Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274

2026-04-11 · 82 min · episode 2274 · 24 entities

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→ references twistartups.substack.com website

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Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://twistartups.substack.com/
→ references aisolo.beehiiv.com website

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Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://aisolo.beehiiv.com/
→ hosted by Jason Calacanis person

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Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
→ founded Vidaio company

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co-founder of Vidaio
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co-founder of Vidaio
→ discusses Technology company

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Feed category: Technology
→ references ThisWeekIn website

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Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
→ references Twist website

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Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://plaud.ai/twist
→ references @Thisweekinstartups website

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Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
→ references TwistCrowdHealth website

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Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://plaud.ai/twistCrowdHealth
→ references vidaio.io website

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Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://vidaio.io/
→ references docs.bittensor.com website

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Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://docs.bittensor.com/

Entities found in this episode

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mentioned twistartups.substack.com website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://twistartups.substack.com/
mentioned aisolo.beehiiv.com website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://aisolo.beehiiv.com/
references twistartups.substack.com website

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Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://twistartups.substack.com/
references aisolo.beehiiv.com website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://aisolo.beehiiv.com/
mentioned ThisWeekIn website

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Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
mentioned Twist website

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Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://pilot.com/TWIST
mentioned @Thisweekinstartups website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
mentioned TwistCrowdHealth website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://plaud.ai/twistCrowdHealth
mentioned vidaio.io website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://vidaio.io/
mentioned docs.bittensor.com website

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Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://docs.bittensor.com/
references ThisWeekIn website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
references Twist website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://plaud.ai/twist
references @Thisweekinstartups website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
references TwistCrowdHealth website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://plaud.ai/twistCrowdHealth
references vidaio.io website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://vidaio.io/
references docs.bittensor.com website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274": https://docs.bittensor.com/

companys 5

mentioned Vidaio company

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co-founder of Vidaio
founded Vidaio company

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co-founder of Vidaio
mentioned Technology company

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Feed category: Technology
works at Vidaio company

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co-founder of Vidaio
discusses Technology company

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Feed category: Technology

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mentioned Jason Calacanis person

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Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
hosted by Jason Calacanis person

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Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis

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mentioned TAO concept

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Episode description as stored

This Week In Startups is made possible by: Pilot - https://pilot.com/TWIST Squarespace -https://squarespace.com/TWIST Northwest Registered Agent - https://northwestregisteredagent.com/TWIST Plaud - https://Plaud.ai/twistCrowdHealth - ⁠https://JoinCrowdHealth.com/twist⁠ Today's show: TAO, the token associated with the Bittensor network, fell sharply last night after a major project declared it was taking its business elsewhere. Covenant AI had used Bittensor subnets 3, 39, and 89 before its abrupt and controversial decision to depart for other digital shores. Gareth Howells, a co-founder of Vidaio (Bittensor Subnet 85), joined Jason and Alex to share the community perspective regarding Covenant's decision to leave Bittensor, a choice that was especially bitter given that its recently-released Covenant-72B model trained using the network's decentralized capabilities was hailed at the time as a demonstration of the crypto-AI hybrid's potential. (Covenant's Sam Dare was a recent guest on TWiST.) Howells walked us through Vidaio's product (AI models for high-quality video work, like upscaling) Then it was time to bring new fan-favorite Ole Lehmann on. Ole took an Andrej Karpathy concept, and turned it into a skill that you can use in either OpenClaw or Claude Cowork. Guests Ole Lehmann: https://x.com/itsolelehmann The AI Solopreneur newsletter: https://aisolo.beehiiv.com/ Vidaio: https://vidaio.io/ Vidaio on X: https://x.com/vidaio_ Timestamps: 0:00 Drama in the Bittensor space! Was there a rugpull? 1:01 Plaud: If your work depends on conversations — interviews, meetings, calls — you need a Plaud NotePin. You can check it out at https://Plaud.ai/twist and use code TWIST for 10% off! 1:47 Gareth Howells of subnet85 joins the show: https://x.com/GarethHowells 9:56 Northwest Registered Agent - Get more when you start your business with Northwest. In 10 clicks and 10 minutes, you can form your company and walk away with a real business identity — Learn more at https://northwestregisteredagent.com/TWIST 11:37 Gareth reacts to the Covenant situation… Did Sam sell tokens? 14:33 How VidAIo (subnet85) optimizes video as cheaply as possible. https://vidaio.io/ 20:06 Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://squarespace.com/TWIST 21:12 Demo: Gareth shows upscaled footage of our very own Lon Harris 27:09 Who is actually doing the computing on Bittensor? 28:15 How Bittensor recruits tech talent from emerging markets 29:42 Pilot - Visit https://pilot.com/TWIST and get $1,200 off your first year. 30:58 Jason's explains the Bittensor network. https://docs.bittensor.com/ 37:28 Jason addresses "pump and dump" allegations 40:46 Ole Lehmann joins the show https://x.com/itsolelehmann 45:31 Jason's $1,000 "bounty" for enhanced show notes 49:35 Check out Ole's newsletter at aisolo.beehiiv.com ! 59:50 CrowdHealth - CrowdHealth lets you ditch the bureaucracy with a peer-to-peer funding platform for your healthcare. Get started for $99 per month for your first three months by using the code TWIST at https://JoinCrowdHealth.com/twist. 1:00:46 Off Duty with Alex and J-Cal! 1:04:46 Reacting to the Maul trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkVepshZhGc Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp Follow Lon: X: https://x.com/lons Follow Alex: X: https://x.com/alex LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com