#411: Ahmad Shadid, CEO of o.xyz, on Building the World's First Sovereign Super AI, DeAIOs, and The Future of AI & Crypto

Ahmad Shadid is the Founder and CEO of O.XYZ, an ecosystem with a mission to build the world's first sovereign super intelligence. As Ahmad put it, "AI must be a tool for the people, not a weapon for profit." O.XYZ is a complex ecosystem, starting with it’s core – O.Super Intelligence which will help guide decisions, solve complex problems, and interact with people in the ecosystem; a toolbox with AI-powered products — tools that help you solve various problems using artificial intelligence; O.REASEARCH, O.INFRA, O.CHARITY, O.CAPITAL, and O.CHAIN as parts of the ecosystem.

Previously, Ahmad was CEO of IO.net, where he led the company to a $4.5 billion valuation in under a year. His leadership propelled IO.net to secure $2 million in a seed round with a $10 million fully diluted valuation in June 2023, followed by a groundbreaking $40 million Series A round at a $1 billion FDV in March 2024. This rapid growth culminated in the successful launch of the $IO coin on Binance, with a remarkable $4.5 billion FDV in June 2024.

Ahmad is a visionary behind the DeAIO – an Autonomous AI Organization, the next step in the evolution of DAOs which is aiming to revolutionize AI governance and development. Demonstrating his commitment to innovation, he has personally invested $130M into the development of DeAIO. O.XYZ builds on Ahmad’s legacy, aiming to redefine AI and showcase how decentralized technology can drive common progress and serve people.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Building the world's first Sovereign Super AI
- Decentralized AI Managed Organization (DeAIO)
- The future of crypto and AI
- Quant funds are already dabbling into AI-based cryptocurrencies
- AI CEOs
- AI infrastructure
- O.REASEARCH, O.INFRA, O.CHARITY, O.CAPITAL, and O.CHAIN
- O.ATLAS, O.PACIFIC, O.ORBIT
- Sending AI data to space
- Living in Qatar
- Deepseek rocking the AI industry
- What’s next for O.XYZ over the next 12-24 months
- Feb 22 product release in Hong Kong

O.XYZ
Website: www.o.xyz
X: @o_fndn
Telegram: t.me/oxyz_community

Ahmad Shadid
X: @shadid_io
LinkedIn: Ahmad Shadid

 
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