Getting into companies like SpaceX or OpenAI before they go public has usually taken at least $100,000, accredited investor status and months of paperwork. Chan Ahn spent almost 20 years in investment banking before founding Tessera, which puts exposure to those private companies on the blockchain so anyone with a crypto wallet can trade it from $1.

Chan explains why private markets have been closed to most people (slow settlement and thin disclosure), and how blockchain settles a trade in a split second without a broker in the middle. He lived through the Lehman Brothers collapse, and he ties it back to the same problem: a financial system that runs on trust between middlemen.

In this episode:

- Why buying a private company takes 2-3 months and up to 10% in fees

- Blockchain explained for people who have never used a wallet

- Bitcoin vs Ethereum vs Solana, and why the difference will matter less over time

- Why Chan, coming from crypto, argues for more regulation

- How Tessera uses Cayman SPVs and Chainlink so buyers can verify the assets exist

- His advice to newcomers: explore, but be cautious

This episode is for education only and is not financial advice. Talk to your own financial advisor.

Find Chan and Tessera at https://tessera.pe and on X.

I'm Armando J. Perez-Carreno. I help businesses find where AI actually fits and build the tools that make it work. Learn more at https://perezcarreno.com. If this one was useful, subscribe so you catch the next conversation.

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