Jason Calacanis is making a much bigger bet on decentralized AI than a casual market call. In an episode of This Week In Startups, the veteran angel investor appears to frame Bittensor’s TAO token as the kind of asymmetric opportunity that venture investors spend years hunting for, and one that, in his view, could still be dramatically underpriced.
Calacanis’s TAO Comments Land as Bittensor Gains a More Explicit Venture-Style Bull Case FAQ Who is Jason Calacanis? J ason Calacanis is a longtime angel investor and podcaster best known for early bets including Uber and for hosting This Week in Startups. What is TAO? TAO is the native token of Bittensor, a decentralized AI network that supporters describe as an intelligence infrastructure for the internet. Why did Calacanis’s TAO comment get attention? It got attention because he appears to frame TAO as a potential 200x-style opportunity, and he has also been publicly linked to a Bittensor-focused fund. Is Calacanis formally involved with Bittensor-related investing? Yes. A Stillcore Capital fund overview lists him as a consulting partner on a fund focused on Bittensor and TAO.Latest News

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