The Delphi Podcast
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Why India’s Next Tech Giants Are Hiding in Plain Sight | Paavan Gami
Why India’s Next Tech Giants Are Hiding in Plain Sight | Paavan Gami
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Conversations with Crypto Gigabrains. Hosted by Tommy, Co-Founder and Founding Partner at Delphi Ventures
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- Why India’s Next Tech Giants Are Hiding in Plain Sight | Paavan Gami · 1 h 14 minPaavan Gami is the founder and managing partner of Raas Partners, a concentrated, long-term Indian public equities fund. Before Raas he spent five years at Greenoaks, working…
- How America Is Exporting Its $40 Trillion Debt · 55 minAlex Wilson is co-founder and co-CEO of Cyclops, which builds stablecoin rails for payments companies. Before that he co-founded The Giving Block, which lets nonprofits accept…
- Why OpenAI Should Be Scared of Open Source · 1 h 15 minTarun Chitra is the founder of Gauntlet and managing partner at Robot Ventures, which just led Nous Research's $90 million round. He joins Tommy on The Delphi Podcast to explain…
- The Secret Supplier Feeding Frontier AI · 1 h 15 minFrom a pandemic side project to delivering exabytes of web data to frontier AI labs, Andrej Radonjic has built a data business most people have never heard of. The co-founder and…
- It's not AI Doom, It's a Fourth Turning · 1 h 16 minFrom building TechCrunch to backing Uber and Airbnb, Michael Arrington has had a front-row seat to some of technology’s biggest shifts. He joins Tommy on The Delphi Podcast for a…
- Most VCs Are Afraid to Be Wrong | Rohan Pujara · 1 h 16 minJosé sits down with Rohan Pujara, general partner at Valhalla Ventures, for another episode of the Emerging Managers series on The Delphi Podcast. Rohan explains why he avoids…
- Why the Future of Venture Is Hard Tech, Drones & Physical AI | Ian Rountree · 1 h 43 minJoin José as he hosts another episode of the Emerging Manager series on the Delphi Podcast, sitting down with Ian Rowntree, founder and managing partner of Cantos. Ian details…
- China’s AI Advantage Is Bigger Than You Think · 55 minIn this episode of The Delphi Podcast, Tommy sits down with AccelXR, author of Delphi Digital’s “Evaluating the AI Labs of China” report, to break down what’s actually happening…
- Most Venture Funds Are Playing Momentum Games | Michael Dempsey · 1 h 32 minJoin José as he hosts another episode of the Emerging Manager series on the Delphi Podcast, sitting down with Michael Dempsey, managing partner of Compound. Michael makes the…
- Steve McLaughlin Built a Multi-Billion-Dollar Investment Bank and Beat Wall Street at Its Own Game · 1 h 16 minIn this episode of The Delphi Podcast, Tommy sits down with Steve McLaughlin, founder and CEO of FT Partners, to unpack how he left Goldman Sachs at 32 and built one of the most…
- Building the SoftBank of Robotics | Andrew Kang · 1 h 23 minJoin José as he hosts a special edition of the Emerging Manager series on the Delphi Podcast, sitting down with Andrew Kang, founder of RoboStrategy. After managing personal…
- OpenAI is Making a MASSIVE Mistake · 1 h 32 minIn this episode of The Delphi Podcast, Tommy sits down with Travis Good, co-founder of Ambient, to discuss why open-source AI may ultimately beat the closed labs and what that…
- Identifying Generational Managers with Jordan Nel · 1 h 19 minJoin José as he hosts the first episode of the Emerging Manager series, sitting down with Jordan from Nomads—the fund-of-funds arm of the legendary VC firm Hummingbird. Together…
- Sandy Kory: The Founder Obsessed Investor Behind BillionToOne, BaseTen & Palantir · 1 h 35 minWhat makes a great founder? Sandy Kory has spent decades trying to answer that question. As the founder of Horizon, he's backed companies like Palantir, BillionToOne, Canva…
- Samed Düzçay: Accessing Institutional Yield Strategies at Tori Finance · 55 minJoin Yan Liberman and Can Gurel as they speak with Samed Düzçay, founder of Tori, a yield protocol bringing institutional-grade delta-neutral strategies on-chain. Samed shares…
- Logan Jastremski: Solana vs Hyperliquid - Who Wins The Global Exchange Race? · 1 h 30 minJoin Tommy Shaughnessy as he speaks with Logan, Managing Partner of Frictionless Capital, about the high-stakes race to build a global blockchain-based financial system. Logan…
- Clay Robbins: Building Colosseum, Solana’s Largest Hackathon & Accelerator with 80,000 Participants · 1 h 8 minJoin Tommy Shaughnessy in San Francisco for the first podcast from the new Coliseum office. In this episode, Clay Robbins, Co-Founder of Coliseum, discusses how his team manages…
- Nic Carter: Quantum Threatens $600B of Bitcoin · 1 h 6 minJoin Tommy Shaughnessy as he speaks with Nic Carter, partner at Castle Island Ventures, about his deep dive into the existential threat quantum computing poses to Bitcoin. After…
- Mike McCormick: AI Acceleration vs Risks, Funding Global Resilience, AGI scenarios, U.S. vs China · 1 h 42 minJoin Tommy Shaughnessy as he speaks with Mike McCormick, founder of Halcyon, about the urgent intersection of AI acceleration and safety. Mike shares his path from venture…
- Connor Howe: Building the Onchain Execution Engine with Enso Network · 53 minJoin Ashwath Balakrishnan and Neel Daftary as they explore the future of DeFi infrastructure with Connor Howe, co-founder of Enso. After nine years of building in crypto, Connor…
- Austin Federa: From Solana Foundation to Double Zero's Fiber Revolution · 1 h 15 minJoin Alex Golding as he sits down with Austin Federa, Co-founder of DoubleZero, to explore how they're building permissionless high-performance fiber infrastructure that could…
- Legion & Cookie3: Evolution of Onchain Fundraising · 1 h 6 minJoin José Maria Macedo as he co-hosts with Matt O'Connor from Legion and Filip Wielanier from Cookie3 to explore "Attention Capital Markets" - revolutionizing token distribution…
- Mike Dudas (6MV): Pump.Fun, One of the Greatest Seed Investments Ever · 56 minJoin Tommy Shaughnessy as he sits down with Mike Dudas, Managing Partner at 6th Man Ventures, to discuss one of the most successful seed investments in crypto history. Mike…
- Michael Egorov: Yield Basis - Bringing Real Yield to Bitcoin · 1 h 12 minJoin José Macedo and Yan Liberman as they host Michael Egorov, co-founder of Curve Finance and one of DeFi's original pioneers. Michael introduces Yield Basis — his ambitious new…
- pump.fun's Sapijiju: First-Ever Discussion on Building the Future of Social Trading · 1 h 6 minAnil Lulla and Yan Liberman host Sapijiju, co-founder of Pump.fun. Sapijiju shares Pump.fun’s bigger vision: beyond meme coins, it’s aiming to be the most rewarding social…
- José Macedo and Pondering Durian: The Birth of Delphi Intelligence · 57 minJoin Tommy Shaughnessy as he hosts Pondering Durian (Lead at Delphi Intelligence) and José Macedo (Co-Founder at Delphi Labs & Founding Partner at Delphi Ventures) to introduce…
- Dev.Fun: Leading AI Vibe Coding Platform on Solana with 20,000+ Applications Live · 54 minJoin Tommy Shaughnessy as he dives into the world of Dev.Fun with founders Devlord and Robi. Dev.Fun is revolutionizing app creation by enabling anyone — regardless of technical…
- Harry Dewhirst: What If the Physical World Had an API? — 375ai, DePIN, and Real-Time Data for AI · 1 h 0 minJoin Can Gurel as he hosts Harry Dewhirst, co-founder and CEO of 375ai, to discuss their ambitious real-world application of DePIN. Learn how they're building a decentralized…
- TAOFU's Mikel & Mitch: Enabling Capital Formation for Subnets on Bittensors $10B+ Network · 43 minJoin Tommy Shaughnessy as he hosts Mitch and Mikel, co-founders of Taofu and TPN, to discuss Taofu, a launchpad for Bittensor subnets. Learn about how they're democratizing…
- David Choi & Conor Moore: USD.AI - Financing the Future of AI Infra · 47 minJoin Jordan Yeakley as he hosts David Choi and Conor Moore from USD.AI to discuss their innovative synthetic dollar backed by AI and DeepEnd hardware assets. Learn about USD.AI's…
- Logan Allen: Nockchain's Global Competition for Useful ZK Proof of Work Miners Kicks Off · 56 minJoin Tommy Shaughnessy as he hosts Logan Allen, founder of Zorp and Nockchain, to discuss Nockchain, a new proof-of-work L1 blockchain. Learn about its ZK Powell consensus…
- Cambria: The Degen MMO With $1M+ Seasonal Prize Pools · 56 minJoin Piers Kicks as he hosts BEN.ZZZ, founder of Cambria, for an insightful conversation about building high-stakes, risk-to-earn MMOs inspired by Runescape. Cambria is…
- Sam Lehman: What the Reinforcement Learning Renaissance Means for Decentralized AI · 1 h 8 minJoin Tommy Shaughnessy from Delphi Ventures as he hosts Sam Lehman, Principal at Symbolic Capital and AI researcher, for a deep dive into the Reinforcement Learning (RL)…
- Guilhem Chaumont: Following the Flow Into Crypto’s Next Growth Phase · 50 minJoin Kevin Kelly from Delphi Digital as he hosts Guilhem Chaumont, CEO and co-founder of Flow Desks, for an insightful conversation about institutional-grade trading services in…
- Travis Good: Machine Intelligence as a new world currency: facing down OpenAI with Ambient, a hyperscaled decentralized PoW-powered alternative · 1 h 31 minJoin Tom Shaughnessy as he hosts Travis Good, CEO and co-founder of Ambient, for a deep dive into the world's first useful proof-of-work blockchain powered by AI. Fresh out of…
- Ben Fielding: Gensyn’s Polar Opposite Architecture vs AI Data Centers, Fueling an AI-Native Internet, Open vs. Closed Source AI and RL Swarm · 1 h 18 minJoin Tom Shaughnessy as he hosts Ben Fielding, co-founder of Gensyn Network, for an in-depth exploration of decentralized AI infrastructure and the future of machine learning…
- Jeffrey "Jiho" Zirlin: Ronin Goes Permissionless · 1 h 3 minJoin Piers Kicks as he hosts Jeffrey "Jiho" Zirlin of Sky Mavis for an exploration of Ronin's evolution from Axie Infinity's scaling solution to becoming the premier gaming…
- Daryl Xu: Building B3, The Next Evolution in Crypto Gaming Infrastructure · 1 h 5 minJoin Piers Kicks as he hosts Daryl Xu, founder of B3, for an exploration of how they're building the optimized Layer 3 solution for gaming on Base, creating the homepage for…
- Krish Jagirdar & Jordan Lejuwaan: Building RekTech, The Future of Interactive Entertainment · 55 minJoin Anil Lulla as he hosts Krish Jagirdar and Jordan Lejuwaan, co-founders of RekTech (formerly Internet Game), for an exploration of their vision to create the world's biggest…
- Jeffrey Emanuel: Viral Author of The Short Case for Nvidia Stock - cohosted by Pondering Durian · 1 h 23 minJoin Tom Shaughnessy and Pondering Durian as they host Jeff Emanuel, founder of Pastel Network and author of the viral "Short Case for NVIDIA Stock" thesis, for an exploration of…
- Kam Punia: The $POWER of Web3 Mobile Gaming · 55 minJoin Piers Kicks as he hosts Kam Punia, founder of Pixion Games, for an in-depth exploration of building Web3 gaming experiences and the journey behind Fableborn. From Kam's…
- James Zhang: Bringing Emerging Markets Onchain With Jambo · 47 minJoin Piers Kicks as he welcomes back James Zhang, co-founder and CEO of JAMBO, for an exploration of how they're revolutionizing Web3 accessibility through mobile infrastructure…
- Tin Nguyen: Gaming IP in the Age of AI · 1 h 8 minJoin Piers Kicks as he hosts Tin Nguyen, founder of Sipher, for a deep dive into the convergence of gaming, AI, and blockchain. From his unconventional journey starting in real…
- Jansen Teng: Inside Virtuals’ Meteoric Rise, The Race to Billion-Dollar Crypto-AI Agents and life after AGI · 1 h 14 minJoin Tom Shaughnessy and Pondering Durian as they host Jansen Teng, CEO and co-founder of Virtuals, for an in-depth exploration of AI agents and the future of decentralized AI…
- Shaw: The Rise of ai16z’s Eliza—Crypto × AI Agents, a $2.5B Valuation, Trending Globally on GitHub · 1 h 18 minJoin Tom Shaughnessy from Delphi Digital and Ejazz from 26 Crypto Capital as they host Shaw, founder of Eliza Labs and AI16Z, for an in-depth discussion on the evolution of AI…
- Delphi's AI + DePIN Year Ahead 2025 · 1 h 5 minJoin Ceteris and the Delphi Research team for an in-depth exploration of AI and decentralized infrastructure heading into 2025. The discussion examines the evolution of AI…
- Delphi's DeFi Year Ahead 2025 · 1 h 3 minJoin Ceteris and the Delphi Research DeFi team for an in-depth analysis of decentralized finance trends heading into 2025. The discussion explores the evolution of consumer DeFi…
- Delphi's Infrastructure Year Ahead 2025 · 52 minJoin Ceteris and the Delphi Research infrastructure team for an extensive analysis of blockchain architecture trends heading into 2025. The discussion delves into the evolution…
- Off The Grid: Inside Neill Blomkamp's Game World · 1 h 0 minJoin Piers Kicks as he sits down with Neill Blomkamp, acclaimed filmmaker and co-founder of Gunzilla Games, to discuss his groundbreaking work on Off The Grid (OTG)—a visionary…
- Gunzilla Games: Delivering On The Mainstream Promise · 1 h 12 minJoin Piers Kicks as he sits down with Vlad Korolev, founder and CEO of Gunzilla Games, to discuss their groundbreaking Battle Royale title "Off The Grid." In this fascinating…
