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Roundtable (“RTB Digital”) and RYVYL Inc. (NASDAQ: RVYL) said they are launching a full-stack artificial intelligence (AI) + decentralized finance (DeFi) + Web3 platform for the media industry at the “Possible” Conference in Miami this week.
Roundtable CEO and media platform pioneer James Heckman, co-founder and DeFi platform inventor Eyal Hertzog, and Web3 fintech architect and Chairman Walton Comer announced the initiative as a multi-layered AI-system and Web3 tech stack built after five years of research and development. The companies said the effort builds on a team track record spanning 35+ years and three public exits of $1 billion or more.
RTB said it recently entered a strategic partnership with Molt AI Corp, described as an AI business intelligence and IP management technology provider, to complete the AI stack. The companies also said the combined approach creates “nearly 100% operational cost elimination.”
Heckman said media executives face existential risk if they spend time or resources on technology or business operations instead of human-created journalism. He also warned that some media brands have accepted AI licensing offers that, in his view, forfeit human-created intellectual property (IP).
Hertzog described the strategy as replacing operational platforms and related costs with a single AI/DeFi platform, directing “100% of your capital and focus” toward human-created content and consumer engagement.
The companies said Hertzog’s Tel Aviv-based team invented key DeFi components, including liquidity pool and automated market-making systems that underpin much of the DeFi ecosystem. They said DeWeb technology uses DeFi for real-time reporting and AI and Web3 for operations.
RTB said the platform was funded by Binance in 2021 and by Roundtable in 2024, after the companies merged DeWeb with RTB Digital.
Heckman said the integrated platforms provide a “full stack” solution for the media industry designed to eliminate operational costs and reduce what he described as “tens of millions” in spending. He cited an example of a customer that spent more than $30 million last year on a 17-vendor stack, adding that those costs would “evaporate” as RTB ingests the operational stack into a single platform.
RTB also said media brands can get paid in real time rather than waiting 90 days to collect ad revenue, citing its DeFi Liquidity Pool solution.
RTB said its platform can replace and fund the operational and technology stack, including: data layer, IP security, CMS, ad/operations, reporting and payments, internal and external syndication, monetization, editorial management and business intelligence, hosting, end-to-end video stack, and “App-stack” integration. The platform also said to include “net-zero” DeFi settlement.
Comer said professional media will “die a quick death” if media executives surrender IP rights to AI content platforms. He argued that AI should enhance operations rather than replace human creators, and that major media IP should be defended using an AI-based IP vault, licensing, and monetization technology.
The companies said Comer brings a track record that includes two recent exits totaling $4 billion, and that Heckman has led major tech media acquisitions and public exits, along with architectural leadership at Fox, Myspace, Yahoo, and the NFL.
Heckman referenced the risks he said social video posed to major media in 2006, saying his team built what he called the Hulu operational blueprint—a single platform major media could control—and that the model helped preserve premium media. He said the mission remains relevant today.
About Roundtable (RTB Digital, Inc.)
Roundtable said it is transforming the $200 billion global media industry from Web1 to Web4. It describes itself as the only full-stack enterprise platform combining AI and Web3 infrastructure, including decentralized publishing, DeFi payments and reporting, data encryption and IP protection, syndication, revenue optimization, AI-based business intelligence, management and operations, custom network applications, and a real-time blockchain-based payment and reporting system.
About RYVYL
RYVYL Inc. (NASDAQ: RVYL) said it operates a digital payment processing business enabling transactions globally and provides payment solutions for underserved markets.
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