Niraj Pant is Co-Founder of Ritual, the decentralized execution layer for AI. Prior to founding Ritual, Niraj spent six years as a General Partner at Polychain, leading investment rounds in startups like Offchain Labs, EigenLayer, and Compound. He began his career as a cryptography researcher in the Decentralized Systems Lab at UIUC. In this conversation, we discuss: - The relationship between crypto and AI - The future of AI and crypto - Building autonomous worlds and games - Applying ML to DeFi - Smart Agents - Building decentralized AI infrastructure - Story Protocol - Exciting developers - AI-based DApps - GPU as a service Ritual Website: ritual.net X: @ritualnet Discord: discord.ritual.net Niraj Pant X: @niraj LinkedIn: Niraj Pant     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------   This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.   PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance.  Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.     PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast.  After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.   Code: CRYPTONEWS50   This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:   PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50