Anna Kazlauskas

140K+ Reddit DAO contributors

Co-founder and CEO of Vana — a decentralized network for user-owned data and AI. Built Data DAOs that let users pool, own, and monetize their private data to train user-owned AI models. Reddit Data DAO hit 140K+ contributors. MIT CS + Economics, YC-backed, backed by Paradigm and Polychain.

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Decentralized network that lets users own, govern, and monetize their personal data as a collective asset.

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Vana crossed $10M market cap

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Vana crossed $50M market cap

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Vana crossed $10M market cap

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Marvin Tong@marvin_tong

Rebranded to phala.com 2025; NVIDIA Inception; SOC 2 Type I + HIPAA; migrated to Ethereum L2

Co-founder and CEO of Phala — confidential AI infrastructure built on TEEs (Trusted Execution Environments). Rebranded from Phala Network to phala.com in September 2025, migrating from Polkadot to Ethereum L2. Launched Phala Cloud, joined NVIDIA's Inception Program, and achieved SOC 2 Type I + HIPAA compliance. Building the trust layer for enterprise AI: verifiable, private, unstoppable computation.

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Jacob Steeves@const_reborn

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Jeremy Allaire@jerallaire

USDC: $75.3B supply; $2.7B Circle revenue 2025; CPN launched; Circle public on NYSE

Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Circle — issuer of USDC, the world's second-largest stablecoin. Circle went public on NYSE (CRCL) in 2025. USDC supply grew 72% to $75.3B in 2025. $2.7B in total revenue (64% YoY increase). GENIUS Act passage a major regulatory tailwind. Launched Circle Payments Network (CPN) and Arc blockchain testnet (166M transactions). USDC now captures ~50% of stablecoin transaction volume. Previously co-founded Brightcove.

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