Anna Kazlauskas I Decentralized Data for AI With Vana I Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit

Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

Join Anna Kazlauskas from Vana at the Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit to explore the future of decentralized data and its powerful impact on AI. Discover how self-sovereign data, proof of contribution, and data DApps enable privacy, ownership, and better AI models. See real-world examples of data DAOs, how users can legally own and contribute data from walled-garden platforms, and why structured, high-quality datasets are key to advancing AI agents. Learn how the Vana protocol ensures security with TE compute and encrypted storage—paving the way for a truly decentralized AI ecosystem. Whether you’re a developer, researcher, or enthusiast, this session offers a comprehensive look at unlocking web3 data for game-changing AI innovation. Stay tuned for insights into privacy-preserving data, building your own data DAO, and how to leverage user data across platforms for more powerful machine learning. Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more talks on agentic governance, AI-driven solutions, and blockchain breakthroughs! 00:00 Introduction & Decentralized Data Overview 00:53 Why Data Quality Matters for AI Models 02:34 The Data Wall: Limitations on Public Internet Data 04:18 Scraping vs Curating: Approaches to AI Training Data 05:25 User-Owned Data and Emerging Data Markets 07:00 Legal Ownership: Exporting Data from Walled Gardens 08:08 Introducing Vana: Self-Sovereign Data Layer 09:41 Data DAOs and Proof of Contribution 11:21 Examples of Data DAOs & Private Data Use Cases 12:30 Verifying Data Integrity with TE Compute 16:51 Privacy-Preserving Data & AI Training 20:00 How to Start a Data DAO: Key Steps 23:08 Accessing Data Sets for AI Agents 24:14 Q&A: Building AI Solutions with Vana _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🤖 *Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit* Join the official Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit for an in-depth look at AI agents, smart contracts, and how they converge to power the next era of decentralized intelligence. This is more than just a summit—it's a gathering of the brightest minds in our ecosystem, and we're honored to have Andrew Miller, Anna Kazlauskas, Davide Crapis, dcbuilder, Ed Felten, Erik Voorhees, Illia Polosukhin, Jasper Zhang, Karl Floersch, Ken Ng, Kevin Owocki, Linda Xie, Shaw, Tomasz Stanczak, Chase Allred and Vitalik Buterin and on stage for this virtual summit focused around AI Agents and Blockchain! Watch the full Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit Playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh6DrYO4ORk8wzQ5wCZDs0mW&si=ARqB9gaXAqehWH1_ 🤖 *Agentic Ethereum 2025* 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ Follow Anna Kazlauskas X: https://x.com/anna_kazlauskas ✅ Follow Vana X: https://x.com/vana Website: https://www.vana.org ✅ Follow Kartik Talwar X: https://x.com/therealkartik Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/kartik ✅ Follow ETHGlobal X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ETHGlobal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship? 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _