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Sean Ren is co-founder and CEO of Sahara. Having earned accolades including Samsung AI Researcher of the Year, MIT TR Innovator under 35 (Asia Pacific), and Forbes’ Asia 30 Under 30, Sean is a Professor at USC and has contributed significantly to AI research and innovation.
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Jessica Tian
Jessica Tian is a General Partner at Axia8 Ventures. She has 5 years of blockchain experience and 10 years of crypto entrepreneurship and marketing experience. She has invested and incubated more than 30 projects and founded several small startups.
Thomas Chippas
Thomas Chippas is the CEO of Argo Blockchain. Previously, he was CEO of ErisX and COO of Axoni.
Fang Kuai
Kaiyu (Fang Kuai) Qian is the COO of Debox and was previously a humanDAO contributor. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Architecture from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and a PhD in human-computer interaction from Zhejiang University.
Chesky Wu
Chen (Chesky) Wu is the founder of Discourse.
Jiahui Fu
Jiahui Fu is the former Global Ecosystem Lead at Chainbase. She graduated from New York University and Zhejiang University.
Liu Zhiyun
Liu Zhiyun is the Founder of Hummingbird Mining Machinery.
Qibing Lee
Qibing Lee, founder of Ownership Labs and champion of the Wanxiang Hackathon 2020, studied computer science at Zhejiang University. During his doctoral studies, he focused on AI, cognitive science, and their applications in personalized recommendations. He also served as the Technical Director of the BitHack blockchain community. After recognizing the contradiction between data, intelligence, and privacy, he left school to start a business focused on the blockchain data market. He has independently completed several open source software developments and is now actively contributing to the development of Web3.0, aiming to truly connect you, me, things, and services in the virtual space.
Niraj Pant
Niraj Pant is the Co-Founder at Ritual. Presively he was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, where he invests in early-stage cryptocurrency projects. Prior to this role, he researched privacy in the Decentralized Systems Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Niraj has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors for CoinDCX, an Ambassador for Sequoia Capital, and Co-Founder and CTO of Source Networks. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Kevin Lehtiniitty
Kevin Lehtiniitty is CEO of Borderless and previously was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Fortress Trust Company and Chief Product Officer of Prime Trust. He holds a master's degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Peter Piekarczyk
Peter Piekarczyk is the founding engineer of Backpack. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.