Crypto Stories: A Primer on Distributed Computing with Dani Grant, Dan Desjardins, Chandler Song and Greg Osuri

Summary: This episode of Venture Stories is co-hosted by Dani Grant (@thedanigrant), analyst at USV. <br><br>She talks with three leaders in the distributed computing space: <br><br>- Dan Desjardins, CEO of Distributed Compute Labs <br>- Chandler Song (@chandlersyf), founder and CEO of Ankr Network<br>- Greg Osuri (@GregOsuri), founder of Akash Network and CEO of Overclock Labs<br><br>They talk about what distributed computing is, why it has so much potential and why this is an exciting time to be involved in the space.<br><br>The guests talk about what kinds of applications are enabled by distributed computing and how for example, a hospital can leverage the computing power of all of its computers that are sitting idle at night to do medical research.<br><br>They discuss the different ways to compensate users for the use of their computer resources and the different approaches to distributing problems and tasks to distributed resources. <br><br>They also discuss the challenges facing their companies and how to think about competing or not competing with incumbents like Amazon and Google.<br><br>Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. <br><br>Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.<br><br>Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.