Karia Samaroo is the founder/former CEO and Chairman of WonderFi, which is being acquired by Robinhood for $180M. Karia now heads a startup called xTAO, which is devoted to the decentralized AI network Bittensor. Karia is also a former securities lawyer who used his legal expertise to enter the crypto industry in 2016, working with firms like Galaxy Digital before going on to found WonderFi.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Robinhood acquiring WonderFi for $180M
- Bittensor subnets
- xTAO
- Bittensor’s AI network model
- DATs raising money in the least dilutive way possible
- Decentralized AI
- The convergence of crypto + AI
- Crypto in Canada
- Q4 2025 crypto hot takes

xTAO
X: @xtaohq
Website: xtao.co
LinkedIn: xTAO

Karia Samaroo
X: @samaroo00
LinkedIn: Karia Samaroo

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#484: Karia Samaroo, Founder of xTAO, on Bittensor, Decentralized AI, Crypto in Canada, and DATs

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