[ Core Team ]

> Former executive at Spin Labs (NEAR DEX). Previously a VC operator at TGE Capital and pd ventures with >$100M portfolio exposure, after operations roles at Web2 unicorns Delivery Hero and Deliveroo.

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> Security-focused engineering leader and founder of Guvenkaya, a Rust/Web3 security research firm working with NEAR, Aurora, and Sweat Economy.

> Previously Practice Manager at Halborn securing protocols with $600M+ TVL; earlier Security Engineer at Invicti designing JWT security for Fortune 500s.

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> 5y+ Web3 partnerships & GTM leader - ex-Head of BD at Umbrella Network with leadership across Cardano and Q.org ecosystems.

> Seasoned commercial leader with 6y+ Web2 telecom experience at A1 (Telekom Austria) and Tele2, managing sales orgs end-to-end.

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> Ex-Google and Meta AI who built a distributed Rust indexer processing up to 10M tx/s with <200ms query latency.

> Architected a multi-chain EIP-1193 provider unifying six wallets behind one SDK.

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> Ex-AI/ML Engineering Lead at HST Pathways (Bain Capital backed); founded the HST AI Lab and shipped revenue-driving AI features.

> Prev. Sr. engineer at Halborn, Blockchain.com, and MyEtherWallet.

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> Applied cryptography researcher focused on post-quantum, MPC, and zkTLS.

> Ph.D. in Information Security from Técnico, University of Lisbon. Previously at Nillion and Tectonic Labs.

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> Fullstack engineer for ~10 years, most recently worked at Mistral AI on Mistral Code.

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> 14+ years spanning software development, infrastructure, and cloud engineering. Prev. Lead DevOps at NEXT AI.

> Built and scaled infrastructure at Invicti Security, advancing from DevOps to Senior DevOps. Earlier roles at VeriPark and Nuevo Softwarehouse.

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> 13+ years across web3/fintech/enterprise. At Bitte Protocol led AI agents interfacing with chains & Web2 APIs; improved Mintbase SDK + UI.

> Delivered high-impact frontend at Grover and Zup; shipped for Nike, Samsung, Santander, Panasonic with React/Next/TypeScript.

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