top takeaways from @endgame_summit first off: awesome job @madladshad and the @endgame_summit team. well done. this was a tight-knit but high quality event and it was really fun to meet everyone in person (and now my wife knows I have real friends that actually exist which is also a plus @markjeffrey @FrankRizz07 @austinsiggz98 @VenturaLabs) 1) exposure. I am used to "crypto" conferences swimming with VC's. this was anything but. I did not see a single pAtAgOnIa VeSt (the official uniform of the VC community). only a handful of collared shirts. this was an AI researchers' conference for people either building, or interested in building, on #bittensor. this is a GOOD THING. #bittensor has yet to enter the public conscience at scale. see slide from @EvanMalanga @YumaGroup that illustrates this ($31.8B deployed into AI but less than $400mm of that is web3). I'm convinced most VC's know about bittensor; they're just pissed they can't get in at pre-launch prices. there's no easy pump and dump; you actually have to contribute to the ecosystem and buy fair. but they will be here soon enough out of necessity (@Forbes in attendance). 2) talent. the talent #bittensor is attracting is absolutely insane. I met people from all over the world (US, Europe, Middle East, Asia) who want to build on the network. these are not your typical "founders": they are people with PhD's from Stanford and tech innovation awards from MIT. #bittensor offers something truly unique for builders: they can (essentially) immediately build whatever they want without approval or fundraising capital from anyone. the market votes real-time on their idea and they are incentivized accordingly. this is the way it should be. everyone I met has the same unspoken attitude: the money is nice, but they’re not here for the money. they’re building on #bittensor because it is *absolutely fascinating*: there is nowhere else in the world of AI they would rather be, the pace of innovation is insane, and they are value-driven towards decentralized AI. 3) maturity. the #bittensor network doesn't "need" any major "fix". the network is mature and resilient, and the smartest people I've ever met are actively working on/in it. there are no "fire drills" or major issues that must be "solved" for builders to be comfortable committing their companies to this funding & operational model: they are already here, as demonstrated by the number of subnets ballooning since $dTAO launch on 2/14. 4) opportunity. academia needs to know about #bittensor. I am going to start working on this personally. UT Austin was in the room presenting. however, I remain dumbfounded that *every single higher ed institution with a computer and/or data science program in the world* is not funneling its' students into the #bittensor ecosystem. #bittensor is 'kaggle' with crypto-native, free-market incentives. there is no reason why every undergraduate and graduate student shouldn't make mining a subnet their capstone project. no simulation required; just create a mechanism to help students get onboarded (reg fee etc) and you're off to the races. 5) location. I think many #bittensor builders and founders will be relocating to Austin after this weekend. why wouldn’t they? TX has a pro-crypto economy, Austin is a fun & funky city filled with interesting people, and a huge % of the gigabrains working in the $TAO ecosystem already call Austin home. @UTAustin is the 7th-ranked comp sci program in the US (top 10 in AI), housed in a public institution with in-State tuition for anyone who lives here. this is very important for talent pipeline. bonus: plenty of places to hike, swim and touch grass. I’m Dallas-based now (after 15 years in NYC), and I’m looking forward to making the trip much more frequently. TL/DR: #bittensor is mature, yet largely undiscovered. but the world will soon know. if you are here, you are early; count your blessings and let's get to work. $TAO $dTAO #bittensor #subentsummer