Jason Zhao
@jasonjzhao
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cofounder @piplabsxyz, prev @googledeepmind, philosophy & CS @stanford
Joined January 2014
Thanks to Financial Times @FT for the coverage!.
The IP licensing economy is exploding: $215M+ invested, $67B market forecast. TL;DR: "We’re not waiting for the law to change. We’re showing the market a better model.”. – @jasonjzhao in Financial Times @FT ↴.
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TLDR: This is not how I expected to make my first million and this will not be how I keep my first million. I will be donating 100% of my AICC allocation to open source AI projects on Story and other blockchains. Longer version: This is at the time of writing nearly 10x any
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Public Mainnet is just the start. The product team has been working hard on a "Github for IP" that will let users browse all the IP on Story as well as seamlessly register their own. Heads down right now shipping the blockchain, but more on product soon.
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Just finished removing 1st batch of Sybils. Many more will be filtered on the claim page. Happy to save incentives for the community Day 1 & beyond!. Will share update soon on how we're thinking about the Initial Incentives allo for Day 1 Public Mainnet & the months following.
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The design team is crafting a beautiful IP badge for our ecosystem partners to indicate IP hosted on Story. The new, internet-wide "Blue Checkmark" for IP.
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Studio Ghibli lost out on millions today. Don't get me wrong, the world is far better with AI. AI empowers 8 billion people around the world - the teenager in Argentina, the aspiring artists in Kenya, the hobbyist in NYC. But AI companies also use IP without compensation. This
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@PresentWitness_ “They weren’t more skilled than me, in fact, most were less skilled.”. Cope. Skilled immigration is not only the backbone of American vitality but also produces the most patriotic Americans.
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So excited for tomorrow morning’s announcement. ꧁AI 🤝 IP꧂.
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How Blockchains Will Eat the World. An essay inspired by conversations with @cdixon, answering one of the biggest questions for blockchains: how does adoption actually happen?. My answer: "Blockchains must first extend, and then evolve."
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Day 1 of Public Mainnet is 2/13. Just the very beginning our journey, not the destination. ꧁IP꧂ is inevitable.
Story's Public Mainnet launches on Thursday, February 13th. $IP claim and checker go live on the same day. The world's IP, in your hands. ꧁IP꧂ is inevitable.
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꧁IP꧂ is the store of value in the age of AI. Today Story reveals $IP, the native token for Story's L1. We are just getting started. ꧁IP꧂ is inevitable.
Introducing $IP, the native token of Story's L1!. In the age of AI, $IP will play a critical role in tokenizing the $61T IP asset class. 58.4% of $IP will be devoted to Ecosystem & Community, Foundation, and Initial Incentives. More on ꧁IP꧂👇
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Real Users First. Distributing ownership of a network via incentive mechanisms is indisputably one of the killer use cases of crypto. The Story Foundation will reward real users and community members. Many Sybils will complain, pretending to be real users. In fact, this is.
Here's a breakdown of our Initial Incentives so that you know exactly what to expect on Public Mainnet. Our incentives philosophy rests on 3 core pillars: . ➤ Rewarding real users.➤ Incentivizing useful apps and novel use cases.➤ Ensuring long-term alignment . Details ↴
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Bitcoin introduced a Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. Story introduces a Peer-to-Peer Intellectual Property System. Welcome to the new marketplace of ideas 👇
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Excited for Public Mainnet. Even more excited for the product work that comes after. Like shipping an iPhone, its only after you deliver the blockchain that you get the feedback at scale that's needed to drive PMF for future iterations.
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Some reflections on what mainnet means and the journey yet to come. I started Story 3 years ago when I was 22. Looking back, everything seems inevitable, but in the most serendipitous ways. When I read Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, I became irrationally obsessed
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Introducing Story:. A Peer-to-Peer Intellectual Property System.
The financial crisis inspired Bitcoin, a Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash Network. The rise of AI demands Story, a Peer-to-Peer Intellectual Property Network. The Story whitepaper is out! More below ⬇️
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2025 will be the year of IP. In the AI race, compute is growing, but data is not. IP is the fossil fuel of AI, the bottleneck where value accrues. The largest AI companies are all forced buyers of IP. There is no better explanation of our situation & Story's vision than this.
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Mainnet Gong appeared at Story office. Should I ring it?
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The vibes are good and the ip is programmable. Day 1 loading ⏳.
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Big announcement in the AI space this coming week - first of its kind. Really excited to share more!.
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The comments section here tells you everything you need to know. Real users, rejoice!. Get your Passport score to 20 - you'll have 30 days starting from 2/13 to claim rewards.
For Story users excited about Public Mainnet, a heads up so everyone is ready:. Be prepared to show your Passport. Real + unique users only ↴
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We rang the mainnet gong. Dev Mainnet is live! . Next step: Public Mainnet. Proud of the team for shipping a general-purpose L1 in record time.
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Don’t sleep on the Story ecosystem. ꧁IP꧂ is everything. Check out just a couple of the amazing ideas being built on Story 👇.
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Stablecoins wrap USD and leverage blockchains to make USD 100x better. Story wraps IP and leverages blockchains to make IP 100x better. Take an institutional primitive that’s widely adopted and “vampire attack” it until the onchain version is larger.
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@StoryProtocol 21 or older to drink at a bar in the US.20 or over to enter rewards claim on Story.
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꧁IP꧂ is made in 🇺🇸.
IP is made in USA. Strategic intellectual property Reserve is imminent. Story protocol.
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Crazy to see Story get so much attention after 3 years of building, 2.5 of them almost entirely under the radar. For those new to IP: Welcome to Story, where the IP is programmable. A bit about us:. Product is the driving engine of Story. Everyone at Story values shipping.
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Today is Day 1. So is tomorrow — and the weeks and months following. Mainnet is the beginning of Story's journey, not the destination. I'm so proud of the team and ecosystem for taking a bold leap forward. The mainnet is live and the ꧁IP꧂ is programmable.
Homer, our Public Mainnet, is live. Welcome to a new era of ꧁IP꧂. Learn more ↴
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If you're wondering what you can do on Story when Public Mainnet goes live, give this a bookmark!.
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Still shipping. Products shouldn’t change whenever markets do. ꧁IP꧂ is inevitable.
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꧁IP꧂ will rule. Odyssey testnet is resilient and performant.
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@d_gilz The capital we raised has been and will be spent on product, not enriching the team.
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IP RWAs bring a $61T asset class onchain and make them programmable. Last time, Aria’s $7m deposit filled up in 9 minutes. This time, the ꧁IP꧂ is even bigger. 🖤💗.
The time has come – the next opportunity to deposit on @Aria_Protocol x @Stake_Stone goes live tomorrow. The last $7m Aria deposit filled up in just 9 min. This time, it's capped at $8m. The upcoming set of ꧁IP꧂ is even bigger than the last. Hint: 🖤💗
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This is the best summary of Story’s vision.
Learn more about Story's vision before Public Mainnet. As the core input to AI ꧁IP꧂ is a $61T asset class. IP includes scientific research, brands, creative works, and more. Story is creating a programmable market for IP. Big. Week. Ahead.
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2025 is the year AI and blockchains converge. 10 Predictions:. 1. An AI agent becomes a billionaire. 2. Multiple Purpose-Built L1s for AI surpass $20B FDV. 3. Agent swarm benchmarks are created to measure multiplayer agent performance. 4. The first Oscar-winning AI generated.
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꧁IP꧂ is the currency for AI.
"Transforming IP into the Currency for AI". ꧁ A report by @TheBlock__ ꧂. Where NVIDIA innovated on hardware, Story tackles the next major bottleneck – accessing and managing high-quality data and IP.
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2025 is the year of ꧁IP꧂. Community. Ecosystem. Team. All aligned on a singular vision.
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First ever whitepaper to be read by an alpaca ✅. ꧁IP꧂ is for everyone.
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Day 1 of a new world. Tons of emotions and excitement buzzing around the ecosystem right now, but the strongest one is gratitude. To those who believed in us from the start, who pulled all-nighters with the team, who rooted for us in the trenches against the skeptics — thank.
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Agent-to-Agent is the new peer-to-peer. A new kind of property framework is being built on Story for agents to exchange and trade in their native asset: IP. Rare training data, personalities, and much more.
Programmable IP is coming to @ai16zdao’s ElizaOS. Powered by @StoryProtocol. What does it mean?. Programmable IP on Story’s L1 blockchain allows creators to predefine rules and simplify use of their IP assets, making IP rights composable and extensible. Story essentially is a
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The Purpose Built L1 Thesis. Why L1? Why a 3x (Seed/A/B) a16z fundraise? What real problems does Story solve?. Story's journey makes it clear that the next generation of blockchain infra needs to be Purpose Built. Most infra projects and new L1s cannot even answer the basic.
1/ Announcing $140M in total fundraising to build Story, the World’s IP Blockchain.
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The mainnet gong looks so ringable rn.
The Lock in Factory has been buzzing since 4am. Running on coffee and lines of ꧁IP꧂
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Some talk the talk about agents. We walk the walk. An AI agent will be validating the Story network on public mainnet.
Welcoming @0xzerebro as the first AI agent validator on Story Mainnet. This is a major milestone pushing AI agents to the forefront of crypto networks and the heart of the Story ecosystem. Zerebro will play a critical role in stewarding programmable IP into the future of AI.
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꧁IP꧂ coming soon.
The thing I’m most excited about for 2025 is massive growth for crypto applications. What I mean by this is completely non-speculative use cases and ways to grow the crypto market with net new users. Blackbird is a great example. Story. Earnifi. Lens & Farcaster. Apps on.
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Our partnership w/ Stability AI represents the next era of blockchain's application to AI. 1st phase: Crypto decentralizes *existing* parts of AI stack (compute, inference, etc). Next phase: Crypto contributes *entirely new* layers of services to AI companies. Just the start!.
Announcing our collaboration with @StabilityAI. Leveraging Stability AI's models, Story is tackling the most pressing challenges that we face in the era of AI. IP is the intersection where blockchains and AI collide. Welcome to the intelligence economy.
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My Christmas wish list:. Top builders that can bring this list of IP product ideas to life in 2025. 👇
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Lots of people are asking how to get started with Story. Releasing a quick guide soon!. New Year’s resolution: Study ꧁IP꧂.
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16 years ago on this day, Bitcoin decentralized money in response to the crisis on Wall Street. In 2025, Story will decentralize IP in response to the crisis in AI: AI's Napster Moment.
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You can talk to our whitepaper now. Agent will be released on @ai16zdao discord before the whitepaper itself is released. Agents eat first.
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@StoryProtocol ꧁IP꧂ is inevitable. Just the beginning for Story and the community. Stay tuned!.
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