And we are live in five!

Come and say hi to JP, I hear there may be some in progress footage being shown off today of what we’re currently working on… 👀 👀

Right here in the #🎙️┃team-ama channel

@​everyone
Time to reveal this week’s Sapien team member for the Discord Takeover: Jean-Philippe Melanson, Software Engineer at Sapien. JP is building Sapien’s Proof of Quality system, the foundation that helps us measure, validate, and continuously improve what “good” looks like across the product.

JP is happy to take questions on AI applied to real product workflows, product development in a fast moving startup, practical UX decisions that compound over time, and where blockchain architectures do and do not make sense when building for scale. If you want to dig into how we translate technical choices into product outcomes, bring your sharpest questions.

As always, your questions will be collected, and the most common ones will be answered live on Friday at 12:00 pm Eastern in the #🎙️┃team-ama channel!

https://forms.gle/qtFXr3p2eFaQGYMg6

Sapien Discord Team AMA

Thank you for being part of the Sapien Community! Please leave your Discord username and your questions below!
This week’s Sapien team member is Jean-Philippe Melanson, Software Engineer at Sapien. JP is currently working on setting up the next stage of Sapien's development and is happy to answer questions on Proof of Quality, AI, product deve...

Did you know that since the start of the 2025 school year, there have been as many as 19 cases of autonomous vehicles ignoring school bus stop signs while children were getting on or off the bus in Austin, Texas alone?

We do. Proof of Quality fixes this.

We're finally ready to unveil what we've been working on. Over the next weeks, we will be introducing in detail how we're approaching the ever-growing issue of bad quality data in datasets that can have real world consequences.

To kick us off, check out our Founder & CEO Rowan Stone's article on the how and why, and especially the “why now?” of Proof of Quality right here:

Proof of Quality: Who Verified the Data That Trained Your Model?

@​everyone

https://x.com/RowanRK6/status/2019788772645179599

Proof of Quality: Who Verified the Data That Trained Your Model?

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Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

We are going live in five minutes for the Discord Team Takeover with Madison McCarthy in the #🎙️┃team-ama channel. Join now and make sure to say hello!

If you miss it, the recap will be published afterwards on X in article form and in #🧙┃stanley-chat on here!

Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

Join us this Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern for the next Discord Team Takeover, featuring our amazing Operations Manager Madison McCarthy.

Madison will join us in the #🎙️┃team-ama channel to chat about how Sapien delivers complex data training work at scale, how our public platform and community task workflows get built and improved, and how teams can diagnose and prevent quality failures driven by training bias and messy data. She is also open to any questions regarding AI governance and operational safety, including practical guardrails, safety protocols, and how Sapien should think about data labeler rights and protections. Madison has been here since the early days, so bring your sharpest questions. 👇🏻

https://forms.gle/2TS3wTUMBKqjzFY77

Sapien Discord Team AMA

Thank you for being part of the Sapien Community! Please leave your Discord username and your questions below!
This week’s Sapien team member is Madison McCarthy, one of Sapien’s early operators. Madison helped ensure complex data training projects ran smoothly and contributed to building Sapien’s public platform and bringing tasks to the ...

“SpaceX intends to build a ton of space domiciled data centers leveraging solar power to keep up with insane rising demand for power/compute from the AI industry”

Our CEO Rowan Stone was asked for commentary by Forbes on Elon Musik’s merger of xAI and SpaceX!

Check it out below. 👇🏻 @​everyone

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/02/02/elon-musks-spacex-merges-with-xai-in-bid-to-launch-ai-data-centers-in-space/

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Merges With xAI

The deal brings xAI and Elon Musk’s social media platform X under the SpaceX banner.

Final call for questions for the AMA with our Head of Finance, Reed Ponak! @​everyone

He’ll be in the chat right here in the #🎙️┃team-ama channel answering YOUR questions in just over 7 hours.

Be sure your questions make it in! https://forms.gle/Qjma4XYEcRG5HP6n9

Sapien Discord Team AMA

Thank you for being part of the Sapien Community! Please leave your Discord username and your questions below!
This week’s Sapien team member is Reed Ponak, our very own Head of Finance, leading Sapien’s strategic finance initiatives across planning, capital allocation, and execution. Reed is happy to answer questions about how Sapien approa...

Need some light Thursday listening? @​everyone

The one and only Trevor Koverko sat down with Amanda Whitcroft at the Get to the Point Podcast to chat about why keeping humans in the loop will be the key that separates AI from Quality AI.

Give it a listen! 👇
https://x.com/gttp_podcast/status/2015784567831920900
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5tdT4uhs84

“If AI is the future, data is the bottleneck.”

From why bigger models won’t win w/o better data to why human are more valuable—not less—in the AI economy, Trevor Koverko breaks down what most are missing about the next phase of AI

New episode is live
https://t.co/oKlF9d2Yyo
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Better Data, Better Models, Better Work

A conversation with Sapien and Polymath founder Trevor Koverko

https://amandawhitcroft.substack.com/p/better-data-better-models-better?utm_source=youtube

Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

Join us this Friday, the 30th of January, at 11:30 AM Eastern for the next Discord Team Takeover, featuring our Head of Finance, the amazing Reed Ponak!

Reed will join us in the #🎙️┃team-ama channel to chat about all things regarding Sapien's strategy, how we operationalize scalable, enterprise grade data production, how incentive aligned systems support quality at scale, and how the team thinks about growth planning as Sapien expands. Reed brings years of high-growth startup experience across industries, so hit him with your smartest questions!

Drop your questions here: https://forms.gle/Qjma4XYEcRG5HP6n9

See you Friday. :sapien_cheers:

Sapien Discord Team AMA

Thank you for being part of the Sapien Community! Please leave your Discord username and your questions below!
This week’s Sapien team member is Reed Ponak, our very own Head of Finance, leading Sapien’s strategic finance initiatives across planning, capital allocation, and execution. Reed is happy to answer questions about how Sapien approa...

Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

It's been a long time coming, please welcome @stanley as our very first Community Ambassador and Super Mod!

Stanley has consistently raised the bar in this Discord. He shows up, helps builders unblock, keeps discussions constructive, and is willing to go deep on technical details when it matters. Over the past months, he has earned this position through real contribution and a drive to help out, and he has has a strong impact on shaping the tone and standards we want this community to be known for.

Please give Stanley a warm welcome! Thank you, Stanley, for stepping into this role!

Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone One last ping for the day!

Here’s a little very special goodie to get you through the weekend! A new task is now live in the Sapien app!

We need your voices to record famous lines, quotes, riddles and such in our new “Thinking Comic Lines” task. As always, this task comes with a QA version for high trust users as well!

Live now on your dashboard! 👇🏻
https://app.sapien.io/t/dashboard

And we have lift off! 🚀 @​everyone

Join Mo and our friends at AttentionToken to find out how AI is already influencing our lives in subtle ways and how we can pay attention to the algorithms affecting what consent we consume!

Live now! ▶️👇

https://x.com/i/spaces/1MYGNlnOkBQxw?s=20

Happening now: The Brave Show: Is AI Controlling Us?

Basic Attention Token (BAT)’s Space · 14 listening · Where live audio conversations happen

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Also, please join us tomorrow at 1PM Eastern Time as we’ve been cordially invited by our friends over at Basic Attention Token to speak on whether or not AI is controlling us.

Spooky idea. Let’s listen in. Set your reminders down below!!

https://x.com/attentiontoken/status/2014444998411092411?s=46&t=2Cv-MWG_JgKjddpNZrIGHA

🤖 Is AI controlling us, or just quietly shaping our choices?
From what we see online to what gets recommended, ranked, or ignored, AI is already part of our everyday decisions. Most of the time, we don’t notice it happening until we stop and think about who’s really in control.

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Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

Last call for the questions for this week’s AMA with our amazing Product and UX Design Engineer Elizabeth Dorfman. We’ll be closing these in about 6 hours.

She’ll be taking and answering your questions in the #🎙️┃team-ama chat on Friday, January 23, 2026 04:00 PM today! That’s your local time, so mark it in your calendar!

https://forms.gle/3fYGt76CtdBEBYwu8

Sapien Discord Team AMA

Thank you for being part of the Sapien Community! Please leave your Discord username and your questions below!

This week’s Sapien team member is Elizabeth Dorfman, a product focused engineer working heavily on UX and new features across the app. Elizabeth is happy to answer questions about Proof of Quality product design, how Sapien builds pr...

Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

Join us this Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern for the next Discord Team Takeover, featuring Elizabeth Dorfman, a product focused engineer driving UX and new features across the Sapien app.

Elizabeth will be in the 🎙️┃team-ama chat answering questions on Proof of Quality product design, how we build around real user needs, how we use AI in our development workflows and in the new app, and how we turn messy AI quality problems into clean, usable product solutions.

Drop your questions here: https://forms.gle/3fYGt76CtdBEBYwu8

See you Friday.

Sapien Discord Team AMA

Thank you for being part of the Sapien Community! Please leave your Discord username and your questions below!

This week’s Sapien team member is Elizabeth Dorfman, a product focused engineer working heavily on UX and new features across the app. Elizabeth is happy to answer questions about Proof of Quality product design, how Sapien builds pr...

Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

Join us tomorrow, January 21st at 11am Eastern Time to listen to our very own Ali Malik speak on vibe coding and what this trend means in the long run.

Hosted by our friends over at Heurist AI - Please give the announcement post some love and set your reminders!

https://x.com/heurist_ai/status/2013635272161034602?s=46&t=2Cv-MWG_JgKjddpNZrIGHA

Everyone's shipping apps in a weekend now. But is vibecoding a real skill shift or a shiny distraction from deeper work?

We're hosting a panel with builders from Sapien, Project Mave, 21 DAO, and GPT360 to cut through the hype and figure out who should actually pivot.

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Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

I hope you'll have an excellent weekend! We have now opened our search for builders even further! As part of looking for you and your expertise, we would like you to show off your agents or the work you’ve been doing. If you’ve built something you’re proud of, we want to hear from you as soon as possible as we're very much open to being pitched on new cool ideas of how to use agentic AI.

Your feedback will be invaluable in helping us define the direction of Proof of Quality in the future.

Show us what you have built right here: https://forms.gle/94XQsvfgem1iNfPA9

Community Builder Casting Call

We’re looking to identify and support the builders in our community who are working with AI agents, LangChain, and on‑chain automation.
If you’re experimenting with agents, tools, or autonomous workflows (even at an early stage), this form helps us understand your needs, shape our product roadmap, and prioritize future integrations and o...

Hey there, Sapiens! Hope you're not sick of the pings yet. @​everyone :sapien_love:

Join us this Friday at 11AM Eastern Time for the next installment of the Discord Team Takeover, this time featuring our Frontend Technical Lead James Douitsis! James will be dropping by the #🎙️┃team-ama chat to answer any technical questions in regards to Sapien, the developer experience, how Proof of Quality will fit into the data stack, the plug and play nature of it, and the need for it in the current AI landscape.

Please drop any questions for James in the following form, as always - you know the drill by now! https://forms.gle/h7bkC2d3MEQDm5yz7

See you on Friday!

Sapien Discord Team AMA

Thank you for being part of the Sapien Community! Please leave your Discord username and your questions below! The Sapien team member for this week is our incredible James Douitsis of our Software Engineers.

James is happy to answer questions about the developer experience, how Proof of Quality will fit into the data stack, the plug and play na...

Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

This one is a rate double announcement! First of all, we’ve been selected by our friends over at Contango as one of the most exciting projects on base! They also made a sick video about us, so please check them out and show the announcement post all your love!

https://x.com/contangodigital/status/2011442582354899181?s=46&t=2Cv-MWG_JgKjddpNZrIGHA

Did you catch last week’s space with W3? Our very own Lukas Grapentine has been invited back yet again to continue the conversation about agentic AI and the Value Structures it creates.

Today at 1 PM Eastern Time.

Set your reminders down below!

https://X.com/i/spaces/1jMJgRpYzYmGL

4/ @JoinSapien

Sapien is building an open protocol for sourcing and verifying human knowledge at scale.

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Scheduled: Agentic Economies: How Al Is Creating New Value Structures

w3.io’s Space · Where live audio conversations happen

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Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

We are live in 10 minutes with our CEO Rowan on the AITV stage speaking on how 2026 may shape up to become the mainstream year for AI and Robotics!

Come stop by! 👇🏻

https://x.com/i/spaces/1YqGolRraabJv

Scheduled: Will 2026 be the year of mainstream AI and robotics?

【 AITV 】’s Space · Where live audio conversations happen

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Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

Another snack right before the AMA! Join us tomorrow at 11AM Eastern Time when our CEO Rowan Stone joins the AITV Panel to speak about the things to look out for in AI & Robotics in 2026.

Set your reminders right here!

https://x.com/i/spaces/1YqGolRraabJv

Scheduled: Will 2026 be the year of mainstream AI and robotics?

【 AITV 】’s Space · Where live audio conversations happen

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Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

After we took a much needed break over the holidays, the Discord Team Takeovers will return THIS Friday with our amazing Head of Legal, Ina Weygant.

Ina will be around on Friday the 9th at 12 PM Eastern Time to answer your questions live and in colour in our #🎙️┃team-ama channel.

Please leave any questions about what Sapien‘s 2026 and the wider AI space will look like in the coming year right here: https://forms.gle/7d5U5RiuXJvxEPdh9

Excited to see you all back!

Sapien Discord Team AMA

Thank you for being part of the Sapien Community! Please leave your Discord username and your questions below! The Sapien team member for this week is our amazing Head of Legal, Ina Weygant!
Your questions will be gathered and the ones asked the most commonly will be answered live on Friday at 12pm Eastern!
Quick note: This is not a place for Su...

Hey there, Sapiens! :sapien_love: @​everyone

The more things change, the more they stay the same! One thing that will stay the same in 2026 is regular appearances on our partners’ spaces.

Join us in 10 minutes when our very own Director of Solutions Architecture Lukas Grapentine tackles AI Narratives and what to watch out for in 2026 with our friends over at W3!

https://x.com/i/spaces/1mrGmBENYRZJy

Be there or be square!

Scheduled: 2026 IS HERE: Al Narratives to Look Out For!

w3.io’s Space · Where live audio conversations happen

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Hey there, Sapiens! 🚀

Just spoke to Santa and he brought us a new task! Get ready for Multi-Choice Assistant Error Review!

In this task you will assess annotated errors, judge whether the error has been classified properly, and rate your confidence.

There’s three difficulty levels!

We will also ensure that there will be enough data to work through across the holidays!

Happy tasking! https://app.sapien.io/t/dashboard

@​everyone
📢 Important Update: Worldcoin Mini App

We built the Worldcoin Mini App because we believed in the World ecosystem and wanted to create a positive and accessible experience for the community.

Unfortunately, over the past months, especially around the airdrop, bad actors and bot farms have been abusing it. That makes things unfair for you, our real users, and we aren't okay with that.

The Decision: We are sunsetting the current version of the Mini App. We’d rather build something better than patch something that is being exploited.

The Good News: We’re not stepping away from World long-term. We are already working on what comes next - a solution better aligned with our Proof of Quality protocol.

🎫 Support Update: Big thanks to everyone who reached out about their issues with the Worldcoin Mini App. Most of the tickets are resolved. If your issue is still open, just reply to your existing ticket so we know you’re still waiting.

Thanks for choosing us. Great things are on the horizon! 🚀

Calling all Sapien builders 🧱 @​everyone

We’re mapping out the next phase of our protocol and want to find the people in our community who are already building with agents, LangChain, and onchain automation.

If you’re:
- Building or using AI agents
- Playing with LangChain / LangSmith / agent frameworks
- Experimenting with onchain or autonomous actions (Coinbase AgentKit, custom tools, etc.)
…we want to understand what you’re working on and what you need from us.

👉 Fill out this short form (3-5 min): https://forms.gle/H4VV5vMvqiQvrikb7

Whether you’re early stage or running agents in production, your input is extremely valuable.
Thanks for building with us.

Community Builder Casting Call

We’re looking to identify and support the builders in our community who are working with AI agents, LangChain, and on‑chain automation.
If you’re experimenting with agents, tools, or autonomous workflows (even at an early stage), this form helps us understand your needs, shape our product roadmap, and prioritize future integrations and o...

Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

One last time this year will a Sapien team member drop by and chat with the community on Friday for our Takeover - and we’re ending the year with a bang!

On Friday, December 19th, at 9 AM Eastern Time, our Founder & CEO Rowan Stone will take time to engage the community and send us all off into the holidays.

Please share your questions and remarks here and we will pass them on: https://forms.gle/jF5ZCAVr26XYDHrr8

Sapien Discord Team AMA

Thank you for being part of the Sapien Community! Please leave your Discord username and your questions below! The Sapien team member for this week is no e other than Rowan Stone, our Founder and CEO.
He’ll be happy to answer any questions you can think of regarding Proof of Quality, the AI industry, and how Sapien’s role in it will continue...

Hey there, Sapiens!

We've been invited to speak with our friends at w3 on how to build the ideal agentic economy.

Lukas, our Directions of Solutions Architecture will be sharing his expert thoughts on what needs to go into the tools that an agentic economy may run on and what jobs can be automated today.

We will be live tomorrow, December 17th, at 1 PM Eastern Time!

Set your reminders below! 👇
https://x.com/i/spaces/1RDxlAqrpndKL?s=20

Hey there, Sapiens!

Don't forget to put in your questions for Ali from our Product Team!

He'll be live in #🎙️┃team-ama mingling with all of you on Friday at 11am Eastern Time!

Join on Discord

Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

I'm thrilled to announce the next Sapien Team member to mingle with the community for our Friday team takeover, Product Manager Ali Malik! Ali is a product brained builder with experience in building high tempo YC startups - and now he'll be right here answering YOUR questions about Sapien and why AI needs a verification layer.

We'll be live on Friday, the 12th at 11 AM Eastern - just like last week!

Leave your questions for Ali right here and I'll see you all in #🎙️┃team-ama on Friday!

Sapien Discord Team AMA

Thank you for being part of the Sapien Community! Please leave your Discord username and your questions below! The Sapien team member for this week is Ali Malik, our Product Manager!

Ali is open to any questions about the public facing parts of Sapien, the app, our short-term plans, as well as the Ai industry in general.
Your questions will be ...

📢 Quick Announcement – Emotion Recognition Prompt QA

Hey ,

We need your help to validate English audio prompts. Check each recording against these basics:

Clear speech, exact script match
Correct emotion (happy, sad, frustrated, etc.)
No echo, background noise, or distortion
Consistent volume, human‑recorded .wav file
When you approve or reject a clip, add a short 1‑5 word note (e.g., “clear”, “noise”).

For full guidelines, see the Notion page: https://www.notion.so/Emotion-Recognition-Prompt-QA-2c45ff60733280948033c917a3b4c555.

Thanks for keeping our data high‑quality! 🙏

How does an AI know that the sentiment of a sentence matches the tone in which it was said?

Of course it needs a human to teach it!

Our all new Emotion Prompt task is live now in three difficulties, with fully community led QA!

Enjoy! 👇
Right here on your dashboard: https://app.sapien.io/t/dashboard

Hey there, Sapiens! 🚀 @​everyone

We are pleased to share that Bithumb will list SAPIEN on the KRW market, with trading set to open on December 5, 2025, at 17:00 KST.

https://x.com/bithumbofficial/status/1996767552467620324?s=46&t=2Cv-MWG_JgKjddpNZrIGHA

📢 New Listing

🚀 사피엔(#SAPIEN) 원화 마켓 추가 안내
🚀 $SAPIEN/KRW will be listed on #Bithumb!

🔸 Details : https://t.co/kJlq6b7wHy

#Bithumb #SAPIEN @JoinSapien

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Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone

Last call to submit your questions for tomorrow’s Team Takeover AMA!

We’ll be chatting with Lukas on Friday at 11 AM Eastern!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqaicXV2_jdyTmF8HEJ9i5xrshgJ5aKESgivhNwcrq1Tby8A/viewform?usp=dialog

Sapien Discord Team AMA

Thank you for being part of the Sapien Community! Please leave your Discord username and your questions below! The Sapien team member for this week is our Director of Solutions Architecture, Lukas Grapentine! Ask any questions about the product, the direction you're envisioning it to take, and whatever else you would like us to speak to.
Ideally...

Hey there, Sapiens! @​everyone
You won’t want to miss this one:

Join our CEO Rowan Stone as our friends at Veera host us for Episode 5 of The Financial Loop!

Friday, the 5th at 2 PM UTC

Set your reminders! 👇🏻

https://x.com/on_veera/status/1996187834202419207?s=46&t=2Cv-MWG_JgKjddpNZrIGHA

Episode 5 of The Financial Loop is coming up.

This time, we’re diving into Earning through AI ~ how Sapien is using AI training models to reshape onchain earnings, what this means for everyday users, and how it ties into Veera’s Global Financial OS.

Featuring:
🔹@RowanRK6 ~

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