Hey Crunchers,
As you all know, this week marked a major milestone for us. We wrapped up the Autoimmune Disease ML Crunch Series after a whopping 6 months of crunching. Honestly, hats off to everyone who pulled this off.
If you love the thrill of a challenging Crunch, fear not! You’re in for a treat. I’ll leave it at that for now 
And of course, we’re continuing to scale predictive intelligence across every layer of the Crunch ecosystem.
Here’s a rundown 
DataCrunch Leaderboard Update
For those unfamiliar, DataCrunch is our weekly prediction contest ranking 3,000 of the most liquid US equities for DataCrunch’s hedge fund.
With $120,000 in yearly rewards across multiple prediction targets, it remains one of our most competitive and high-signal challenges.
If you haven’t checked the latest leaderboard, now’s the time:
Shoutout to everyone shipping models week after week. It’s your resolve that keeps Crunch running.
Broad Challenge #3: Submissions Closed, Peer Review Live
The final phase of our collaboration with the Eric & Wendy Schimdt Centre from Broad Institute officially ended on April 30th.
We’ve received some incredible submissions, models that could help push cancer detection forward.
Peer Review is now live and mandatory for eligible participants.
Make sure to complete your reviews before May 15.
Enter Peer Review
A big thank you to everyone who contributed. Results and spotlights coming soon.
Podcast: Jean Herelle x Brandon Zemp
Our founder joined Brandon Zemp to unpack CrunchDAO’s mission, AI model dynamics, real-world use cases, and the future of predictive intelligence.
Twitter Space: Crunch x Phala — Confidential AI
Phala Network hosted CrunchDAO to explore our partnership and how Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) help secure model IP and power Confidential AI at CrunchDAO. The talk was hosted by Jean Herelle, CEO of Crunch and joined by Philipp Wassibauer, CTO of Crunch. Marvin Tong, the CEO & Co-founder of Phala network dropped his knowledge bomb as he joined the duo.
Token2049 Dubai — Thank You!
To everyone who joined us at our side events in Dubai — thank you! From collective intelligence panels to spontaneous strategy sessions, this community continues to impress and inspire.
We held 3 side events at Token2049 Dubai and had a great quality of giga-brain panels come in and share their insights on the state of Decentralized AI, its future and vision. Stay tuned as we start dropping them on our socials next week.
We’re Hiring
Do not hesitate to share your CV with us if you want to help Crunch grow further. We’d love to hear from you. We are holding off a plethora of events we could be doing for the quant community for when the right DevRel comes around. Help us build the future of decentralized predictive intelligence. If you think you are the ONE, send us a note at careers@crunchdao.com and tell us why you think you are ready to bear this flag.
We’ll get back to you with feedback for sure.
That’s it for now. More results, more opportunities, and more alpha dropping soon.
Keep crunchin’.
— The CrunchDAO Team