In this episode, we speak to Avery Ching, the CTO and co-founder of Aptos Labs about his vision of building Aptos as a general-purpose blockchain for the next billion users, its integration with AI, the oncoming wave of blockchain modularity, and the deeper challenges surrounding regulation.

Aptos launched its mainnet in October 2022, raised over $350 million in funding and has a current market cap of almost $3 billion. In this episode, we speak to Avery Ching, the CTO and co-founder of Aptos Labs about his vision of building Aptos as a general-purpose blockchain for the next billion users, its integration with AI, the oncoming wave of blockchain modularity, and the deeper challenges surrounding regulation.

We discuss:

• The real vision of web3 being interoperable
• Integrating blockchain into the ‘new internet’ and the role of modularity
• How do we move end users from speculating on crypto to actually interacting with web3 tech?
• Regulation and leadership in a decentralized world – whose say goes?
• The convergence of blockchain and AI through Aptos and Microsoft Copilot
• The role of Asia in Aptos’ international growth