Episode description

Lex interviews Kaito Cunningham, Co-founder and CEO of Utopia Labs, the modern system for managing contributor payments, expenses, and more for your DAO, supported by communities such as FWB, Sushiswap, and PleasrDao. Together, they touch on what a DAO really is and how the theoretical concept has evolved over time. The true benefits of transparency and verification have not been brought to fruition, and its Kaito's mission to do that with Utopia Labs, bringing true DAO tooling to the next generation of online labour. Lex and Kaito talk about the philosophy behind governance, voting, and community capitalism, as well as, how Utopia Labs have nurtured the journey of fundraising and leveraging the best value from their investors.

MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION

Utopia Labs' website: https://bit.ly/3lYVfdH

Kaito's Linkedin profile: https://bit.ly/3ItjhFo

Topics: Web3, Defi, blockchain, DAO, decentralized autonomous organizations, voting, governance

Companies: Utopia Labs, Lido.fi, Metropolis, MakerDAO

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TIMESTAMPS

1’18”: Kaito’s founder journey - entering the Web3 space and his learnings from failed startups and content creation on social media

6’07”: Finding Utopia Labs’ CTO on LinkedIn & how an interest in Web3 evolved to a focus in DAOs

9’38”: An intro to DAOs - What they are? How they differ? What they are for? and some compelling examples

17’19”: The concept of Liquid Labor in the context of DAOs & characterizing the last six months of governance structure evolution

26’51”: The future of governance - Breaking down the idea of voting driven by identity and the individual human and democracy rather than by financial holding

29’47”: Utopia Labs - The evolution of its purpose, Kaito’s journey to date, and who the main clients are that are utilizing Utopia Labs’ tools?

34’43”: The process of fundraising and financing the company to date & building relationships with investors

38’42”: Channels to use to connect with Kaito & learn more about Utopia Labs

Disclaimer here — this newsletter does not provide investment advice and represents solely the views and opinions of FINTECH BLUEPRINT LTD.

Contributors: Lex, Laurence, Matt, Farhad, Mike, Daniella

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