World Labs actively recruits researchers, engineers, and product people, emphasizing interdisciplinary expertise in graphics, physics, and AI. The founders view open challenges and a clear product vision as magnets for top talent, while also highlighting the need for public-sector resources to sustain academic breakthroughs.
Hyperliquid deliberately integrates only the layers it deems essential--order-books, perps, and the Hyper EVM--while leaving higher-level applications to the community. The team believes that a resilient DeFi stack requires multiple independent options at each layer, fostering robustness and innovation.
MegaETH's USDM stablecoin and proximity markets create novel economic loops that feed value back to the ecosystem rather than leaking to external parties.
Brian articulates the fundamental tension between starting and scaling companies today - while technology makes founding easier than ever, building durable institutions has never been harder.