Synapz covers the intersection of artificial intelligence, decentralized infrastructure, and the political economy surrounding both. The writing here is long-form analysis, not news coverage.

Three developments drive most of what we publish: AI systems that are outgrowing the corporate labs that built them, blockchain protocols that offer credible alternatives to centralized control, and the early signs of autonomous machine coordination. We write about each of these as they develop, with an emphasis on what actually works over what gets funded.

The site is run by Derek Barnes, a member of the Covenant AI team on Bittensor. That affiliation is disclosed on every relevant post. The analysis here reflects my own views, informed by direct experience building and operating decentralized AI infrastructure.

Coverage areas include Bittensor subnet analysis, decentralized training and inference, on-chain governance, DeSci, privacy infrastructure, and the geopolitics of AI development. We also write about Canadian politics when it intersects with technology policy.

If you're building in this space, or thinking about it, the archives are a good place to start.