In this episode we talk with Ram Kumar, Core Contributor at OpenLedger discussing OpenLedger, AI from a technical lense in general and why general AI likely won't cut it. OpenLedger, a decentralized platform purpose-built for AI. It lets developers train, verify, and monetize models on-chain with full transparency. By enabling Proof of Attribution, specialized model creation, and low-cost inference, they empower a new generation of AI that's community-owned, trustless & scalable. Raised $11....
Jun 16, 2025•38 min•Season 2Ep. 127
In this session we talk about Web3 Marketing in depth. Not the kind of that you've heard of several times already - but instead we discuss how it really works. And how to use this knowledge to your advantage. Catherine Daly, Head of Marketing at Space and Time. She is a senior marketing strategist with a passion for building community around emerging technology. Prior to Space and Time, Catherine managed full-funnel marketing for both startups and established global organizations in the semicond...
Jun 10, 2025•28 min
In this episode we talk about a new narrative: Linux-based App-chains. Ever heard of the noisy neighbour problem? Well they fix it - just like other App-chains do. But with one major difference: You can use any library and toolkit Linux supports, including general-purpose languages like Python, etc. João Garcia is a Developer Advocate at Cartesi, leading DevRel for its Linux-basedrollup platform. With experience in IoT, HPC, and the Apple Developer Academy. Links: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedi...
May 16, 2025•27 min
With a background as a senior executive in traditional systems integration, Jerry understands what enterprises look for—compliance, scalability, and reliability. For him, Cardano’s unique approach to governance and digital identity is well-suited for government and enterprise applications, but the missing link has always been developer accessibility.At Apex, Jerry channels his expertise in bridging advanced blockchain solutions with real-world enterprise demands. The push to integrate EVM functi...
Feb 18, 2025•44 min•Season 2Ep. 124
Raghu Thiyagharajan is DevRel at Kava - which just launched Hard.Fun a competitor to Pump.Fun. In this session we discuss their challenges bringing Hard.Fun to life and what makes it truly different. - Raghu's Twitter: https://x.com/0xRaghu - Raghu's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/0xraghu/ 🎤 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m0JwUUdbQdU 🧑🦰 About Kevin Riedl (Podcast host, left): - Managing Partner & Founder of Wavect GmbH (Web3 Product Studio) - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/...
Jan 18, 2025•26 min•Season 2Ep. 123
Doron Wesly is Chief Commercial Officer of Funtico - a Web3 gaming platform and ecosystem. In this exciting episode we dive deep into their challenges and key-learnings building and launching their product. Doron's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doronwesly/ 🎤 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tHZkcA3zzyY 🧑🦰 About Kevin Riedl (Podcast host, left): - Managing Partner & Founder of Wavect GmbH (Web3 Product Studio) - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/wsdt - Twitter: https://twitter.c...
Jan 18, 2025•50 min•Season 2Ep. 122
Shahaf Bar-Geffen is CEO of COTI - a privacy preserving L2. In this session we discuss their challenges and learnings from building, launching and growing their Layer 2 network. Shahaf's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahafbg/ 🎤 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_4Jx3SHuDs 🧑🦰 About Kevin Riedl (Podcast host, left): - Managing Partner & Founder of Wavect GmbH (Web3 Product Studio) - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/wsdt - Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinriedl_...
Jan 08, 2025•34 min•Season 2Ep. 121
Roman Cyganov is the visionary founder and CEO of Antix. With a robust background in creative and technological fields, Roman is recognized as one of the Top 10 Global Talents. His career spans roles in leading companies, including Vivix, Inc., where he has honed his skills in building companies at the intersection of tech and creative. Under his leadership, Antix has introduced Avagen technology, creating photorealistic Al Digital Humans that transform customer interactions for global brands. R...
Dec 30, 2024•39 min•Season 2Ep. 120
In this session I talk with Albert from Yeager.ai about AGI - Artificial General Intelligence and where Blockchain might come into play. About Albert Castellana (Guest): - Co-Founder and CEO at Yeager.ai - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acastellana/ About Kevin Riedl (Host): - Managing Partner of Wavect.io - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/wsdt #web3 #agi #artificialintelligence #blockchain
Dec 08, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 119
Augmented Reality ( AR ), Mixed Reality ( MR ), Virtual Reality ( VR ), XR (eXtended Reality) and the Metaverse. The world is changing - both physically and digitally. No wonder they continue to merge together. This, is not an episode you want to miss. 🎤 Listen on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gQkk2nGay80 👩 About Christoph Sitar (Guest, right): - Owner of MEDIASQUAD (award-winning XR/MR/AR/VR agency) - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoph-sitar/ 🧑🦰 About Kevin Riedl (Podcast host, l...
Oct 28, 2024•51 min•Season 2Ep. 118
Anastasia sold 4 successful companies. After exiting her first company for +$100 Million, she went on to found further companies. In this episode she shares her thought process on attaining product market fit, what happens after an exit and lots of general wisdom. This, is not an episode you want to miss. 🎤 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIgizCc1gdg&list=PLsZkl0r_l2kvaGllkk8PgzMUXK6zHkyU9 ⏱️ Timestamps: ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00: Intro 01:31: Why did you found multiple compan...
Sep 20, 2024•42 min•Season 2Ep. 117
Discover the cutting-edge world of blockchain technology with our latest podcast episode focusing on Alephium. This innovative platform is revolutionizing the crypto space by combining the best features of Bitcoin and Ethereum while introducing its own unique solutions. Learn how Alephium's novel sharding approach, called BlockFlow, enhances scalability and security, and explore its energy-efficient proof-of-work consensus mechanism. 🎤 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-jeK--8...
Aug 29, 2024•37 min•Season 2Ep. 116
Bridging funds in crypto is a pain - it's expensive, takes time, insecure and just causes headaches. In this episode Aisling Connolly - General Lead of Multichain Integrations at DFINITY introduces their newest technology called Chain Fusion. Chain Fusion allows you to have one smart contract on the Internet Computer (ICP) to interact with all sorts of blockchain networks directly. This allows you to create applications that interact with liquidity and data on a variety of different networks in ...
Jul 04, 2024•52 min•Season 2Ep. 113
"Build and they'll come" - there is no statement that could be more wrong in today's world. Billions of Dollars have been wasted on software products that got halted due to lack of product-market-fit. In this very provocative episode we challenge Blockchain from a Product perspective, discuss the potential of Zero Knowledge technologies, and John's famous Two-But rule to find product ideas worth pursuing without losing momentum. ⏰ Timestamps : 00:00 Intro/Introduction of John Wolpert 01:25 "Two ...
Jun 23, 2024•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 112
It's no secret that Web3 seriously struggles with its User Experience. Using Blockchain is still very cumbersome. Gear Foundation is building some pretty cool stuff that might change the game - we've done the in-depth discussion for you. Timestamps : 00:00 Intro 00:28 Most exciting developments in Web3? 02:57 Some thoughts on ZK and account abstraction 05:35 Most exciting Zero Knowledge use cases 08:20 What is Gear Foundation currently building that could change the game? 15:45 Signless transact...
Jun 12, 2024•34 min•Season 2Ep. 111
In this episode I talked with Toni about his HLiquity project. HLiquity generally speaking is a fork from the very successful Ethereum protocol "Liquity" with some reasonable tweaks. DeFi on Hedera is gaining steam, as such HLiquity might be able to capitalize on some great momentum. Timestamps : 00:00 Introduction of Toni Caradonna / Intro 00:55 Decision on why they build on Hedera Hashgraph and not on commun blockchains 04:04 Biggest entry barriers on building on Hedera 06:45 Upscaling the tea...
Jun 06, 2024•46 min•Season 2Ep. 110
🤯 What a podcast I just had with Alexis Sikorsky, a company founder and CEO for 20 years and eventually making a 9-figures PE exit. We discussed all sorts of exciting things, - His +$100M Exit - How did it affect his personal but also business life? - Key moments where he questioned everything - Tipps for entrepreneurs - What would he do now if he would start a company again? - and so much more. I hope you'll enjoy the episode as much as I did. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - How did such a h...
Apr 16, 2024•45 min•Season 2Ep. 106
I was baffled by today's episode with Joshua Scigala about CBDCs. We discussed all sorts of exciting things, • What are CBDC's?, • intensions of creating CBDC's, • central bank systems, • investing smart, • and so much more. I hope you'll enjoy the episode as much as I did. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:18 - What are CBDC's? 05:10 - What are the main intensions of someone creating CBDC's? 13:37 - Is there a way a central bank could do that in a legal perspective? 20:23 - Is crypto really an "exit...
Mar 21, 2024•40 min•Season 2Ep. 105
It's getting serious, just had a podcast with Glenn Rothwell, he's responsible for building Web3 @ Alchemy! We discussed all sorts of exciting things like: • working in sales in a web3 infrastructure • sales strategies and processes at Alchemy • sales approach now vs. then • adapting to new companies as an SDR/Account Executive/ Manager • and so much more. I was baffled, I hope you'll enjoy the episode as much as I did. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Biggest differences of working as an sales...
Mar 14, 2024•58 min•Season 2Ep. 104
Everybody hates ads but Alex had a plan. On a mission to change the way on how we engage with ads he founded Azarus. Their website headline says it all: "Watch streams, play along and win rewards." Yes, there is a Web3 side to it. And we discussed it from a critical angle as well. All in all, an amazing session! 🧑 A few exciting facts about Alex Casassovici (guest, right): - Founder of Azarus, TEDx speaker and angel investor. - His company Azarus recently got acquired by Animoca Brands, a globa...
Mar 02, 2024•48 min•Season 2Ep. 103
In this session I talk with Gunther about one of the most challenging project he successfully managed in his career so far. How it started, grew and the ups and downs they faced along the way. Some of the key-learnings might surprise you a bit as well, so definitely tune in. Also please don't forget to hit the subscribe button - the more subscribers we have the bigger the guests get. About Gunther Bergauer (Guest, right): - Senior Consultant at Atlanto & Owner of X.O.T. Trading - LinkedIn: h...
Feb 22, 2024•46 min•Season 2Ep. 102
In this exciting episode Saul and I talk about the challenges of building and launching eVTOLs in North America. We dived deep into his personal motivation, pushbacks and why 2024 will be a big year for air taxis. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Why start an aviation company? 04:57 - Where are you at in your journey? 10:00 - What about security? 13:00 - Electric vehicles vs. what we have now 17:25 - How do you keep costs that low? 21:38 - Biggest pushbacks / downs 27:58 - Emergency use cases 3...
Feb 17, 2024•34 min•Season 2Ep. 101
🤯 It's getting WILD, just had a podcast with Joseph Miller, a serial founder and scientist. We discussed all sorts of exciting things, • entrepreneurial learnings and failures, • his work with Ray Dalio at Bridgewater, • general purpose robots coming in the upcoming years, • AI and data privacy, • and so much more. I was baffled, I hope you'll enjoy the episode as much as I did. 🧑 About Joseph Miller, PhD (Guest, right): - Co-Founder of Quivr (Web3 Social Validation protocol) - Founder of Batt...
Feb 08, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 100
Big Tech owns all your personal data. You say something, and they already know it before your closest relatives do. They know you better than you do know yourself. That's the mission of Itheum, making data ownership a thing. By owning your data you will be able to monetize it, and be involved in the decision whether you want to share your data with selected companies. Join us on this very authentic and great discussion with Mark Paul, the founder of Itheum. About Mark Paul (Guest, right): - Foun...
Jan 15, 2024•43 min•Season 2Ep. 99
Blockchain und IoT sind zwei super spannende Technologien. Beide wurden gehyped, und haben unter Anderem spannende Anwendungsfälle für sich. In diesem Podcast sprechen wir über die Kombination dieser Technologien am Beispiel vom Projekt Tokiphy. Sprecher: Dirk Lohmann : COO & Partner at LarsLabs Lars Piwkowski : CEO & Partner at LarsLabs Kevin Riedl : Managing Partner at Wavect Spannende Links: Tokiphy Shop: https://shop.tokiphy.com/ Tokiphy Landing Page: https://www.tokiphy.com/ Wavect ...
Dec 21, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 98
🎙️ Listen to an incredible conversation with serial entrepreneur and investor Benjamin Ruschin, diving deep into the world of building meaningful relationships, smart startup investments, and mastering the art of sales. 🌐💼 Tune in , whether you're an entrepreneur, investor, or someone eager to upskill in the world of business! Watch the full video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/CPdux2dPZ4c Benjamin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benruschin/...
Nov 22, 2023•44 min•Ep. 97
🎙️ Had a fantastic time co-hosting with Joeri Billast on the "Web3 CMO Stories" podcast! Joeri's insights into Web3 marketing trends are top-notch. Joeri also manages the W3X Marketing Mastermind, where entrepreneurs unite to grow in Web3 and AI. Don't miss his "Digital Corner" in Perstablo Magazine for digital wisdom, perfect for small business owners. 🚀 Thanks for a great episode, Joeri! https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeribillast/ #Web3 #MarketingTrends #PodcastFun...
Nov 17, 2023•26 min•Ep. 96
🎙️ Get ready for a 🔥 podcast episode with our special guest, Gerald Heydenreich! 🚀 The mastermind behind EtherMail, a groundbreaking Web 3.0 email provider that's taking secure communication to a whole new level! 💻🌐 Wallet-to-wallet, anyone? 💰 Gerald is also at the helm of the Barcelona Blockchain Network, an epic venture studio focusing on web3 and AI startups. 🚀 Gerald has also been an avid investor in startups through Omnis Mundi and Firestartr. 🚀 Join us as we dive deep into the worl...
Nov 10, 2023•29 min•Ep. 95
Our next podcast episode is now online and we can't wait to hear your feedback 💫📢 Join us as we sit down with a true industry visionary, Kai H. Kuljurgis, the CEO of Coindex & Kugel Ventures UG. Kai is currently building the first regulated German platform for crypto / DeFi savings plans. This episode is packed with Kai's valuable insights and experiences from the past 10 years. Don't miss this one. #w3 #DeFi #crypto #nft #fintech Check out Kai's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaiku...
Nov 02, 2023•41 min•Ep. 94
Don't miss this podcast featuring Diego Borgo, the mastermind behind BorgoAcademy and BorgoLabs. With a track record advising giants like Shell, Skoda, Cupra, and LandVault, plus past roles at Porsche, Salesforce, and Adidas, Diego's insights are pure gold. Tune in and get ready for an inspiring journey through corporate greatness! 🎙️ Get more insights from Diego here: https://wildwestofweb3.beehiiv.com/subscribe Check out Diego's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diegoborgo/ #DiegoBorgoPod...
Oct 23, 2023•43 min•Ep. 93
