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Wisdom of the $TAO: the future is decentralized AI

Mar 6, 2026 · 1h 8m

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Every Banking - https://Every.io https://Lemon.io - Lemon.io/twist Wispr Flow - https://wisprflow.ai/twist Plaud - https://plaud.ai/twistRo.co - https://Ro.co/Twist Today's show: *Sure, we all love open source models, but what about completely decentralized AI? Rather than leaving the big decision-making in the hands of a few elite CEOs, shouldn't users have a say — and potentially even a stake — in how this incredible technology develops? On TWiST, we welcome Ala Shaabana of Crucible Labs, one of the co-founders of Bittensor. It's an open-source protocol powering a blockchain-based machine learning network. What does that mean? Users mine a crypto…