Outlier Ventures 28th March webinar introduced hundreds of people to our new Convergence Stack Thesis, a more granular view of the specific technologies and protocols that make up Convergence. The new OV app ANVIL was also introduced with an open invitation to people to join into the stack and our Convergence Alliance. For those who missed the live webinar, here is a short run down with the full webinar available here https://outlierventures.io/research/the-convergence-stack-webinar-featuring-anvil/

1. The Convergence Stack & ANVIL
Aron van Ammers, Theo Turner, Toby Simpson, Ken Ebert

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Speaking today

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● All: Introductions and housekeeping
● Aron: What is The Convergence Stack?
● Theo: Overview and live demo of ANVIL
● Toby and Ken: Fireside chat discussing the benefits and use cases of ANVIL
● All: Concluding sentiments, and how to be part of the synergistic stack
Overview

4. What will you get out of this webinar?
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Developer
Learn how to do trusted
negotiation between agents
in 6 lines of code
Business
Learn how you can leverage
the synergistic decentralised
technology stack and be part
of the ecosystem
General interest
Learn how the Convergence
Stack helps you take control
of your own data

5. Outlier Ventures
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A venture platform focused on building the infrastructure for
the next phase of the Web. We invest in and advise talented
teams, as well as support the businesses creating value in
Web 3.0
Our team is 30 people strong, with a presence in London,
Toronto, Chicago and Amsterdam.

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B A I D U
A L I B A B A
T E N C E N T
● Platform monopolies become data monopolies, become AI monopolies
● Surveillance capitalism has become the dominant business model
The Existential Threat brought by Web 2.0
F A C E B O O K
A M A Z O N
A P P L E
N E T F L I X
G O O G L E

7. Tokens as network incentives
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Mass Coordinate Decentralization of The Web

8. 360 venture platform for Web 3
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MARKET RESEARCH & INSIGHT
PARTNERSHIPS ECOSYSTEM (GOVT, ACADEMIA & ENTERPRISE)
TOKEN SALE
PROCESS &
STRUCTURING
TOKEN DESIGN
& OPTIMIZATION
REGULATION
& COMPLIANCE
MARKETING
AGENCY
TECHNOLOGY
AUDIT &
PLANNING
CONSULTING / ADVISORY

9. So we invest and support...
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10. Building the
technology stack
for the
decentralised
web
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● Our evolved investment thesis: The Convergence Stack
● Protocols fit together to form a concrete technology stack
that can be built upon
● This frames both our investments and their relationship with
one another, as well as the wider ‘crypto’ industry, in an
OSI-inspired model from hardware at the bottom to the
application layer at the top that combines DLT with IoT, Big
Data & AI.

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12. The
Convergence
Alliance
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Governing and engaging with the Convergence Stack
Now:
● Internal Technical Council
● Internal Business Development Working Group
● Enterprise Council
Future working groups:
● Governance
● Regulatory
● Integrators

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19. What can you build on the
Convergence Stack?

20. Data in
decentralised
databases (Haja
Networks) traded
on data
marketplaces
(Ocean Protocol)
- H2O
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22. Fetch.AI is a data-driven economic framework.
In Fetch.AI, a network of ​autonomous economic agents​ representing
devices, services or individuals can interact and transact in real time.

23. ● AI actively optimises information flow, maximising
the utility of the network to the end-user.
● For example, if you own a set of smart devices, how
do you optimally monetise them?
● Likewise, data consumers achieve an optimal inflow
of information.
● Fetch.AI pushes data to those who ​unknowingly​
have a use for it.

24. Fetch.AI federates the internet of things, networking the ant intelligence of
individual devices into a collective superintelligence.
This is accessible to anyone through Fetch.AI’s smart ledger.

25. Sovrin is a digital identity and verifiable credentials platform.
Sovrin gives everyone a use-everywhere identity and full
control of how their personal information is shared.
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26. ● On Sovrin, the access point for any one person’s
information is available in a single place on a blockchain.
● This makes the identity universal, eliminating the need for
different logins across platforms and services.
● The DID points to actual identity data on the end-user’s
device.
● This lets the owner of personal information to control
exactly what is available and to whom.
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27. Sovrin extends to a toolbox for making claims about identity that
can be verified by anyone, enabling verifiable credentials.
Such a credential, for example proof of citizenship, may be authenticated
by mathematical guarantees even in a fully automated environment.
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28. ANVIL bridges Fetch.AI and Sovrin.
It enables trusted interaction between autonomous economic agents.

29. A g e n t
N e g o t i a t i o n
V e r i f i a b l e
I n t e r a c t i o n
L a y e r
As an app in the Convergence Stack, ANVIL
is built for the programmable economy. It
allows for trusted, automated settlement
between humans, AI and devices.

30. ANVIL API
The ANVIL API gives developers simple abstractions for cryptocurrency
transactions, digital identity, secure channels and zero-knowledge proofs.

31. ANVIL API
example:
Checking an
electric car
charging pole
is genuine with
6 lines of Python.

32. Introducing Sophos, an Outlier Ventures data sharing bot.
We’re going to authorise Sophos to share restricted data
outside of company walls using the ANVIL Apps.

33. Restricted data
SophosLicense to share
Outlier Ventures Analytics company

34. Fireside chat

35. The
Convergence
Alliance
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Governing and engaging with the Convergence Stack
Now:
● Internal Technical Council
● Internal Business Development Working Group
● Enterprise Council
Future working groups:
● Governance
● Regulatory
● Integrators

36. Thank you for attending!
Keep an eye on your inbox.
To get in contact about the
Convergence Alliance:
partnership@outlierventures.io