Physical Fashion: The Use Case for Real World Assets

September 26, 2024·37 min·2 clips

Seed Phrase explains why AI art at roughly $100M market cap could be a 10x opportunity: the same early-stage fundamentals he spotted in generative art when he bought a full set of Autoglyphs in September 2020 for what just one Autoglyph would be worth a year later.

It starts with hoodie season. Eli sets up the conversation as fashion meeting digital art, then brings in Colby McRobbie and Seed Phrase, collectors who are now making something physical. The vibe stays casual. Colby comes in through Merch and the upcoming release, while Seed Phrase is already wearing one of the hoodies. The best part is the collecting talk. Seed Phrase explains why he wants a real foundation before entering a collection, not just surface heat. Autoglyphs are his example. He says he bought a full set in September 2020, then later watched one piece approach what he paid for the whole set. Nice clean collector math. From there, the chat moves into generative art, where a small early market became the signal. AI art gets the same read. Seed Phrase argues that AI is headed toward everyday use through tools like ChatGPT and large language models. The numbers do some work here. He puts AI art at roughly 100 million in market cap, next to generative art at a little over a billion. If AI art only catches up to generative art, he sees a possible 10x path before any bigger revolution shows up. Fashion never leaves the room. The release sounds less like merch and more like a collector moment with timing, sequence, and story. Eli clocks the machinery. By the end, Colby and Seed Phrase sound like collectors turning taste into a real world object.

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A relaxed collector conversation where hoodies, AI art, and market instinct become part of the same cultural bet.

Hoodie season gives Vaulted by PROOF an easy way into a conversation about physical fashion, digital art, and the collector mindset behind both.

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