Anna Kazlauskas | CEO and Co-Founder of Vana: Solving AI’s Data Dilemma

Anna Kazlauskas shares her journey from traditional finance to pioneering decentralized AI with Vana, a platform empowering people to own their data and contribute it to AI models. She highlights the critical role of tokenomics in Vana’s ecosystem and the challenges of building a Web3 company, emphasizing the importance of hiring mission-aligned team members.

Anna explores the AI data shortage and how Vana addresses it through decentralized data ownership and data DAOs. She also explains the differences between data DAOs, trusts, and unions, the value of private data, and lessons learned from projects like the Reddit Data DAO.

This episode offers valuable insights for anyone interested in the future of AI, data ownership, and Web3 innovation.

Join hosts Kenzi Nakamura, Sachi Tanaka, and Diksha Mehra for an in-depth conversation with Anna Kazlauskas.