BASED BUILDER INTERVIEWS #2: Meet @ericjuta from @askgina.eth!

Q1.  What’s your protocol’s elevator pitch?

A. "Gina is your onchain companion. Pose her questions via your social feed directly on Farcaster (or via the terminal). Gather data, execute trades, and more. The reality is we don’t know everything Gina can do. You have to ask her!"

More alpha 🧵👇

cookin' @askgina.eth https://askgina.ai, @consensys class '17 - INTP

Your new onchain assistant | Gina Knows Best | askgina.ai

Q2. Can you share a favorite screenshot or two of your app or prototype?

See Gina in action with @sidshekhar 🔻

Introducing the all-new Gina app.

Gina started out in late 2024 as one of the first AI agents that lived within the social feed. We've significantly improved her capabilities over the past few weeks. 

Gina can now:

- Execute onchain transactions across multiple blockchains
- https://t.co/qRK0dBDJCj

Sid Shekhar

Building askgina.ai | prev: blockchain research @coinbase | sidshekhar.com

Futurist telling stories about crypto and AI at Delphi Labs. Proposed the BRC-20, Bascii and Asteroid standards.

Q2. Can you share a favorite screenshot or two of your app or prototype?

See Gina in action with @sidshekhar 🔻
https://x.com/sidshekhar24/status/1901701887763616153

Q3. Are you working on any enhancements or new features?

"Swarms and automation"

Q4. What’s the hardest part about building a new app or protocol?

"Balancing the time to shill with the time to build"

Q5. What’s been the biggest surprise on your journey so far?

"Early users being so based tbh, giving us the time of day

"Gina's features just compounding on each other, you never know what's gonna drop next"

Q6. What past jobs/life experiences led you to this moment?

"Ecommerce/Fashion, tech for good, 2017 class Consensys"

Base

Q7. What attracted you to building on /base?

"Vibes and willing users to experiment"

Q8. Where do you see your app in 5 years if it succeeds and fulfills your wildest vision?

"Gina OS and Gina as life companion"

Q9. Are there any other projects on Base that you’re excited about?

"@clanker tbh, wonder if volume outcompetes PumpFun"

Q10. What advice would you give to a fresh, first-time founder?

"Don't go at it alone, memories are better shared with friends"

I'd love to do some text-based interviews with founders building on Base: I send you questions via DM, you reply, I turn them into a thread with some fun art to share here... if you're game, drop me a DM! Also, feel free to tag founders you'd like to see interviewed!

This is part of the based interview series I kicked off below!

This is part of the based interview series I kicked off below! 

https://warpcast.com/redphone/0x0f1714b4

BASED BUILDER INTERVIEWS #1: Meet @tomu from /checkr!

Q1.  What’s your protocol’s elevator pitch?

"Attention moves. Tokens follow. $Checkr knows. Track token momentum on Farcaster’s social layer at checkr.social." 

Now for the alpha 🧵👇

Check out the first interview below 

https://warpcast.com/redphone/0xef40c0c7