Bringing The BIGGEST Companies In The World Onchain! - Gelato | Permissionless Podcast

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Gelato Website: https://www.gelato.cloud/

0:00 – Introduction
02:26 – How did you first get into DeFi, and what led you to working at Gelato?
06:42 – How did you go from there to ultimately landing your role at Gelato?
08:34 – What past experience made you a strong fit for your current role at Gelato?
10:31 – What is Gelato’s long-term vision for the applications it serves?
12:53 – Looking ahead to 2025, what do developers want most, and what is Gelato building next?
15:24 – How is the relayer service evolving with ERC-7702 and other upcoming protocol upgrades?
17:10 – Are there apps like Hyperliquid that have influenced Gelato’s vision for ideal UX?
19:25 – What’s still missing from the stack, and what do developers need to deliver that kind of experience?
22:15 – How does Gelato find top-tier teams to collaborate with—and how can other builders get involved?
24:13 – What signs made it clear to Gelato that this new product direction was the right move?
27:56 – Could a custom rollup from Gelato have supported that level of scale?
31:07 – What are Gelato's partners and clients aiming to build toward?
34:53 – What cybersecurity concerns are teams raising when deploying on-chain?
38:37 – Was Gelato involved in the recent partnership referenced here?
39:04 – Is Gelato considering cross-chain coin partnerships?
40:00 – Are there other players trying to solve L2 launch and ecosystem creation with one-click solutions?
40:41 – What KPIs and internal metrics does Gelato use to measure product performance and adoption?
42:32 – Does Gelato support multiple smart contract languages?
43:53 – What is Gelato’s near-term goal?
45:04 – How does the team identify true developer needs versus “nice-to-haves”?
46:55 – Among current partners, what product experiences are being prioritized or explored now?
47:52 – What’s the biggest bottleneck Gelato faces in scaling its products and services?
51:22 – What has Gelato’s hiring strategy looked like so far?
54:49 – For those aligned with Gelato’s vision, where can they find job opportunities?
57:22 – Where should interested projects go to explore Gelato’s Rollup-as-a-Service and other products?

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