The Scaling DeAI Summit by 499 & NEAR & ZetaChain & KiteAI & HETU
📍 Venue Entrance Guide 📍
Our event will be held at the Denver Art Museum, inside the Frederic C. Hamilton Building. Please use the Main Entrance as shown in the image below to access the venue.
🔹 Address: 100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy, Denver, Colorado
🔹 Refer to the image below for clear directions to the entrance:
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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 Ventures, Sahara AI, VANA, Primus Labs, Google Cloud, YesNoError, Spore, Gensyn, ETHStorage, FanTV, PredX, ChainOpera Al, Big Brain Holdings, Pitch Lucy AI
🗣Speakers
✨ Summit Agenda
The Scaling will be a full-day event, featuring a variety of engaging sessions such as panel discussions, keynotes, fireside chats and debate with top leaders and innovators in the AI space. Attendees will have the chance to dive deep into critical topics, explore cutting-edge projects, and engage directly with founders from leading AI projects shaping the future of technology.
11:00｜Sign-in
11:20-11:30｜Opening Speech
11:30-11:45｜Keynote: The Road to One Trillion Agents
Pierre Le Guen, Senior Software Engineer, NEAR
11:50-12:30｜Panel: Control Mechanisms for Self-Replicating AI Agents
MOD: Justin Z, Co-founder & CEO, IXO Protocol
Kye Gomez, CEO, Swarms
Chi Zhang, Co-Founder and CEO, Kite AI
Marvin Tong, Founder, Phala & Spore
Rich Widmann, Global Head of Strategy for Web3, Google Cloud
Mariano Maisterrena, Founder, Pitch Lucy
12:30-13:10｜Fireside Chat: Decentralized Machine Learning for Scientific Discovery
MOD: Leon, Core Member, HetuDAO
Sean Ren, Co-Founder and CEO, Sahara AI
Himanshu, Co-Founder, Sentient
Jialin Li, Co- Founder, Advaita Labs & Hetu Protocol
Kamesh, Core Contributor, Openledger
13:10-13:30｜Break
13:30-13:50｜Keynote: Redefining the AI Economy 3.0 with
Proof of Attributed Intelligence (PoAI)
Chi Zhang, Co-Founder and CEO, Kite AI
13:50-14:30｜Panel: Distributed ML Systems: From Edge Intelligence to Cross-Chain Learning
MOD: Naman Kapasi, Head of Research, BigBrain
Sriram, Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Mori Zihayat, Co-Founder, Heisenberg Network & Associate Prof at TMU
Salman Avestimehr, Co-Founder, ChainOpera AI
14:30-15:10｜Panel: Security and Reliability of AI Models in Cross-Chain Data Interactions
MOD: Asa, APAC Head, io.net
Michael Heinrich, Founder and CEO, 0G
Anna Kazlauskas, Creator, Vana & CEO, Open Data Labs
Ben Parr, Co-Founder, YesNoError
Ben Fielding, Co-Founder, Gensyn
15:10-15:30｜Keynote: Hetu Protocol: Intersubjective Consensus for Decentralized AI
Jialin Li, Co-Founder, Advaita Labs & Hetu Protocol
15:30-16:10｜Panel: AI agents and Autonomous Decision Making
MOD: Tracy Zhang, CMO, Followin.io
Francesco Andreoli, Developer Relation Lead, MetaMask
Audrey Taylor, CTO, The Spartan Group
Abhi, Protocol Optimization Researcher, Hetu Protocol
Prashan Agarwal, Founder & CEO, FanTV
16:10-16:50｜Debate: AI Agents in Multi-Chain Ecosystems - Infrastructure, Governance and Future Applications
MOD: Julie, Head of Growth, Tako Protocol
Sam Gao, Ai16z Whitepaper Author with 10+ NIPS/CVPR Papers
Rein Wu, PhD, Founder, PredX
Alex Kim, Ecosystem Lead, ZetaChain
Anthurine, Co-Founder, EthStorage
16:50-17:10｜Keynote: ZetaChain: Building Universal Blockchain For All of Crypto
Alex Kim, Ecosystem Lead, ZetaChain
17:10-17:30｜Keynote: Unlocking Data Interoperability for Blockchain and AI
Xiang Xie, Co-founder, Primus
17:30-18:10｜Panel:Investing in AI: AI Agents for Funding Scientific Research
MOD: Zoie, COO, Entrova
Melody He, Co-Founder, The Spartan Group
Ian Xu, Vice President, Foresight Ventures
Austin Marrazza, Investor, Dragonfly
William Starr, Investor, 6th Man Ventures
18:10-19:00｜Networking
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💡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.
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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.