The Story Behind "Story Protocol", which Just Raised $80 million to Fix Hollywood IP

Leading Venture Capital firm ‪@a16z‬ just led an $80 million round of investment into an AI-Startup called "Story Protocol." Why?
Virtually everyone in the AI space and Hollywood can agree on one thing: the system is broken. There’s no clear way of how to handle AI in Hollywood - or virtually any creative field - which has led to confusion, frustration, anger, and lawsuits. No one seems to have a good solution.
Enter Story Protocol.
I recently invited the co-founder of Story, Jason Zhao (formerly of Google Deep Mind), on my podcast, AI-Curious, to explain his vision. He's working to build the infrastructure for IP and AI - a network or even a marketplace, of sorts. The tech is a mix of AI and blockchain, and they've now raised over $140 million to try and pull this off.
Jason and I cover a LOT of ground. We get into the root causes of the problem, possible solutions, how Story Protocol works, and what are the challenges they need to overcome. (And along the way we might have created a Marvel and DC crossover.
Really fun episode.
Story Protocol:
www.storyproto...
Variety’s story on Story Protocol:
variety.com/20...
Jason’s presentation at the AI Summit at Consensus, which I was honored to host:
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[@jochemlambers]

Why didn't they just build it on Lukso....

[@jeffwilser]

Lukso - definitely an interesting project! My understanding, though, is that these are different end games - with Story focused more on creating infrastructure for IP marketplace.