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#30 – Doug Petkanics & Eric Tang: open video infrastructure

May 6, 2024
01:24:23

This is my conversation with Doug Petkanics and Eric Tang, cofounders of Livepeer.

Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - intro
(00:01:45) - sponsor: Optimism
(00:03:55) - Livepeer origin story
(00:11:54) - FFmpeg and the video infrastructure stack
(00:17:07) - compute capacity and cost in open vs closed systems
(00:22:59) - GPUs as the supply side, working at NVIDIA
(00:40:27) - finding latent demand
(00:46:10) - sponsor: Privy
(00:47:30) - learnings on go-to-market, Livepeer Studio, AI video processing
(01:00:54) - AI subnets in the Livepeer network
(01:07:51) - doing whatever it takes to get it done
(01:13:19) - interacting with the market
(01:18:51) - the inner game
(01:24:30) - outro

Links:
Doug Petkanics - https://twitter.com/petkanics
Eric Tang - https://twitter.com/ericxtang
Livepeer - https://twitter.com/livepeer
Livepeer Studio - https://twitter.com/livepeerstudio

Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.io

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Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

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