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AI as the New Baseline, Trust Over UX & Sharpening Conviction

AI in crypto, institutional trust and how investment conviction develops.

BR LabsEpisode 02July 6, 2026

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The episode examines how AI changes the leverage of a strong builder, what hiring means after that baseline shifts, and why institutional distribution can matter more than a technically elegant interface.

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AI adoption and institutional trust

This BR Labs discussion places AI alongside the practical questions of building and distributing products in crypto. Builder productivity, hiring and institutional trust are different parts of adoption: a more capable tool does not, by itself, explain how an organization chooses to use it.

Rezo Shmertz examines a related question in Warren Buffett, AI Agents, and Why Your Edge Was Never About Thinking, an essay on judgment and investment advantage. For other BR Labs episodes and public appearances, browse Media.