The Index Podcast

The Index Podcast

What's indexing this week in crypto, blockchain, and open-source AI? On The Index, host and entrepreneur Alex Kehaya talks with founders, developers, and investors shaping the future of web3.

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Iconic: What Happens to Culture When AI Does the Thinking for Us?

November 10, 2026

Iconic: What Happens to Culture When AI Does the Thinking for Us?

Chris Cummings still makes his design team sketch by hand. The founder and CEO of Iconic says creativity is a muscle, and that we need to keep using it in the age of AI.In this episode of The Index Podcast, Chris talks about growing up b...

Watch.fun: Is Gamified Shopping the Next Evolution of E-Commerce?

November 10, 2026

Watch.fun: Is Gamified Shopping the Next Evolution of E-Commerce?

James Au used to raffle off his own Rolex collection on Reddit. Now he runs Watch.fun, a Solana platform that brings luxury watches on chain, and says shopping has gotten so normal it is almost boring.In this episode of The Index Podcast, t...

Thaler Finance: Can DeFi Finally Be Safe and Simple Enough for Normies?

November 9, 2026

Thaler Finance: Can DeFi Finally Be Safe and Simple Enough for Normies?

Most DeFi users are passengers on a shared bus. Alexander Grey, founder of Thaler Finance, wants to give each user their own exclusive limousine through DeFi.In this episode of The Index Podcast, Alexander explains how Thaler Finance gi...

Agentic AI Foundation: Will AI Be Open Like the Internet or Closed Like Social Media?

November 9, 2026

Agentic AI Foundation: Will AI Be Open Like the Internet or Closed Like Social Media?

"I believe that AI and intelligence is a human right." Manik Surtani, CTO and co-founder of the Agentic AI Foundation, says the biggest risk in AI is a closed system, and that it has to be open for everyone to benefit.In this episode of The...

Spout Finance: What Are You Really Trusting When You Hold a Tokenized Stock?

November 6, 2026

Spout Finance: What Are You Really Trusting When You Hold a Tokenized Stock?

Most tokenized stocks are wrappers, which means there are more parties in the chain than most people realize. Marc Ryan, co-founder and CEO of Spout Finance, breaks down what you are really trusting when a stock goes on chain.In this ep...

Untangle: Can One Founder and AI Agents Disrupt Divorce Law?

November 6, 2026

Untangle: Can One Founder and AI Agents Disrupt Divorce Law?

Ryan Carson taught a million people to code at Treehouse. Now he runs Untangle almost entirely on his own, with a fleet of AI agents, and says all technology is about to be worth almost zero.In this episode of The Index Podcast, the fou...

November 5, 2026

Stanify: Why Do 97% of Brand Comments Go Unanswered?

97% of comments on business pages never get a reply. Hank Leber, co-founder of Stanify, says that is the biggest missed opportunity in social media, and he built an AI to fix it.In this episode of The Index Podcast, Hank explains how St...

Context.dev: How Angry Emails Built a 400-Customer AI Startup

November 5, 2026

Context.dev: How Angry Emails Built a 400-Customer AI Startup

Yahia Bakour kept getting angry emails from big companies about bad data quality. Instead of panicking, he treated them as a signal, killed his other projects, and went all in on one product.In this episode of The Index Podcast, the fou...

Is Identity the Internet's Biggest Unsolved Problem? - Fidelity Labs

November 4, 2026

Is Identity the Internet's Biggest Unsolved Problem? - Fidelity Labs

Evan Schnidman, head of Fidelity Labs, believes the hardest problem in technology today isn't intelligence, it's identity. In this episode of The Index Podcast, Evan explains why verifying who or what you're transacting with is the key to unloc...

Clean Coders: Is Uncle Bob Right That Buying Software Is Dead?

November 4, 2026

Clean Coders: Is Uncle Bob Right That Buying Software Is Dead?

Robert C. Martin, better known as Uncle Bob, wrote Clean Code. Now he says the days of buying software products are waning, and he built a word processor in 20 minutes to prove it.In this episode of The Index Podcast, the creator of Swa...

Is Quantum Computing About to Save Crypto, Not Kill It? - Franklin Crypto

November 3, 2026

Is Quantum Computing About to Save Crypto, Not Kill It? - Franklin Crypto

Chris Perkins, head of Franklin Crypto at Franklin Templeton, thinks the quantum computing threat to crypto is actually its biggest tailwind. In this episode of The Index Podcast, Chris explains why the race to build post quantum cryptography c...

Horizons Law: Who's Legally Liable When a $100M Wallet Hack Happens?

November 3, 2026

Horizons Law: Who's Legally Liable When a $100M Wallet Hack Happens?

Chris Perkins, head of Franklin Crypto at Franklin Templeton, thinks the quantum computing threat to crypto is actually its biggest tailwind. In this episode of The Index Podcast, Chris explains why the race to build post quantum cryptography c...

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