How DAOs and Web3 organizations scale financial operations, with Utopia Labs CEO Kaito Cunningham

Lex interviews Kaito Cunningham, Co-founder and CEO of Utopia
Labs, the modern system for managing contributor payments,
expenses, and more for your DAO, supported by communities such as
FWB, Sushiswap, and PleasrDao. Together, they touch on what a DAO
really is and how the theoretical concept has evolved over time.
The true benefits of transparency and verification have not been
brought to fruition, and its Kaito's mission to do that with
Utopia Labs, bringing true DAO tooling to the next generation of
online labour. Lex and Kaito talk about the philosophy behind
governance, voting, and community capitalism, as well as, how
Utopia Labs have nurtured the journey of fundraising and
leveraging the best value from their investors.


 


MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION


 


Utopia Labs' website: https://bit.ly/3lYVfdH


Kaito's Linkedin profile: https://bit.ly/3ItjhFo


 


Topics: Web3, Defi, blockchain, DAO, decentralized autonomous
organizations, voting, governance


 


Companies: Utopia Labs, Lido.fi, Metropolis, MakerDAO


 


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TIMESTAMPS


 


1’18”: Kaito’s founder journey - entering the Web3 space and his
learnings from failed startups and content creation on social
media


 


6’07”: Finding Utopia Labs’ CTO on LinkedIn & how an interest
in Web3 evolved to a focus in DAOs


 


9’38”: An intro to DAOs - What they are? How they differ? What
they are for? and some compelling examples


 


17’19”: The concept of Liquid Labor in the context of DAOs &
characterizing the last six months of governance structure
evolution


 


26’51”: The future of governance - Breaking down the idea of
voting driven by identity and the individual human and democracy
rather than by financial holding


 


29’47”: Utopia Labs - The evolution of its purpose, Kaito’s
journey to date, and who the main clients are that are utilizing
Utopia Labs’ tools?


 


34’43”: The process of fundraising and financing the company to
date & building relationships with investors


 


38’42”: Channels to use to connect with Kaito & learn more
about Utopia Labs


Disclaimer here — this newsletter does not provide investment
advice and represents solely the views and opinions of FINTECH
BLUEPRINT LTD.


Contributors: Lex, Laurence, Matt, Farhad, Mike, Daniella


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