In 2023, Illia Polosukhin stood at NearCon and pitched the idea of an AI CEO. At the time, it sounded like a thought experiment. Now NEAR is building it.

In this clip from Uneasy Money, Illia, Kain Warwick, and Taylor Monahan dig into why corporations bundle people in the first place — and why that bundling breaks down once AI can do credit assignment.

The conversation moves from Illia’s NEAR AI marketplace (already handling insurance claims and background checks) to IronClaw, NEAR’s internal multi-tenant agent system that tracks commitments and surfaces the decisions nobody made.

The thesis: AI is the accelerator, blockchain is the coordinator, and markets (not management hierarchies) are where this is all heading.

Hosts:

• • Kain Warwick – Founder of Infinex and Synthetix
  • Taylor Monahan – Security Expert
  • Luca Netz – CEO of Pudgy Penguins

Guest:

• • Illia Polosukhin – Co-Founder, NEAR Protocol

This clip is from a longer conversation on AI, privacy, and the post-AGI economy. Full episode here.

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