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Listen on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms. Zach gives an overview of what Yembo is [02:32] How did Zach get into the tech world? [05:04] Zach talks about his previous job at Qualcomm [07:51] Zach shares how he got started in the startup scene [09:20] How did the startup community help Zach in starting a business [11:57] Zach gives a background on how Yembo started and how he ended up from working on signal bars to moving industry AI [13:15] Zach shares how long it took to start Yembo and the challenges they faced along the way [16:48] Zach talks about some of the real values of the Yembo AI, getting clients, and getting feedback from customers [19:54] Zach shares the story behind the giant screen from their trade shows [25:16] Where is Yembo today? [27:41] Zach talks about the current product usage of Yembo [28:43] Zach shares the evolution of tools for AI he's been seeing today [31:16] Zach shares his favorite taco spot, Stars & Stripes [33:16] Follow Zach LinkedIn Yembo Website | LinkedIn Check out our Tacos and Tech Tacos Database to learn where our local SD entrepreneurs and leaders satisfy their taco crave!
A brief recap of AWE, the surprise reveal of the Quest 3, and the upcoming launch of the Apple Reality One are the topics this week, followed by on-site interviews from AWE in Santa Clara with Unity CEO John Riccitiello and Hugo Swart, VP and GM of Qualcomm.Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Max Emma came to the United States from the former Soviet Union with his family over 30 years ago. His first job was busing the tables at a local restaurant while learning English. Then, after graduating with honors with a degree in finance, Max worked in the corporate finance department of Qualcomm. Four years later, Max joined the family construction business, growing it from 3 to 96 employees. Years later, together with his co-founder Max came back to his roots and founded BooXkeeping, a company providing bookkeeping solutions nationwide to the franchisees of over 80 franchise brands. With the hashtag #coolbeancounters, BooXkeeping now is offering its own bookkeeping franchises to entrepreneurs from coast to coast. In his free time, Max likes to travel, spend time with his kids and friends or enjoy an occasional cigar with a single malt. -- Critical Mass Business Talk Show is Orange County, CA's longest-running business talk show, focused on offering value and insight to middle-market business leaders in the OC and beyond. Hosted by Ric Franzi, business partner at Renaissance Executive Forums Orange County. Learn more about Ric at www.ricfranzi.com. Catch up on past Critical Mass Business Talk Show interviews... YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gHKT2gmF LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/g2PzRhjQ Podbean: https://lnkd.in/eWpNVRi Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gRd_863w Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gruexU6m #orangecountyca #mastermind #ceopeergroups #peergroups #peerlearning
We met some fantastic investors on the Equity Mates US Tour, and Dominick D'Angelo was no exception. Dominick is a research analyst at O'Keefe Stevens Advisory and an adjunct professor at Nazareth College, where he teaches Introduction to Investments and Investment Analysis.We discussed:What ties Nvidia, Qualcomm, Bank of Ireland, Amgen, and Corning togetherAdvice for students who want to work in the industry The biggest lessons Dominick learned from the 2022 correctionHis big predictions around Tesla and BitcoinThe areas of the market capturing his curiosityLinks and resources:@OSA_Rochester https://twitter.com/OSA_RochesterJoel Greenblatt Lecture Notes: https://archive.org/stream/JoelGreenblattClassNotesOnSpecialSituationInvesting/Joel-Greenblatt-Class%20notes%20on%20Special%20situation%20investing_djvu.txtAswath Damodaran: https://www.youtube.com/@AswathDamodaranonValuationLL Flooring: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4587904-ll-flooring-poor-business-model-unattractive*****Have you just started investing? Listen to Get Started Investing – Equity Mates series that breaks down all the fundamentals you need to feel confident to start your journey.Want more Equity Mates? Come to our website and subscribe to Equity Mates Investing Podcast, social media channels, Thought Starters mailing list and more at or check out our Youtube channel.*****In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Equity Mates Investing Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. *****Equity Mates Investing Podcast is a product of Equity Mates Media. This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.Equity Mates is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Roy Silverstein is the owner and chief engineer at Rarefied Recording in San Diego, CA. Originally from the Chicago area, Roy started his audio journey as a teenager, playing in basement bands and experimenting with 4 tracks. He quickly became obsessed with record making and the technical aspects of audio. This led him to the University of Miami where he studied Electrical Engineering with an audio emphasis; a special program that combined a full B.S.E.E. with a focus on audio applications. After college, Roy joined the Audio Systems team at Qualcomm, Inc. in San Diego and also started a home recording project studio called The Habitat. While working on technical audio challenges for Qualcomm by day, Roy spent his nights and weekends refining his recording and mixing skills for both bands of his own and others. In time, the confines and limitations of the home studio became frustrating so Roy bought a property and began the process of building out a proper recording studio. With the help of studio designer Wes Lachot and in conjunction with master builder, Tony Brett, and wiring guru, Thom Canova, Rarefied Recording was born in June of 2013. News of the studio spread very organically in the music community of San Diego and after a couple years, Roy went full time with Rarefied and hasn't looked back. Over the course of nearly 10 years now, Rarefied has been home to a wide assortment of artists and engineers spanning a multitude of genres and styles. Notable acts that have utilized the studio include San Diego's own Slightly Stoopid and Unwritten Law. Rarefied has also hosted some amazing engineers including Darrell Thorp (Foo Fighters, Beck, Radiohead) and Brian Scheuble (Fiona Apple, Tom Petty, Elton John). IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: Why it's important to understand electronics and know how to troubleshoot Designing audio chips for cell phones Breaking the golden handcuffs of a comfy day job and transitioning into working in audio full time Learning the business side of running a studio Keeping track of your metrics Marketing your studio Creating depth in your mixes The dangers of using reverb How to dial in the right reverb times Why you should EQ reverbs Identifying the main element at every part of the song Using automation to make your mixes sound exciting Using parallel processing on your entire mix Shaping your mix with a Pultec To learn more about Roy Silverstein, visit: https://rarefiedrecording.com/ To learn more tips on how to improve your mixes, visit https://masteryourmix.com/ Download your FREE copy of the Ultimate Mixing Blueprint: https://masteryourmix.com/blueprint/ Get your copy of the #1 Amazon bestselling book, The Mixing Mindset – The Step-By-Step Formula For Creating Professional Rock Mixes From Your Home Studio: https://masteryourmix.com/mixingmindsetbook/ Join the FREE MasterYourMix Facebook community: https://links.masteryourmix.com/community To make sure that you don't miss an episode, make sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or on Android. Have your questions answered on the show. Send them to questions@masteryourmix.com Thanks for listening! Please leave a rating and review on iTunes!
Ken Greene interviews Max Emma, the founder of BooXkeeping, who shares his journey starting a successful bookkeeping company catering to entrepreneurs and small businesses. He emphasizes the importance of accurate bookkeeping in understanding a business's financial health and offers monthly financial statements, educational webinars, and software recommendations to clients. Max also highlights the importance of bringing a "cool" culture to the bookkeeping industry and expanding through franchising. Who's the Guest? Max Emma is the CEO of BooXkeeping Corporation and BooXkeeping Franchise, Inc., and he's responsible for everything that happens with them today: He projects confidence; he provides stability; he lets employees make their own mistakes; he strategizes; he creates a safety net and he makes decisions. Before launching BooXkeeping Corp., he was with Qualcomm and Purple Sun House. Links and Resources from this Episode DISCLAIMER For resources and additional information of this episode go to http://engineeroffinance.com Connect with Ken Greene http://engineeroffinance.com Office 775-624-8839 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-greene https://business.facebook.com/GreeneFinance Connect with Max Emma https://www.booxkeepingfranchise.com/ max@booxkeeping.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxemma Book a meeting with Ken If you liked what you've heard and would like a one-on-one meeting with the Engineer Of Finance click here Episode Highlights Max shares his background, coming from Russia to the United States, eventually settling in San Diego and attending San Diego State for a finance degree His experiences during the economic collapse in Russia and how people found ways to make money and survive How he learned English by calling American Express and other credit card companies, asking questions and interacting with them as a free practice His journey of growing a landscaping business, experiencing the impact of the recession, and eventually starting his own bookkeeping business The importance of bookkeeping in showing how money was spent and moved, as well as for forecasting and showing the future in certain ways Identifying the need for a better bookkeeping solution The benefits of using BooXkeeping's services remotely during COVID and how it saves companies money by offering a more efficient bookkeeping service compared to in-house accounting departments The goal is to have 15 more BooXkeeping franchises by the end of the year and help them find success by providing marketing, technology, and staff support The vetting process of potential franchisees focuses on whether they match culturally with the existing team and if they have interests outside of work, while financial and bookkeeping experience is not essential Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the latest episodes. Subscribe with Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Subscribe with Stitcher Subscribe with RSS
Build 2023 key(note) takeaways, Neeva shutting down, Leo updates to Moment 3 Microsoft Build 2023 Microsoft's keynotes are a combination of marketing and developer talk and that stands in sharp contrast to how Google and Apple handle their developer shows. It's good and bad, but Microsoft's keynotes must be mostly boring and/or pointless to mainstream users. Microsoft announces Windows Co-pilot, with yet another Taskbar button and a new sidebar Dev Home is a dashboard for developers with ReFS and winget configuration Qualcomm makes its case for local and hybrid AI AI is coming to the Microsoft Store Microsoft also talked up Moment 3 Microsoft Edge gets a major UI revamp, a business experience, and more Avatars are coming to Teams this week Microsoft 365 Co-pilot is getting plug-in support Bing becomes the default search engine for ChatGPT Microsoft's tsunami of AI for customers and developers ChatGPT comes to the iPhone Neeva shuts down its paid search service to focus on AI Chris Cap is unfairly raked over the coals for his comments to employees about getting raises Xbox China is the "37th country" to OK Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard Microsoft snags a legal victory in ridiculous "gamers' lawsuit" Microsoft brings its first PC games to NVIDIA GeForce Now Sony sold 600,000 PSVR2 headsets in 6 weeks somehow Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Grateful Geek App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Beta RunAs Radio this week: Incident Response Readiness with Paula Januszkiewicz Brown liquor pick of the week: Woodinville Straight Rye Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: lookout.com Miro.com/podcast
In der heutigen Folge „Alles auf Aktien“ sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Lena Zimmermann und Laurin Meyer über eingeschränkte Sicht bei Zoom, einen großen Apple-Deal und keine schlechten Nachrichten bei Uniper. Außerdem geht es um Broadcom, Qualcomm, Meta, Shutterstock, Julius Bär, Shell, Carlsberg, Metro, Bonduelle, Procter & Gamble, Danieli, Xiaomi, Mondi, E.on, ENBW, Meyer Burger, JinkoSolar, Longi Silicon Materials, TrinaSolar, Maxeon Solar Technologies, Enphase Energy, First Solar und SMA Solar Technology. Wir freuen uns über Feedback an aaa@welt.de. Disclaimer: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlage-Empfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren und der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen. Für alle, die noch mehr wissen wollen: Holger Zschäpitz können Sie jede Woche im Finanz- und Wirtschaftspodcast "Deffner&Zschäpitz" hören. Impressum: https://www.welt.de/services/article7893735/Impressum.html Datenschutz: https://www.welt.de/services/article157550705/Datenschutzerklaerung-WELT-DIGITAL.html
Build 2023 key(note) takeaways, Neeva shutting down, Leo updates to Moment 3 Microsoft Build 2023 Microsoft's keynotes are a combination of marketing and developer talk and that stands in sharp contrast to how Google and Apple handle their developer shows. It's good and bad, but Microsoft's keynotes must be mostly boring and/or pointless to mainstream users. Microsoft announces Windows Co-pilot, with yet another Taskbar button and a new sidebar Dev Home is a dashboard for developers with ReFS and winget configuration Qualcomm makes its case for local and hybrid AI AI is coming to the Microsoft Store Microsoft also talked up Moment 3 Microsoft Edge gets a major UI revamp, a business experience, and more Avatars are coming to Teams this week Microsoft 365 Co-pilot is getting plug-in support Bing becomes the default search engine for ChatGPT Microsoft's tsunami of AI for customers and developers ChatGPT comes to the iPhone Neeva shuts down its paid search service to focus on AI Chris Cap is unfairly raked over the coals for his comments to employees about getting raises Xbox China is the "37th country" to OK Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard Microsoft snags a legal victory in ridiculous "gamers' lawsuit" Microsoft brings its first PC games to NVIDIA GeForce Now Sony sold 600,000 PSVR2 headsets in 6 weeks somehow Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Grateful Geek App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Beta RunAs Radio this week: Incident Response Readiness with Paula Januszkiewicz Brown liquor pick of the week: Woodinville Straight Rye Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: lookout.com Miro.com/podcast
Build 2023 key(note) takeaways, Neeva shutting down, Leo updates to Moment 3 Microsoft Build 2023 Microsoft's keynotes are a combination of marketing and developer talk and that stands in sharp contrast to how Google and Apple handle their developer shows. It's good and bad, but Microsoft's keynotes must be mostly boring and/or pointless to mainstream users. Microsoft announces Windows Co-pilot, with yet another Taskbar button and a new sidebar Dev Home is a dashboard for developers with ReFS and winget configuration Qualcomm makes its case for local and hybrid AI AI is coming to the Microsoft Store Microsoft also talked up Moment 3 Microsoft Edge gets a major UI revamp, a business experience, and more Avatars are coming to Teams this week Microsoft 365 Co-pilot is getting plug-in support Bing becomes the default search engine for ChatGPT Microsoft's tsunami of AI for customers and developers ChatGPT comes to the iPhone Neeva shuts down its paid search service to focus on AI Chris Cap is unfairly raked over the coals for his comments to employees about getting raises Xbox China is the "37th country" to OK Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard Microsoft snags a legal victory in ridiculous "gamers' lawsuit" Microsoft brings its first PC games to NVIDIA GeForce Now Sony sold 600,000 PSVR2 headsets in 6 weeks somehow Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Grateful Geek App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Beta RunAs Radio this week: Incident Response Readiness with Paula Januszkiewicz Brown liquor pick of the week: Woodinville Straight Rye Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: lookout.com Miro.com/podcast
Build 2023 key(note) takeaways, Neeva shutting down, Leo updates to Moment 3 Microsoft Build 2023 Microsoft's keynotes are a combination of marketing and developer talk and that stands in sharp contrast to how Google and Apple handle their developer shows. It's good and bad, but Microsoft's keynotes must be mostly boring and/or pointless to mainstream users. Microsoft announces Windows Co-pilot, with yet another Taskbar button and a new sidebar Dev Home is a dashboard for developers with ReFS and winget configuration Qualcomm makes its case for local and hybrid AI AI is coming to the Microsoft Store Microsoft also talked up Moment 3 Microsoft Edge gets a major UI revamp, a business experience, and more Avatars are coming to Teams this week Microsoft 365 Co-pilot is getting plug-in support Bing becomes the default search engine for ChatGPT Microsoft's tsunami of AI for customers and developers ChatGPT comes to the iPhone Neeva shuts down its paid search service to focus on AI Chris Cap is unfairly raked over the coals for his comments to employees about getting raises Xbox China is the "37th country" to OK Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard Microsoft snags a legal victory in ridiculous "gamers' lawsuit" Microsoft brings its first PC games to NVIDIA GeForce Now Sony sold 600,000 PSVR2 headsets in 6 weeks somehow Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Grateful Geek App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Beta RunAs Radio this week: Incident Response Readiness with Paula Januszkiewicz Brown liquor pick of the week: Woodinville Straight Rye Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: lookout.com Miro.com/podcast
Build 2023 key(note) takeaways, Neeva shutting down, Leo updates to Moment 3 Microsoft Build 2023 Microsoft's keynotes are a combination of marketing and developer talk and that stands in sharp contrast to how Google and Apple handle their developer shows. It's good and bad, but Microsoft's keynotes must be mostly boring and/or pointless to mainstream users. Microsoft announces Windows Co-pilot, with yet another Taskbar button and a new sidebar Dev Home is a dashboard for developers with ReFS and winget configuration Qualcomm makes its case for local and hybrid AI AI is coming to the Microsoft Store Microsoft also talked up Moment 3 Microsoft Edge gets a major UI revamp, a business experience, and more Avatars are coming to Teams this week Microsoft 365 Co-pilot is getting plug-in support Bing becomes the default search engine for ChatGPT Microsoft's tsunami of AI for customers and developers ChatGPT comes to the iPhone Neeva shuts down its paid search service to focus on AI Chris Cap is unfairly raked over the coals for his comments to employees about getting raises Xbox China is the "37th country" to OK Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard Microsoft snags a legal victory in ridiculous "gamers' lawsuit" Microsoft brings its first PC games to NVIDIA GeForce Now Sony sold 600,000 PSVR2 headsets in 6 weeks somehow Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Grateful Geek App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Beta RunAs Radio this week: Incident Response Readiness with Paula Januszkiewicz Brown liquor pick of the week: Woodinville Straight Rye Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: lookout.com Miro.com/podcast
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Our guest this week is Austin Federa. Austin is head of strategy and communications at Solana Foundation, responsible for setting the direction of the Solana Foundation and working with projects and developers building in the Solana ecosystem. Austin discusses Solana's pragmatic engineering culture and the need for developers to focus on building things that are truly only possible on Solana. He also highlights the Foundation's role in supporting infrastructure-level initiatives and turning R&D into stable, standardized solutions. Finally, he stresses the importance for founders to focus on revenue and business models during the bear market and to build outside of the United States. Show Notes:0:55 - Starting with Solana6:42 - Pragmatism at Solana11:15 - Labs vs. Foundation17:36 - Exciting new things at Solana21:52 - Things Austin is personally excited about 26:19 - Contributing to Solana31:47 - Who is a builder you admire in the Solana ecosystem? Full Transcript:Brian Friel (00:00):Hey everyone, and welcome to the Zeitgeist, the show. We highlight the founders, developers, and designers who are pushing the Web3 space forward. I'm Brian Friel, developer relations at Phantom, and I'm super excited to introduce our guest, Austin Federa, the head of strategy and communications at the Solana Foundation. Austin, welcome to the show. Austin Federa (00:25):Hey, thanks for having me. Brian Friel (00:26):I'm super excited to talk to you today. As I was saying just before recording, I think this is the first time I'm recording someone who's actually a podcast pro, so I have a lot to learn from you. Thank you for making time. Austin, before we get into everything about Solana today, I'd love to just learn a little bit about you, how you got started at Solana. And I remember when I first joined Solana, you were the head of communications, and I think at the time there wasn't a clear split between labs and foundation. Since then, a lot has changed and maybe you could go in a little bit of that of how your role has evolved as well. Austin Federa (00:56):Yeah, definitely. So I originally joined in January of '21 out of Bison Trails. So Bison Trails was getting acquired by Coinbase to become Coinbase Cloud. I'd worked there for a little over a year running a bunch of the product marketing there and those sorts of things. And just with the transition over to Coinbase, it was like, oh, you don't want to go work for Coinbase, do you? And I was like, no, probably not. And so it was one of those things where it was somewhere in between one of the people who didn't make the cut and one of the people who they were like, you're just not going to be successful here. And I was like, that's a fairly accurate read. I got tons of great friends who are still working at Coinbase, but for me it just wasn't really the right spot. So I was talking to a bunch of L1s and L2s about coming over. (01:41):And so, one of the big things we'd done at Bison Trails is we had built out almost all of the world's Eth2 staking infrastructure. And I mean almost all the world's Bison Trails infrastructure ran solidly over 50% of the Eth2 network when the Beacon Chain launched, and still at that point in January of '21. Now this didn't matter from a decentralization standpoint because the Beacon Chain wasn't actually a thing. It was just a place you could stake. There wasn't actually user transactions or anything of value on it besides some Eth. But I was pretty heavily in the EVM world at that point. And so I was going around and talking to a bunch of different protocols. I was talking to a bunch of L2s and scaling solutions and these sorts of things, and I was talking to Polkadot as well and some of those type of other L1s. (02:25):And a friend of mine who I worked with back at Republic years ago, Ben Sparango was like, "Hey, what are you up to?" And I was like, "Ah, I'm kind of between stuff right now. I'm interviewing a bunch of places. I don't really feel super passionate about it. I was like, maybe I should leave crypto. I kind of like this industry a lot, but I don't know. We'll see." And he is like, "You should talk to Raj and Toly." I was like, "Of Solana?" He goes, "Yeah, yeah, I joined Solana a few months ago. It's great. You should come talk to us." And I was like, "I don't know, man. I worked with 20 different protocols when I was at Bison Trails and none of them were Solana. Solana was the weird thing that was hard to run and no one understood how to build software for it, but we supported it at Bison Trails because there was people who were trying to run infrastructure for it. (03:04):And he is like, "No, just come and talk to them." And we just finished up this big project with Masari, which was the state of Eth2 was basically the report that we just helped them write and put out. And I had a lot of questions and I thought the questions were just things that I was getting wrong. I thought it was me who was not understanding the model under which Eth2 was going to work. This is back at the time when you're going to have Parallax, execution shards on the network and all this sorts of thing. And I was like, I don't understand how DeFi is going to work here. The minute you break what now we call the global state, but the minute you start moving data into segregated places, that means the data has to be moved before it can interact. (03:45):And if there's one thing we all know about computer science, it's that copying is expensive and takes a lot of time. And so I got on the call with Anatoly, and I was just talking about Eth2 stuff and asking him some questions about what he thought about this stuff. And he's like, "Oh yeah, there's no composability in charting." And I was like, "You're the first person who's told me this. Tell me more." 'Cause I've been talking to a bunch of people who were talking about like, oh, well, it's just harder and it's like... He runs me through the whole thing about like Solana's, a single global state machine, really fast blockchain, what all these advantages were here. And all this stuff, for me, I was like, oh, this makes perfect sense. All of the things that I have been thinking and feeling about the undefined world of what the new state... Now I would sort of call it the cosmofication of Ethereum, what that process was like. (04:32):I wasn't an idiot and I wasn't just not smart enough to understand what folks were talking about. Folks just were talking ahead of the problems they'd solved. And this is not to say that we're never going to have composability uncharted ecosystems, but it took video game designers almost a decade to figure out how to program for multi-core processors. And that took a long time to figure. Out for me, this sort of decision to come and join the Solana Labs at that point was really practical. It was like, I don't know if this weird wacky idea is going to work, but I know I'm going to learn a hell of a lot here from these folks who are doing something very different than the rest of the industry. And the very different than the rest of the industry is usually where the cool stuff's happening. Brian Friel (05:15):I think that is the most perfect intro for this because it hits on so many themes. I want to dive in with you. Austin Federa (05:21):Great. Brian Friel (05:21):One theme that you kind of hit on right there, and this is before we even get into what you currently do as your role and everything, which we should definitely hit on, but I think that resonates pretty well with what Phantom saw originally. Because Phantom also coming from EVM background and the founders were all Zero X folks, seeing that, hey, there is this thing, it's maybe the redheaded stepchild of crypto right now, but these people who are marching into their own beat. This is like 2021, very early 2020 at this point. But basically what I would say it was a very non-consensus bet to do things differently and built out its own genuine kernel of developer ecosystem, which has just evolved into all this craziness today we can talk about. (06:00):But I think one of the key principles of that that I've noticed in my time in Solana is just the level of pragmatism and the reality of, Hey, these are problems today. We have users today, and how do we ship and iterate on these things and not talk about a problem that might be 10 years from now, which may or may not be solved, but actually addresses the problem today. And I think there's a lot that is going on in Solana about this across just all sorts of stuff. We should dive into all of that. Austin Federa (06:27):Oh yeah. Brian Friel (06:28):But I love that framing, and I'm curious, is that level of pragmatism... Who do you think that's set by? I feel like that's almost something an Anatoly thing, but is that an explicit choice that Solana Foundation or Solana Labs is choosing to bring into the ecosystem? Austin Federa (06:42):So one of the things I think is really important when you're looking at any software system is to look at philosophies that the people building it have. And a lot of the places you see that philosophy is in their background. And so if you look at Anatoly and Stephen Akridge and a bunch of the other early founders of the Solana project, their expertise was all in embedded systems. A bunch of these folks came from Qualcomm or very similar companies to Qualcomm, and they were trying to figure out how you could cram the best user experience possible on a flip phone or a proto smartphone onto a chip. And they had to do all these crazy low level optimizations to get this stuff to work. And Solana's not super, super low level, but one of the major things there was saying, we're going to combine the consensus layer with the virtual machine. (07:38):And that's not for some elegant principle of software architecture. That's because it's faster and yes, it's harder. And yes, there's a lot of other problems that come with that, but at the end of the day, the pragmatism comes from the background of folks who actually had to ship chips that companies were going to build software on that would interact in the real world and be the basis of all of this mobile revolution. And so there's other approaches that are very sort of come from the academic computing world where it's as long as we can define the perfect software system, in theory, the problem is just finding the execution place to do it on. And there are some chains that have been more successful than others with that. But I think at the end of the day, the thing Solana has going for it is this sort of ruthless pragmatism. It's a desire to build software in a way that doesn't let perfect [inaudible 00:08:33] of the good, but also keeps its values front and center. (08:36):And one of those major values is if you know you have to do the hard thing, do the hard thing first. And that is the thing I will routinely tell people internally is the only way you eat an elephant is one bite at a time. And that is kind of the way we go through all of this stuff. It's so easy to talk yourself into waterfall releases. It's so easy to talk yourself into, well, when this thing comes out, then this and this and this, and this can all come out and then we'll have this end state of this. And it's like you're making assumptions about what the blockchain industry's going to look like 18 months from now. I don't think any human is ever successfully predicted what the blockchain industry would look like six months from now, let alone three times that. So there's all this stuff about not working with entrenched assumptions, picking software architecture systems that feel like they're persistent. I would say that the software philosophy that Solana core engineering builds on is closer to brand philosophy than it is like technical philosophy. It's very interesting. Brian Friel (09:36):Yeah, I couldn't agree more. I mean, being [inaudible 00:09:39], I think we have a front seat to that too, as the ecosystem changes as the leadership basically, like you said, just takes the hard challenge first and says, this is something that we have to face. Let's tackle it now. Here's an open proposal, here's how we can do it. I'm looking back at what Solana was even just a year ago, one of the dev advocates on our team on it put out this tweet that said, "Things we didn't have a year ago on Solana Wallet's standard." Austin Federa (10:02):Oh, I love it. Brian Friel (10:03):Which is like looking at the state of other blockchains trying to be an ejected wallet there, it's a mess. Solana takes that hand on, makes a chain agnostic wallet standard for that version transactions, which like high level, massively refactoring how transactions can be done such that you can just access way more accounts on Solana DeFi doing multi hops exchange. Jupiter, the perfect example of that. Priority fees on the network, I mean elegant state level hotspot fee markets that don't impact the rest. Anyone else on Solana. Programmable NFTs, state compression, quick, stake weighted QoS. (10:37):I mean, not to mention Saga, new token programs. There's just so much going on right now. From where you sit, and maybe this can get into a little bit of the labs versus foundation discussion that we want to get into too, is how do all these ideas come to life mean? Some of these are community driven, like Metaplex having their own programmable NFTs. But a lot of these also are Solana engineers who are just on the front lines with their own proposals. Jordan Sexton has an idea he's doing it. How much of that is top down driven? How much of that is bottom up? And how much of this is a labs versus foundation? How do you see all this kind of how it plays out? Austin Federa (11:16):So before we even get to that, one of, I think the most interesting examples of pragmatism is how little work wallets have to do on Solana. This is super different. On Ethereum, the wallet has to build the transaction, that is a part of the thing. And on Solana, the DAPs have to build the transactions. Because the DAPs know more about what they're building than the wallet does. So why would the wallet build a transaction? The wallet's role is to verify that the transaction is what the DAP says it is, right? But it's those little tiny things where it's like how do we make it easier for people to build something like Phantom in six months as opposed to nine months? (11:55):And that's kind of one component that falls into that. But you were saying these sort of ideas about where do these things come from. A lot of it comes from best practices in other ecosystems about things people are talking about. I think one of the things that Ethereum is far ahead of Solana on is formal verification. And formal verification is not something that we came up with or claimed to have come up with. (12:20):It's like, oh, this is a really strong thing in another ecosystem that we should take and bring into this. Proof of history is just time division multiple access. It's TDMA, it's literally what 2G cell phone technology run on. But you've applied that to a blockchain with a leader schedule now and suddenly you have an incredibly fast blockchain. I think one of the best things to think about is Solana is full of out-of-the-box solutions to very conventional problems. And those out-of-the-box solutions will often come from engineers who are working on this stuff. They'll often come from engineers who are not working on this stuff. The number of suggestions that have come from someone's like, oh, I'm trying to build this thing, and someone like over lunch or over a Zoom on something else is like, what if you just do it this way instead? And they're like, okay. (13:08):And then they go down that... It's sort of this idea that there's not an intellectual purity test. You don't have to subscribe to a philosophy of how something should be built in order to have an idea here. P NFTs came entirely from community demand for them. That was a direct response to sort of a problem. The wallet standard is again, it's like it's really annoying that developers have to integrate calls for every wallet into their DAP. Wouldn't it be so much easier if there could just be one thing they could call and all the wallets in your Chrome Exchange could be like, hello, here I am. And that was an incredible easy turnkey thing that didn't require creating a whole separate product, a whole separate company to just connect wallets or adapt wallets if we should say it that way. And that's where these kind of things come from. (13:58):Now sometimes this leads to suboptimal user experiences too. I would say that we have three excellent explorers on Solana for what you want to do with that explorer. And you don't go to Solscan for the same things you go to Solana FM for and you don't go to the explorer.solana.com for the same things you go to those other ones for. And so there is sometimes this sort of fracturing that occurs because everyone has great ideas and they feel very comfortable building them before we've had a committee meeting or faculty meeting or something to decide what the right path forward is. As much as possible, the goal is to move fast and see what's adopted and the stuff that's adopted then gets tons of resources thrown behind it from the community. Brian Friel (14:48):Yeah, I do think that's incredibly refreshing though for crypto. I mean, especially an industry that's still... I think as a whole macro level iterating a lot. The meta is constantly changing. Some pattern that I've noticed is with P NFTs is a lot of times Solana will hit a new meta or figure out a new problem well before other ecosystems because of this rapid iteration and experimentation. And it's almost like, hey, Solana's figured it out. Let's take the learnings from there and tell everyone else and get up to speed on that. Austin Federa (15:16):Oh yeah. And tell everyone else we thought of it ourselves. That's also the other thing. And we see this all the time, not in a way that people are like, but all of the tricks that Monad is doing to try and speed up EVM, they're all the things that Solana did. Except they're trying to do it with an underlying architecture that it's a lot harder on because transactions on Solana have to specify their accounts, their instructions, their memory, their compute, before they get accepted and executed. So the work of transaction simulation on Solana is a lot more about just reading what the data says and being like, yes, these things say what they actually say they say, and then you can simulate balance changes and all that sort of stuff. But that is a very different problem than trying to stochastically model what an EVM transaction is going to do. (16:05):And if you're trying to do out of order processing of EVM transactions, I'm not going to say it can't work because a lot of people thought Token Ring was the only protocol that could possibly make the internet work. And the idea of just throwing packets randomly at a router and being good luck, well, that sounded insane, and that is exactly how the internet works. You just randomly throw packets at routers and most of them get there somehow. It's pretty astonishing. Like packet collision's super rare nowadays, even though everyone's just screaming at the top of their lungs constantly for bandwidth, and that's wild. (16:37):So who knows if the stuff will actually work on that side. But the cool thing I think that's going on in Solana is this lack of ideological purity around how something has to be done, and it's more of a purity around what the outcome has to be. There's so many analogies here, but the United States, we talk about equality of opportunity all the time, and that is actually a much harder thing to do than equality of outcome. And so I think with Solana, it's like if you focus on the outcome that you want and not the process by which you get there, you will find a better way to get there. Brian Friel (17:12):I love that. So from where you sit on the foundation side now head of strategy at Foundation, you mentioned that there's all these engineers, some at Solana, some not at Solana, who basically have these problems. They come up with pragmatic solutions. What's the role of the Solana Foundation on all of this? And is there any big bets in particular that you're excited about or you guys are making for this year on Solana? Austin Federa (17:36):Yeah, So the Foundation is a Swiss nonprofit foundation that exists to further the adoption and advancement of the Solana blockchain. And so this is the entity that gives grants. This is the entity that if you've ever sort of interacted with a granting apparatus, breakpoint, hacker houses, developer boot camps, those are all run out of the Solana Foundation. That's its role for being in the world. And so the initiatives that we are working on are really infrastructure level. They always have been, and I think they will continue to be throughout this year. So a great example of this are fee markets, like you mentioned, right? Local fee markets. That was technically shipped in September, but I would argue it practically wasn't shipped until December. And that was because there wasn't a method at that point for an RPC, for a wallet, a DAP, anything to hit up an RPC and say, how much do you think I should prioritize a fee if I really want to make sure this transaction gets through? (18:34):And without the ability to guesstimate, you don't have anything, right? That is not a functional, usable, shipped thing without developers actually being able to implement it. And that's kind of the difference I would describe between the work that gets done through let's just say Solana Labs and core engineering there and the work the Foundation's supporting. A lot of the work that core engineering does and a bunch of, obviously not all, there's core engineers all over the place, but a number of the core engineers are on Solana Labs' payroll. And those individuals, they're focused on the core engineering, right? (19:09):They're like, we shipped fee markets. We're good. At the Foundation, we're like, wait a minute, wait a minute. There's so much work to actually be done to turn this into a standard that every DAP and wallet can use without spending days writing custom code. And so I would say that's kind of the place that the Foundation comes in is it's not directing what work gets done, but it's sort of the process of taking stuff that feels like it's either R&D or it's super hot production engineering. And turning it into something that's more stable, that's more standardized, that's more universally understood, and doing that in a way that there's feedback collected from many people in the ecosystem, in addition to the whole granting apparatus. Brian Friel (19:47):So the developer relations team sits at the foundation level no longer at the labs level? Austin Federa (19:52):Yes, very much. You were saying earlier like, oh, these things maybe weren't as separate before they actually were just as separate. They were just very few people worked for Foundation. So because most of the work at that point was just sort of kick out as much as you can get out the door. There were folks at Foundation giving grants and stuff like that, but a lot of that sort of work that we do today, it wasn't necessary to do it yet because the thing didn't exist yet, at that stage. When I joined, there were 36 programs on the network that had daily transactions through them. Brian Friel (20:25):Wow. Austin Federa (20:26):Absolutely nothing. And now we're over like 1200 easily. And I just think that's such an interesting change to see over such a quick period of time. Brian Friel (20:35):Oh, for sure. It stood out to me too, that... I think I mentioned the earlier conversation too. It's like this kernel of genuine developer interest that basically no other blockchain ecosystem I think has outside of Ethereum where it's people who are very much specialized, Solana centric as Chase loves to say too in Glass, but really just thinking about what's only possible in Solana? How can I iterate on this and expand on this? That's super invigorating to be a part of, and that's my favorite part of the ecosystem, essentially. Yeah, Austin Federa (21:04):We love it. Brian Friel (21:05):On that note, there is this meme now, is recording this in April 2023 of only possible on Solana and these things that everything we talked about, this pragmatic engineering culture of basically what's the outcome, what's the end user experience that we really want, and finding ways to ship that. There's a lot going on right now. I mean, I think Saga is an awesome example of this. It's like, how could we take a phone that just is the most kick ass crypto experience you could possibly have on mobile, but there's all sorts of stuff. There's compressed NFTs and state compression, what that means, DPIN is this new thing. There's all existing, DeFi, just normal FTs payments infrastructure. What are you personally most excited about and are any key themes in the year ahead that you think people should look into now that really highlights the strengths of Solana? Austin Federa (21:52):So the decentralized physical infrastructure layer is a really interesting story for me personally. And I think there's so much that goes on with that that goes into that, whatever kind of language you want to use to describe that. I am just super excited about what that looks like. And for me personally, the stuff I'm most excited about on Solana is you really don't have a choice to build it anywhere else that you need a fast composable ecosystem that has the capacity to go up to tens of thousands of transactions per second for a base fee of $.000025 and that's rare. You really can't find that in a lot of other places or a lot of other applications. And so for me, that's like some of the coolest stuff on Solana. Now, in terms of what's coming this year, I think we're going to see Fire Dancer rolling out on testnet probably in Q4. (22:40):That's going to be really interesting to see how that performs when it's intermingled with the other clients on the network. So that's going to be very interesting. There's a ton of work being done to make custom contracts easier to deploy on Solana. This is a project called Interfaces. This is out of necessity. The Token 22, which is code name, it definitely won't be called that once it's released. Token 22 is this new token program coming to the network. And it brings all sorts of things like interest baresing tokens. You can charge fees to use contracts directly in the contract. (23:11):There's a lot of really interesting stuff that comes to it, but it adds a second token program to the network. And that second token program means you need to suddenly have a way that a wallet can instantly say, Hey, which program should I look at for this arbitrary piece of data on chain? And because of that, it means if you've built support for two, you can build support for 20,000. So there's little pieces like that that are coming, but I really think this is going to be another infrastructure year, but instead of it being base level infrastructure, it's going to be something closer to developer tooling. I'm not sure I would call Interface is developer tooling, but it's definitely usability tooling. That means it's easier to develop novel things for the Solana ecosystem. Brian Friel (23:55):Yeah, I see that as well. The conversation shift towards interfaces is really exciting too, because Solana's account model and program model has some implicit instruction in that where, okay, this is the canonical token program. Austin Federa (24:08):It's perfect. What are you talking about? Brian Friel (24:09):Yeah, it's perfect. What are you talking about? And I think that just leans even more into those pragmatic values kind of shipping. And that's like, Hey, if we do have these interfaces where all of a sudden any wallet can take any of these token programs, any NFT exchange you can list on, you can list your NFTs through them. Opening up that design space, a deeper infrastructure level, I think would be really exciting. Austin Federa (24:31):Yeah. This will support everything from if you are a... No offense, but if you're a super corporate NFT project and you want to make sure that you have certain protections or certain things or whatever, you might want to deploy your own version of an NFT contract. And right now it's really hard to do that. It's not hard to deploy the contract, it's hard to get the ecosystem on board with the contract you've deployed. Brian Friel (24:55):You have to knock on every door to get a custom integration. Austin Federa (24:59):And we're seeing this with compression, right? Compression is awesome. It's been picked up by a ton of wallets. There's not an NFT marketplace that supports it yet. Brian Friel (25:08):Not yet, but I have heard soon. So maybe, and by the time that this podcast is released. Austin Federa (25:13):Who's adding it? Brian Friel (25:14):I have heard Tensor. Austin Federa (25:15):Interesting. Brian Friel (25:16):As an alpha drop. Austin Federa (25:17):They've been making moves. Brian Friel (25:18):They're making moves, but I would not be surprised if Magic Eden and others would be following suit at some point. But if we can open up an interface, some sort of interface standard where we can get buy-in, do the hard work up front to get all these different companies to buy into some sort of interface together, it's going to unlock a lot of really cool potential on Solana. Austin Federa (25:38):Absolutely. Brian Friel (25:39):One other thing I want to ask too is, you mentioned a few things kind of implicitly there. One of my questions was going to be like there's all these exciting things happening where we should we be investing now to unlock all this. But I guess there's also... I've noticed on Solana, and particularly Solana Twitter, there's this part of what this pragmatic culture has attracted is a culture of doers and people who show up and they want to contribute and they want to lend their time. And a lot of developers who maybe not even be working in the Solana ecosystem who are just excited and passionate about it. If you could speak to those people, where do you think they should be focusing their time and energy? What is Solana most in need from external contributors at this time? Austin Federa (26:19):It's a really good question. I mean, the problem there is I don't think the advice that I would give external contributors is good advice for their project at this point. It's great advice for Solana. The advice for Solana, I'd say is keep building strong open source tooling and foundations so we can make it easier for new developers to get involved. Anything you build that fits into the Lego thesis super strong, please keep doing it. What I would actually give as advice for founders in this space right now is that we're probably in a bear for at least another 12 months, and it's going to be a climb out of this thing. And you should be spending time thinking about revenue. You should be spending time thinking about business models. Not a lot, not enough to go raise a massive series beyond, but enough that you're extending your runway by a few months that if you have to raise a bridge round, you can show, hey, actually we do have revenue. (27:23):Here's our revenue numbers. Give us a little bit of money. Because I think this is a really hard time in the capital markets. It's really easy to be like the bear is a great time for building. That's true. The bear is a great time for building. It's a terrible time for payroll though. And that's kind of something they just remember as you kind of go through the process. Now, what does Solana need? I mean, I'm going to tell you my vision of how Solana could not win. And the way Solana doesn't win is if these incremental small scaling solutions for EVM, that 400 transactions per second, you can do an EVM right now if you really try. Maybe we just don't come up with transaction heavy use cases that anyone truly wants for a while. And that's a situation where all this horsepower that's been brought to bear on something like Solana isn't actually needed for what things people want to build on blockchains. (28:20):Now, I don't think that's true, but that's the thing to think about. What Solana needs is for people to embrace only possible on Solana and to build more things that are truly only possible to be built on Solana. Because as much as I love NFT projects, very few of them are only possible on Solana. This is the great thing about XNFTs. Those are truly only possible in Solana right now. But let's see teams going out there and saying, okay, a 10,000 drop is cool. What if we do a million, 10 million, a hundred million? Yeah, they're going to be cheaper. Yeah, the dynamics are going to change. Something's going to change, right? But this is the thing that I think is so interesting about this space is everyone has internalized this financialization, Bitcoinification view of all crypto. Like, Bitcoin's value is scarcity, period, end of day. (29:20):That's great. Props to Bitcoin, nothing since Bitcoin is Bitcoin. Like Magic The Gathering is not worth less money every time they print a new trading card pack. The Pokemon company is not worth less money every time they sell a new Pikachu plush. There are models here that people just seem emotionally afraid to try. I think Clano is getting pretty close to this and they're doing some very cool stuff with how they're doing some collection expanding. On the NFT side though, I think people need to get away from the idea that their value proposition is scarcity and figure out ways to do like LVMH and Louis Vuitton have done where they have something that is still high end, that is still hard to get but is not fixed cap. And sort of see where that maybe heads from there. On the DeFi side, start building outside of the United States, translate your projects, websites into Vietnamese and Turkish. (30:18):Don't think your growth is going to come from the United States in the next year or two because the regulations here are really uncertain right now. And it's a bit of a tricky time for folks to be in the United States. But I went to Turkey and I went to Vietnam, and folks are using crypto, and they're using crypto because in Turkey it's significantly more stable than their actual native currency. And that's a crazy thing to be thinking about, but that's true. So let's embrace that. Let's actually think of this stuff and make sure that the work that's being done truly actually supports this kind of stuff. And I think that's kind of one of the most important things to think about from the perspective of a founder at this point. Brian Friel (30:57):Yeah, I think there's been a key theme here throughout this whole conversation of basically going back to first principles and thinking, what's the outcomes that we want? Originally, I think Solana's tagline, even blockchain at Nasdaq speed, we were promised flying cars. We got Twitter, we got the greatest JPEG trading engine in the world on Solana, but how can we continue to iterate on this and what are things we can only do on Solana? All those examples you brought up I think are awesome examples. I really appreciate that you guys are continuing to challenge the ecosystem and to push and to not be afraid to try new things, and that's where the unlocks happen. Austin Federa (31:30):Yeah, of course. I think that's incredibly important and powerful here. Brian Friel (31:34):Well, Austin, this has been an awesome conversation. Thank you so much. One closing question we ask all our guests. Keeping line with the last question of the things you're excited about is who is a builder that you admire in the Solana ecosystem? Austin Federa (31:48):I mean, there's so many, it's hard to pick one. There's the easy answers of Armani and those folks and Mango Max. And I think the truth is that the folks who are doing some of the most interesting work are the ones who are bug fixing, who are going in and saying, ah, I ran into this problem with this tool set that I've seen someone else build. Let me go spend a little time trying to fix this thing up. And I don't have anyone particular to name in that, but it's very easy to be like, holy shit, Armani and X NFTs. Wow. And it's like, that is incredibly important. You know what else is really important? The dude that went in and made RPCs 20% more efficient for certain types of calls. And I think those are equally important things, and I wish we did a little bit more celebrating of the maintenance work in addition to all of our celebrating of the true innovations only possible on Solana. Brian Friel (32:40):Mert is going to love that, that you said their call that out, so. Austin Federa (32:44):There we go. Brian Friel (32:44):Maybe we can put Mert, Triton, all those folks, everyone, all the infrastructure that does the unsexy blocking and tackling that maybe really is the true glass eating on Solana, all of those guys. Austin Federa (32:56):Totally. I mean, there's a bunch of devs that work in Mango that are actually part of core engineering now, and they just fix a bunch of stuff because they're just like, we were trying to build our next version of Mango and we kept running into these problems, so we just started fixing stuff. Brian Friel (33:10):No one knows it better than them. Yeah. Austin Federa (33:12):Exactly. So it's good. Brian Friel (33:13):That's amazing. Well, Austin, I'm really excited for the next year Solana, thank you so much for coming on the podcast. Austin Federa (33:20):Definitely. Thank you. This is fun.
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765: Cisco Sanchez, the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Qualcomm, joins Peter to speak about transforming Qualcomm into an intelligent company across hardware and software. Cisco shares his insights on Qualcomm's future roadmap and the role of partnerships in the company's broader ecosystem. We also explore how Cisco's team is developing a solid foundation to foster growth, how culture facilitates successful change management, and why a high-functioning IT organization should act as guardrails for the rest of the organization. Finally, Cisco shares his views on how he stays ahead of the curve of emerging technology, the trends on his radar, and how he trains his team members in new skills for the future.
In today's long-overdue show, we've got stories on Teamster fights with Sysco and Yellow, FedEx is heading into a massive reorganization, lots of truck stop news, what's going on with truck safety; including crash rates for new carriers, new out-of-service criteria, driver-facing cameras, drug testing, E-log violation detection, automatic emergency braking legislation pending, and the safest state for truckers (this one might surprise you). We'll also talk about trucking's ongoing battle against environmental standards, how female truckers feel about their job, and much more. In the listener feedback segment, you weigh in on tire recycling, checking your brake lights, and we'll have some follow-up on whether day cab drivers can utilize the split sleeper berth rule without having a sleeper berth. Introduction Links: Get the Trucking Ebook Combo Pack for 25% off! Only $14.98 for two books (including a 9.25 hour audiobook version of Trucking Life)! Need a list of questions to ask the next time you're looking for your next truck driving job? Well here it is! And it's only $1.99! Please consider using my Amazon Affiliate link for your everyday shopping. Amazon will pay me a small commission for everything you buy. All you have to do is click on the ebook link on this page and then shop as you normally would. Thanks! You can also donate directly by clicking the Donate button on this page. News Links: Teamsters vs. Yellow, a fight neither can afford from LandLine.media Sysco Louisville Teamsters strike ends, 1st deal signed; Indianapolis over also from FreightWaves.com Yellow, Teamsters to hash out operational changes by reopening NMFA early from FreightWaves.com FedEx says air network restructuring to save $700M annually from FreightWaves.com FedEx to combine all but LTL into 1 organization from FreightWaves.com Pilot announces new CEO, CFO, as Berkshire Hathaway takes majority ownership from CDLLife.com Love's to invest $1 billion upgrading locations from TheTrucker.com Love's Travel Stops buys EZ GO locations from TheTrucker.com New TA truck stop opens in Oklahoma from CDLLife.com Distracted driving in Ohio now primary offense from LandLine.media Seven states pursue left lane changes from LandLine.media TD66: Truckers Go Turtle Racing from AboutTruckDriving.com FMCSA calls for renewed safety push at forum from LandLine.media FMCSA data shows rise in crash rates among new-entrant carriers from FreightWaves.com Study shows Michigan the safest state for truck drivers from ccjdigital.com (Commercial Carrier Journal) CVSA's 2023 Out-of-Service Criteria now in effect from TheTrucker.com New AI monitoring system showing Groendyke 'a lot of things' prior system did not from ccjdigital.com (Commercial Carrier Journal) New research confirms truckers' disdain for driver-facing cameras from OverdriveOnline.com Technology Helps Minimize Tractor-Trailer Pairing Errors from ttnews.com (Transport Topics) Landing and launching terminals for autonomous trucks getting closer from FreightWaves.com White House reviewing proposal to require automatic emergency braking on big rigs from TheTrucker.com EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks from TheTrucker.com Rep. Nehls introduces measure to overturn EPA rule from LandLine.media Trucking orgs tee off on Biden's zero emission plan from ccjdigital.com (Commercial Carrier Journal) Most truckers have no interest in electric trucks, survey reveals from LandLine.media Report: Hydrogen will emerge as zero emission solution for long-haul trucking from OverdriveOnline.com ATRI seeks truck driver input on impacts of legalized marijuana from TheTrucker.com Impacts of Marijuana Legalization on Trucking Operations Driver Survey from ATRI (American Transportation Research Institute) Drug Expert Weighs In on Safety of Alcohol Versus Marijuana from ttnews.com (Transport Topics) FMCSA provides updates on driver compensation, detention time studies from LandLine.media Female trucker surveys divide proponents on pay and cab design from ccjdigital.com (Commercial Carrier Journal) How carriers can identify log falsification from FreightWaves.com Here are 8 wild Qualcomm messages that truckers need to see from CDLLife.com One million dimes reported stolen from big rig parked at Philly Walmart from LandLine.media - submitted by Steven Gorman Listener Feedback Links: Canadian tire fire video - 48 seconds File petition for rules changes with the FMCSA from FMCSA.DOT.gov Show Info: You can email your comments, suggestions, questions, or insults to TruckerDump@gmail.com Join the Trucker Dump Podcast Facebook Group Join the Trucker Dump Slack Group by emailing me at TruckerDump@gmail.com Got a second to Rate and/or Review the podcast on iTunes? Download the intro/outro songs for free! courtesy of Walking On Einstein
Leading global tech analysts Patrick Moorhead (Moor Insights & Strategy) and Daniel Newman (Futurum Research) are front and center on The Six Five analyzing the tech industry's biggest news each and every week and also conducting interviews with tech industry "insiders" on a regular basis. The Six Five represents six (6) handpicked topics that will be covered for five (5) minutes each. Welcome to this week's edition of “The 6-5.” I'm Patrick Moorhead with Moor Insights & Strategy, co-host, joined by Daniel Newman with Futurum Research. On this week's show we will be talking: AMD Earnings https://twitter.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1653568598034530305?s=20 https://twitter.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1653558901596381185?s=20 https://twitter.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1653494720843087873?s=20 Qualcomm Earnings https://twitter.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1653857965781204994?s=20 https://twitter.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1653882673889259525?s=20 https://twitter.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1653864081919549441?s=20 Lattice Earnings https://twitter.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1653187417128534019?s=20 https://twitter.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1653144724126027776?s=20 Apple Earnings https://twitter.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1654227646262255616?s=20 https://twitter.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1654230339659915265?s=20 https://twitter.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1654224634445807617?s=20 https://twitter.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1653853967619686400?s=20 Austin Zoholics Microsoft AI Announcements https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/05/04/announcing-the-next-wave-of-ai-innovation-with-microsoft-bing-and-edge/ Disclaimer: This show is for information and entertainment purposes only. While we will discuss publicly traded companies on this show. The contents of this show should not be taken as investment advice.
In this podcast, Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, the ghost of Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss Arelion's take on SMS security, Altice USA's growth and pay-TV struggles, Qualcomm's drop in stock and satellite connectivity. Hear about all this and more in The Notebook Dump for the week ending May 5. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In der heutigen Folge „Alles auf Aktien“ sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Daniel Eckert und Holger Zschäpitz über einen China-Schocker, saftige Zahlen bei Apple und einen Shootingstar, der es jetzt in den MDax schafft. Außerdem geht es um Western Alliance, PacWest Bancorp, Qualcomm, AMD, Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz, Coinbase, SMA Solar, Evotec, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Hershey, PepsiCo, Colgate-Palmolive, Mondelez, Monster, Kellogg, Xtrackers MSCI World Consumer Staples (WKN: A113FG), DWS Concept GS&P Food (WKN: 848665), Vanguard S&P 500 ETF acc. (WKN: A2PFN2). Wir freuen uns über Feedback an aaa@welt.de. Disclaimer: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlage-Empfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren und der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen. Für alle, die noch mehr wissen wollen: Holger Zschäpitz können Sie jede Woche im Finanz- und Wirtschaftspodcast "Deffner&Zschäpitz" hören. Impressum: https://www.welt.de/services/article7893735/Impressum.html Datenschutz: https://www.welt.de/services/article157550705/Datenschutzerklaerung-WELT-DIGITAL.html
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Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow dive into the world of AI safety and investing with Sound Ventures' Ashton Kutcher. Plus, a break down of the results from Qualcomm and Etsy earnings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
US equity futures are indicating a broadly flat open as of 05:00 ET. This follows mixed Asian markets, while European equity markets are lower. Central bank policy is in focus, with the ECB set to step down the pace of its tightening cycle with a rate hike of 25 bps tipped for today's policy decision, after the Fed hiked rates yesterday by 25 bp as expected. Regional bank weakness continues with PacWest Bancorp down sharply after-hours yesterday following reports it is evaluating options.Companies Mentioned: PacWest Bancorp, Western Alliance, Zions Bancorporation, Comerica, Apollo Global, Arconic, Qualcomm
Qualcomm (QCOM) earnings were released yesterday, May 3rd premarket. Renita Young discusses this as QCOM's adjusted EPS cam in at $2.15 versus an estimated $2.16 and its revenue came in at $9.28B versus an estimated $9.08B. QCOM sees its 3Q adjusted EPS at $1.70-$1.90. Qorvo's (QRVO) earnings were also released yesterday, May 3rd, postmarket. Its adjusted EPS came in at $0.26 versus an estimated $0.12 and revenue came in at $632.70M versus an estimated $621.27M. Tune in to find out more about the stock market today.
One day after the Fed's tenth consecutive rate hike, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber discussed another rough session for regional banks. Shares of First Horizon plunged after itsdeal to be acquired by TD Bank was scrapped. PacWest also tumbled -- the bank is mulling strategicoptions including a possible sale. Hear what Jim had to say about "excellent banks" that are getting crushed. Also in focus: What to expect from Apple's after-the-bell earnings, Paramount posts a Q1 miss and slashes its dividend,Qualcomm's weaker-than-expected guidance overshadows a quarterly beat, The CEO of J&J consumer health spin-off Kenvue visited Post 9 to discuss his company going public with the biggest U.S. IPO since November 2021. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer
Ever wondered about the powerhouse behind wireless technology and how 5G chipsets are being developed? In this episode of the 5G Guys Podcast, hosts Wayne Smith and Dan McVaugh welcome Ignacio Contreras, Qualcomm's Sr. Director of Product Marketing, who gives us an insightful look into the company's deep history, their role in the development of 5G chipsets, and a glimpse into the future of 5G and 6G. Don't miss out on this exciting conversation that will leave you wanting to learn more! In this captivating episode, Ignacio Contreras shares how Qualcomm has grown since the 80s to become one of the leading companies in wireless and cellular communication technology. From their humble beginnings in satellite tracking systems to becoming the driving force behind 3G, 4G, and now 5G technology, Qualcomm's story is truly remarkable. Contreras also discusses the company's collaboration and competition with other major players in the tech world like Apple, Samsung, MediaTek, Ericson, and Nokia. With the ever-evolving landscape of mobile technology, these collaborations are essential to push the limits of what's possible. One of the highlights of the conversation is when Contreras talks about Qualcomm's efforts in enhancing mobile gaming experiences. By pushing the boundaries of graphics, sound, and connectivity, Qualcomm's technology is helping provide seamless and immersive gaming experiences for users across the globe. The hosts and Contreras also delve into the challenges and advancements in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), emphasizing the importance of low latency and high-quality graphics in these emerging technologies. This episode of the 5G Guys Podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in wireless technology, 5G, and the future of connectivity. Ignacio Contreras provides a unique behind-the-scenes look at Qualcomm's work, innovations, and partnerships that have transformed the world of mobile devices. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from one of the industry's leading experts – press play now! Connect with Qualcomm/Ignacio: Qualcomm LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualcomm/ Qualcomm Website: www.qualcomm.com Qualcomm Twitter: https://twitter.com/Snapdragon Ignacio LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ignaciotechie/ Connect With Us: Sponsor Links: Website: www.vertex-us.com Website: Website: https://5gguys.com Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5Gguys LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12515882 Twitter: https://twitter.com/5gGuys Submit Your Ideas or Feedback: https://5gguys.com/contact-2 Episode Minute By Minute: 0:00 Episode preview, show introduction and thanks to our sponsor 1:57 Welcome Ignacio Contreras of Qualcomm Technologies 8:00 Ignacio on competitors to Qualcomm 9:35 The gaming connection 14:17 How these smaller chips can lead to more power 20:08 How Qualcomm incorporates AI 24:49 Qualcomm's involvement in setting technology standards from 3G to 6G 32:14 What will it look like going from 5G to 6G
Tech correspondent Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to look at the merger of two of Alphabet's big AI teams: Google Brain and DeepMind. Can both put past differences aside to work well together? It comes as AI chatbots explode in popularity - but what are they being trained on? The Washington Post looked into it - and found disturbing results. And what truth is there to claims cellphones with Qualcomm chips are secretly snooping on you? Mark Pesce is a futurist, writer, educator and broadcaster.
Stocks slid into the close today after Fed Chair Jay Powell's press conference. Jefferies Chief Market Strategist David Zervos and Unlimited CEO Bob Elliott break down the market's reaction to the Fed's 10th hike in a little over 12 months. Former Fed Vice Chair Alan Blinder and former CEA Chair Jason Furman read the tea leaves from Powell and the Fed. Qualcomm shares slid in Overtime after issuing weak guidance; Susquehanna analyst Chris Rolland discussed what investors should do with the stock. Host Hotels CEO Jim Risoleo joins the show after the company posted strong earnings and raised its full-year forecast; he talks the state of his customers and where they are spending money. Plus, Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi previews tomorrow's big tech behemoth reporting: Apple.
What is Thread? Jonathan Hui, Principal Software Engineer at Google and VP of Technology at Thread Group, joins Ryan Chacon on the IoT For All Podcast to discuss the Thread network protocol. They cover how Thread works, the differences between Thread and Wi-Fi, how Thread is improving the smart home, how Thread works with Matter, when not to use Thread, and the IoT challenges that Thread is solving. Jonathan Hui is a principal software engineer at Google, where he is responsible for Thread implementation in products and is maintainer of OpenThread released by Google. Prior to Google, he was a principal engineer at Cisco, where he built some of the world's largest IPv6 mesh networks for urban-scale, enterprise, and utility applications. He delivered the world's first commercial 6LoWPAN networks at Arch Rock before its acquisition by Cisco. Jonathan has also been deeply involved in standards bodies (IETF, IEEE, Thread, and Wi-SUN) and co-authored foundational specifications related to IPv6 in low-power wireless networks. He is also a co-inventor on more than 175 USPTO issued patents. Jonathan has a BS in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and an MS and a PhD in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. Formed in 2013, the non-profit Thread Group is focused on making Thread the foundation for the Internet of Things in homes and commercial buildings. Built on open standards, Thread is a low power wireless networking protocol that enables direct, end-to-end, secure, and scalable connectivity between IoT devices, mobile devices, and the internet. Because Thread is IP-based, it seamlessly integrates with many environments, apps, devices, and clouds. The Thread Group provides a rigorous certification program to ensure device interoperability and a positive user experience. Thread is backed by industry-leading companies including Amazon, Apple, Google Nest, Lutron, Nordic Semiconductors, NXP Semiconductors, OSRAM, Qualcomm, Siemens, Silicon Labs, Samsung SmartThings, Somfy, and Yale Security.
Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow breaks down why First Republic shares were halted in premarket trading Monday following at 46% slump after JPMorgan won the bidding to acquire the firm's assets and deposits. Plus, a look at AMD, Qualcomm and Apple all reporting earnings this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Github, FIN7, Banks, Minecraft, Google Authenticator, Qualcomm, TenCent, BlueSky, Derek Johnson talks about China and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn293
Github, FIN7, Banks, Minecraft, Google Authenticator, Qualcomm, TenCent, BlueSky, Derek Johnson talks about China and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn293
Github, FIN7, Banks, Minecraft, Google Authenticator, Qualcomm, TenCent, BlueSky, Derek Johnson talks about China and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn293
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