Erica Kang and Illia Polosukhin on AI, Crypto, and Building in San Francisco

Erica Kang and Illia Polosukhin spent years circling the same corners of crypto before they ever properly met. Erica is the founder of Kryptoplanet and the host behind some of the industry's

Erica Kang and Illia Polosukhin spent years circling the same corners of crypto before they ever properly met. Erica is the founder of Kryptoplanet and the host behind some of the industry's best-known builder events, including BUIDL Asia, ETH Seoul, and BUIDL Europe, and a general partner at BlackDragon Capital. Illia co-authored the 2017 "Attention Is All You Need" paper behind modern AI and went on to co-found NEAR, where he's now building NEAR AI and NEAR Intents. Dayana Aleksandrova sat dow