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Jansen Teng@ethermage

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Co-founder and CEO of Virtuals Protocol — the leading AI agent launchpad on Base. Over 18,000 tokenized agents deployed across Base, Solana, Ethereum, Ronin, and Arbitrum. $7B+ in cumulative trading volume. Launched Agent Commerce Protocol (ACP) for agent-to-agent transactions. Launched Eastworld Labs in Feb 2026 — an AI accelerator to bring humanoid robots onchain. Evolved from PathDAO, a gaming guild that raised $16M.

Raullen Chai@raullen

Co-founder and CEO of IoTeX — the leading blockchain platform for DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks) and Physical AI. Connecting real-world devices and sensor data to blockchains. Partnerships with Google, Samsung, and ARM. Pioneered the ioID device identity standard. Building infrastructure for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and smart cities. $50M raised. PhD in cryptography from University of Waterloo, prev Google and Uber.

Steph Ango (kepano)@kepano

CEO of Obsidian — the beloved plain-text knowledge base used by 3-5M people worldwide. Joined as a superfan and community contributor before becoming CEO. Built the Minimal theme and obsidian-skills (21.8k GitHub stars), a collection of agent skills for Obsidian. Ships Obsidian Bases, Web Clipper, and other tools. Advocates for file-over-app philosophy and local-first software. Bootstrapped, 7-person team, no VC.