Bettina Warburg

AI is becoming infrastructure — as basic as roads, power and the internet itself. Drawing on her work co-founding the Advanced AI Society and with the Public AI Network, Bettina maps who is building the most capable systems, who governs them, and what a public option for AI could look like.

Audiences Take Away:

• A clear picture of the AI stack: models, compute, data and the institutions behind each
• The case for public-interest AI, and what it means for business and government
• Questions every board and cabinet should be asking about AI dependence

BEST FOR: government, policy forums, foundations, civil society, universities

As AI floods the internet with synthetic content and autonomous agents, the hardest question becomes: what is real, and who said it? Bettina shows how cryptographic tools — verifiable credentials, provenance, zero-knowledge proofs — can give AI systems the proof layer they lack.

Audiences Take Away:

• Why AI and crypto are converging, explained without jargon
• How verification, identity and provenance will reshape digital business
• Where the real opportunities are, past the hype cycles

BEST FOR technology, financial services, media, enterprise leadership

Nations and companies are racing to control the compute, data and protocols that power the digital economy. Bettina explains how open systems change the balance of power.

Audiences Take Away:

• A framework for the global contest over AI and digital infrastructure
• What open protocols mean for national competitiveness and corporate strategy
• How to build resilience when the stack you depend on is owned by someone else

BEST FOR: government, trade and economic forums, multinationals, security and policy audiences

The evolution of Bettina’s landmark TED talk. Banks, registries, supply chains and marketplaces all exist to mediate trust between strangers. Bettina shows how open protocols and cryptographic verification are redesigning those institutions — and what leaders should build, buy or partner on now.

Audiences Take Away:

• A plain-language model of blockchain and open protocols, from the expert who explained
  it to millions
• Real use cases in finance, trade, supply chains and government
• How to tell durable infrastructure from speculation

BEST FOR: C-suite and corporate offsites, supply chain and trade, financial services, general business audiences

AI agents are no longer just tools; they are becoming participants in the economy. They book travel, manage procurement, trade assets and negotiate contracts, increasingly with other agents. Bettina explains what happens to markets, identity, payments and accountability when software acts on our behalf, and what infrastructure must be built so we can rely on it.

Audiences Take Away:

• A clear map of the agentic economy: where AI agents are already transacting, and what comes next
• Why identity, verification and payments rails are the bottlenecks, and how cryptography helps solve them
• How to prepare your organization, customers and workforce for agent-to-agent commerce

BEST FOR: C-suite and boards, financial services and payments, retail and commerce, technology, future-of-work audiences