#380: Anthony Georgiades, Co-Founder of Pastel Network, on The Intersection of AI and Web3, The Fate of NFTs, and Current Crypto Markets

Anthony Georgiades is co-founder of Pastel Network, a fully decentralized, developer-friendly layer-1 blockchain serving as the preeminent protocol standard for non-fungible tokens ("NFTs") and Web3 technology. While performing his duties as President, Anthony is also a General Partner at Innovating Capital, a technology fund focused on disruptive companies and digital assets that have incubated Pastel Network since day one. Anthony previously spent time on the investment team at First Round Capital and on the operations teams of various startups. He studied finance, management, and computer science at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton and engineering schools.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- The rise of AI and how Pastel has been in the AI space "before it was cool"
- How Pastel is involved in the intersection of AI and Web3
- Pastel's new AI product Inference
- The fate of NFTs overall
- How start-ups can weather the fluctuating trends in the industry
- What Pastel has done to maintain its success amid the decline of interest in traditional NFTs
- Current crypto market
- Solana ecosystem & meme coins
- Current factors that are driving the crypto market
- The Spatial Web
- How AI will drive crypto adoption

Pastel Network
Website: pastel.network
Twitter: @PastelNetwork
Telegram: t.me/PastelOfficial

Anthony Georgiades
Twitter: @panthonylg
LinkedIn: Anthony Georgiades


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