500 EPISODES OF FINDING WHAT’S NEXT

Five years ago, Edge began exploring a technology movement that was still unfamiliar enough to require an explanation.

Since then, the conversation has moved through NFTs, Web3, digital ownership, creativity, gaming, culture, AI, robotics, and the future of work.

The subjects changed because the world changed. But our mission remained the same: find the people, ideas, and technologies shaping what comes next.

Today, that journey reaches Episode 500.

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THE JOURNEY SO FAR

Over five years, Edge has reached:

• 500 published episodes
• More than 16 million downloads
• Listeners across 50 countries
• Thousands of attendees across 35+ live events and conferences
• Hundreds of conversations with founders, artists, investors, athletes, creators, technologists, and operators

But these achievements are not simply numbers.

They represent ideas that found an audience, interviews that became friendships, conversations that developed into partnerships, and communities that formed around a shared curiosity about the future.

THE FULL STORY BEHIND EPISODE 500

THE FULL STORY BEHIND EPISODE 500

For this milestone episode, Josh Kriger is joined by Edge cofounders Eathan Janney and Jeff Kelley and former co-host Richard Carthon.

Together, they revisit the early Edge of NFT days, the explosive growth of the industry, the experiments and events that shaped the company, the ideas that survived beyond the hype, and the relationships that made the journey meaningful.

But Episode 500 is not primarily about looking backward. Its most important question is: what can five years of learning at the frontier help Edge build now?

EPISODE 500 GIVEAWAY

A milestone this important should include the community that made it possible.

One participant will receive:

• 🏆 $500 worth of Willo credits

• 🎟️ Two tickets to GBA EVENT

• 📱Private 30-minute virtual AI strategy session with Josh.

To enter:

1. Like the Episode 500 contest post

2. Share or repost it

3. Comment and answer: What should Edge explore next?

• Enter here: X Post

• Entries close: 25th September 2026

• Winner announced: 30th September 2026

$5,000 IN FREE WILLO CREDITS FOR THE EDGE COMMUNITY

The grand prize is for one winner—but the wider community can benefit too.

Willo is making $5,000 in free Willo credits available to the Edge community through its free-trial and initial-credit offer.

The offer is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Claim your free Willo credits: willo.ai

Once the full allocation has been claimed, the offer will close.

GBA Event: The Future of Money, Governance, and the Law brings policymakers, global business leaders, and technology innovators together to explore how AI, blockchain, digital assets, and emerging technologies are reshaping society.

Across Washington, D.C. and New York, FoMGL offers policy discussions, industry insights, and high-level networking designed to turn emerging ideas into real-world impact.

FROM DISCUSSING INNOVATION TO APPLYING IT

Over time, Edge began doing more than documenting innovation.

We started applying AI throughout our own company—accelerating research, improving workflows, developing internal systems, supporting outreach, and accomplishing work that previously required far more time and resources.

That experience has shaped our next chapter: Edge of AI Advisory.

Edge will continue producing conversations with the people building the future. Now, we will also help organizations apply AI where it can meaningfully improve sales, marketing, research, operations, customer service, strategy, and decision-making.

This is not a departure from the Edge mission.

It is the natural next step—from finding the future to helping organizations build it.

VOICES FROM THE EDGE JOURNEY

The story of 500 episodes is ultimately a story about people.

During the coming weeks, we will share messages and reflections from well-wishers, former guests, collaborators, partners, and friends who helped shape different chapters of Edge. These will include perspectives from builders, artists, cultural leaders, entrepreneurs, technologists, and familiar voices from the show’s history.

We will ask them one forward-looking question:

• What is the most important edge you are watching right now?

• Their responses will help us celebrate the first 500 episodes—and begin mapping the next 500.

ESSENTIAL LINKS

• Watch Episode 500: https://youtu.be/JaGs26KRiCU

• Explore Edge of AI Advisory: https://edgeofai.xyz

• Enter the Episode 500 contest: https://x.com/TheEdgeofShow/status/2100353881029177804?s=20

• Claim free Willo credits: https://willo.ai

• View the GBA event: https://gbaglobal.org/fomgl-tickets-2026/

• Visit the Edge of Show: https://theedgeofshow.com

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE FIRST 500

Whether you discovered Edge during Episode 1, Episode 100, Episode 400, or today, thank you.

Thank you for listening, sharing, questioning, attending, collaborating, and continuing to look ahead with us.

Technology will change. Trends will come and go. Edge will continue doing what it was built to do:

• Stay curious.

• Find the edge.

• Keep looking ahead.

• Here’s to the next 500.

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