Archive - The Web3 + AI Newsletter

The Web3 + AI Daily: On dAI for Sustainable Development, AI ROI, and More

FLock.io advancing UNDP partnership, AI wasting more money than it’s worth, and Emily M. Bender warning against AI anthropomorphizing.

19 hrs ago • Albena Kostova-Nikolova

The Web3 + AI Daily: On Arthur Hayes's Flop Labs

Arthur Hayes to let agents autonomously access and pay for compute.

Sep 16 • Albena Kostova-Nikolova

The Web3 + AI Daily: On AI Code of Conduct and Agentic Payments

Microsoft asks for feedback on AI Code of Conduct, while I invite you to discuss agentic payment in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Sep 15 • Albena Kostova-Nikolova

The Web3 + AI Daily: On AI Slowdown and Cartelization

Everyone is talking about the frontier labs "agreeing to pace AI development", but, in reality, they did no such thing.

Sep 14 • Albena Kostova-Nikolova

The Web3 + AI Daily: On AI Doomerism and the Value of Open Source

Is AI really going to kill us all, and why does open science matter?

Sep 11 • Albena Kostova-Nikolova

The Web3 + AI Daily: On AI and Science

Who solved the Navier-Stokes problem and what role did AI play?

Sep 9 • Albena Kostova-Nikolova

The Web3 + AI Funding Bulletin | August 2026

A summary of the most Web3 + AI funding rounds over the month of August.

Sep 1 • Albena Kostova-Nikolova

August 2026

The Web3 + AI Daily: On Crypto-Financed AI Infrastructure

AI compute is emerging as a credit market in its own right, creating new opportunities for innovation.

Aug 31 • Albena Kostova-Nikolova

The Web3 + AI Daily: Strategic Alliances | Part II

Crypto AI Benchmark Alliance (CAIBA) and Decentralized AI Agent Alliance (DAIAA).

Aug 25 • Albena Kostova-Nikolova

The Web3 + AI Daily: On Agentic Travel Payments, and Microsoft's Soft Power

Travala, AWS, and Coinbase enabling autonomous agents to book and pay for your trips, and Microsoft launching an AI-focused magazine.

Aug 24 • Albena Kostova-Nikolova

The Web3 + AI Daily: Strategic Alliances

Part I of the alliances and industry groups emerged at the intersection of blockchain and AI.

Aug 21 • Albena Kostova-Nikolova

The Web3 + AI Daily: On Agentic Payments Alliance, and the Future of AI

Visa, Mastercard, Rain, Solana, and more launch Agentic Payments Alliance.

Aug 19 • Albena Kostova-Nikolova

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