Charlie Silver — Why High-Quality, Permissioned Data Will Power the Next AI Wave

16/09/2025 25 min Episodio 26

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Episode Synopsis

Charlie Silver is the Founder and CEO of Permission and an entrepreneur with successful startups in tech, media, and finance. He pioneered RealAge, a permission marketing company acquired by Hearst after reaching 60 million users. He also co-founded Onramp Invest, Blockforce Capital, and Reality Shares, launching seven publicly traded ETFs, including the first Blockchain equity ETF.

Charlie Silver
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliehsilver/

Flor Laorga
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flor-laorga/
X: https://x.com/florlaorga
Website: https://aifn.co/flor

AI Frontier Network
Website: https://aifn.co
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ai-frontier-network/
X: https://x.com/aifn_co
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ai-frontier-network

OUTLINE
00:00 Start
00:27 Charlie Silver's Entrepreneurial Journey
04:13 Founding Permission: Empowering User Data Ownership
04:45 Why Data Quality Matters in AI
05:54 Users Owning and Earning from Their Data
10:17 Building Trust and Ethics into AI
20:52 Envisioning the Future of Decentralized, User-Owned Data
23:34 Career Shifts, Values, and Final Insights

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