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BlockLayer Podcast is a series from the BlockLayer team, giving listeners rare, behind-the-scenes access to the founders building some of the most important companies in web3.
In long-form, unhurried conversations, we go beyond the headlines and into what it really takes to build: what first pulled them into crypto, what they shipped (and what broke), how they hired and scaled teams, the decisions that nearly killed the company — and the moves that ultimately made it work.
It’s the real story of building in web3: the wins, the chaos, and the lessons you won’t find in public threads.
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S3E10 Michael Heinrich | Founder of 0G Labs — Building the First Modular AI Chain
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Michael Heinrich, Founder of 0G Labs, to explore a bold thesis: the future of AI infrastructure…
S3E14 Ron Bodkin | CEO & Co-Founder of Theoriq — Understanding Agent Collectives in AI
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi sits down with Ron Bodkin, CEO and Co-Founder of Theoriq, to unpack what “agent collectives” really are — and why the next wave of AI may be…
S3E13 Anna Kazlauskas | CEO & Co-Founder of Vana — Solving AI’s Data Dilemma
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Anna Kazlauskas, CEO and Co-Founder of Vana, to unpack one of the biggest bottlenecks in AI:…
S3E7 Karan Sirdesai | Co-Founder & CEO of Mira Network — Building Reliable AI on the Blockchain
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi speaks with Karan Sirdesai, Co-Founder and CEO of Mira Network — a decentralized AI infrastructure platform taking aim at one of the biggest…
S3E6 David Minarsch | Co-Founder & CEO of Valory — The Rise of Autonomous Agents and the Future of Web3
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi sits down with David Minarsch, Co-Founder and CEO of Valory, to explore what “autonomy” really means — and why autonomous agents might become…
S3E5 Nick Emmons | Co-Founder & CEO of Allora Labs — The Synergies Between Web3 and AI
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Nick Emmons, Co-Founder and CEO of Allora Labs, to explore what crypto actually adds to AI — and…
S3E4 Gabby Dizon | Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games — Tokenomics and In-Game Economies
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Gabby Dizon, Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games (YGG), to unpack what makes Web3 gaming economies…
S3E3 Greg Osuri | Founder of Akash Network — Liberty, Community, and the Future of Decentralized AI
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Greg Osuri, Founder and CEO of Akash Network, to explore the ideas powering the decentralized…
S3E2 Ethan Sun | Co-Founder of MyShell — Empowering Creators at the Blockchain × AI Crossroads
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Ethan Sun to explore what happens when consumer AI meets crypto rails — and why creators may be…
S3E1 DC Builder | Research Engineer at Worldcoin Foundation — Proving Personhood in a Digital Era
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai speak with DC Builder, Research Engineer at Worldcoin Foundation, about one of the hardest problems on the…
S2E18 David Tse | Co-Founder of BabylonChain — Scaling Bitcoin to Secure a Decentralized World
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with David Tse, Co-Founder of BabylonChain, to explore a bold idea: using Bitcoin to help secure a…
S2E17 Sergey Gorbunov | Co-Founder of Axelar Network — Scaling Blockchain Interoperability
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Sergey Gorbunov, Co-Founder of Axelar Network, to explore the next chapter of Web3:…
S2E16 Victor Ji | Co-Founder of Manta Network — Building Real-World Use Cases With Zero-Knowledge
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Victor Ji, Co-Founder of Manta Network, to break down what zero-knowledge proofs actually enable…
S2E15 Sandy Peng | Co-Founder of Scroll — Building L2 Solutions Aligned With Ethereum’s Roadmap
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Sandy Peng, Co-Founder of Scroll, to unpack what it takes to build Layer 2 scaling in a way…
S2E14 Chris Spadafora | Founder of BadgerDAO — Bringing Bitcoin to DeFi
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Chris Spadafora, Founder of BadgerDAO, to talk about one of crypto’s longest-running goals:…
S2E13 Eli Ben-Sasson | Founder of StarkWare — Scaling Blockchain With Zero-Knowledge
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-Founder and President of StarkWare, to unpack the story behind one of the…
S2E12 Sreeram Kannan | Founder of EigenLayer — Blockchain Brings Trust to Tech Innovation
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi speaks with Sreeram Kannan, Founder and CEO of EigenLayer, about the leap from academia to building one of the most talked-about infrastructure…
S2E11 Aniket Jindal | Co-Founder of Biconomy — Building the Tools That Make Web3 Usable
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi talks with Aniket Jindal, Co-Founder of Biconomy, about what it really takes to build infrastructure that normal users can actually enjoy — not…
S2E10 Beryl Li | Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games — From Games to Guilds: Navigating the Web3 Journey
In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi sits down with Beryl Li, Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games (YGG) — widely known as one of the largest decentralized networks of gaming…
S2E9 Illia Polosukhin | Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol — Scaling an L1 in a Bear Market
In this week’s episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi and Diksha Desai sit down with Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol.Illia breaks down how NEAR was created, what “real…
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