GRTiQ Podcast: 78 Zhen Cao

Today I’m speaking with Zhen Cao, Partner at Republic, an investment firm that specializes in start-ups, gaming, real estate, and crypto. As you will hear, Zhen leads the firm’s investments in the web3 space, with deep expertise in gaming and virtual reality. During our interview, Zhen talks about her path into crypto, starting with her …

GRTiQ Podcast: 77 Alejandro Machado

Today I am speaking with Alejandro Machado, Product Strategist at Bitrefill. When I was introduced to Alejandro, I was told that he is someone who not only has a unique perspective on crypto and its potential impact on the world, but he’s working on solutions to make it happen. Alejandro is Co-founder at the Open …

GRTiQ Podcast: 76 Derek Meyer (Data Nexus)

Today I’m speaking with Derek Meyer (Data Nexus). Ever since joining The Graph community, Derek has become a highly engaged and thoughtful contributor. Derek is one of the unique participants within The Graph whose been able to participate in various stakeholder roles effectively – Delegator, Curator, Subgraph Developer, and now with an Indexer, with the …

GRTiQ Podcast: 75 Joel Chan and Rob Haisfield

Today I’m speaking with Rod Haisfield and Joel Chen. I recorded this interview with Rob and Joel to shine a light on their research, which was funded by a grant from The Graph Foundation, and to show, once again, how The Graph ecosystem is exploring the edge of technology. As you will hear, in this …

GRTiQ Podcast: 74 Ahmet Ozcan

Today I’m speaking with Ahmet Ozcan, Co-founder and CEO at Semiotic Labs, one of the six Core Dev teams currently working on The Graph. In addition to their work as a Core Dev, the team behind Semiotic Labs recently launched Odos, an automated market maker path-finding algorithm that enables retail and institutional traders working in …

GRTiQ Podcast: 73 Ahmad Mardeni

Today I’m speaking with Ahmad Mardeni – a highly active and well-known contributor within The Graph ecosystem. Many of you will already recognize Ahmad due to his consistent activity in Discord, Telegram, and Twitter. As you will hear during this interview, Ahmad has many roles in The Graph, including Delegator, Curator, subgraph developer, technical writer, …

GRTiQ Podcast: 72 Yondon Fu and Sebastian Siemssen

Today’s episode is a special edition of the GRTiQ Podcast, split into 2 parts. The first part of the episode is a full-length interview recorded live on the main stage during Graph Hack on June 3, 2022. The two guests of the podcast are Yondon Fu, Co-Founder and Director of Engineering at Livepeer, and Sebastian …

GRTiQ Podcast: 71 Sam Williams

Today I’m speaking with Sam Williams, Founder and CEO at Arweave, a critical piece of the Web3 stack that enables users to store documents and applications forever. Sam is a recognized thought leader in the Web3 space and, as you will hear, he is extremely thoughtful and truly brilliant. During my discussion with Sam, we …

GRTiQ Podcast: 70 Vijay Sundaram

Today I’m speaking with Vijay Sundaram, Co-founder and CEO at Luda, a company that creates playful projects and protocols for emergent entertainment. During this interview, you’re going to hear the story of an entrepreneurial venture that could only exist inside Web3 and holds the potential to disrupt the media and entertainment industry. Vijay and I …

GRTiQ Podcast: 69 Esteban Ordano

Today I’m speaking with Esteban Ordano, Co-Founder of Decentraland, the world’s first-ever virtual world owned by its users. And as most listeners will also recognize, Decentraland has been a user of The Graph since the very early days. Esteban is extremely smart and is highly respected in the Web3 ecosystem. During our interview, Esteban shares …