CEO @BeaconProtocol, Core Contributor @TheBostonDAO, Co-founder @ The Investment DAO
Boston, MA
Joined April 2009
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Your data isn’t valuable in isolation.
It becomes valuable when it’s mixed, contextualized, and used.
Traceability is what makes that value flow back to you.
Phil McMannis retweeted
Major announcement:
It's time to connect the physical world to AI.
@375ai_ x @wingbits x @BeaconProtocol
They capture the data. We make it AI-accessible to unlock new AI capabilities for the physical world.
Announcement & Details 👇 🧵
Phil McMannis retweeted
375ai, @wingbits and @BeaconProtocol are partnering to create a unified data intelligence ecosystem, merging flight tracking and location data from high traffic areas to unlock new possibilities for AI training and real world applications.
Read today's blog for more 👇
Phil McMannis retweeted
🚨 New Partnership Announcement 🚨
We’re beyond excited to announce that @wingbits x @375ai_ x @BeaconProtocol are joining forces. Why?
The global AI market is projected to grow from $189B to $4.8T in the next decade. But today’s models still lack accurate, real-world perception. AI can generate, but it can’t yet understand the world around it. And the data it needs is fragmented across private systems.
So we’re fixing that. Together, we are entering into a data-sharing partnership:
✈️Flight tracking from @wingbits
🚗Ground movement insights from @375ai_
🔐Encrypted, verifiable data from @BeaconProtocol
This partnership gives AI real visibility, real context, and real trust.
More developments to come soon.
Read the full announcement via link in comments👇
Phil McMannis retweeted
🚨 Just 2 hours to go! Join Dormint’s exclusive Twitter Spaces as we explore the frontier of decentralized AI!
🎙DeAI trailblazers: @0G_labs, @vargs_g, @AethirCloud,
@lolnooonono, @UpscaleTrade, @BeaconProtocol, @Gimo_Fi, @zia_finance, @Zer0PulseFi, @taxninja, @brave, @boobacrypto, @vs1_finance, @AskDollyToday, @vivian7days, @fslweb3
Decentralization isn’t just about uptime or censorship resistance
It’s about shifting power
Letting developers participate in systems
Contribute transparently
Access resources they were locked out of
Infra becomes inclusive
Because the rules are open
Hardest part of being early?
Nobody cares.
You’ve got conviction.
You’ve got users.
You’re building the real thing.
Still, silence.
But the ones who keep shipping through that?
They end up owning the rails.
Keep going.
Hardest part of being early?
Nobody cares.
You’ve got conviction.
You’ve got users.
You’re building the real thing.
Still, silence.
But the ones who keep shipping through that?
They end up owning the rails.
Keep going.
Think chatgpt just lives in your browser?
Your data is routed, stored, and used to train systems you don’t control.
Real privacy happens at the data layer, not in the fine print.
I used to believe that a killer idea was all it took to build a startup.
I got caught up in the excitement, thinking I was on the fast track to success.
Then I crashed hard.
I realized I was just chasing my own shadow.
Now I believe it’s all about understanding the real problems people face and delivering genuine value.
That’s where the magic happens.
Ever notice how decentralized AI is packed with brilliant researchers and impressive benchmarks but seems to stall when it comes to real-world impact?
I’ve been there, sifting through papers that sound great but don’t solve anything. It was like watching a race with no finish line.
We don’t need more PhDs chasing papers. We need builders who roll up their sleeves and tackle actual problems.
So let’s stop waiting for permission. Let’s be the ones who turn ideas into impact and make a difference. Time to build!
Microtransactions are just the start.
Picture this: as agent payment standards mature, stablecoin rails become the default for machines trading value. Your fridge restocks itself, paying for groceries like it’s no big deal.
What comes next? Dynamic pricing of data as an asset.
We’re talking programmable agents, programmable money, programmable data. Get ready for a revolution in how we exchange value.
Selling your proprietary data to OpenAI is a rookie move.
Your unique data is your moat in AI, not a revenue stream.
Want the real unlock? Run inference on your own models, on your own infrastructure, with real-time, private data.
If you're not doing that, are you even in the game?
Rogue agents aren’t just sci-fi.
They’re an inevitability if we don’t get data governance right.
AI agents will share, mutate, and act on data.
No traceability?
No constraints?
That’s chaos.
But with the right setup, we unlock scalable coordination.
Phil McMannis retweeted
We’re excited to announce a strategic partnership with @BeaconProtocol!
Through this collaboration, Dormint will adopt Beacon’s solutions to encrypt 🔒 users’ health data, giving everyone full ownership and control of their personal information!
[1/3] I was pissed.
Spent weeks explaining Beacon to smart people in crypto and AI.
Same outcome every time: “Wait, but what is it?”
Felt like I was building something invisible.
Worse, something unexplainable.
1/3
[2/3] So I scrapped the pitch.
Stopped trying to impress.
Started describing the real problem we’re solving.
Now it lands in 30 seconds.
Beacon makes data programmable, traceable, and monetizable for AI agents.
That's it.
2/3
Investors are asking if decentralized AI is real
We’ve been chasing technical benchmarks, not actual utility
The need is real, we just haven’t built for it yet
Time to ship products, not PDFs
We failed to protect private data in Web2
Even with experts, standards, and central control
What happens when billions of agents start collaborating on data?
With no human-in-the-loop?
The risk is massive
But so is the upside
Programmable data is how we contain it
Most blockchains were built for DeFi.
Now they're retrofitting for AI.
@0G_labs flipped the model: AI-native from day 0.
Compute, storage, and agent infra built in.
That unlocks real AI x crypto use cases.
We’re building Beacon right into that stack.