How AI and Crypto Intersect on Ritual's Sovereign Execution Layer | Saneel, Founding Member

In this interview, Saneel Sreeni, the founding member of Ritual, dives deep into the intersection of AI and crypto. He explains the concept of AI co-processors and how Ritual aims to be a sovereign execution layer for AI, enabling applications to access AI models in a decentralized manner through stateful precompiles. Saneel unveils the benefits of on-chain AI and addresses the current landscape of crypto AI projects. The conversation touches on Ritual's partnership with Celestia for data availability and their collaboration with Eigenlayer for restaking AI. Lastly, Sunil shares details about Ritual's recent partnership with MyShell and their plans for the Infernet SDK and the upcoming Ritual Superchain. Thanks for tuning in! - - Follow Saneel: https://twitter.com/sanlsrni Follow Sam: https://twitter.com/swmartin19 Follow Ren: https://twitter.com/purplepill3m Follow Blockworks Research: https://twitter.com/blockworksres Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3foDS38 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3SNhUEt Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3NlP1hA Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ - - Wormhole is a decentralized interoperability platform powering multi-chain applications and bridges. It provides developers with access to liquidity and users on over 30 leading blockchain networks, enabling use cases in DeFi, data queries, and governance. The platform is trusted by teams like Uniswap and Circle and, to date, the platform has facilitated the transfer of over 35 billion dollars through over 850 million cross-chain messages. Claim your unique Wormhole NFT at https://wormhole.com/0xresearch5-5563 - - Pear is an innovative pair-trading exchange built on top of SYMMIO. Users can trade trending narratives with one click, from bluechip narratives such as long BTC, short ETH, right through to WIF vs BONK. SYMMIO’s intent-centric architecture enables deep liquidity, sourced off-chain and brought on-chain, and combined with Pear, have democratized access to complex trading strategies typically reserved for institutional traders. Start trading today at: https://www.pear.garden/ - - Marinade is the leading Solana staking service that spreads your stake across 100+ top validators, distributes MEV rewards, and provides automatic downside protection with new Protected Staking Rewards. Choose to liquid stake for mSOL for use in DeFi, or delegate your stake through Marinade Native, which gives you full custody of your SOL and no smart contract risk. Max performance for you, max performance for Solana. https://blckwrks.co/Marinade - - Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (2:21) What are Co-processors? (7:34) Benefits of Onchain AI Stack (11:52) What is Ritual? (18:36) Wormhole Ad (19:14) Pear Ad (19:40) Marinade Ad (20:18) Role of DA (24:54) AI Inference (27:30) Infernet SDK (33:17) Interoperability Approach (35:45) Crypto AI Landscape (43:26) Actual Crypto & AI Usecases (49:11) Restaking AI on EigenLayer (58:17) Ritual Roadmap - - Check out Blockworks Research today! Research, data, governance, tokenomics, and models – now, all in one place Blockworks Research: https://www.blockworksresearch.com/ Free Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Dan, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.