At Irys, we LOVE Korea So much so, that next week we'll be hosting the most exciting in-person event we've hosted this year right in Seoul. Date: Friday August 1 (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM KST) Location: Dreamplus, Gangnam, Seoul Connect with @josh_benaron and other leading AI & blockchain minds while learning all about Irys's hyper-performant datachain. What to expect: ✧ Irys keynote: ✧ Panel on AI + data ownership ✧ Food, drinks & networking ✧ Sprite plushies & cookies, Irys merch ✧ Genesis NFT whitelist raffle (5 winners!) ✧ + more (come find out) Limited spots, RSVP required → 거기서 뵐게요!

The White House just called data a 'national strategic asset'. Is it obvious how valuable data is yet? If it isn't, it will be soon.

Hirys and Happy Monday Over the weekend we built a regional filter for the Kaito top-100 leaderboard Now you can see where you actually rank against yappers in your language/region. your real competition :-) Check it out at ->

Genesis Hunt Campaign Update: ✧ The campaign has been extended until July 29th ✧ Tasks on are now updated ✧ Eggs can now be evolved Irys.

12 episodes down, 988 to go. This week, newly mustache'd @lew_xyz sits down with the founder of @TryBrickroad to discuss: ✦ Democratizing data access ✦ The mechanics of a dual-sided data marketplace ✦ Using creativity and validation to meet market needs. Institutions are coming to Irys. Tune in to find out how.

One of our major focuses is for @irys_xyz to make AI cheaper AND better. This collaboration is brings us closer to both. With @crynuxio you can finetune large-scale models at a fraction of the cost using any data on Irys.

The Roundtable marches on tomorrow. We're being joined by @irys_xyz to learn more about their datachain and the true value of your data. Set a reminder below 👇

Think you type fast? A few members of our team had some fun this week and built a WPM-tester that lives entirely on the Irys Testnet. Your words. Your speed. Your permanent record. Play now and share your score!

Tap > Hold > Load in 4k Now say it back

What is a Datachain? ft @josh_benaron, founder of @irys_xyz In this episode of @touchgrass_pod, @24_gutta and I sit down with Josh to chat about: > Datachains as a Memory Layer for LLMs > Decentralized Model Training > Importance of Privacy And much more! Key timestamps: 0:47 - Irys' background 3:17 - What is a Datachain 4:40 - Data storage in AI 7:38 - Lack of demand for last-generation protocols 9:48 - Difference between Irys and other solutions like Walrus and Shelby 14:07 - Trust issues with centralized data providers 16:15 - OpenAI and Microsoft relationship 19:27 - Onboarding and Licensing 23:06 - Josh's experience in Korea 27:10 - Integrating Privacy features 30:41 - Brand Philosophy of Irys 34:42 - Irys Ecosystem 38:36 - Building S3 API in-house 42:10 - Adding Private Data Sets 44:34 - Thoughts on Eigencloud @eigenlayer 45:52 - #1 advice to founders building at the intersection of Data and AI