Mr Grey

By far and away, the most consistent compliment I receive from investors is the speed at which the Dot team delivers. And I think that is rather telling. There is a persistent narrative in this space that success requires immediate revenue, perfect product market fit, alignment with whatever narrative happens to be dominant, or that investors are inherently impatient and incapable of maintaining conviction beyond a single trade. I do not believe, in any capacity, that this is true. Dot started from zero. Literally zero. And in the months since, the team has built relentlessly, shipping products, expanding infrastructure, acquiring users, generating revenue and continuously pushing the platform forward. I'm not suggesting we are perfect, or that we have solved everything, because we haven't. We remain extremely far from where we want to be, but that is exactly my point. We have refused to conform to the assumptions that often surround this industry, and in doing so, have enabled ourselves 4 months of time to build, and I mean, build, with a pursuit of passion that is often lacking in this space. And the simple reason is that we believe, beyond a considerable doubt, that we can change the way AI is consumed globally. Investors aren't incapable of conviction, they simply have a choice. And if your choice, as a founding team, is to commit your entire being to the success of your protocol, then investor confidence is seldom an issue. Why? Because there is very little that cannot be achieved by people who simply refuse to stop. Whether you believe in them today, tomorrow, or next week, is irrelevant. No mountain is too high for someone who is unwilling to stop climbing. No problem is too large, and no objective is truly impossible, when the people pursuing it are sufficiently committed to finding a way forward. I'm sure many people have thought, and still think, that I'm delusional, and I get it. I set out to change the way AI is constructed and consumed with a platform that was processing 1M tokens per day. But I have always lived by a simple mantra: my values, principles and beliefs come before everything else. Once those are aligned, there is very little left to negotiate for me, and absolutely nothing you can do to stop me. In short, you either believe in what you're building, or you don't. And if the former is true, and I mean really true, then you simply cannot be beaten, and you have my respect. Dot.