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This week on The Index, host Alex Kehaya joins Darya Sesitskaya, Founder and CEO of the super cool Shader social camera app. This no-code AR creation tool instantly lets you customize videos with AI. Darya shares how it blurs the lines between the digital and the physical worlds, exploring how augmented reality can spin the mundane into the magical on your mobile devices.

This week on The Index, we dive into staking on Solana with Jito Labs! Host Alex Kehaya joins the masterminds behind it all, Lucas Bruder and Zano Sherwani, the co-founders of Jito Labs! The blockchain's biggest validators trust their MEV software, and we're here to discuss the future of DEFI. They'll share their entrepreneurial journey, discuss JitoSOL, the liquid staking token, and we will explore how they're pushing the boundaries of decentralization on the Solana network.

This week on The Index, host Alex Kehaya dives into the future of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) with guests Wyatt Benno and Houman Shadab, Co-Founders of ICME and NovaNet, a groundbreaking P2P decentralized proving network. The conversation spans the current ZKP landscape, exploring its potential for future Web3 applications. Wyatt and Houman unpack the regulatory and legislative considerations surrounding this innovative technology and discuss how zero-knowledge proofs redefine the bounds of sensitive information to protect privacy.

This week on The Index, host Alex Kehaya welcomes Vinny Lingham, the Founder and CEO of Rumi, an AI-driven platform that offers video conferencing. Vinny shares his unique insights into the startup world as an investor and entrepreneur.  We take a deep dive into the future of AI in the workplace,  ChatGPT, decentralized storage,  chip shortages, and what's next for Bitcoin. 

This week on The Index, host Alex Kehaya dives into the world of cryptocurrency with Akshay BD, advisor to the Solana Foundation and founder of Superteam. Akshay's journey, from launching Uber in India to becoming a key player in crypto. Alex and Akshay discuss the potential of crypto to revolutionize wealth creation. They break down how owning tokens in a project can be similar to holding equity in a company. Learn how contributing to the development of crypto blockchain projects can mirror the financial benefits of traditional investments.

This week on The Index, host Alex Kehaya welcomes Niraj Pant, Co-founder of Ritual, the network for open AI infrastructure. Join them as they take a deep dive into Ritual's groundbreaking architecture, built on a crowdsourced governance layer aimed at ensuring safety. Explore Ritual's mission to become the focal point of AI in the web3 space by evolving Infernet into a modular suite of execution layers that interoperate with other base layer infrastructure.