James Altucher: Bittensor Treasury, TAO Synergies, AI & Crypto, Deep Blue, Chess, Bitcoin | Ep. 59

In this episode we are joined by James Altucher, Digital Asset Treasury Strategist at TAO Synergies and creator of taodaily.io. Dive into his journey from AI pioneer on Deep Blue's predecessor to chess master, Bittensor evangelist, and multi-faceted entrepreneur. They discuss Bittensor's decentralized AI, treasury strategies, subnet investments, Bitcoin history, and cultivating life obsessions.

In this episode you’ll learn:

James's AI background, Deep Blue contributions, and chess mastery
Inspiration for TAO Synergies as the largest TAO treasury with over 42,000 TAO
Bittensor as pure capitalism, DTAO updates, and recreating companies via subnets
Treasury playbooks, validators, mining, and launching TAO Daily
Bitcoin adoption pivots and replicating with TAO evangelism
Subnet analysis, tokenomics warnings, and natural TAO demand
Proposals for subnet limits, successful sectors like compute and biotech
Decentralization conquering centralization in AI and news
AI creating jobs for freelancers and accelerating industries
Stablecoins growth, biotech via AI, and Bryan Johnson documentary appearance
Podcast origins, interviewing icons, and following obsessions
Daily writing, idea generation, company failures, and HBO web series
Regrets, pivotal moments, and advice on experiments and time

Chapters
00:00 - Highlights
02:15 - Introduction
02:58 - What is Bittensor
06:24 - AI background and Deep Blue
09:34 - Chess interest and journey
11:46 - TAOX inspirations and TAO-pilled
14:09 - TAO Synergies origin story
16:57 - Reaching 100M and playbook
19:41 - Treasury strategies and validators
22:02 - TAO Daily introduction
25:51 - Bitcoin adoption and involvement
29:32 - Subnet investing and analysis
30:59 - Token warnings and TAO demand
35:46 - Subnet proposals and increases
37:36 - Successful sectors and examples
40:04 - Yanez and Metanova
43:17 - Decentralization benefits
46:13 - AI jobs and countering fears
49:34 - Beneficial sectors: AI and stablecoins
53:59 - Bryan Johnson documentary
55:17 - Starting podcast and interviews
57:14 - Interests and obsessions
01:00:56 - Daily writing obsession and origins
01:03:47 - Confidence and opinions
01:07:33 - Company failures and lessons
01:10:42 - HBO series and 3AM show
01:14:26 - Hesitancy, regrets, pivotal points
01:17:38 - Advice on time and experiments