Whoever rules the data rules the world (w/ Tegan Kline)
Mar 21, 2024
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CEO and co-founder of Edge & Node, Tegan Kline, discusses The Graph network, AI solutions, and the future of dApps. They explore Web3 integration, data indexing, and the impact on decentralized internet. The conversation also touches on AI in crypto, career transitions, and the roadmap for Web3 infrastructure.
The Graph network decentralizes data to empower users and applications, contrasting with Web2's centralized control by large companies.
AI integration on The Graph aims to unlock innovative use cases and decentralized business models for enhanced functionality and data analysis.
Deep dives
Decentralized Applications and Protocols on the Graph Network
Edge & Node, focusing on decentralized applications and protocols, played a significant role in creating and supporting DApps on the Graph network. The Graph, functioning as the Internet's open data layer, aims to decentralize data organization, contrasting with the centralized nature of Web2. By leveraging the Graph's decentralized technology, various applications can access organized blockchain data, allowing users autonomy and control over their digital footprint, in contrast to Web2's centralized control by large companies.
The Graph Network as an Open Data Organization Platform
The Graph network operates as a decentralized system where multiple indexers, akin to independent Google companies, organize data for applications through subgraphs. These open APIs serve queries, ensuring transparency and autonomy for users. Examples like Art Blocks and Snapshot showcase applications operating on the Graph, providing decentralized governance and data accessibility. The network's structure empowers users to select preferred spaces and moderation policies, promoting user agency in accessing and interacting with web content.
Growth of Decentralized Data Indexing and Future AI Integration
The growth of subgraphs on the Graph network illustrates a thriving ecosystem where applications rely on decentralized data indexing for user interfaces and content. Companies like Deutsche Telekom have embraced the Graph's decentralized network, indicating a shift towards decentralized data utilization. The integration of AI with blockchains presents new opportunities, with plans to leverage AI services such as LLMs for data analysis and enhanced functionality. As the network evolves, AI integration aims to further unlock innovative use cases and decentralized business models on the Graph platform.
For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Tegan Kline, the CEO and co-founder of Edge & Node.
The company is focused on creating and supporting decentralized applications, or dApps, and protocols. It was also the initial team behind The Graph, an indexing and query protocol, or what some have referred to as the Google of Web3, which aims to organize open blockchain data and make open data a public good.
Tegan began her career in investment banking before shifting to work as an executive VP of a patent marketplace powered by blockchain and analyzed by AI. This kickstarted her career in web3, data and AI solutions. Before co-founding Edge & Node, Tegan worked as an international business development manager for Orchid, an a16z and Sequoia VC-backed VPN.
This episode is a part of Chain Reaction’s monthly series diving into different topics and themes in crypto. This month’s focused on blockchain and AI integrations.
Jacquelyn and Tegan talk about The Graph network, indexing data and its broader use case for the internet as well as its “New Era roadmap” that came out in November 2023.
They also discuss:
The Graph implementing AI solutions
What dApps will unlock in the long term for AI
Why AI doesn’t care about crypto
Taking a career jump into web3
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