Your AI Agent Will Want Bitcoin (w/ HRF & Marks)

Your AI Agent Will Want Bitcoin (w/ HRF & Marks)

From The Pregame (NYC) by PubKey Media House

February 22, 2026 · 55 min

About this episode

A discussion on the future of AI, its implications for activists, and its connection to Bitcoin.

What's the next for the future of AI... or is it all just hype? In preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, Marks⁠ (CEO of ⁠MapleAI⁠ ) and ⁠Harrison Friedes⁠ (Freedom Tech Grants Lead at ⁠HRF⁠ ) grab a cold one with host ⁠ Frank Corva in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about the future of AI, how activists can safely use AI in authoritarian countries, and what it all means for Bitcoin. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Place 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey D.C. 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey 🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menu Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym. Est. 735075.

People in this episode

Host: Frank Corva

Guests: Marks, Harrison Friedes

Topics covered

  • AI
  • Bitcoin
  • activism
  • authoritarianism
  • technology

Keywords

  • AI
  • Bitcoin
  • activism
  • authoritarian countries
  • MapleAI
  • HRF

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MapleAI, HRF

Places: New York City, Washington D.C.

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