# Abhay Upadhyay I Hacking the Data Layer for AI with Akave and Filecoin I Protocol Labs I ETHGlobal

- Channel: [ETHGlobal](https://streameth.org/ethglobal)
- Date: 2025-10-09
- Duration: 16:02
- Topics: Akave, Filecoin, decentralized storage, AI data layer, ETHGlobal, Abhay Upadhyay, Protocol Labs, IPFS, S3 compatible, erasure coding, data sovereignty, censorship resistance, hot storage, warm storage, MCP, Model Context Protocol, local LLM, on-chain indexing, data wallets, AI agents, hackathon, CLI demo, buckets, data encryption, web3 storage, cloud storage alternative, data persistence, incentive layer, Akave 03, Akave docs, anthropic, data retrieval
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-4x80S1ZDEvU
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x80S1ZDEvU

## Description

Abhay Upadhyay, software engineer at Akave, explores how to hack the data layer for AI using Akave and Filecoin in this ETHGlobal workshop. Learn about decentralized storage concepts, how Filecoin's incentive-based storage complements Akave's hot storage layer, and how to interact with data agentically using Akave 03's S3-compatible API. Discover practical demos of storing/retrieving files through Akave 03 and integrating local AI models with on-chain data via Model Context Protocol (MCP). Perfect for builders at ETHGlobal hackathons.

00:00 - Introduction to Akave & Filecoin for AI Data
00:43 - Why Decentralized Storage Matters for AI
01:14 - Benefits of Decentralized Storage
01:41 - IPFS vs Filecoin: Key Differences
02:56 - How Akave Complements Filecoin Storage
03:51 - Akave Hot Storage vs Filecoin Warm Storage
04:17 - Akave 03: S3-Compatible Decentralized Storage
05:37 - How Akave Secures Data with Erasure Coding
06:34 - Akave 03 Features and Benefits
07:02 - Live Demo: Akave 03 S3 CLI Setup
08:20 - Creating Buckets & Uploading Files Demo
10:16 - Downloading Files from Akave 03
11:26 - Model Context Protocol (MCP) with Local AI
12:58 - Running MCP Server with Akave Credentials
14:23 - AI Agent Interacting with On-Chain Data

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🇨🇿 *ETHGlobal Prague*
This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal Prague, a 3-day hackathon held May 30 - June 1 2025, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal Prague 2025 playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh5Vv-ZobDU2YMWekDFYvOqd&si=SoQ5O2TOAK8RkYf-

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