Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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David Dao and Sharfy Adamantine are the co-founders of GainForest. In conversation with Matthew Monahan.

Gainforest: https://gainforest.earth/
XPRIZE Rainforest: xprize.org/prizes/rainforest
Taina AI Bot: telegram.me/tainagainforestbot

TOPICS
00:00 Introduction
00:52 The Origin Story of GainForest
06:11 Current Initiatives
16:09 Zero-Knowledge Systems
20:19 Funding Flows and Model
41:48 Retro Funding and Impact Evaluation
49:23 Perceptions About Web3 and AI
54:13 Structuring as a Nonprofit
01:04:03 XPRIZE Winner
01:11:55 Closing Thoughts

EPISODE RESOURCES
Gitcoin: gitcoin.co
Ma Earth Grants Round: maearth.com/grants
Bees and Trees Uganda: beesandtreesug.org
SORALO: soralo.org
Hypercerts: hypercerts.org
Devonian: devonian.ai

MA EARTH
maearth.com

THE REGENERATION WILL BE FUNDED
Ma Earth Studio: maearth.com/studio
YouTube: youtube.com/@maearthstudio

SOCIAL
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/maearth
Twitter: twitter.com/maearthstudio
Instagram: instagram.com/maearthstudio

PODCAST
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0Fkf8ZqPx5RRkeXTbuojCJ
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regeneration-will-be-funded/id1706728107