Jose Caldera: Proof of Humanity, Agent Liability, Banks Blocking AI Agents, Yanez Subnet 54| Ep. 108

About SN54 Yanez

Jose Caldera, the founder of Yanez (Bittensor Subnet 54), returns to the podcast with a number and a problem. Yanez passed half a million dollars in estimated annual recurring revenue last quarter and closed one of the largest social networks as a client, a name he is still under NDA about. The problem is what happens next: AI agents are already moving money and pushing code on people's behalf, major banks have started blocking them outright, and nobody has settled who is liable when an agent does something its owner never approved. Jose argues the answer is proof that a specific human was really present at the moment a decision got authorized, built so it works on whatever sensor you already own, keeps the biometrics off any central database, and still runs decentralized. He also says plainly where Bittensor loses enterprise deals: a bank cannot buy inference it cannot audit, and no regulated buyer can accept miners that might be operating in a sanctioned country. *In this episode, you'll learn* - Why Yanez sells two different product lines, and why the humanhood one is the newer business - What proof of presence means, and why it rules out going somewhere to scan your eyeball - Why binding two biometrics together is far harder than running them separately - How rogue agents are already draining bank accounts, and why blocking agents will not hold - Who Jose thinks is liable for an agent's transaction, and what Reg E, Mastercard and Google are proposing - Why he believes human rights should stay with humans, even as agents get credentials of their own - The real gap between Bittensor's speed and an enterprise sales cycle measured in quarters - What SOC 2, ISO 27001 and sanctioned-country miners mean for subnets that want regulated customers *Chapters* 0:00 - Highlights 1:01 - Second Time on the Show 1:25 - Half a Million in ARR 2:59 - The Client They Cannot Name 3:39 - What Yanez Actually Sells 6:12 - No Orbs, No Eyeball Scans 8:18 - Face Now, Voice Next 9:04 - Why

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