Jacob Steeves, Founder of Bittensor at Oxford University
Jacob Steeves, co-founder of Bittensor, will explore the philosophical foundations of the protocol and why decentralized AI matters in a world where intelligence tends to centralize power. Drawing on lessons from Bitcoin, he will show how mining primitives can evolve into a general coordination mechanism for valuable work, and why open, permissionless incentives can outperform traditional organizational models.
He will highlight how Bittensor is advancing cutting-edge research, and conclude with a practical guide on how students and new contributors can get involved in building the future of open intelligence.
📍 Tony Hoare Room, Robert Hooke Building, Department of Computer Science, Oxford
📅 Tuesday, 28th April
🕕 5:00 – 6:30 pm
🎁 Bonus Opportunities:
By joining this event, you will be entered into a ballot for a fully funded trip to the WebX Conference in Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
Bittensor leverages market incentives to build a decentralized AI network, ensuring that both the power and ownership of intelligence are shared broadly rather than centralized.
It extends Bitcoin-style mining to convert energy into intelligence and digital value, supporting 128+ teams working across areas like distributed computing, machine learning, and real-world AI applications.
Recent highlights:
🚀 chutes.ai serves 1T+ tokens/month on TEE-enabled machines
🧠 tplr.ai trained a 72B decentralized model using SparseLoCo
https://x.com/tplr_ai/status/2014075166238621982⚡ Grail AI demonstrated decentralized RL at competitive speeds
https://x.com/grail_ai/status/2021608045705310406