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Pacman is the founder of Blur. He dropped out of high school to enter Y Combinator when he was 17 years old, and then entered the MIT Department of Computer Science to study. He won a Thiel Scholarship. After leaving MIT, he founded Namebase. In February 2022, the domain name registrar Namecheap announced the acquisition of Namebase.
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Anthony Liu
Anthony Liu is the Co-founder & CTO at Namebase. There are reports that he also co-founded the Blur- NFT platform.
Alessandro Chiesa
Alessandro Chiesa is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at StarkWare, Associate Professor at EPFL .
Arun Devabhaktuni
Arun Devabhaktuni is a professional with a background in systems biology, physics, and biology. He is currently a Lead Researcher at Mirana Ventures and an Angel Investor at Valhalla Capital. He has also served as the Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder of ZenMaid Software. Arun has received a PhD in Systems Biology from Stanford University School of Medicine and a BS in Physics and Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rodolfo Gonzalez
Rodolfo Gonzalez is the Partner of Foundation Capital. Rodolfo has an MBA from MIT Sloan’s School of Management, with concentrations in finance and entrepreneurship, and degrees in Marketing from ITESM and International Relations from UNAM Mexico.
Dan Elitzer
Dan Elitzer is co-founder at Nascent. Previously, Dan co-founded IDEO CoLab Ventures, a crypto-focused venture firm associated with the renowned design agency, IDEO. During that time, he also helped launch YAM Finance. Dan began his career in social enterprise and microfinance, working with both domestic social impact organizations and international development agencies. Dan earned an MBA from MIT Sloan, where he co-founded the MIT Bitcoin Club and MIT FinTech Club, and a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pomona College.
Theo Diamandis
Theo is pursuing an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science PhD at MIT, where he works on algorithms for and applications of mathematical optimization. These interests inevitably led to him being nerd sniped by Guillermo into working on crypto. When he’s not working on optimization solvers for DeFi-related applications, Theo can be found backpacking or skiing in the California Sierras.
Justin Jow
Justin Jow is the VP Finance at OpenSea.He is ex Uber, Google. He graduated from Harvard University and MIT-Sloan School.
Nitya Subramanian
Nitya Subramanian is the founder of Capsule. He was the former product lead of Celo. Nitya Subramanian graduated from MIT.
Sam Trabucco
Sam Trabucco is the former Co-CEO at Alameda Research. Previously, he worked as a trader on SIG's bond ETF desk. He graduated from MIT in 2015 with a degree in Math and Computer Science. I chose to pursue Math instead of Sports.
Paul Grewal
Paul Grewal is Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer.