Sahib

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.

@hanshanhk true that. Important to have different channels you can always own eventually ie. newsletter

@seeksahib same applies to us on X folks accounts get suspended without caution, years of building gone

Kaito figured out something no one else could. creators could post and get paid project could run a campaign and go viral CT had a way to know who's real they connected the dots. everything was smooth. Then X revoked API access in a single policy change. Kaito's token dropped 20% in one-night. everything built on top is gone. This isn't just Kaito's story. It's the story of every project that built its distribution on someone else's infrastructure. ball was in your court but you just didn't realize you were playing on someone else's field.

@BlueTigerX_ bluetiger in chinaaa.

@seeksahib Packing my things and moving to China. Lmao 😂

You can get a Porsche Panamera for $35,000 in China. Chinese are built different

@charlie_czr @czrexchange @CZRHelpdesk Crazy

$229 → $35,681,149 in 90 days. One trader. One run. One platform. This is what’s possible on @czrexchange . We don’t promise outcomes like this but we’re building where they can happen.

@enesonchain Haha it’s the huawei version

@seeksahib yo wtf ? thats crazy cheap

@0xRuzy The huawei model

@seeksahib Crazy Is this the Chinese model?

@bala22016208 @chiragjetani @diamante_io few know this

@seeksahib @chiragjetani @diamante_io Does everyone not know this?

Your on-chain data is already being collected. @chiragjetani from @diamante_io confirms this. Someone is already storing it. The only question is - who, and why?

@Skryder_1 @chiragjetani @diamante_io it was always... who owns it owns the narrative

@seeksahib @chiragjetani @diamante_io Data isn’t the question, ownership is.

@Coinmaster100x @chiragjetani @diamante_io Hahaha just connecting dots publicly at this point.

@seeksahib @chiragjetani @diamante_io you are a artist mate

@yabarich @chiragjetani @diamante_io for quantum computers

@seeksahib @chiragjetani @diamante_io Who’s collecting it and why though?

@kajalbas23kd @chiragjetani @diamante_io those who can see the patterns

@seeksahib @chiragjetani @diamante_io Yeah, that's the scary part. Who's watching?

@ItsDeboss @chiragjetani @diamante_io a lot

@seeksahib @chiragjetani @diamante_io That raises a lot of unsettling questions.

@anarcaze @chiragjetani @diamante_io ty friend

@seeksahib @chiragjetani @diamante_io you turned noise into something that actually guides

@UnderdogEth_ @chiragjetani @diamante_io next level

@seeksahib @chiragjetani @diamante_io Wow, fascinating to see how they're handling that data!

@cnvrweb3 @chiragjetani @diamante_io yeah it is.... but its getting leaked

@seeksahib @chiragjetani @diamante_io data transparency is crucial for trust and security

@SeniorDeFi @chiragjetani @diamante_io from the day 01

@seeksahib @chiragjetani @diamante_io Data is being sold to highest bidder

@mikTutoe @chiragjetani @diamante_io the full podcast will do... attention tactic

@seeksahib @chiragjetani @diamante_io Thought the video was supposed to explain The Who and why?

@thenameisbrill @chiragjetani @diamante_io Wallet separation slows tracking, doesn’t erase it.

@seeksahib @chiragjetani @diamante_io Good thing I have multiple wallets

@diamante_io @chiragjetani Most people still don’t realize the data economy already exists.

@seeksahib @chiragjetani They’ve been collecting it. Not hypothetically. Not eventually. Already. The real shift isn’t if your data is on-chain, it’s understanding who’s building with it vs. who’s exploiting it. That line is about to matter a lot more.