Akhil is Building ⚡

Writer, BD & thought leadership for crypto founders | Building since 2021 | Co-founder | DMs open

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

we’ve been building Founders Unfair Advantage for months.

gathering our best frameworks, strategies, and systems.

Unfair Advantage helps founders go invisible -> industry leaders in 90 days.

read this to learn more about how it works👇

[AJ {Founder Branding} @ajxbuild]

Revealing Founders Unfair Advantage.

Something your competitors wish you’d never find.

A system so good, it feels like cheating.

Because you will go from invisible -> industry leader.

Attracting deal flow, investors, influence… All in 90 days.

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[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@seeksahib Happy birthday Bhai 🫡

Stay blessed 🙏

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@seeksahib @thekumarmethod Loved the killer look bhai 🫡

[Sahib @seeksahib]

Shoutout @thekumarmethod who has crushed the Instagram algorithm.

But if you’re waiting to go viral before you build something..

you’ve got it backwards.

Go Build !

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@joseph_mugen Consistency matters

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

So Robert Kiyosaki was right

It's happening

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

Ever since $BTC hits $108k.

The market has been going down?

Are Kiyosaki's predictions coming true?

(Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki predicts Bitcoin may crash to $60k.)

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@chameleon_jeff @jeffreywiill @HyperliquidX For everything

[AJ {Founder Branding} @ajxbuild]

Took a founder from 0 to 2,000+ targeted followers in 30 days.

Brand new X account in prediction market.

full breakdown: what we did, why it worked, and what founders get wrong:

🧵1/10

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@MugenXBT 💯

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

this is a threat

also a huge opportunity

start taking ai seriously

[Mugen @joseph_mugen]

https://t.co/JhVRluSZtT

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@seeksahib @money2020 This was clean... you guys nailed it.

[Sahib @seeksahib]

Sat down with @0xDeltaHedged [ Cofounder of @OpenGradient ].

He worked at NASA, Google, Two Sigma, Palantir... had a career people dream of.

left it all to build something bigger.

Conversation started with AI and data privacy.

but ended with an answer we've all been asking: who owns your digital life?

Verifiable AI, data ownership, the future of agentic commerce... we went deep on all of it.

it's a kind of founder conversation that reminds you why this space exists.

Timestamps:

00:00 — Intro: No one should trade a lifetime of memories for AI output
00:32 — Welcome to the Base Show + Matthew's background
01:06 — NASA → Google → Two Sigma: the psychological shift to building
02:43 — What is Open Gradient? Making AI verifiable explained simply
04:10 — Is the data privacy threat real? The Cambridge Analytica parallel
05:28 — Cursor's Chinese AI model controversy & hidden threats
06:42 — "No one should trade a lifetime of memories for AI output"
07:37 — MemSync: aggregating your digital footprint privately
08:06 — Is decentralized AI actually decentralized? The Bittensor debate
09:01 — OPG token launch: what it unlocks
10:22 — Traction: 4,000+ models, Sentient, Flock, Filecoin partnerships
12:02 — Breaking it down for the average Joe: how OPG protects you
13:34 — The HTTPS standard for AI: Open Gradient's endgame
15:14 — Can everyday builders fight AI monopolization by big tech?
16:33 — The aha moment: DeFi was primitive, ML could fix it
18:21 — Uniswap research grant: reducing impermanent loss 1,670% annually
19:47 — Who's backing Open Gradient: a16z, Coinbase Ventures, Ilya, Sandeep
21:14 — The next 12 months: mainnet, decentralization, model incentives
22:51 — Why agentic commerce isn't hype — but also isn't ready yet
26:16 — Sahib's marketing agency moment: how do you market TO agents?
28:33 — The Virtuals partnership and Titan Launch Program explained
31:00 — How verifiable AI makes agentic commerce trustworthy
33:22 — Matthew's personal AI stack: Opus, Codex, Kimi K2.5
36:13 — The belief Matthew got wrong: LLM intelligence would plateau
38:46 — Dark truths of AI: job replacement and sycophancy
42:14 — The most dangerous company in AI centralization (his answer may surprise you)
44:14 — Will decentralized AI win — or is big tech going to dominate?
46:23 — One piece of advice for young builders entering AI
50:01 — Speed and relationships: the only real moat left
53:30 — Token launch week: the vibe on the ground in Seoul
55:00 — Closing thoughts + follow-up in 4-6 months

Enjoy the podcast.

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

Musk co-founded OpenAI as a nonprofit with Altman in 2015

-sam turned it into a $1t
-musk says he was lied to... now suing for $134 billion
-wants sam fired & company back to nonprofit
-trial started this week in Oakland

TLDR: Broken friendship, billion dollar courtroom

[StarPlatinum @StarPlatinum_]

The strange situation around “Scam Altman”

April 13, 2026

- The New Yorker drops an 18-month investigation
- 100+ interviews
- internal memos
- private notes from OpenAI insiders

main accusation

“consistent pattern of lying”
- manipulation of people around him
- toxic internal culture

key evidence

- 70+ pages of memos from Ilya Sutskever
- 200+ pages of notes from Dario Amodei
- multiple board testimonies

core claims

- misled the board repeatedly
- created psychological pressure internally
- said different things to different people
- promised safety → delivered almost nothing

AGI safety issue

- promised 20% compute for alignment
- reportedly gave 1–2%
- used outdated hardware

former allies turning against him

- Elon Musk calls him “Scam Altman”

“lies as easily as he breathes”

Ilya Sutskeve says he’s not the person to control AGI

Dario Amodei calls him “mendacious”

Helen Toner says he lied directly to the board

Mira Murati says she doesn’t trust him to lead AGI

legal situation

Elon Musk vs OpenAI trial starts

- claims nonprofit betrayal
- $38M funding dispute
- rejected $97B buyout attempt

Are we witnessing the fall of the man behind OpenAI?

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@ajxbuild We're gonna make it even wonderful

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@Mellow_ Did they got verified from cult?

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@seeksahib @0xDeltaHedged @OpenGradient Ai is coming for everything

This is abt to happen, it's just the early phase

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@nftclients We can win this

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

if you were sent back to 2010, how many captchas would you solve?

be honest.

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@ajxbuild This is how you eliminate pieces of shit from your life...

Move ahead man... This is your chance

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@anshi_web22 Rwa are Still underrated

The meta is yet to take place

Good thread 👏

[Akhil is Building ⚡ @Akhilweb3]

@nftclients Real