Why AI May Need Bitcoin

In this episode of Bitcoin Brainstorm, Rod Roudi is joined by Cathie Wood, Lorenzo Valente, Steve Lee, Jesse Posner, and Paul Itoi to examine the growing convergence of Bitcoin, artificial intelligence, and energy. The group explores whether agents will settle in Bitcoin or stablecoins, why self-custodied AI could become essential for individuals and companies, and how open models, distributed compute, and Lightning payments may reshape collaboration. From Buzz and peer-to-peer inference to AI-assisted Bitcoin security and the changing structure of the firm, the conversation shows how open money and open intelligence could reinforce each other.