{"id":"-LKeSB-IxbE","title":"Alex Shevchenko | Connecting AI and Finance.","description":"Alex Shevchenko explains how NEAR is building towards a future of user-owned AI and agentic finance.\n\nNEAR Intents connects assets and liquidity across chains, while NEAR AI is being developed to help users make decisions and find counterparties without relying on centralized platforms.\n\nAI that works for you. Infrastructure that gets things done.\n\nNEAR is the Blockchain for AI\nWebsite: https://near.org/\nNEAR AI: https://near.ai/\nIntents: https://near.org/intents\nChain Abstraction: https://www.proximity.dev/\nSharding: https://nearone.org/\n\nFor the devs\nGitHub: https://github.com/near \nDev Docs: https://docs.near.org/\nDevhub: https://devhub.near.page/ @NEARDevHub\n\nConnect with socials\nTwitter:   / nearprotocol  \nBlog: https://near.org/blog/\nMedium:   / nearprotocol  \n#NEAR #nearprotocol #NEARAI","channel_name":"NEAR Protocol","published_at":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","thumbnail_url":"https://img.youtube.com/vi/-LKeSB-IxbE/hqdefault.jpg","transcript_text":"We're live with the man, the myth himself, the uh the the man who serves justice on the blockchain, Alex Chevchenko. Um, where do we start? We can talk about near intense, we can talk about privacy, we can talk about quantum, we can talk about uh bringing people to justice and we can talk about why near is uh seeing some of the greatest rise uh that I think any any coin has seen as of late. Um I I think one place to start Alex is uh the cabal that has formed around Near. It feels like a lot of people were sidelined. They were caught off sides intellectually and then all of a sudden they realized that there is a shelling point for intellectual capital and Agentic Finance and the ticker is near. H what how do you think people arrived at this conclusion? What do you think ultimately got them over the edge? First of all, Andy Robbie, thanks for inviting me here. Um uh I do believe that um the important point was uh the token uh exactly one year ago when Zcash was rising. I was analyzing a little bit the um the kind of that rally. Why did it happen? Um and I think that it was consisted from four main points. [snorts] First one is that there is a simple pitch. The second one is that the tech is legitimate enough. Obviously, nobody is looking at the ZK schemes and all the stuff. But uh I I know the guy who knows the guy who who was looking and says that it's legit. So there is a tech legitimacy. Yeah. The third one, it was a very simple product to uh kind of feel it and experience it. In case of Zcash, it was a Zashi wallet that is now Zodto. And the last drop on the into into this pile was the uh you know, some uh legitimate influencers are starting to say that it makes sense. And I I think that that was the perfect storm around Zcash and actually just continues to be because the first three points are the fundamentals, right? when you have like a simple pitch, a very good product, tech legitimacy, then like everything just works out together. And with Near uh obviously we have been working on on the same type of an experience, right? Uh specifically Near is heavily focused on privacy, but if you will split it in between the AI and kind of DeFi and then with the AI thing is what we're building is universal liquidity layer. We're not competing with blockchains for the TVL, but instead we're trying to make sure that money flows are very simple and straightforward for everybody who are using your intents. And then this is simple. We have a simple application on top of it which is near.com. Anyone is able to use this. Um and the integration for B2B partners, it's also very simple. And uh so there is a pitch, there is a simple application. Hopefully people do believe that we have enough we have shown enough over the past years enough tech legitimacy at least near blockchain is one of a very few blockchains that didn't stop uh it didn't skip a bit uh at all and is is also working on the weekends. Um so uh so that's the that's kind of the the thing and then probably you know some some people started to to see this and like the this this spiral is is going and that this is a very from my point of view very simple kind of yeah I mean look the private intent side of things when you bridge into near like you know and deposit and you realize that you're in like this onchain black box it really is a compelling like it just feels different than a lot of the other onchain experiences which I think is is is fantastic. Um, you know, the other part of of this is not only what you've just you spoken about with regards to the brand and the marketing and the tech and the privacy, but you guys are now kind of creating this thing where near intense and near.com is becoming this like shelling point or this liquidity hub for speculative assets that don't want to go through the centralized exchange pipeline of just extraction and they instead want to launch onchain on near intense. like launching onchain has always been the dream because you can do a lot of things that don't require it's just a very like cipher punk very onchain like defi oriented way of of doing like an ICO and so like to just talk to us about what this Quantis launch means to you uh kind of seeing the success so far what what what you've learned from it what your takeaways are what went well what hasn't gone so well yeah yeah so for near intense obviously we have uh like in our stack uh the most complicated thing is to integrate the the some particular chain. Uh it takes time, it takes resources and we need to make sure that everything is is secure and then there are tons of monitoring and all the stuff, right? So with Quantas this was a complicated part of of the journey. Uh but we decided that uh the the team was legit enough. We would like to invest our own money, our own resources into integration here. Um uh but then after this it's kind of the same thing that goes with any type of an exchange like there needs to be a market maker on the other side. Uh so the guys figured it out um and uh and yeah now it can be traded. Now I do believe that uh many centralized exchanges have been in this position um for uh like in the position of geopolizing the launches of the tokens right um and uh they're not always saying that there is a listing fee. Sometimes they're saying oh yeah there is no listing fee but you know you need to do marketing you know like we need to drop some tokens of your project to our holders you know things like that. Um I and I do understand why this is happening. It's because they have huge distribution and um yeah but but I I also do believe that uh if we're able to have an alternative to this uh then we are all going to be a little bit better. Some projects are going to choose to list on centralized exchanges. Other projects would make a choice towards the um uh kind of more decentralized solutions. And and that's okay. It means that we're going to cover better the needs and suit the needs of of particular founders and the way how they would like to do it. I really believe that with the uh onchain and with near intense uh there is a very high chance to uh show to the world uh how the proper price discovery needs to be done. Um and uh I'm just looking forward to see how this experiment with with Quantis uh is going to go. Um yeah, what what would indicate to you that it's a success that you know Quantum uh that that Quantis uh illustrates a case study that others can follow uh and document a successful token launch? Um when I'm thinking about the token launches, I think that uh like one of the successful token launches are uh the 20 uh 2020 era of coin list when Solana and Near were launched there. I think that everybody are considering launches of Neo and Salana being successful um on coin list and that's why I think that it would be really nice to just just check what is was the price performance you know and things like that uh and also like how people are looking at into all of the things the most important thing for the platform is obviously we're staying neutral here u um I I can tell everybody that uh uh there is No quant payment to the the QTC payment to the platform for listing right no listing fee on near intent. There is no listing fee on near intense. Uh because obviously we do understand that the project is very young. We are not like we cannot build them anything but we're investing our own in the kind of resources into building this integration. The reason why we are doing this is we we feel that the the project is is legit enough. uh they they passed our due diligence and then we think that uh other people also might think about it like that and if they want to get an exposure to the project then they are going to come to neuro.com and some portion of these people are going to stay as users of neuro.com for a longer period of time. Yeah. But that's that's a kind of the the thing and this is how we are thinking about that thing. Obviously we do not want to give this additional investment of our credibility uh into the projects that we're that are not passing our due diligence right but in general for everybody investing is a high risky process so uh make sure that you're doing your own research. Yeah. So the only listing fee is do you mean due diligence and I I think you're absolutely right that you know other investors are going to look at this and they're going to see the value proposition of a quantum resistant layer one especially in today's day and age. And I think other builders and founders are going to look at you know the value proposition of near intents and they're going to see yeah uh you know that they can get connected to onchain liquidity uh and that is sufficient for a successful token launch. you know, I I can't help but think before you came on, we were kind of I was thinking through like these, you know, the way in which onchain is developing. Um, and we were thinking through agents and how bots are starting to interact with one another and uh, you know, kind of the the way that bots are a counterparty to a lot of us right now. um they're also, you know, developing a lot of these onchain venues, but eventually, you know, we're just going to be in this paradigm where bots are just kind of interacting with one another. And maybe there's no apps at all. Everything is just a headless interaction. We're all just interacting with our agents. And I can't really put my finger on it, but it feels like Near is very well positioned to be the venue of headless bot finance. Maybe you can help just articulate why it feels that way. Um this is the reason that we for this is that we are working in this direction for more than two years. The whole reason why Near Intense is brought to the market under the Near brand is uh is a deep conversation that we held with Ilia back in August 2024 and when we were thinking about what is the what is the future version of the world that we would like to live in is uh something like this. And this is going to be a little bit of a rough pitch because it's not like like very fine-tuned, but so sorry for that. But but here is it like the my interaction with the world consists of two uh two things. First one is that I know what I want roughly and then I want this to get done. I want food delivered. I want transportation. I want to learn Portuguese. Uh things like that. And there's there is a second version of interaction is I don't know what I want so feed me in with different stuff. Um and when there is a feed that is happening in all of the social media and stuff like that obviously everybody knows by now that they optimizing for verality they optimizing for the number of ads that they're showing to you and all of this stuff that's that's very hard to control. So I would like to live in the version of the world when this feed is not optimizing me that it it is not necessary for this feed to earn money. So it means that it works on my end. It more works for me probably it is AI assisted. So this is a userowned AI piece that is protecting me. That's why Near has userowned AI. And if I have intent then user owned AI is able to help me determine what actually I want to do and then and then find the counterparties to trade. And here we are with intense protocol that is there. And uh and for me it's okay to pay within that transaction. If I'm purchasing a car but I need to pay you know 100 bucks more well that's okay. Uh everybody are everybody are okay with that. Yeah. So that's great for the AI there to be on my end and not trying to monetize me, not trying to feed me with different ads like OpenAI is doing this. I want this AI to be on my side. Once we figured out this concept of the world, this version of the future of the world, it was a no-brainer for us to to keep these two legs on which Near is standing the user owned AI with private inference and all of the tools necessary for this with intense infrastructure that is also in the process of building and more and more things are going to be built next to each other because they are not possible to exist without one another. Uh, and that's why both of these are joined in the near. Yeah, Alex, you've done a great job. Great event. Uh, congrats on the successful Quantis launch. Hope more to come. Uh, you know, I've been talking to your team about other assets that I think that are uh on on the on the rise and have low liquidity profiles across the board. And I think that we can create a a world where near.com kind of catalyzes a lot of uh liquid markets for you know the top performing assets of this of this bull market. So appreciate your time, great event and thanks for everything man. Yeah, thanks for coming. Yeah, thanks. Pleasure. Yes sir.","transcript_synced_at":"2026-11-03T04:17:46.688Z","segments":[{"start_seconds":0,"text":"We're live with the man, the myth himself, the uh the the man who serves justice on the blockchain, Alex","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=0s"},{"start_seconds":7,"text":"Chevchenko. Um, where do we start? 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So the only listing fee is do you mean due diligence and I I think you're absolutely right that you know other investors are going to look at this and they're going to see the value","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=539s"},{"start_seconds":546,"text":"proposition of a quantum resistant layer one especially in today's day and age.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=546s"},{"start_seconds":550,"text":"And I think other builders and founders are going to look at you know the value proposition of near intents and they're going to see yeah uh you know that they","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=550s"},{"start_seconds":557,"text":"can get connected to onchain liquidity uh and that is sufficient for a successful token launch. you know, I I","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=557s"},{"start_seconds":564,"text":"can't help but think before you came on, we were kind of I was thinking through like these, you know, the way in which onchain is developing. Um, and we were","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=564s"},{"start_seconds":572,"text":"thinking through agents and how bots are starting to interact with one another and uh, you know, kind of the the way that bots are a counterparty to a lot of","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=572s"},{"start_seconds":581,"text":"us right now. um they're also, you know, developing a lot of these onchain venues, but eventually, you know, we're just going to be in this paradigm where","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=581s"},{"start_seconds":588,"text":"bots are just kind of interacting with one another. And maybe there's no apps at all. Everything is just a headless interaction. We're all just interacting","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=588s"},{"start_seconds":596,"text":"with our agents. And I can't really put my finger on it, but it feels like Near is very well positioned to be the venue","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=596s"},{"start_seconds":604,"text":"of headless bot finance. Maybe you can help just articulate why it feels that way.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=604s"},{"start_seconds":611,"text":"Um this is the reason that we for this is that we are working in this direction for more than two years. The whole reason why Near Intense is brought to","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=611s"},{"start_seconds":619,"text":"the market under the Near brand is uh is a deep conversation that we held with Ilia back in August 2024","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=619s"},{"start_seconds":628,"text":"and when we were thinking about what is the what is the future version of the world that we would like to live in is","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=628s"},{"start_seconds":636,"text":"uh something like this. And this is going to be a little bit of a rough pitch because it's not like like very fine-tuned, but so sorry for that.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=636s"},{"start_seconds":644,"text":"But but here is it like the my interaction with the world consists of two uh two things. First one is that I","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=644s"},{"start_seconds":652,"text":"know what I want roughly and then I want this to get done. I want food delivered. I want","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=652s"},{"start_seconds":659,"text":"transportation. I want to learn Portuguese. Uh things like that. And there's there is a second version of","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=659s"},{"start_seconds":666,"text":"interaction is I don't know what I want so feed me in with different stuff.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=666s"},{"start_seconds":674,"text":"Um and when there is a feed that is happening in all of the social media and stuff like that obviously everybody knows by now that they optimizing for","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=674s"},{"start_seconds":683,"text":"verality they optimizing for the number of ads that they're showing to you and all of this stuff that's that's very hard to control. So I would like to live","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=683s"},{"start_seconds":690,"text":"in the version of the world when this feed is not optimizing me that it it is not necessary for this feed to earn money.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=690s"},{"start_seconds":700,"text":"So it means that it works on my end.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=700s"},{"start_seconds":703,"text":"It more works for me probably it is AI assisted. So this is a userowned AI piece","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=703s"},{"start_seconds":710,"text":"that is protecting me. That's why Near has userowned AI. And if I have intent then user owned AI is able to help me","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=710s"},{"start_seconds":718,"text":"determine what actually I want to do and then and then find the counterparties to trade. And here we are with intense","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=718s"},{"start_seconds":726,"text":"protocol that is there. And uh and for me it's okay to pay within that","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=726s"},{"start_seconds":733,"text":"transaction. If I'm purchasing a car but I need to pay you know 100 bucks more well that's okay. Uh everybody are everybody are okay with that.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=733s"},{"start_seconds":742,"text":"Yeah. So that's great for the AI there to be on my end and not trying to monetize me, not trying to feed me with different ads like OpenAI is doing this.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=742s"},{"start_seconds":752,"text":"I want this AI to be on my side.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=752s"},{"start_seconds":755,"text":"Once we figured out this concept of the world, this version of the future of the world, it was a no-brainer for us to to keep","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=755s"},{"start_seconds":764,"text":"these two legs on which Near is standing the user owned AI with private inference and all of the tools necessary for this","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=764s"},{"start_seconds":772,"text":"with intense infrastructure that is also in the process of building and more and more things are going to be built next to each other because they are not possible to exist without one another.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=772s"},{"start_seconds":785,"text":"Uh, and that's why both of these are joined in the near. Yeah, Alex, you've done a great job.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=785s"},{"start_seconds":791,"text":"Great event. Uh, congrats on the successful Quantis launch. Hope more to come. Uh, you know, I've been talking to your team about other assets that I","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=791s"},{"start_seconds":799,"text":"think that are uh on on the on the rise and have low liquidity profiles across the board. And I think that we can create a a world where near.com kind of","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=799s"},{"start_seconds":808,"text":"catalyzes a lot of uh liquid markets for you know the top performing assets of this of this bull market. So appreciate your time, great event and thanks for everything man.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKeSB-IxbE&t=808s"},{"start_seconds":816,"text":"Yeah, thanks for coming. Yeah, thanks. Pleasure. 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