The Index Podcast

Season 1

Jan. 8, 2025

Everything Bagel: Monetizable Open Source AI with Founder Bidhan Roy

What if open-source AI Could Be Both Powerful and Profitable? In the first episode of Everything Bagel , Alex Kehaya sits down with Bidhan Roy, Founder & CEO of Bagel, a groundbreaking AI & Cryptography Research Lab that's ma...

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Dec. 17, 2022

Web3 and Rethinking the Internet for Everyone with Jonas Simanavicius…

This week host Alex Kehaya welcomes Jonas Simanavicius, Co-founder & CTO of Syntropy, to the show. We dive in to learn how Syntropy is improving security and transforming the Internet. It's a great conversation about Web3, bl...

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Dec. 2, 2022

Solana's Next Generation Gaming Ecosystem with Star Atlas Co-founder,…

This week "The Index" welcomes Michael Wagner, CEO and Co-founder of Star Atlas, the open-world strategy video game metaverse that offers grand strategy play, territorial conquest, and political dominance. Host Alex Kehaya ta...

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Nov. 18, 2022

In Conversation with Alex Bornyakov, the Deputy Minister of Digital T…

This week host Alex Kehaya welcomes Alex Bornyakov, the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and head of Dila City. Bornyakov discusses how the launch of "Diia City" will help Ukraine become one of the largest...

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Nov. 4, 2022

How Web3 and Blockchain is Empowering Freedom with Paddy Cerri, Co-fo…

This week host Alex Kehaya joins Paddy Cerri, Co-founder and Chief Architect at Minima. A great conversation on how Web3 and the decentralized blockchain is empowering freedom.

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Oct. 28, 2022

Aid for Ukraine Project and Decentralized Staking with Sergey Vasylch…

This week on The Index, host Alex Kehaya joins Sergey Vasylchuk, Founder and CEO of Everstake, one of the biggest decentralized staking providers in the blockchain industry. Sergey shares his Web3 perspectives and discusses E...

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Oct. 21, 2022

How Web3, AI, and Decentralization will Transform Education with Nada…

This week on The Index, host Alex Kehaya joins Nadav Zeimer, Founder of hs.credit and author of Education in the Digital Age. We take a deep dive to learn more about how Web3, open source technologies, AI, and decentralizatio...

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Oct. 7, 2022

Metaverse, AI NFTs, and the Future of Web3 Gaming with Chris Zhu of M…

This week host Alex Kehaya joins Chris Zhu, CEO & Co-founder of the Web3 game matrix, Mirror World. He's also the VP of products for Rct AI and is renowned for launching the world's first interactive NFT mirror. It's a great...

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Sept. 24, 2022

Investing in the Decentralized Future with Craig Burel of Reciprocal …

This week on The Index, host Alex Kehaya joins Craig Burel, a Partner at Reciprocal Venture. He's currently leading the firm's investment strategies in blockchain and cryptocurrency. It's a great conversation about investing ...

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Aug. 12, 2022

Building More Sustainable Open Source Projects with Uri Goldshtein

This week host Alex Kehaya joins The Guild founder Uri Goldshtein. The Guild is the largest group of open source developers in the GraphQL ecosystem. It's a deep dive on how Web3 and open-source projects are paving the way fo...

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July 29, 2022

Next Generation of Employment and the Decentralized Future with John …

This week host Alex Kehaya joins John Paller, Founder and Steward of Opolis is a next generation ecosystem for the self-sovereign worker. John is also the founder of ETH Denver, the largest Ethereum hackathon in the world. It...

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July 15, 2022

Web3, Digital Identity, and Building Self Custody Solutions with Zhen…

This week host Alex Kehaya joins Zhen Yu Yong, a former developer at Ethereum and the current CEO and Co-Founder of Web3Auth that is a distributed private key management solution. We take a deep dive to talk about the future ...

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June 29, 2022

All About the Merge and Future of Ethereum with Tim Beiko

This week host Alex Kehaya joins Tim Beiko who leads AllCoreDevs at the Ethereum Foundation to talk about the future of Ethereum and the upcoming Merge. A truly exciting conversation about the Ethereum vision – more scalabili...

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June 15, 2022

Blockchain and the Economic Empowerment of Women with Olayinka Odenir…

This week host Alex Kehaya, talks with Olayinka Odeniran, CEO of CybSecWatch, and the founder of the Black Women Blockchain Council, a community designed to support and inspire black women pursuing careers in blockchain and f...

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June 1, 2022

Wisdom Age and the Evolution of Society with Rhys Lindmark

This week host Alex Kehaya joins Rhys Lindmark, CEO and co-founder of Roote, a nonprofit startup studio building the Wisdom Age. A great conversation about the Web3 ecosystem, why capitalism needs marriage counseling, and the...

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May 18, 2022

Inside Look at the Semantic Web, Future of AI, and Web3 with James He…

This week host Alex Kehaya joins Professor James Hendler, one of the originators of the semantic web and the Director of the Institute for Data Exploration and Applications and the Tetherless World Professor for Computer, Web...

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May 4, 2022

Web3's Evolution and Twitter's Decentralized Future with Avichal Garg

This week Alex Kehaya joins Avichal Garg, Co-founder, and Partner at Electric Capital, an early-stage venture firm. Avichal shares his thoughts on the evolution of Web 3.0, how developers can build a better Internet, and Twit...

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April 20, 2022

Web3, the Power of DAOs and Transforming the Internet with Nik Kalyani

This week host Alex Kehaya joins Nik Kalyani, co-founder, and CEO of Decentology, who are building the future of decentralized apps on the Hyperverse. A great conversation on the power of DAOs, onboarding developers to Web3, ...

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April 6, 2022

Web3 Ecosystem and Building a Better Internet with Joseph Al-Chami, F…

This week host Alex Kehaya joins Joseph Al-Chami, Product Manager for Figment one of the world's largest blockchain infrastructure providers and core developers for the Graph. A great conversation on how Figment is helping de...

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March 23, 2022

Web3 Revolution and the Future of Data Ownership with Jon Poole

Host Alex Kehaya joins Jon Poole, Community Lead and Business Development at the Oasis Protocol Foundation. A great conversation on the Web3 revolution, privacy in the metaverse, and the future of data ownership.

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March 9, 2022

Digital Sovereignty and Decentralized Government with Julian Zawistow…

Host Alex Kehaya joins Julian Zawistowski, Director of Golem Foundation. Julian, who lives in Poland, talks about his country's cultural and economic ties with Ukraine, and the critical role Poland is playing during this hum...

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Feb. 24, 2022

Looking Into the Future of VR, Holograms and the Metaverse with Shawn…

What is the future of holograms? Host Alex Keyaha joins Shawn Frayne, Co-founder and CEO of the Looking Glass Factory, a Brooklyn-based startup that's designed the world's first desktop holographic display for 3D creators. We...

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Dec. 15, 2021

Human Rights and Restoring Trust in the Digital Age with Jonathan Dot…

Host Alex Kehaya joins Starling Labs Jonathan Dotan, a Fellow at Stanford's Center for Blockchain Research, and is the writer & producer of HBO's Emmy Award-winning series SILICON VALLEY. A great conversation on restoring tru...

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Dec. 1, 2021

How to Build a Bridge Across the Digital Divide with Dragana Kaurin

Host Alex Kehaya joins Dragana Kaurin, a human rights researcher and Founder of The Localization Lab, an organization fighting for equal access to information. A great conversation on how to build a bridge across the great di...

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