He got his first Trezor from OG Slush in person at the Shanghai conference in 2014 and bought his Bitcoin via an ATM in Shanghai. He has been a big believer in self custody of keys ever since (Not your keys not your stash)
10+ yrs in Bitcoin (Class of 2013) as a Bitcoin Maxi, a Bitcoin Globe trotter from Shanghai, Bangalore, NewYork, Las Vegas, Ireland, Austin, Hong Kong, Prague, Lugano, Zurich and Amsterdam attending Bitcoin Conferences and meetups orange pilling my extended family and friends
Often founders pick his brains for 3 capabilities: CTO/Architect, Product Market Fit and VC/Founder Hat
🌱 Recently my nascent curiosity & Fun experiments in
Quantum Computing influencing AI/ML space, Gene Therapy leveraging AI and LLMs on edge computing devices.
⚡ Fun fact: I ❤️ Startups 0-1 phase the Genesis block for creation of capital markets.
Brief Professional History: About me
🌱 3 x CoFounder/CTO - AI/ML based ventures (Devtools, Proptech - 15+yrs Serial Entrepreneur): Role - Leading & Hiring Engineering teams for AI/ML products & Fund Raising
⚡ 2 x CTO on Hire Pre-Series A startups in AI (Supply Chains and CareerTech): Role: Turning around scaling needs of startups for next round of fund raise. Both ventures respectively were in Singapore & Hong Kong
👋 I have Angel Invested across 35+ US based startups in 5 domains (AI/ML, Bitcoin Native, SpaceTech, Longetivity Tech & Devtools) mostly focussing on Geo (US based startups only coinvesting with Reputed Silicon Valley Stalwarts)
⚡ Polyglot programmer (9+ programming languages in 3 different paradigms)
👨💻 Hands on CTO with a flair to build 1st version of every product for my own fun.
📫 Deep understanding of interplay between Business, Product & Engineering tradeoffs in 0-1 phase vs 1-n phase.
👨💻 Winner of various Hackathons, Competitive Prizes and Ideathons for Startups across various cities in the world