Leila Polosukhina is one of the authors of the groundbreaking "Attention is All You Need" paper in 2017, which helped create the Transformer model that supports generative AI systems like ChatGPT. Subsequently, she left Google to found NEAR, shifting her focus to Web3 to realize a more decentralized and democratic future for the internet. Despite a cooling interest in Web3 among investors, Polosukhina remains optimistic about its decentralized digital business vision. She believes that blockchain technology will play a significant role in providing evidence of content origins, among other things. Overall, Polosukhina aims to build a fairer, value-sharing future for the internet through Web3.