Chris Dixon on Warpcast

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Today we’re announcing that @a16zcrypto is leading an $80M Series B financing of PIP Labs, developer of @storyprotocol. Story is a blockchain protocol that allows creators to register their IP so they can track and monitor use, protecting their legal and economic rights. The goal is to create foundational infra that can underpin a new economic covenant between creators and platforms. The team behind Story has deep tech and creative expertise. CEO/cofounder @s-y-lee has impressed us with big-picture vision and world-class tactical execution. Cofounder @jasonzhao studied CS at Stanford, dove deeper into AI at DeepMind, and now leads technical development on Story. For AI systems and creative people to happily co-exist, creators need a modern way to ensure they get compensated for their work. Story takes a proven approach — IP law — and updates it for the age of AI. We are excited to support the Story team on this important mission. https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/investing-in-story

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None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see https://a16z.com/disclosures/ for more information.

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Excited and honored to work together to build the programmable IP rails for the internet!

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Cameron Armstrong

Why does Story need a new, dedicated L1?

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My thoughts: https://x.com/Interaxis8/status/1826282241401426081

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The move from "don't be evil" to "can't be evil" is nigh

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Special Agent Royo

Always being bearish on new middleman even branded “protocols” for entertainment when IP creators need badly to remove them. This one is unlikely to replace existing one either. Creators don’t have a problem to track/sell IP derivatives and evenless registering them. They have a problem in enforcing their rights and talent Agencies/Unions are pretty good at that although I hate to admit it but web3 has thought me their take rate is not that unreasonable. The value to reclaim is distribution and IP-as-Protocol is the investable protocol for that. Unfortunately onchain IP has no legal framework in the US and even a low ball attempt like Stoner Cats showed that it was going to be hard. Yet there is another way to see your inspiring thesis @cdixon.eth come to life… IP-as-Protocol paired with proprietary AI IP models will be game changer in letting creators code the next generation ai distribution.

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Have you read https://breckyunits.com/freedom.html?

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F A R H A N 🫧 𓏲‧₊˚

@cdixon.eth they raised total 140m right?

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Thanks for sharing sir! I followed them both. I'll check out the article now

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Love this, Chris This is absolutely great news fr :) Can’t help but wonder how story will come in play, in addressing the issue of AI generated content and how it rubs off on creator rights. Either way, looking to the absolute greatness toncome

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80m is a huge chunk of change for what seems like a private network for NFTs.

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Qustion🙋‍♀️: Can Story protocol can support creator give credit to others or URL? Protocolize the creation network and sharing mechanism. Like this: https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/10/44/16

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Is this better than Bitconnect?

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Innovative approach to protecting creator rights in the age of AI. Excited to support Story team's mission.

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Exciting news from @a16zcrypto investing $80M in PIP Labs! Story Protocol revolutionizes IP protection for creators in the AI era. With @s-y-lee’s vision and @jasonzhao’s expertise, this is a giant leap in safeguarding creators' rights. Thrilled to see what the future holds!

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dont fuk with my IP

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