one of its other investors, alexis ohanian, founder of reddit and d.c.ay. you've been involved with this company since the very beginning. what's the addressable market here what do you see as the full potential? >> look the reason i was so impressed was what invisible universe realized was creating i.p., creating intellectual property was not going to look the way it used to pixar, disney you could be in production for years creating something you just hope people are going to like today in the age of social media, where we have global realtime division, what fans actually want is a relationship with these characters from the very start in the places where they spend the most time social media and this was an obvious first, simply because, you know, i saw the way that the community of my wife's fans in particular were responding to this one doll that she had bought for our daughter. and invisible universe team said hey there's potential to build something that could be in a way the next mickey mouse, but for a truly internet first, internet native enter

the online bulletin board cofounded by alexis ohanian who was once famous in his own right, now known as the guy who married serena williams. reddit is one of those things that i recommend that few people take me up on because they don't understand how it works or they don't want to try another thing. the thing about reddit is it has subject matters of millions of different topics. say, for instance, triplets or singing or cast iron cooking or anything you can think of is something that you might be interested in, i promise you there are hundreds of other people discussing it. >>> this morning here's a live look at sfo. there's a new warning out from the faa with 5g cellular networks going online next month. the agency concerned about mass flight cancellations because the network may interfere with safety when pilots land planes. one airline safety advocate says solutions are possible and have been achieved in other parts of the world. >> there are ways they can move the antennas and reduce the transmission power. all of those are mitigations. this is what needs to be done. >> you can

. >> alexis ohanian joins us now founder of 776, co-founder and former executive chairman of reddit >> great to be back. >> what is your view of crypto it has made people a ton of money. been a rough ride lately what's the ohanian take? >> i've been very fortunate. i've been in the space for a while. i've certainly benefitted from that and i really do believe the underlying technology is here. blockchain tech is real and you need to look no further than just all of the really talented people, as you said, leaving in droves from big tech to go be a part of this and go build. i've been successful as an investor following where my smartest builders are going to spend their time and blockchain technology is it it's still going to be very volatile still a lot more work to be done, but this technology is real and it's here to stay. >> how much is here to stay. 1870, a couple hundred railroads. a couple hundred radio companies in the 1920s it comes down to three or four car companies the same there's like 50 coins now. >> for sure. >> are they all going to survive? >> absolutely not. the vas

the online bulletin board cofounded by alexis ohanian who was once famous in his own right, now known as the guy who married serena williams. it's an old online bulletin board really with every possible subject. no matter what you're interested in, i guarantee that subject will be something that hundreds of other people are talking about as well. >> it will be interesting to see what they can do to keep making money as an ipo. >> making money on sites like that is tough. advertising is pretty sparse. >>> taking a live look out at sfo. there is a new warning out there for the faa involving 5g cellular networks going online next month. the agency are concerned about mass flight cancellations because the network may interfere with safety when pilots land planes. >> there are ways they can move the antennas and reduce the transmission power. all of those are mitigations. this is what needs to be done. >> back in the day they used to tell you to turn your cell phone off when you got on the plane. see that full interview on the "today" show at 7:00. >> you don't put it in airplane mode? >>

that is exactly why alexis ohanian is so mad. aid leave earlier today. >> alexis, good to see you again. how are you doing? >> likewise, katy. doing okay. could be better, though. >> yeah, last time we spoke two years ago after i came back from materny leave with my first kid. now just coming back with the second kid, still nothing has changed although bipartisan support and the majority of support of americans across the country. what is going on? >> yeah, well, it looks bleak because of one senator from west virginia and, yeah, we have something here in paid family leave that is good for american families. it is good for american businesses. it is good for american society. and yet, here we are and it looks like still going to get stumbled and it's pretty frustrating to say the least. i agree. this is something, you know, every one of my employees has been able to enjoy for, gosh, i mean, six, seven, eight years now. and so many folks who are lucky enough to have it thanks to the business sector, obviously, you know, we're still

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