Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Erik Voorhees tells Kain Warwick and Taylor Monahan he isn't a nationalist and doesn't think America deserves to win the AI race just for closing markets or surveilling its own users.
The conversation turns to Bitcoin as proof that opting out of a broken system has never required anyone's permission, then to the economics of running AI models at home, including why Kain's own $20,000 Mac Studio never paid itself back.
Hosts:
👉 Kain Warwick - Host of Uneasy Money and Founder of Infinex and Synthetix - https://x.com/kain
👉 Taylor Monahan - Co-host of Uneasy Money and Security Expert - https://x.com/tayvano_
Guest:
👉 Erik Voorhees - Founder and CEO of Venice AI - https://x.com/erikvoorhees
This clip is from a longer conversation on AI, geopolitics, and decentralization. Full episode here: youtu.be/TcyP_VfAqBE
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Chapters
🌏 00:00 Taylor asks how Erik squares AI's geopolitical fear of China
🎗️ 00:33 Erik says he isn't a nationalist, he cares about principles over flags
🚫 01:14 Why Erik says America doesn't deserve to win by closing markets or surveilling users
🔓 04:32 Zero faith in politics: why Bitcoin proved opting out needs no one's permission
🧪 05:24 Inference is decentralizing, but decentralized training is still TBD
💸 07:31 Why running AI models locally was never about saving money
💻 08:08 Kain's $20,000 Mac Studio and a payback curve that keeps getting worse
🖥️ 10:14 Why Erik says the average person will never out-run server-side inference
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Erik Voorhees tells Kain Warwick and Taylor Monahan he isn't a nationalist and doesn't think America deserves to win the AI race just for closing markets or surveilling its own users.
The conversation turns to Bitcoin as proof that opting out of a broken system has never required anyone's permission, then to the economics of running AI models at home, including why Kain's own $20,000 Mac Studio never paid itself back.
Hosts:
👉 Kain Warwick - Host of Uneasy Money and Founder of Infinex and Synthetix - https://x.com/kain
👉 Taylor Monahan - Co-host of Uneasy Money and Security Expert - https://x.com/tayvano_
Guest:
👉 Erik Voorhees - Founder and CEO of Venice AI - https://x.com/erikvoorhees
This clip is from a longer conversation on AI, geopolitics, and decentralization. Full episode here: youtu.be/TcyP_VfAqBE
We go live every Wednesday at 4pm ET. Subscribe to catch it live.
Sponsor
👉 Visit 1inch to swap tokenized securities, crypto and more. Simple. Secure. Self-custodial. Whatever asset you’re buying - swap it at unchainedcrypto.com/go/1inch-yt
Chapters
🌏 00:00 Taylor asks how Erik squares AI's geopolitical fear of China
🎗️ 00:33 Erik says he isn't a nationalist, he cares about principles over flags
🚫 01:14 Why Erik says America doesn't deserve to win by closing markets or surveilling users
🔓 04:32 Zero faith in politics: why Bitcoin proved opting out needs no one's permission
🧪 05:24 Inference is decentralizing, but decentralized training is still TBD
💸 07:31 Why running AI models locally was never about saving money
💻 08:08 Kain's $20,000 Mac Studio and a payback curve that keeps getting worse
🖥️ 10:14 Why Erik says the average person will never out-run server-side inference
_______________________________________________________
#bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies
_______________________________________________________
Subscribe to our channel!
Website → unchainedcrypto.com
Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Unchained X → https://x.com/unchained_pod
Apple → podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1
Spotify → open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w
RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757
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