TAO Synergies announced the appointment of Mark Jeffrey as an advisor as the company accelerates its strategy across the Bittensor ecosystem and decentralized artificial intelligence (DeAI).
The company said the appointment supports its next phase of growth as it expands beyond holding TAO tokens into investing in Bittensor subnets, developing proprietary subnets, building decentralized AI applications, and pursuing additional opportunities across the broader DeAI ecosystem.
Jeffrey is a partner at Stillcore Capital, a hedge fund focused on Bittensor, subnet alpha tokens, and decentralized AI investments. He is also a serial entrepreneur, early Bitcoin adopter, author of Bitcoin Explained Simply and The Case for Bitcoin, and host of the Hash Rate podcast, which focuses on Bittensor, decentralized AI, and cryptocurrency research.
In his advisory role, Jeffrey will provide guidance on Bittensor ecosystem strategy, subnet evaluation and investment opportunities, and decentralized AI application development.
According to TAO Synergies, the company is the largest publicly traded holder of TAO and is positioning itself as a pure-play public market vehicle focused on opportunities emerging within the Bittensor network.
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“I wrote the case for Bitcoin when almost nobody owned it, and I believe Bittensor today is where Bitcoin was in 2013 — early, misunderstood, and inevitable. TAO Synergies is one of the only ways public market investors can get real exposure to decentralized AI, and the team actually understands the protocol mechanics, not just the ticker. I’m excited to help them build.”
Mark Jeffrey, Advisor at TAO Synergies
“Mark literally wrote the book on Bitcoin — twice — and then did the hard thing: he kept learning. On Hash Rate, he’s been doing the deepest public research on Bittensor subnets anywhere. That matters, because our next phase is exactly that: becoming more active investors in subnets and building our own tools on decentralized AI, not just holding TAO. Mark has been mapping this terrain longer than almost anyone, and having him at the table makes us better at both.”
James Altucher, Digital Assets Advisor at TAO Synergies
“As we expand from holding TAO into actively investing in subnets and building decentralized AI applications, we want advisors who have done the underlying work. Mark has spent years inside the Bittensor ecosystem—as an investor, a researcher, and a communicator—and his understanding of subnet economics is exactly the expertise this next phase requires. We’re delighted to welcome him.”
Josh Silverman, Executive Chairman of TAO Synergies
