$PI Dr. Fan Chengdiao, founder of Pi, delivered a speech titled "Practical Integration of Web3, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain" at Consensus 2026 in Miami today.

Dr. Fan shared how Pi's blockchain infrastructure, identity verification, and global participation networks support practical, product- and enterprise-oriented approaches in the AI era.

Her speech centered around a core challenge faced by the entire cryptocurrency industry: the frequent disconnect between token design and actual innovation. Although tokens within the industry are often primarily used as fundraising tools or quick exit strategies, Dr. Fan explored how Pi views tokens as tools to support growth, user engagement, and long-term practicality.

Pi's ecosystem tokens and issuance mechanisms focus on leveraging tokens to acquire users and integrating token design into product innovation processes. By using tokens to help products attract real users, enabling user interaction, feedback, and utilization of these tokens in actual product experiences, this approach more directly links token design with practicality and product development.

More broadly, Dr. Fan's speech sparked discussions on how blockchain can help shape business models, financial literacy, ownership, and socio-economic participation in the AI era. As AI lowers the barriers to building, attention is shifting toward harder-to-replicate elements: genuine users, real engagement, and large-scale trustworthy human input.

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