Well, let's move to our next tier.
Up next, we have yet another contributor of extreme amount of dollars.
A monster level sponsor of $10,000 for the visionary leader of God knows what.
I'm not sure.
Let's play a video to think about what he might possibly have done.
Viridian Dynamics.
Machines.
When you were little, you wanted to be one.
Now we're working to make that happen.
By taking the best things about people and the best things about machines and combining them into something strong and, we hope, loving.
Viridian Dynamics.
Man and machines.
Best friends forever.
I think you may have guessed who has won this award.
It is none other than Dr.
Mike F.
Powers, P-H-C-A-F-E-F!
Custodian!
North Korea people.
I had no idea it was going to be on stage today.
So the keynotes actually didn't know they were going to be on stage today.
So good job, Chris.
Thank you, Cheryl.
Who here had no idea what they came into tonight?
That is hilarious.
I don't put much of a description on the website for much of anything for CypherCon.
So if you came into this meal thinking this was a real award show, it absolutely was.
So I have notes here.
So I want to thank our distinguished scammers, I mean executives.
Welcome to the conclusion of Backwards 48.
Like, what the hell just happened here?
Like, everything's not quite right, right?
And in the world of business, we see a lot of this.
Where people are buying their own awards and propping themselves up.
And are we not calling them out on this?
Like, I'm Dr.
Mike F.
Powers, PhD.
And I'm a custodian.
And I'm so honored for this award.
I spend my time in the shitters.
Cleaning up the poisons of our industry.
Yeah, it's basically my job to scrub away the scum and their shameless scams.
So I'd like to think that our illusions as C-suite visionaries are gracing us on stage.
And let's give them a round of applause for their purchase of this award.
Isn't it amazing how comedy collides with reality?
And how close it hits to home?
That's what I wanted you to feel tonight.
So next time you see these success strategies, ranging from buy your way in, or pretend to care just briefly, remember backwards 48.
And we came here tonight for entertainment.
And we convened in a comedy satire evening.
But I want to point out less scamier things in our industry.
Everybody in this room is contributing to our state and technology and our industry.
And this is really a celebration for you.
Especially Mr.
Robot over there.
So, these pay-to-play awards is nothing.
They're spending tens of thousands of dollars.
And the reality is, you're contributing more than any of them by being involved in this community.
So thank you everybody for being here.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the evening's entertainment.
And I'm going to take this plunger.
Give it up for Mike.
He's the reason we're all here.
Thank you.