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Fidji SimoNscaleas Independent Director· Sep 11Josh EngelsMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Joe BentonMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Alan DuongCrux AIas Chief Development Officer· Sep 10Paul ChristianoOpenAI Foundationas Board Member, Safety and Security Committee· Sep 9Jacob CoxonIndependentas Independent AI Safety Advocate· Sep 8Geoffrey IrvingMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8Paul ChristianoMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8Fidji SimoNscaleas Independent Director· Sep 11Josh EngelsMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Joe BentonMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Alan DuongCrux AIas Chief Development Officer· Sep 10Paul ChristianoOpenAI Foundationas Board Member, Safety and Security Committee· Sep 9Jacob CoxonIndependentas Independent AI Safety Advocate· Sep 8Geoffrey IrvingMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8Paul ChristianoMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8

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Web3 × AI

Agent-native money and the crypto talent corridor. 3 pieces.

  1. Web3 × AIAnalysis

    Agent-Native Money

    Coinbase's x402 protocol, launched in May 2025, and Mastercard's June 2026 Agent Pay for Machines are converging on stablecoin rails built for autonomous agents, with Cloudflare, Stripe, and Circle racing to plug in.

    People: Erik Reppel, Dan Kim, Jorn Lambert

    Sep 2, 20265 min · 12 sources
  2. Web3 × AIAnalysis

    OpenServ's Proof Threshold

    Tim Hafner and Armağan Amcalar built OpenServ as a web3 agent platform anchored by the SERV token, and the seventy percent rally following its BRAID benchmark claim is testing how crypto governance verifies technology claims.

    People: Tim Hafner, Lucas Hafner, Armağan Amcalar, Eyup Cinar, Andres Korin

    Sep 1, 20265 min · 8 sources
  3. Web3 × AIAnalysis

    The Crypto-AI Talent Corridor

    Rob Witoff's July 2026 promotion to Coinbase chief technology officer arrived alongside a workforce cut built around AI tooling, while a16z crypto's Sriram Krishnan cycled from Web3 investing into the White House's top AI policy seat, tracing a talent corridor that now runs in both directions.

    People: Rob Witoff, Brian Armstrong, Sriram Krishnan, Tim Hafner, Lucas Hafner +2

    Sep 1, 20265 min · 5 sources