
Dustin Dannenhauer
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Dustin Dannenhauer
@dtdannen
Founder @ Delegance AI | Former DAPRA-funded PI | Building world models for autonomous business decision making





Excited to release the first episode of Decentralizing AI with Jesse (@jesseposner) & Dustin (@dtdannen)! Learn about their backgrounds and explore some of the ideas that’ll shape the show, including AI, world models, workflows, the future of software, decentralization, bitcoin, and the importance of AI serving the individual rather than the interests of platforms, governments, or other actors. Timestamps: 0:00 Podcast origins and the AI moment 3:11 Dustin’s background: AI research, bitcoin, Nostr, and decentralization 11:20 Jesse’s background: from philosophy and law to bitcoin security 17:18 Dustin’s startup (Delegance) vision and world models explained through chess 25:45 Determinism: why AI works better with structure and clear rules 34:05 Reflecting on process: how to debug better, waste fewer tokens, and improve workflow 50:50 The end of apps and the rise of personal AI interfaces 1:06:48 The stakes of AI that serves the individual







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Today we're launching the ARC-AGI-3 Toolkit Your agents can now interact with environments at 2,000 FPS, locally. We're open sourcing the environment engine, 3 human-verified games (AI scores <5%), and human baseline scores. ARC-AGI-3 launches March 25, 2026.




