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EVM Capital Newsletter: November 2024

Read through the latest updates in our monthly newsletter, featuring Gaia's new partnerships, recent social media activities and an insight driven content highlight, plus upcoming community events that help drive innovation towards the Future of Work.

Welcome to our monthly newsletter, where we showcase our highlights on our mission towards the Future of Work. This month, we're spotlighting:

- New Gaia Announcements
- Social Media Recognition
- Content Highlight on Finding Web3 Insights with AI

From project updates to community events, we're bringing you the latest in our dynamic ecosystem.


Project Updates

Gaia announces partnership with EigenLayer

Gaia x Eigenlayer

Gaia has partnered with EigenLayer to enhance the security and scalability of decentralized AI services. This integration connects Gaia's AI infrastructure with EigenLayer's Active Validator Services (AVS) framework, enabling robust validation of AI model updates and task execution. Through EigenLayer's security layer, Gaia nodes will benefit from decentralized validation mechanisms while leveraging EigenDA's shared data availability network for improved AI inference accuracy.

In exchange of this agreement, the partnership facilitates streamlined deployment of AI-powered applications through unified tools and SDKs, making secure decentralized AI more accessible to developers.

To learn more about the technical details and implementation roadmap, visit their integration blog post.

Gaia Announces Partnership with Vana

Gaia x Vana

Gaia has established a partnership with Vana to integrate user-owned data capabilities into decentralized AI development. The collaboration enables developers to create AI agents using Gaia's infrastructure while leveraging Vana's distributed data network, which emphasizes user privacy and data sovereignty. Through Vana's proof-of-contribution system and non-custodial ownership model, users maintain control over their contributed data while allowing it to be utilized for approved AI applications.

In addition, the integration will facilitate seamless data flows between Gaia's AI agents and Vana's ecosystem, enabling developers to build specialized AI applications with user-contributed datasets while ensuring privacy and fair compensation for data contributors.

For detailed information about the technical implementation and developer resources, visit their announcement post.

Gaia announces partnership with ENS

Gaia x ENS

Gaia has expanded its Gaia Domain Names (GDN) platform by integrating with the Ethereum Name Service (ENS), enhancing the interoperability of AI agent identities across Web3 ecosystems. This integration will allow GDN's human-readable addresses (like 'agentname.gaia.domains') to connect seamlessly with ENS infrastructure, enabling cross-network identity verification and blockchain-agnostic functionality.

The collaboration extends GDN's existing dual-purpose domain system, which operates across both Web2 browsers and Web3 wallets, by incorporating ENS's established decentralized domain framework. In addition, domain owners will continue to earn token rewards through their linked AI agents' contributions - while gaining enhanced blockchain interoperability through ENS integration. To learn more, please read their press release.


Social Media

Sharing recent posts from our portfolio company Gaia: starting with its Living Knowledge Network continuing to demonstrate remarkable growth, with over 150,000 nodes now deployed globally, marking a significant milestone in decentralized AI infrastructure:

Furthermore, showcasing Gaia's hackathon partnership with the Near Protocol team in Africa:

In addition, posting the results of the top finalists coming from the recent hackathon with HackQuest. Particularly, the list of projects included within the thread that highlight the strength and potential of using Gaia infrastructure underneath its hood:

Lastly, Gaia exhibiting at the GenAI Summit at the Santa Clara Convention Center in San Francisco:


Finding Web3 Insights with AI: The Mission and Value Gaia Brings to the AI Ecosystem

In a recent developer walkthrough, Harish Kotra, a developer advocate at Gaia, showcased the innovative ways that Gaia is enhancing the integration between Web3 data and AI to unlock powerful insights. This demonstration highlights Gaia’s mission to empower developers in the AI and Web3 ecosystem, creating opportunities for unique applications and breakthroughs in decentralized data analysis.

The tutorial revolved around leveraging Gaia’s public nodes alongside "The Graph" protocol to transform raw Web3 data into actionable insights. This setup provides developers a robust foundation to build decentralized applications (dApps) with real-time data querying and indexing, powered by AI-driven insights. By accessing Gaia’s public nodes, developers gain a versatile tool for integrating blockchain data with AI, enabling insights previously difficult to attain.

Furthermore, Gaia’s public nodes come with OpenAI-compatible APIs, simplifying the process for developers who may lack resources to run their own nodes. With these public nodes, users can quickly connect to decentralized data sources, utilize AI to analyze this data, and build scalable applications on top of Gaia’s infrastructure.

Screenshot showcasing Uniswap V3 data displayed within developer terminal.

Harish’s example involved using Node.js to pull data from Uniswap V3, which was then processed by Llama 3.1 (8 billion parameter model) to generate insights about liquidity pool performance. This blend of blockchain data and AI-driven analysis exemplifies the strategic value Gaia brings to the AI ecosystem, making it easier for developers to build data-rich applications that can intelligently respond to market dynamics.

This demonstration illustrates Gaia’s dedication to nurturing a collaborative and innovative developer ecosystem. By providing developers with accessible AI tools and public nodes, Gaia is fostering an environment where the Web3 and AI communities can converge to address complex data needs. This initiative also supports Gaia’s broader vision of advancing decentralized knowledge systems and bridging the gap between Web3 and AI.


Community & Events

Here are the list of events and gatherings we'll be attending and/or hosting:

Gaia Hacker House
Gaia is hosting an their Hacker House in Bangkok, transforming a luxury 10-bedroom villa into an innovation hub where selected developers will collaborate on cutting-edge AI agent development. Set against the backdrop of Devcon , this invite-only event will bring together 16 elite developers in a living laboratory environment complete with collaborative workspaces, pool, and garden areas for brainstorming the future of AI agent technology.
November 8-16, Bangkok
[REGISTER HERE]

Devcon 2024
Returning after two years, it's the premier conference for developers, thinkers, and makers taking place in Bangkok. The event expands into Devcon Week, featuring additional community-organized events that aim to make Ethereum and decentralized technology more accessible worldwide.
November 9-17, Bangkok
[MORE INFO]

ENS Radio Interview
Come join this upcoming ENS Radio session, featuring Gaia's leadership team as they unveil how their protocol is leveraging ENS to revolutionize decentralized identity for autonomous agents.
November 13, 8AM EST
[SET REMINDER]

EasyCon Bangkok: Builders Cafe
Join us at EASYCON, a dynamic full-day workshop series at Builder's Club Café Bangkok, featuring five expert-led Web3 sessions, complimentary refreshments, and collaborative learning opportunities.
November 13, Bangkok, 9AM-5 PM
[REGISTER HERE →]

Web3 Dev Huddle: Gateway to Web3
Join Ratish Narayanan, Director of Community Relations at Gaia, as he shares insights on the intersection of Web3 and AI in an upcoming panel discussion.
November 14, Bangkok, 4:30-11PM
[REGISTER HERE →]


Hiring

Below are the following open positions from our portfolio companies:
- Developer Ambassador, GaiaNet (Remote)


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