps Noise, a platform for trading trends, and Pump Party, an upcoming live, interactive gameshow. We discuss MegaETH's value prop, apps building on MegaETH, approaches to community ownership and ecosystem building, and more! ----- Resources: Check out MegaETH | https://...
Mar 6, 2025
40 min
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