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Illia Polosukhin
2 interviews on Crypto Coin Show · NEAR Protocol
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Co-Founder, NEAR Protocol
Illia Polosukhin is co-author of Google's 'Attention Is All You Need,' the 2017 paper that introduced the Transformer architecture used in major large language models. At NEAR Protocol, he works on building blockchain infrastructure designed for AI agents to execute autonomous financial transactions and operate with privacy guarantees.
30:42Latest interview · Jun 16, 2026Illia Polosukhin on NEAR Protocol building for AI agentsAI agents are already executing financial transactions autonomously — but the infrastructure they're running on was never designed for them. NEAR Protocol is building the settlement layer for the agentic economy: a blockchain where agents can express outcomes, route cross-chain transactions, and operate with built-in…Watch the episode →More with Illia Polosukhin
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