Can Corporations Be Replaced? Yes, With AI and Blockchain, Says Illia Polosukhin

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In 2023, Illia Polosukhin stood at NearCon and pitched the idea of an AI CEO. At the time, it sounded like a thought experiment. Now NEAR is building it. In this clip from Uneasy Money, Illia, Kain Warwick, and Taylor Monahan dig into why corporations bundle people in the first place — and why that bundling breaks down once AI can do credit assignment. The conversation moves from Illia's NEAR AI marketplace (already handling insurance claims and background checks) to IronClaw, NEAR's internal multi-tenant agent system that tracks commitments and surfaces the decisions nobody made. The thesis: AI is the accelerator, blockchain is the coordinator, and markets — not management hierarchies — are where this is all heading. Hosts: Kain Warwick @kaiynne, Taylor Monahan @tayvano_, Luca Prosperi @LucaProsperi Guest: Illia Polosukhin @ilblackdragon, Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol This clip is from a longer conversation on AI, privacy, and the post-AGI economy. Full episode here: https://youtube.com/live/60gHRR9Urt8 We go live every Wednesday at 4pm ET — subscribe to catch it live. Thank you to our sponsor! Multichain Advisors: Get help navigating TGEs, go‑to‑market, BD and partnerships, capital markets advisory, PR, media placements, KOL activations and more at https://multichainadv.com CHAPTERS 🌐 00:00 How do you build an organization in a 100x AI world? 💡 00:53 Illia: corporations exist because credit assignment was unsolvable 🤖 02:38 The NEAR AI marketplace: bid, build, verify, pay 🗂️ 06:40 IronClaw: shared memory, commitments, and unfiled decisions 🧠 10:27 Illia pitched an AI CEO at NearCon 2023 — what that actually means 📐 11:47 Credit assignment as the universal problem: orgs, AI training, DAOs 📊 13:08 Communist bonuses and why markets fix what management cannot _______________________________________________________ #bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subscribe to our channel! Website → https://unchainedcrypto.com Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe/ Unchained X → https://x.com/unchained_pod Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757 Unchained: Your no-hype resource for all things crypto!