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  1. Milken Institute36 min

    The AI Investment Cycle: Platforms, Infrastructure, and Markets | Global Conference 2026

    Yun-Hee Kim, Dennis Gada, Tony Kim, Lily Liu, Scott Rubner

    This event analyzes the current trillion-dollar trajectory of global AI capital expenditure, which is driving a structural market shift away from traditional SaaS models toward a three-layer stack dominated by compute and intelligence providers. Key figures from Citadel, BlackRock, and the Solana Foundation discuss the emergence of machine-to-machine financial rails, the geopolitical bifurcation of sovereign AI, and the impending influx of trillion-dollar AI valuations into public markets. The discourse concludes by projecting long-term economic rewiring that will necessitate new frameworks for human capital, cognitive preservation, and decentralized ownership models.

  2. a16z28 min

    a16z Podcast | Building Companies in Crypto, from People to Code

    Tina Bhatnagar, Preethi Kasireddy, Lily Liu, Kim Milosevich, Bianca, Teresa

    Recorded at the April 2018 "Intro to Crypto" event, this panel featured Coinbase VP Tina Butnagher, TrueStory CEO Preethi Khatri, and Earn.com co-founder Lily Liu to debunk myths regarding decentralization extremes, safety for women, and the ideological nature of the sector. The participants outlined how institutional adoption is forcing compliance infrastructure, how token-based incentives enable sovereign company models, and how the industry is pivoting from speculation toward utility-focused applications like labor monetization and truth verification. Concluding with a call for rigorous due diligence and the translation of mainstream tech skills, the discussion emphasized the necessity of regulatory collaboration and ethical stewardship as crypto transitions into a consumer-facing market.

  3. Milken Institute59 min

    Blockchain for Social Impact

    Matthew Spence, Brian Forde, Hugh Gordon, Robert Hertzberg, Lily Liu

    This panel explored blockchain technology as a distributed ledger enabling immutable public records, contrasting proof-of-work and proof-of-stake consensus models while highlighting applications in land titling, identity verification, and healthcare data sovereignty. Senator Robert Hertzberg announced upcoming California legislation to establish a regulatory framework, aiming to modernize government infrastructure and rebuild public trust alongside international initiatives in nations like Estonia and Georgia. Despite security vulnerabilities and market volatility, the discussion emphasized blockchain's potential to revolutionize micropayments, decentralized capital formation, and the global freelance economy through tokenization and reduced intermediaries.