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INTERVIEW - @AskVenice Is Here to Win: How Private AI Takes On OpenAI and Anthropic

@TrustlessState sits down with @JonShapeShift and @jesseproudman to unpack how Venice is taking on OpenAI and Anthropic with private AI.

They talk about:

- why AI is becoming the biggest data honeypot ever
- private @grok access through Venice
- unrestricted AI as a consumer wedge
- how non-crypto users still feed the $VVV economy
- $DIEM, tokenized inference, and AI agents

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0:00 Intro
1:12 Why Private AI Matters
3:01 The AI Data Honeypot
6:07 Venice’s Consumer AI Ambition
8:01 Beating the Big AI Labs
10:19 Model Aggregation and Agentic Chat
12:29 Open Source, Closed Source, and Private Grok
17:14 Who Actually Needs Private AI?
21:58 Venice’s User Base
23:53 What Drove Venice’s Recent Growth
27:21 $VVV, $DIEM, and Tokenized Inference
29:00 Where Venice Gets Its Compute
32:17 Bonding Curves and DIEM Monetary Policy
39:14 Real Tokenomics, Not Just a Pie Chart
45:46 AI Agents Need Inference to Exist
52:54 ShapeShift DNA Inside Venice
55:53 Regulation, AI, and Individual Rights

[Crypto Fergani @cryptofergani]

This is the silence before the BOOOOOOM.

Most people think retail will NEVER return.

But they don’t understand how this market works.

Once institutions finish loading…

once they start pushing Bitcoin hard…

once BTC does a +20% candle out of nowhere…

Retail will come back INSTANTLY.

They always chase hype.
They always chase green candles.
They always buy late.

We’re not waiting for retail.

We’re waiting for the big players to fill their bags.

And they’re doing it quietly right now.

When they finally hit the switch…

Bitcoin will explode…
Altcoins will start 10x… 20x… 50x…

The whole market will wake up in minutes.
This isn’t the end.
This is the calm before the chaos.

If you still haven't followed me, you'll regret it.

[Crypto Fergani @cryptofergani]

BIGGEST. BULL. RUN. EVER. STARTING. NOW.

[Crypto Fergani @cryptofergani]

Everything is going exactly as I told you.

$60k was the bottom.

The bear market is over.

We’re entering the most parabolic phase of the bull cycle.

This is the phase where you wake up $50K+ richer every day, for weeks.

For the record, I was the only one publicly calling the exact bottom at $16,000 three years ago and the top at $126,000 in October.

If you missed those calls, don’t worry. I’ll call the next one too.

Turn notifications on.

[Crypto Zenkai @zenkaixbt]

BELIEVE ME OR NOT.

$ETH IS ABOUT TO GO PARABOLIC.

AND WHEN IT DOES,

ALTCOINS WILL FOLLOW.

ETH STRENGTH = LIQUIDITY ROTATION INTO ALTS.

HOLD STRONG.

[Crypto Zenkai @zenkaixbt]

BTC MONTHLY RSI JUST TOUCHED THE BOTTOM LINE.

EVERY TIME IT HAPPENED, BITCOIN WENT PARABOLIC.

THIS TIME WON'T BE DIFFERENT.

GET READY FOR A VIOLENT MOVE SOON.

[Gordon 🐂 @GordonGekko]

ETH was dead at $200.

ETH was dead at $800.

ETH was dead at $1,400.

Now, $ETH is dead at $2,000.

Smart ones know what's coming next.

[Gordon 🐂 @GordonGekko]

Everyone is bearish on $ETH.

I saw the same sentiment in April 2025 before ETH pumped 250%.

[Simba @Simba_crpt]

🚨 THE BIGGEST AI BUBBLE IN HISTORY MAY BE PEAKING RIGHT NOW.

SpaceX.
OpenAI.
Anthropic.

Trillions in valuation.
Hundreds of billions about to hit public markets.

And almost nobody understands how dangerous this setup could become.

Because this is exactly how late-stage bubbles behave:
massive narratives,
record valuations,
and investors convincing themselves growth will last forever.

The scary part?

Most of these companies are still burning insane amounts of cash while markets price them like perfection is guaranteed.

2000 felt unstoppable too.

Until liquidity disappeared and the entire Nasdaq collapsed.

[Toz @Cryptoze]

The manipulation is over.

The reversal is going to be beautiful

Congrats to those who are still here

It’s about to get crazy

[Crypto Fergani @cryptofergani]

GLOBAL M2 IS EXPLODING

BITCOIN WILL FOLLOW SOON

[Toz @Cryptoze]

YESTERDAY, THE LAST DROP IN CRYPTO WAS EXPERIENCED.

As of today, the 2026 bull has begun.

Altcoins will rise 27-33x.

IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY DECEMBER 2026, I'M QUITTING CRYPTO.

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[Crypto Zenkai @zenkaixbt]

IN THE 2021 BULL RUN,

$SHIB PUMPED 111,460,000%

$SOL PUMPED 11,000%

$DOGE PUMPED 38,700%

WHICH 3 ALTCOINS WILL PUMP THE MOST IN THE 2026 BULL RUN?

[Crypto Fergani @cryptofergani]

WE SAW THE BIGGEST BULL RUN IN HISTORY AFTER COVID CRASH

THE LAST 6 MONTHS WAS WORSE THAN COVID CRASH

I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO BULLISH

LONG YOUR FUCKING LONGS

BIGGEST. BULL. RUN. STARTING. NOW

IF YOU STILL HAVEN'T FOLLOWED ME, YOU'LL REGRET IT.

[Crypto Fergani @cryptofergani]

SOMETHING BIG IS COMING FOR BITCOIN

SOME BIG NEWS 🤫

[Crypto Fergani @cryptofergani]

BUY. ALTCOINS. NOW.

WE ARE ABOUT TO MAKE STUPID AMOUNTS OF MONEY

$BTC.D

[Etherealize @Etherealize_io]

Vitalik Buterin on Ethereum as the economic layer for AI

“The blockchain to me is the most natural way to allow applications and cooperation between many different people in the long term without needing to agree on who to trust. The other thing is also the economic layer. This is the layer where blockchains can support AIs.”

Vitalik believes Ethereum will play a large role in the future of decentralized AI:

“If you have more decentralized AI, that means you have different AIs (agents, programs) that are controlled by different people and need to interact with each other. And for that interaction to be possible, you need to have an economic layer. Either cooperation is based on economic incentives and economic rules. Or it’s based on central control. It’s usually one of the two, and if we can set up the economic system, that makes more decentralized interaction between AIs possible.”

Source: @okx (Apr 2026)

Read our full article on why AI agents will need Ethereum for low-risk DeFi below👇

[Crypto Zenkai @zenkaixbt]

EVERYONE IS BEARISH ON CRYPTO RIGHT NOW

BUT I AM TELLING YOU

THE BOTTOM IS ALREADY IN

WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE THE BIGGEST BULL RUN IN HISTORY

NEW BITCOIN ATH INCOMING 🚀

[Cup @cryptocupra]

BREAKOUT HAPPEND💥

Bitcoin at $300K before the real bull run.

Solana over $1,500.

BNB, XRP, ETH, DOGE all going vertical.

1–2 years later, it’s obvious:
Trump bullish, BlackRock accumulating, institutions all-in, retail sidelined… and everyone still calling for a crash.