Samani: Crypto projects focused on distributed AI training will not work
Kyle Samani · All-In's Best Ideas Pitch Competition: 4 Investors Present Their Top Trades Live · Jun 12, 2026 · at 54:13
Kyle Samani shares his perspective on distributed compute crypto projects during panel questioning by Chamath Palihapitiya.
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“The distributed training stuff, there's a whole bunch of people trying it. I, I'm pretty skeptical. I don't think any of it's going to work.”
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