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✨ The Largest AI Summit
Scaling Denver is the largest AI x Web3 Summit during ETHDenver, bringing together over 15 leading VCs, top-tier AI projects, and global academic experts to explore the latest innovations in AI and blockchain technologies.
📌 Event Details
Host: 499
Cohost: ZetaChain, NEAR, Kite AI, HETU
Special Partner: Openledger
Partner: Ai16z, Solana Foundation, Swarms, BASE, Metamask, lo.net, Sentient, 0G, Paramita VC, Pantera Capital, The Spartan Group, Foresight Venture, Animoca Ventures, Sahara AI, VANA, ORA, Primus, Google Cloud, YesNoError, Spore, Gensyn, ETHStorage, ChainOpera Al, Big Brain Holdings, Pitch Lucy, Entrova
Confirmed Speaker lineup:
Michael Heinrich – Co-Founder, 0G Labs
Jialin Li – Co-Founder, Advaita Labs & HETU Protocol
Himanshu – Co-Founder, Sentient
Sean Ren – Co-Founder and CEO, Sahara AI
Pierre Le Guen – Senior Software Engineer, NEAR
Chi Zhang – Co-Founder and CEO, Kite AI
Zhou Qi – Founder, ETHStorage
Anna Kazlauskas – Creator, Vana & CEO, Open Data Labs
Ben Fielding – Co-Founder, Gensyn
Kye Gomez – CEO, Swarms
Ben – Co-Founder, YesNoError
Matt – Lead researcher, Pantera Capital
Melody He – Co-Founder and Partner, The Spartan Group
Audrey Taylor – CTO, The Spartan Group
Francesco Andreoli – Developer Relation Lead, MetaMask
Kuleen Nimkar – Head of AI, Solana Foundation
Luca – AI Lead, Base
Xiang Xie – Co-Founder, Primus
Marvin Tong – Founder, Phala & Spore
Alex Kim – BD Manager, ZetaChain
Ian Xu – Vice President, Foresight Venture
Jenny – Vice President, Animoca Ventures
Kamesh – Core Contributor, Openledger
Sam – Whitepaper Author with 10+ NIPS/CVPR papers, Ai16z
Salman Avestimehr – Co-Founder and CEO, ChainOpera AI
Sriram – Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Mori Zihayat – Co-founder, Heisenberg Network & Associate Prof. TMU
Rich Widmann – Global Head of Strategy for Web3, Google Cloud
Mariano Maisterrena – Founder, Pitch Lucy
Dejan – CTO, Entrova
💡Shaping the Future Through Collaboration
Our AI Ecosystem
Over the years, we have partnered with leading organizations across industries, collaborating on groundbreaking projects that redefine innovation. From cutting-edge AI initiatives to transformative blockchain solutions, our partnerships span a diverse ecosystem of trailblazing ventures and visionary investors, driving progress in the Web3 and tech space.
Expanding the Ecosystem
0x499’s offline events have drawn more than 330 top partners, establishing deep collaborations with industry leaders such as Binance, NEAR, Cointelegraph, and HashKey. These esteemed partners prominently feature in global events, showcasing our substantial industry presence.
✨ Summit Agenda
11:00|Sign-in
11:20-11:30|Opening Speech
11:30-11:45|Keynote: The Road to One Trillion Agents
11:50-12:30|Panel: Control Mechanisms for Self-Replicating AI Agents
12:30-13:00|Fireside Chat: Decentralized Machine Learning for Scientific Discovery
13:00 - 13:30|Debate: Cross-Chain Infrastructure and the Next Generation of Dapp
13:30 - 13:50|Keynote
13:50-14:30|Panel: Formal Verification and Security Analysis of Distributed Consensus Algorithms
14:30-15:10|Panel: Security and Reliability of AI Models in Cross-Chain Data Interactions
15:10 - 15:30|Keynote
15:30-16:10|Panel: AI agents and Autonomous Decision Making
16:10-16:50|Debate: AI Eats Crypto or AI Bubble on Crypto?
16:50-17:10|Keynote
17:10 - 17:30|Keynote
17:30 - 18:10|Panel: Investing in AI:
AI Agents for Funding Scientific Research
18:10-19:00|Networking
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✨ About 499
499 - 499 is leading a fresh take on the LunaPunk movement. Established in 2018, it has grown to become Asia's earliest and largest decentralized open organization, challenging traditional power structures while celebrating feminine influence in the decentralized digital age.
✨ Co-hosted by:
NEAR - NEAR is a carbon-neutral layer-1 blockchain network that is scalable and secure thanks to its unique implementation of sharding called Nightshade. NEAR is built with a focus on usability and ease of use, for both developers and users. NEAR is designed to be an interoperable L1 network that can, through different services, provide a scalable infrastructure that communicates with other chains and ecosystems.
ZetaChain - ZetaChain is the first Universal Blockchain with native access to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and more, offering seamless UX and unified liquidity to the next billions of users. With its Universal EVM, ZetaChain empowers developers to build Universal Apps that operate natively across any blockchain, creating a fluid crypto ecosystem from a single platform.
Kite AI by ZettaBlock - Kite AI is a purpose-built, EVM-compatible L1 designed to power the AI economy. At its core is Proof of Attributed Intelligence (Proof of AI), an innovative consensus mechanism that ensures fair attribution and transparent rewards for contributors across agents, models and data.
HETU - HETUProtocol is the intersubjective consensus, decentralizing AI for Science. It’s the social contract machine, bringing humanic intelligence to crypto.