Charles Hoskinson - Cardano Founder on the Secret DARPA AI Project That ...

 

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Charles Hoskinson is the CEO and Founder of Input Output Global (IOHK), the company behind the Cardano blockchain, a proof-of-stake platform hosting the ADA cryptocurrency. 

• A mathematician by training, Hoskinson co-founded Ethereum in 2013.  
• He launched IOHK with Jeremy Wood in 2015, raising $62 million in a 2017 ICO for Cardano, initially targeting the Japanese market before global expansion. 

Hoskinson advocates for decentralized governance, as seen in Cardano’s 2024 Voltaire framework and 2025 Wyoming Integrity PAC to challenge state stablecoin policies.  

 

His ventures extend to longevity science, with a $100 million investment in the Hoskinson Health & Wellness Clinic in Wyoming, and quirky pursuits like glow-in-the-dark botany and a 2023 Papua New Guinea expedition for extraterrestrial objects. 

 

With a net worth estimated at $1.2 billion, he owns an 11,000-acre Wyoming ranch and remains a vocal critic of centralized control in crypto. 

 

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Charles Hoskinson, the founder of the Cardano blockchain, was featured in the SRS #215 episode, titled

"Charles Hoskinson - Cardano Founder on the Secret DARPA AI Project That Became Siri". 

• The podcast discusses how Apple's virtual assistant Siri originated from the Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes (CALO) project, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). 
• CALO aimed to develop an AI-powered assistant for military commanders, and the research was managed by SRI International. 

According to SRI International, the technology behind Siri was developed through the SRI-led CALO project within DARPA's Personalized Assistant that Learns (PAL) program. 

 

• SRI International spun off Siri, Inc. in 2007 to commercialize the technology. 
• Apple later acquired Siri in 2010 and integrated it into the iPhone 4S in 2011. 

The podcast highlights that Hoskinson is a vocal critic of centralized control in the crypto space. Hoskinson is the CEO and founder of Input Output Global (IOHK), the company behind Cardano, a proof-of-stake blockchain.