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AI and the "Why Now" of Data DAOs
Data DAOs represent one path to generating new high-quality data sets and overcoming the data wall in AI
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April 2024

Art in the Age of Crypto Reproduction
Aura, value, and politics in the age of crypto art
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March 2024

Crypto as the next iteration of the attention economy
Memecoins, NFTs, and tokens are new “attention assets” that measure the value of attention in real time
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Memecoins as the new GTM strategy
The next big thing may start out by piggybacking off a popular memecoin
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February 2024

Dissecting the points meta: best practices for user loyalty
Takeaways from a recent conversation hosted by Variant
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January 2024

Multi-Hit Wonders: Embracing Apps With Short Shelf Life
In today's consumer app landscape, aiming for smaller, fleeting hits can be a winning strategy
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December 2023

Lessons on Points Programs for Crypto Apps
Points are taking web3 apps by storm, but what can they learn from web2 precedents?
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November 2023

Progressive Ownership: A Model for Application Tokens
By Li Jin and Jesse Walden
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Love vs. fame: A framework for social applications
While “social” is often generalized as a single monolithic category, there’s actually a ton of variance in today’s landscape of social apps.
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May 2023

Introducing the Variant Newsletter: Building in web3 social
Hi readers, the following is an excerpt from the inaugural issue of the Variant Newsletter, out today.
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April 2023

Building Psychological Attachment — Not Just Ownership — Into Web3
User interest in crypto projects is often transactional, mercenary, and short-lived. Here’s how to change that.
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March 2023

Announcing the Variant Founder Fellowship
A new three-month cohort-based program for web3 founders at the earliest stages
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