# Harish Kotra I Build & Deploy AI Agents using Gaia & Collab Land I Agentic Ethereum 2025

- Channel: [ETHGlobal](https://streameth.org/ethglobal)
- Date: 2025-10-09
- Duration: 29:15
- Topics: AI Agents, Gaia, Collab Land, Harish Kotra, Decentralized Computing, LLM, Agentic Ethereum 2025, Telegram Bot, Twitter Bot, On-Chain Transactions, DeFi, Nomic Embeddings, Node Deploy, OpenAI-Compatible, Tool Calling, Decentralized Inference
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-J6ftu52nwSs
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6ftu52nwSs

## Description

Join Harish Kotra from Gaia for a hands-on guide to launching AI Agents that run fully under your control—locally or on your own server. In this workshop, learn how to install and configure Gaia’s decentralized computing infrastructure, integrate with Collab Land to enable seamless Telegram and Twitter bots, and fine-tune your agents to handle specialized LLM tasks using open-source models.

Whether you’re looking to build a DeFi AI assistant, manage on-chain transactions, or simply create a custom knowledge base for your LLM, this session demonstrates a quick start—from installing the Gaia CLI, spinning up a node, and using the Collab Land AI agent starter kit to deploy fully operational AI agents in minutes.

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🤖 *Agentic Ethereum*
Agentic Ethereum is an online, async hackathon that runs from Jan. 31 to Feb. 12, 2025.  With over $175,000 USD in prizes, Agentic Ethereum is a great way to dive into the world of autonomous AI agents and explore how they can revolutionize projects on Ethereum. Start the year with groundbreaking innovation! Watch the full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7jxP_flgRf5nZ_WDgFpBy3&si=RZozbd9C5KrG6Bf3

00:00 Introduction & Gaia Overview
00:40 Installing the Gaia CLI
01:15 Running a Local AI Node
02:22 Choosing & Downloading LLM Models
03:10 Deploying a Node with gyai init
04:18 Understanding Node Config & Embeddings
05:34 Decentralized vs. Centralized Inference
06:25 Public Nodes & Tool Calling
07:30 Collab Land Integration Overview
08:40 AI Agent Starter Kit Setup
10:07 Environment Variables & Model URLs
12:14 Customizing Prompts & Knowledge Bases
14:22 Combining Gaia & Collab Land for Bots
16:10 Common Issues & Debugging
18:35 Best Practices for Fine-Tuning Models
20:25 Q&A & Final Tips

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