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Smart Cities, Blockchain, and AI: A Mayoral Candidate’s Vision for the Future of Money

• Brooke Gramer • Season 1 • Episode 30

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In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Chairman Elijah John Bowdre, a civic leader and Executive Director of the Miami-Dade Digital Commission, who has spent more than a decade at the intersection of blockchain, public policy, and financial innovation.

As Chairman of the Miami-Dade Cryptocurrency Task Force, Bowdre has advised government leaders on the responsible adoption of emerging technologies helping shape frameworks for blockchain integration, digital identity, and crypto payments across public systems. From his early ventures in China’s tech ecosystem to authoring Florida’s state bill for virtual assets, his work bridges global experience and local impact.

I share how AI, digital wallets, and blockchain are transforming civic infrastructure, why decentralized systems are key to rebuilding public trust, and what it takes to future-proof a city in the era of intelligent machines.

🔥 Topics We Cover:
• How blockchain provides a trust layer for AI and financial automation
• The convergence of cryptocurrency, identity, and civic accountability
• The evolution of Miami as a global hub for digital innovation

Tools and Concepts Mentioned:
AI Agents, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Digital Wallets, Smart Contracts, Coinbase, Zero-Knowledge Proof Systems, Quantum Computing, Cybernetics 

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Instagram: chairmanbowdre
Website: bowdre4mayor.com

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Chairman Bowdre:

I've seen it as my personal duty. To, assist our government and advise them, intimately on these new technologies that we know are rapidly advancing. Mm-hmm. In changing the fundamental nature of how we live our lives.

Brooke:

​Welcome to How I AI the podcast featuring real people, real stories, and real AI in action. I'm Brooke Gramer, your host and guide on this journey into the real world impact of artificial intelligence. For over 15 years, I've worked in creative marketing events and business strategy, wearing all the hats. I know the struggle of trying to scale and manage all things without burning out, but here's the game changer, AI. This isn't just a podcast. How I AI is a community, a space where curious minds like you come together, share ideas, and I'll also bring you exclusive discounts, and insider resources, because AI isn't just a trend, it's a shift, and the sooner we embrace it, the more freedom, creativity, and opportunities will unlock. Have you just started exploring AI and feel a bit overwhelmed? Don't worry, I've got you. Jump on a quick start audit call with me so you can walk away with a clear and personalized plan to move forward with more confidence and ease. Join my community of AI adopters like yourself. Plus, grab my free resources, including the AI Get Started Guide. Or try my How I AI companion GPT. It pulls insights from my guest interviews along with global reports, so you can stay ahead of the curve. Follow the link in the description below to get started. Today's guest is Chairman John Bowdre. He's a global civic leader, executive director of the Miami-Dade Digital Commission and candidate for the mayor of City of Miami. And he's here to talk about what it means to prepare cities for the future of money, AI and Trust. Chairman Bowdre is not just thinking about the future. He's running to build it. He's also a member of the Miami-Dade Crypto Task Force and head of the County's digital commission. His big idea that AI and blockchain aren't just buzzwords. There are tools that help cities run smarter, safer, and more fairly. Today we talk about how digital wallets, Bitcoin, and decentralized systems could give people more power over their money and identity. And why cities need to get ahead of this tech shift and not fall behind it. He shares how he got into crypto in China, what he sees coming next, and how we can use new tools to protect the people, profit the city, and prosper the citizens. But before we dive in, let's connect some dots on why this topic matters. This is an AI podcast and I'm talking about Bitcoin and blockchain. Well, as AI agents begin making real world purchasing decisions and automating transactions. Blockchain becomes the trust layer, the system that verifies ownership, identity and transparency. This is why conversations about wallets and Bitcoin aren't just about money. They're about accountability in the machine era. Financial systems: the way money moves gets stored, invested, or tracked are being rewritten as we speak, not just by politicians or by bankers, but by machines. Artificial intelligence is already being used to detect fraud, move money, and make financial decisions faster than any human ever could. But the twist is these systems don't explain themselves. They just act fast, and that creates a serious trust gap. So how do we keep these ais honest, blockchain acts like a public ledger, a record book anyone could read, but no one can erase. When you combine that with ai, you get something brand new, machines that can be held accountable. Every action they take, every transaction they make can be verified, traced, and explained. It's already happening. Just this summer, the Bank of International Settlements released results from a pilot project where essential banks tested how AI and blockchain can work together to track cross border payments. They cut fees, slashed processing times, and proved that decentralized systems could offer real time transparency. Meanwhile, companies like Coinbase are giving AI agents their own crypto wallets so they can buy, sell, negotiate, and even vote in decentralized organizations, the future isn't just AI managing our money. It's AI managing its own, and that's where Bitcoin and crypto enter the story because machines can't open checking accounts. They can't apply for credit cards. Traditional finance was built for humans, but cryptocurrency changes that with a blockchain wallet, an AI agent doesn't need permission. It can hold funds, run smart contracts, and interact with financial systems directly. Bitcoin and crypto are also programmable, borderless, and fast enough for machine logic. AI agents can use crypto to pay for services or computing time, buy more data, execute contracts, and most importantly, blockchain gives us an audit trail, a permanent public log of what an AI system did and when. That's how we make these systems trustworthy. Not by slowing them down, but by watching them work. So here's the big picture. AI is becoming a new kind of actor in the world, and Bitcoin is the money it can actually use. That's why this topic and episode matters because if we don't think about these things now, if we don't build AI with a truth layer, we risk building a system that's fast, powerful, but totally unaccountable. Alright, let's dive in. Here's my conversation with Chairman Bowdre. Hello everyone. Welcome to another episode of How I AI I'm your host, Brooke Gramer. Today I have a very esteemed guest. He is the cryptocurrency chairman and is running for mayor in the city of Miami. We are together here at a conference today in Miami learning about artificial intelligence and I had the very lucky opportunity to interview you. We're gonna be speaking about the future of financial technology. Welcome chairman.

Chairman Bowdre:

Thank you so much. It is an honor and a pleasure to be here.

Brooke:

Yes. Let's open this space. I love to just give the floor for you to introduce a bit about yourself and how you ended up where you are today.

Chairman Bowdre:

Okay. Excellent. Um, how much time do we have? Well, I'll keep it brief. I'll, I'll give the brief version. So, I'm Elijah John Bowdre. I'm the chairman of the Miami-Dade County Cryptocurrency Task Force, um, and the executive director for the Miami-Dade Digital Commission. And so, I started here, in Miami, approximately, probably eight years ago. And I started off, coming in, from Hong Kong. Actually I lived nine years in China. And I came in with the Miami World Center. And so, I created the compliance systems. For that, um, you know, multi-billion dollar development located downtown Miami. And, prior to that I was in China, working on something called EB five. Wow. Or basically like a foreign investment visa services for many of my clients and friends. On the mainland of China. My background is, I'm from Long Beach, California. Okay. But I attended Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, go Rattlers. I, after college I moved to New York, to Wall Street and, was working, doing hedge fund private equity sales. And I was there during the best of times in the worst of times, when I was there, the Dow had just reached 14,000, everything was lovely. But then the next year, about oh eight, you know, credit markets started to tighten, spreads started to tighten, and, um, I lived through and observed from a front row seat, something called the global financial crisis. I like to tell people that in that same cauldron, that same fire, that um, kind of, ended my career in New York and pushed me out to China. Was where Bitcoin was formed

Brooke:

Yes. And was

Chairman Bowdre:

birthed and launched. And so, you know, that was around the oh nine time. Um, I met Bitcoin, in China, uh, in 2012. And after leaving New York, I went and started up a joint venture, on the mainland of China with, my Chinese partners, uh, shout out to. I was gonna ask,

Brooke:

do you speak Chinese?

Chairman Bowdre:

Yes.

Brooke:

Wow. That's incredible. Yes.

Chairman Bowdre:

Yes. Um, and I ended up, I made my first million dollars at 24 years old running my business, a partnership in China. Right. At that time, it was easy to make a hundred renminbi or the Chinese currency than it was to make$1 obviously.

Brooke:

Mm.

Chairman Bowdre:

And so, uh. You know, doing this, um, uh, I've shipped over I sourcing materials. Mm-hmm. So I, I've shipped over, um, 1200 different SKUs, you know, from mainland China, metric tons across a Pacific Ocean to approximately 40 ports around the world. And so one of the clients from America, they wanted to get some things and they didn't wanna use money and traditional money, right? They didn't wanna use dollar, didn't wanna use Hong Kong dollar. Or, you know, the renminbi. They didn't wanna use traditional credit or dollar denominated credit facilities. They wanted to use something new. Internet protocol secured, encrypted, called Bitcoin. And I was kinda like Bitcoin, like, what is that? I had never heard of it at the time, so I thought it was like a scam or what have you. It wasn't to my partner, uh, Evan Rice. Shout out to Evan Rice as my partner to this day who had checked up on me to ask about that deal. And I said, uh, you know, everything was good. But, um, when it came time to settle, they were talking about some Bitcoin and he stopped me and he red pilled me on the spot. And, um, you know, orange pill as we like to say now, he talked about a distributed ledger, Satoshi White paper about the peer-to-peer cash, right? So I'm like, okay. If you believe in it, I'll get to using it. And um, so I set up the trade and I began to, and when I did add an epiphany that, um, this small technology that is small in price now is about, you know, less than$10 at the time.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Chairman Bowdre:

Um. Would eventually take center stage and eventually herd the things that we see now. And so it was my job to, to get into it, you know, to make money from it, but be in a position to help usher in the mass adoption for this excellent technology. And that's what we actually proceeded to do. We created a jimal coin. Which was, um, our basically a digital luxury online. Mm-hmm. Pawn shop, um, we did precious stones in jury, so, um, X diamonds in gold, we, you know, take your ruby necklace or your grandmother's emerald ring and um, you know, we'd have our, insurance company. Mm-hmm. Our allion was our insurance and mal my was our custody. Take the information, upload it and tokenize it, and boom. Offer you liquidity for your illiquid luxury asset. Um, but we also began doing a lot of, white papers, uh, written, uh, several white papers for zero knowledge proof systems, uh, Singapore for clients out in the Philippines. Wow. All prior to, um, you know, coming back to America, you know, a good friend of mine's, uh, Arthur Hayes, uh, shout out to Arthur, the creator of BitMEX. You know, I remember when he sat down, you know, and was looking for, you know, about a quarter million dollars to start some company called BitMEX. But I purchased my first 10 investment Bitcoin from them, and, it changed my life, you know, from that time I came back to America with an investment probably about, around a half a billion dollars, uh, from, um, from Hong Kong into downtown Miami, into a project called the Miami World Center. And so I was tapped to do the compliance. So I've created, uh, the compliance from that system and coming back to America to Miami. Was like a eyeopener of reverse cultural shock.

Brooke:

Um,

Chairman Bowdre:

I had spent nine years in China, uh, traveling to, you know, around 30 countries, um, visiting around, um, 40 to 50 cities in China.

Brooke:

Wow.

Chairman Bowdre:

Uh, yeah. So I went pretty deep there.

Brooke:

Yeah.

Chairman Bowdre:

Um, had a fantasy of a time and, several different, amazing experiences, but the experiences of the global financial crisis. Doing international business in China during its rise, uh, as well as coming back really emboldened me, you know, to bring what I learned to America.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Chairman Bowdre:

And at the time when I came, it was, um, really nothing, you know, nothing officially for Bitcoin or blockchain or crypto. There was several, several. Bit Lord, is what we call'em. You know, there's about six to seven individuals that were here. Mm-hmm. Uh, like, uh, Erica Jima, like Pravin, uh, like Chris Marshall, uh, and several other luminaries as well who were talking about, uh, the blockchain. And so when I, arrived. We, you know, kind of almost instantly found each other and connected. Mm-hmm. But I was the kind of government person, right? So my experience of doing the compliance for, you know, building that system and, and running it, took me all over Miami, you know, from the high of billionaire Yes. Board room meetings to the actual you know, departments and, committees that, you know, manage those funds and allocations to the community. You know, that it eventually went to to help provide jobs or to provide, you know, funding for crucial programs such as the Lotus House or Camilla's House or, um, the, Overtown Youth and Children's Center, uh, and so on and so forth. And so, my experience here in Miami. Has been one that's like a movie.

Brooke:

Yeah.

Chairman Bowdre:

Before my very eyes, you know, from that time of December 8th, 2012, working with this little obscure currency in China doing trades, you know, traveling around to being the highest ranking crypto public.

Brooke:

Uh,

Chairman Bowdre:

Being also the author of the State Bill for Florida for Virtual Assets and Digital Currencies, two, creating the first, crypto Endowment in Florida. About three years ago, I gave$150,000 to my university. Florida A&m in Tallahassee in Bitcoin. And today that endowment is, is roughly$600,000. Um, now and, wrote the ordinance for the crypto payments for here in Dade County and, had initial conversations with our wonderful mayor, mayor Francis Suarez, regarding the blockchain regarding Bitcoin. It's been one of the greatest honors of, of my life. To be a resident of Miami, during the burgeoning time of the blockchain and seeing the transformational force it's had in the world.

Brooke:

Yes, it's

Chairman Bowdre:

had on America, but it's had on our people.

Brooke:

Yes. And

Chairman Bowdre:

so that's how me and Jonathan, um, you know, the creator of The Collective linked was having a similar view of the future and the possibilities, but having the actual tenacity and having the creativity and the boldness to go after it. That's why I'm so grateful and thankful to be here with you to share my story and I really appreciate it.

Brooke:

Wow. You make that really tough for me to wanna choose where to start because that is what an epic, story and transformation from China to the states, back to Miami, to all the work that you've done. Which by the way, I went to school in Tallahassee as well. Okay. I went to Florida State, so I have Excellent.

Chairman Bowdre:

Yes, yes. Shout out to Florida State.

Brooke:

So, wow, so fortunate to be in China and, and experience this rapid technological advancement very early on and kind of position yourself in that financial tech space in the very beginning when it was really hitting. So my first question of the day for you is. What was it like to be in the midst of the spark when financial tech and cryptocurrency and Bitcoin was in the beginning and at what point were you like, okay, I'm paying attention. This is gonna be big.

Chairman Bowdre:

Um, well, initially it was difficult and scary.

Brooke:

Yeah. I say,

Chairman Bowdre:

I was using Bitcoin when. We didn't want to use it. Mm-hmm. Like I said, the initial introduction was from some clients who were like, Hey, we want to, you know, get your services. We heard you can source things in China. You know, I made a lot of money in China. I lost a lot of money in China too. Mm-hmm. I had a lot of money stolen from me.

Brooke:

Wow. You know?

Chairman Bowdre:

Yeah. Yeah. But so I went through the whole. Kind of, um, China adventure. Right. Which is kind of, uh, fitting.'cause when I first decided to go back to China mm-hmm. It was, you know, from being laid off from, from Wall Street because of the global financial crisis.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm. And

Chairman Bowdre:

I told people that, you know what I did a study abroad there, you know, prior to graduating and coming to Wall Street. Made some connections there. And I was like, that's that. I could feel it. That's where the future is. Mm-hmm. Right. And so I said, I'm going back for treasure and adventure. I had a lot of success there. Um, in addition to doing sourcing mm-hmm. I also got involved with, um, bringing over professionals, their companies and executives. Mm-hmm. Uh, signed some major deals, then started actually bringing over students. And, uh, to date, I brought over about 450 students from America mm-hmm to China with my, uh, nonprofit, the global citizens community. Um, fast forward, to, you know, being in Hong Kong, I was a, a deacon at my church in Hong Kong Union Church. Shout out to Union Church, getting into leadership and communications trainer.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Chairman Bowdre:

And actually some historical events that have happened in Hong Kong. I've kind of been in the background for, um, you know, training, media training for the police chief and his Council of 13 administrator during the yellow umbrella. We'll call it movement, right? Or demonstration. I was actually training the police chief and his counsel on how to deal with the media, how to stand place, how to speak and project. And in the backdrop I was, working with the Bitcoin and the blockchain. I was a part owner of a bar in layquifong in Hong Kong. Uh, and it was on the second floor on, on layquifong and on the first floor across the street was a bar called The Pit Point. And in there they had the first Bitcoin, ATM that we have in Hong Kong. They never worked, but they would meet there every Tuesday and talk about

Brooke:

what year was this?

Chairman Bowdre:

2013.

Brooke:

Oh wow. I, I feel like I'm only just now starting to see Bitcoin bars and Bitcoin ATMs in 2013.

Chairman Bowdre:

Yes. Absolutely. Yeah. I was doing zero knowledge proof systems, white papers for Philippines and for Singapore back in 20 14, 20 15. Right. Um, wow. Before officially moving to, America. And so that's kind of how I had the the boat, this sort of leverage. And so me having a whole like life

Brooke:

mm-hmm. Me

Chairman Bowdre:

and Arthur Hayes co-host the 2014 Blockchain Expo of Hong Kong.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Chairman Bowdre:

Two African American guys hosting this blockchain expo in Hong Kong. Right. And so, very powerful experiences. And so coming back here, I was like, hmm. I'm like, okay, I need to start getting to work. Yeah. And that's what I proceeded to do. I, I, I went to countless bar mitzvahs, quinceaneras, for past county officials. I was on the millennial task force and millennial advisory board for the past county Mayor Jimenez, uh, you know, mayor Jimenez. And so I watched the different processes of Miami Dade County and in the city. Um, I was also the Overtown Community Oversight Liaison, and as you know, Overtown is one of the hardest hit economically areas, but also rapid, rejuvenation we call it, but call it gentrification at the time. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Just a lot of investment to kind of eliminate slum and blight for the area. And so I went. From city and county, you know, from programming to policy, all the different systems, in Miami. And I started to kind of permeate and say, you know what you know, Bitcoin's coming,

Brooke:

you know,

Chairman Bowdre:

crypto, uh, but the blockchain. You know, the blockchain is needed in our government systems.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm. And

Chairman Bowdre:

so I kind of casted this vision that, we needed to make Miami the crypto capital of America. And, to do that we're gonna need, more than me just going and taking my laptop to mm-hmm. You know the past city, vice mayors Bar Mitzvah and my laptop setting up his first blockchain wallet, selling them their first 500 a hundred dollars of Bitcoin. Like, Hey, this is coming. You know, or convincing them we need a legislation, we need an actual written actual laws, rules to help usher it in and to start that integration right. To cement it. And so, in 2020, I wrote something called the Blockchain Board of Miami-Dade County, and, uh, it went nowhere. Until FTX, you know, came in, you know. Okay. And, and many of the affiliates are part of obviously the crypto community, the global crypto community. Yes. FTX is actually, was actually headquarter or based out of Hong Kong. Right. And so, um, they agreed to pay$135 million for the naming rights of the arena. This is about$95 million more than what American Airlines paid just 20 years past.

Brooke:

Wow. So

Chairman Bowdre:

That sparked the interest of the county. They said, wow, how do these crypto nerds have so much money, we need to investigate this. Uh, and they looked in the docket and they seen, you know, my bill. Like, whoa, blockchain's a little too broad. You know? And a board is a little too permanent for this new tech. We're interested in this cryptocurrency.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Chairman Bowdre:

Right. And so we're gonna create a task force and, shout out to Commissioner Danielle Higgins. She's the one who, drafted the cryptocurrency, task force resolution. Mm-hmm. Which was passed. And then I was unanimously elected as its chairman. And just to give a little context, congrats.

Brooke:

Congrats

Chairman Bowdre:

that. Thank you. Thank you. Um. Little context. I had some heavy hitters on our task force. We had members from Facebook's, Lyra program, from Uber, from, uh, bit Stop ATMs and even, Dan Stabill, who was the leading attorney for Tether at the time, he wrote the book on crypto legislation. Right. And he was an attorney who taught it at UN Law School, wow. They elected him as my vice chair. And, um, since that time I've spent about$410,000 of my own money. As the cryptocurrency, task force chair and now transitioned into like the cryptocurrency chairman, which has taken more role of being the young resident, young guy, explainer of the new technology, which includes AI, cybernetics and quantum computing as well, which are coming down the line. I've seen it as my personal duty. To, assist our government and advise them, intimately on these new technologies that we know are rapidly advancing. Mm-hmm. In changing the fundamental nature of how we live our lives.

Brooke:

How I AI is brought to you in partnership with the Collective AI, a space designed to accelerate your learning and AI adoption. I joined the Collective and it's completely catapulted my learning, expanded my network, and showed me what's possible with AI. Whether you're just starting out, or want done for you solutions, the Collective gives you the resources to grow your business with AI. So stay tuned to learn more at the end of this episode, or check my show notes for my exclusive invite link.. Yes. I started paying attention to cryptocurrency and learning about the blockchain and Web3. Once I started to read that agents were starting to make purchasing and buying decisions on our behalf. Um, agents are talking to other agents. This is where a lot of the future of our automation systems are going when it comes to artificial intelligence.

Chairman Bowdre:

We are rapidly creating the different systems or the nodes to usher in. Um, and you are right on the cutting edge of that. Mm. And so that's why I commend you and I, I'm a big fan of everything that you do. Oh, thank you. You know, and support it because you know, you're building the future and you're helping the rest of our people, our citizens, our loved ones, our family, to transition into something that's super important to everything that we do.

Brooke:

Mm.

Chairman Bowdre:

Crypto, Bitcoin, is the money of that web world. Right. And the interactions that are gonna be more frequent between the AI agents is gonna use that crypto.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Chairman Bowdre:

Right. As a proxy for the physical world, but increasingly more and more, uh, uh, prodigious more and more actually relevant to what we do. So the, um, absolute imperative is that, we understand all the different elements, right. How they can interact each other mm-hmm.

Brooke:

And how

Chairman Bowdre:

they will impact us ultimately.

Brooke:

Yes. So that brings us to where we are now in current day. What do you see changing in the next handful of months we're, it's October, now we're in Q4 of the year. What an incredible year. 2025 has been amazing. I think. Think we're gonna look back on 2025 and see it as such a major turning point.

Chairman Bowdre:

Absolutely.

Brooke:

So what's next and And what do you see happening right now? What is next and what's, what's happening under our noses right now? Because you're in the thick of it and some of us might not even be paying attention and realizing what's happening right now and, and where are we headed in the next year or 2026?

Chairman Bowdre:

Well. I like to say that we are in the crypto city. In the crypto year. I'm a crypto chair. I'm running for the crypto mayor of Miami

Brooke:

Crypto Mayor. So, uh, so,

Chairman Bowdre:

Have to put that shameless plug in there. Our, amazing mayor, mayor Francis. Mm-hmm. Suarez. Help to cheerlead market, and basically, bring international, and national, credence to what we've been doing on the ground and what we've been doing legislatively. Mm-hmm. And politically and governmentally for the blockchain, uh, crypto and Bitcoin. And so, I'm gonna take that torch Yes. And take it to the next level. All right. Where Miami is the ground zero for a technical revolution. Miami is closer to the White House than Washington dc

Brooke:

Right? How is that? Yes. I'm

Chairman Bowdre:

glad you asked because as Miami goes, Mar-a-Lago goes, and as Mar-a-Lago goes, the rest of America goes. Right. And so this is the crypto year. Mm. The crypto community elected the crypto president.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Chairman Bowdre:

And this administration has done everything possible, even things that we couldn't even think about. Right. To really fast track, or to catch up and ensure that America is the lead, in this crucial, pivotal industry and technology, for the world. And subsequently, we have the, crypto legislation. That has started our genius act and the market structure and the, SBR Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. In addition, there's been, different legislation for, uh, the allowance of 4 0 1 Ks to get into cryptocurrency. As well as, protecting the rights of different crypto vendors and, and crypto companies, encouraging, the robustness and development of it under America. It is crucial that, America maintains its technical supremacy in order to protect our dollar hegemony,

Brooke:

right? Mm-hmm.

Chairman Bowdre:

Creating new pathways into our dollar denominated systems, our financial systems, um, is a race against time, right? Mm-hmm. Or something that's a crucial element in order to show leadership to the rest of the world, but to maintain, our leadership, um, so this year is critical and pivotal.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Chairman Bowdre:

It's very important too because Miami has a lot of challenges. You know, it is the home to, you know, FIFA now as an organization. Yes. It's a global organization. Uh, next year we have the World Cup that is going, coming here.

Brooke:

Yep.

Chairman Bowdre:

Make sure we have the G 20 summit that is coming here as well. It's home to the most, second homes of sent millionaires on the planet.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Chairman Bowdre:

But also, it's number four in poverty and income inequality. Over 50% of our residents, qualify, or, excuse me, 60% qualify for some type of housing assistance, either partial or full. We have almost 50% of our residents spending nearly 30 to 80% of their a MI or their annual median income on transportation and rent, and housing security. Um, these things are challenges that we must face. We have everything that we need to do. Anything that we want, and us, myself, yourself, Jonathan, The Collective.

Brooke:

Yeah.

Chairman Bowdre:

We are the ones standing in the gap or in the forefront of that, pulling together the elements and tying'em together to make that bridge into the future. My job here is to ensure that anyone can be affluent in Miami. But that we make it affordable and efficient for everyone.

Brooke:

Yes.

Chairman Bowdre:

My plan is to unlock enterprise efficiency for public beneficiary. Uh, you know, I'm not a Zora, I'm Domini socialist. I'm not, a super capitalist. Right. I'm a blockchain. I'm a technologist. I'm a futurist.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Chairman Bowdre:

But I'm a person, i'm an amateur politician, but I'm an expert public servant, and my ethos is that what is this technology's mission?

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Chairman Bowdre:

If not to improve the human condition.

Brooke:

Yes.

Chairman Bowdre:

Because. What really counts, no matter what is, how we help each other, how we connect with each other. Yeah. Only what you do for people matters. Only how we help one another counts. And so beautiful. I'm resolved to dedicate my life to my money, my time, my focus, my skills, my network to ensuring that we achieve that future with this awesome technology that has come down and that can save us all. Does not end up in the wrong hands or end up coming online in the wrong way that can enslave us all.

Brooke:

Wow.

Chairman Bowdre:

November 4th, it is imperative that everybody vote Bowdre, B-O-W-D-R-E for Mayor of Miami for. We're gonna move Miami forward into the future.

Brooke:

Amazing. That was just a beautiful way to end and, and I feel like that's probably the most important key takeaway moment that you wanted to share. Or if you wanna just, uh, share with listeners on how they can reach out to you and connect.

Chairman Bowdre:

Absolutely. So you can go on my Instagram, it's chairman Bowdre like bow tie, and Dr. Dre, B-O-W-D-R-E. Uh, also my website, www.bowdre4mayor.com. That's B-O-W-D-R-E, the number four mayor.com. I need your help. I have international business experience, finance experience. I'm a municipal operator at the policy level, a community programmer at the very, most intense area. I've watched for eight years, mayor Francis Suarez, and I'm ready to lead Miami. We cannot miss this opportunity and. I humbly ask for your help and I'll also tell you to stay tuned into actually AI right. And learn and stay abreast of it because not only can it help you know our city, but your own family and your own self, right? This is the most intense time. Alright? And we recognize that we are peering over the precipice of a paradigm, preparing to pioneer a new path, realizing that the physical world can only be accepted as first. And our digital reality can no longer be denied. At last, the tectonic transitions caused by technology's position with the prodigious potential to transform every tier in class. So we've been entrusted this vision so that with prudent decision, may Miami be multiplied by this immutable math, and that's why I Elijah John Bowdre, chairman of the Miami-Dade County Cryptocurrency Task Force Executive Director of the Miami-Dade Digital Commission, solemnly swear to always espouse, to emulate the benevolent idioms of this beautiful immutable forever ledger. To be transparent, to be distributed, to protect the private, and promote the public to rule by consensus and to be immutable with my word. So help me, God. This is our time. Vote Bowdre for Mayor November 4th.

Brooke:

This is our time. Such beautiful last words. Thank you so much, chairman. Thank you. I appreciate you. Take care. Yeah, thank you. Wow I hope today's episode opened your mind to what's possible with AI. Do you have a cool use case on how you're using AI and wanna share it? DM me. I'd love to hear more and feature you on my next podcast. Until next time, here's to working smarter, not harder. See you on the next episode of How I AI. This episode was made possible in partnership with the Collective AI, a community designed to help entrepreneurs, creators, and professionals seamlessly integrate AI into their workflows. One of the biggest game changers in my own AI journey was joining this space. It's where I learned, connected and truly enhanced my understanding of what's possible with ai. And the best part, they offer multiple membership levels to meet you where you are. Whether you want to DIY, your AI learning or work with a personalized AI consultant for your business, The Collective has you covered. Learn more and sign up using my exclusive link in the show notes.

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