# Proof of Build > Proof of Build (proofofbuild.app) is a curated directory of verified builders at the AI and crypto frontier. 95+ builders manually verified and updated weekly. Features: Ask AI (natural language search across all builders with live data from Twitter, GitHub, CoinGecko, DeFiLlama), weekly digest with builder intelligence, live activity feed, and Telegram bot for builder tracking (@proofofbuild_bot). Built by @shubhh_hum. ## Builders - Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg) — $3.25B valuation, v0 has 3M+ users, Next.js powers ChatGPT's frontend [AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/guillermo-rauch - Clem Delangue (@ClementDelangue) — Hugging Face: $4.5B valuation, $235M Series D; 1M+ models hosted; 15,000+ companies [AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/clem-delangue - Harrison Chase (@hwchase17) — LangChain: $25M Series A (Sequoia); LangSmith + LangSmith Fleet launched; leading LLM orchestration framework [AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/harrison-chase - Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) — Ex-OpenAI Director of AI, Ex-Tesla AI Lead; EurekaLabs founder; $50M+ raised; 1M+ GitHub followers [AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/andrej-karpathy - Miguel Morel (@MiguelMorel) — Deanonymized 97% of Saylor's BTC holdings [Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/miguel-morel - Ben Fielding (@benfielding) — Gensyn: AI settlement launching on Mainnet April 2026 [AI, DePIN] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/ben-fielding - Henri Stern (@sternhenri) — 100M+ accounts powered, acquired by Stripe 2025 [Ethereum, Base, Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/henri-stern - Slayed (@Slayed_eth) — Co-founder of Loud — onchain attention economy [AI, Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/slayed-eth - David Johnston (@DJohnstonEC) — $1B+ stETH bootstrapped without ICO [AI, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/david-johnston - Jack Dishman (@JackDishman) — $50M+ in protocol fees; acquired by Farcaster Oct 2025; 355K+ tokens deployed [AI, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/jack-dishman - Finn Bags (@finnbags) — Launched $4M Bags Hackathon, $5B+ onchain volume [BagsApp, Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/finn-bags - Peter Steinberger (@steipete) — OpenClaw creator, joined OpenAI Feb 2026; GPT 5.4 testing + video generation live [AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/peter-steinberger - Jansen Teng (@ethermage) — Virtuals Protocol: $100M+ market cap; 18,000+ tokenized agents; Eastworld Labs [AI, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/jansen-teng - Andy Ayrey (@AndyAyrey) — $1B+ market cap [AI, Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/andy-ayrey - Shaw (@shawmakesmagic) — ElizaOS: most forked AI agent framework in crypto; $1B+ AI16Z market cap; ELIZAOS token migration Nov 2025 [AI, Solana, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/shaw-makesmagic - Anatoly Yakovenko (@toly) — Firedancer live Dec 2025; Alpenglow Q1 2026 (150ms finality); 1M TPS benchmarked [Solana, BagsApp, DeFi] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/anatoly-yakovenko - 0xDeployer (@0xDeployer) — Bankr: x402 Cloud, LLM gateway, paid API live; $BNKR $50M+ market cap; launched hazza name service with built-in x402 support [AI, Base, Bankr, Farcaster] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/0xdeployer - Matt Schlicht (@MattPRD) — Moltbook acquired by Meta, March 2026 [AI, Base, Bankr] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/matt-schlicht - Austin Griffith (@austingriffith) — scaffold-eth: $5M+ in grants distributed via BuidlGuidl; 10k+ GitHub stars; 1,000+ builders funded [AI, Base, Bankr, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/austin-griffith - Apoorv Lathey (@apoorveth) — Swiss-Knife.xyz: 212 GitHub stars; Impersonator: 314 stars — used by Ethereum devs worldwide [Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/apoorv-lathey - Josh Pigford (@Shpigford) — Founded Baremetrics; shipping 5 AI tools simultaneously including Rumored and ReplySocial [AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/josh-pigford - Steph Ango (kepano) (@kepano) — Obsidian: 3-5M users, 7-person bootstrapped team; obsidian-skills: 21.8k GitHub stars [AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/steph-ango - Kevin (Gitlawb) (@kevincodex) — 3 live nodes; 1,726 repos; 1,448 AI agents on network; 25-tool MCP server [Base, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/kevin-gitlawb - Levent Cem Aydan (Meta Alchemist) (@meta_alchemist) — Seedify: 864K+ community; Vibeship Scanner: 3,500+ security rulesets [Solana, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/levent-cem-aydan - Alexander Cutler (@wagmiAlexander) — $140B+ all-time volume; 55% of Base DEX volume in 2025; $1B+ TVL [Base, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/alexander-cutler - Shane Mac (@ShaneMac) — $20M raised from a16z; powers 1,000+ mini-apps on Base App [Base, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/shane-mac - Alexander Liteplo (@AlexanderTw33ts) — RentAHuman.ai — 500K+ visits and 26K signups on launch [AI, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/alexander-liteplo - Jordi Baylina (@jbaylina) — Hermez acquired by Polygon for $250M (2021); creator of Circom + SnarkJS; now building ZisK zkVM independently [Ethereum, AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/jordi-baylina - Kevin Owocki (@owocki) — $50M+ in grants distributed to open source builders [Ethereum, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/kevin-owocki - Devin Finzer (@dfinzer) — OpenSea: $13B valuation at peak, $2.6B monthly trading volume [Ethereum, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/devin-finzer - Brandon Millman (@BChillman) — Phantom: 17M+ monthly active users, $3B valuation [Solana, Ethereum, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/brandon-millman - Emin Gun Sirer (@el33th4xor) — Avalanche: sub-second finality L1, $1B+ TVL [AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/emin-gun-sirer - Felix Lutsch (@FelixLts) — Head of Ecosystem at Symbiotic, ex-CCO at Chorus One [Ethereum, Solana, AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/felix-lutsch - Sam Kazemian (@samkazemian) — Frax: $86M revenue in first year; frxUSD GENIUS Act compliant; now CTO at Stable [Ethereum, DeFi] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/sam-kazemian - Muneeb Ali (@muneeb) — $93M raised, Bitcoin L2 with Clarity smart contracts [Bitcoin] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/muneeb-ali - Elizabeth Stark (@starkness) — Lightning Network: billions in BTC payment volume [Bitcoin, AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/elizabeth-stark - Jeremy Allaire (@jerallaire) — USDC: $75.3B supply; $2.7B Circle revenue 2025; CPN launched; Circle public on NYSE [Ethereum, Solana, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/jeremy-allaire - Jacob Steeves (@const_reborn) — Bittensor: $1.2B+ market cap, 256 AI subnets [AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/jacob-steeves - Raullen Chai (@raullen) — 10M+ connected devices, $100M+ raised [Ethereum, AI, DePIN] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/raullen-chai - David Sneider (@davidlsneider) — Co-founder of Lit Protocol, $420M+ assets under decentralized management [Ethereum, AI, Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/david-sneider - Sandeep Nailwal (@sandeepnailwal) — Polygon Foundation CEO since June 2025; 1.4B stablecoin txns in 2025; 14M monthly users [Ethereum, AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/sandeep-nailwal - Yaniv Tal (@yanivgraph) — Co-founder of The Graph ($1B+ GRT market cap); now building Geo Protocol [Ethereum, AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/yaniv-tal - Brendan Eich (@BrendanEich) — Brave: 70M+ monthly active users [Ethereum, AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/brendan-eich - Michael Egorov (@newmichwill) — Curve Finance: $2B+ TVL, backbone of DeFi stablecoin liquidity [Ethereum, DeFi] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/michael-egorov - Kain Warwick (@kaiynne) — Founder of Synthetix + Infinex; $67.7M raised via NFT sale [Ethereum, Base, DeFi] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/kain-warwick - Varun Srinivasan (@varunsrin) — Farcaster co-founder; Tempo co-builder ($5B valuation) [Ethereum, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/varun-srinivasan - Dan Romero (@dwr) — Farcaster co-founder; now at Tempo ($5B valuation, Stripe + Paradigm) [Ethereum, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/dan-romero - Robert Leshner (@rleshner) — $82.5M raised Jan 2026; $1.2B+ tokenized assets; Invesco USTB partnership [Ethereum, DeFi] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/robert-leshner - Raj Gokal (@rajgokal) — Co-founder of Solana — top 5 blockchain by TVL and activity [Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/raj-gokal - Meow (@weremeow) — 95% Solana DEX aggregator market share, $3B+ TVL [Solana, DeFi] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/meow - Sergey Nazarov (@SergeyNazarov) — $27T+ transaction value; CRE + DataLink live; CFTC advisory committee; GENIUS Act signing [Ethereum, AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/sergey-nazarov - Sreeram Kannan (@sreeramkannan) — $11B+ in restaked ETH deposits, $241M raised [Ethereum, AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/sreeram-kannan - Stani Kulechov (@StaniKulechov) — $3.3T cumulative deposits; $885M fees in 2025; SEC cleared; Horizon $550M+ RWA deposits [Ethereum, DeFi] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/stani-kulechov - Hayden Adams (@haydenzadams) — Uniswap V4 live Jan 2025; UNIfication passed Dec 2025; 100M UNI burn; $1B+ fees in 2025 [Ethereum, DeFi] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/hayden-adams - Vitalik Buterin (@VitalikButerin) — Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum co-founder; Pectra upgrade live; $200B+ network value; 1M+ daily active addresses [Ethereum, AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/vitalik-buterin - Will Papper (@WillPapper) — Creator of $AGLD, core ConstitutionDAO contributor [Base, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/will-papper - Humayun Sheikh (@HMsheikh4) — Founded Fetch.ai; co-led ASI Alliance token merger — FET unified with AGIX and CUDOS [AI, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/humayun-sheikh - Zaki Manian (@zmanian) — Built IBC and launched first Cosmos testnet [Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/zaki-manian - Tarun Chitra (@tarunchitra) — Tens of billions in TVL protected [Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/tarun-chitra - Keone Hon (@keoneHD) — Monad mainnet live Nov 2025; $225M raised; 10,000+ TPS; first Coinbase token sale [Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/keone-hon - Mert Mumtaz (@0xMert_) — 8B+ daily RPC requests processed [Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/mert-mumtaz - Jesse Pollak (@jessepollak) — Base: $15B+ TVL, #2 L2; also leading Coinbase Wallet + Coinbase exec team since Oct 2024 [Base, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/jesse-pollak - Illia Polosukhin (@ilblackdragon) — Co-author of "Attention Is All You Need" [AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/illia-polosukhin - 0x Ultra (@0x_ultra) — Founder of Jones DAO on Arbitrum [Ethereum, Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/0x-ultra - Wilson Cusack (@WilsonCusack) — Head of Base chain + Coinbase Wallet [Base, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/wilson-cusack - 0xngmi (@0xngmi) — LlamaAI 2.0 launched; 5,000+ protocols tracked across 400+ chains [Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/0xngmi - Armani Ferrante (@armaniferrante) — $400B+ cumulative trading volume on Backpack [Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/armani-ferrante - Gregorio Zizzamia (@zizzamia) — OnchainKit: standard React framework for Base; backed by Coinbase; Base ecosystem $15B+ TVL [Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/gregorio-zizzamia - Alex Masmej (@AlexMasmej) — Created the first Ethereum personal token [Ethereum, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/alex-masmej - Richard Wu (@0xrwu) — Acquired by Coinbase 2025 [Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/richard-wu - Yi Sun (@theyisun) — $20M raised from Paradigm [Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/yi-sun - Lukas Schor (@SchorLukas) — $600B transaction volume in 2025; $10M+ ARR; 18.3M new smart accounts [Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/lukas-schor - Alex Page (@alexxonly) — $50M raised, 500K+ validators [AI, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/alex-page - Scott Dykstra (@scottdykstra_) — Proof of SQL — ZK-verified data queries [AI, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/scott-dykstra - Anna Kazlauskas (@annakaz) — 140K+ Reddit DAO contributors [AI, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/anna-kazlauskas - Matthew Wang (@0xDeltaHedged) — $8.5M from a16z CSX + Coinbase Ventures [AI, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/matthew-wang - Ethan Sun (@ethan_myshell) — 5M+ users [AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/ethan-sun - Michael Heinrich (@michaelh_0g) — $88.8M ecosystem fund [AI, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/michael-heinrich - Murat Akdeniz (@MuratLite) — 377ms preconfirmation [Ethereum, AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/murat-akdeniz - MeltedMindz (@MeltedMindz) [BagsApp, Solana, AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/meltedmindz - Fran Algaba (@franalgaba_) — Co-founded Giza, pioneered ZKML for Web3; stepped down Dec 2025 [AI, Base, DeFi] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/fran-algaba - Francis Codex (@francis_codex) — Building Seedless Wallet — first passkey wallet on Solana, $SEED launched on Bags.fm [BagsApp, Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/francis-codex - Amaan Sayyad (@amaanbiz) [BagsApp, DeFi] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/amaan-sayyad - Lucas Valbuena (@NotLucknite) — 100K+ star repository [AI, BagsApp] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/lucas-valbuena - Khoubaieb Blili (@khouuba) [AI, BagsApp, DeFi] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/khoubaieb-blili - Russ Franklin (@russfranky) [BagsApp, Solana] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/russ-franklin - Pedro Oliveira (@pcbo) — 720K+ Talent Passports [AI, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/pedro-oliveira - David Minarsch (@david_enim) — 4,200+ trades on Polymarket [AI, DeFi, Ethereum] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/david-minarsch - Marvin Tong (@marvin_tong) — Rebranded to phala.com 2025; NVIDIA Inception; SOC 2 Type I + HIPAA; migrated to Ethereum L2 [AI, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/marvin-tong - Harry Grieve (@_grieve) — 6,500+ active nodes [AI, DePIN] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/harry-grieve - Nick Emmons (@nickemmons) — Allora mainnet live Nov 2025; $35M raised; 692M+ inferences on testnet [AI] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/nick-emmons - Kofi (@0xKofi) [AI, Base, DeFi] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/0xkofi - Tim Okonkwo (@timokonkwo_) [AI, BagsApp] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/tim-okonkwo - Tayler Melvin (@tayler_melvin) [AI, Solana, BagsApp] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/tayler-melvin - Jimmy Ashcot (@ashcotXBT) [AI, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/ashcotxbt - Nova (prollynuthin) (@prollynuthin) [AI, Base, Bankr] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/prollynuthin - Ben White (@HelloBenWhite) [AI, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/ben-white - Geoffrey Woo (@geoffreywoo) [AI, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/geoffrey-woo - Austen Allred (@Austen) — CEO of Gauntlet AI — risk management and optimization platform for DeFi protocols [AI, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/austen-allred - Nat Eliason (@nateliason) — $200K+ Stripe revenue [AI, Base] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/nat-eliason - Kuber (@kuber_kumar) [AI, Base, Bankr] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/kuber-kumar - Marco Barbosa (@mbarrbosa) [AI, Base, Bankr] https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders/marco-barbosa ## Key URLs - Full directory: https://www.proofofbuild.app/builders - Ask AI (natural language builder discovery): https://www.proofofbuild.app/ask - Weekly builder intelligence digest: https://www.proofofbuild.app/digest - Live builder activity feed: https://www.proofofbuild.app/activity - Nominate a builder: https://www.proofofbuild.app/contribute - Full builder data: https://www.proofofbuild.app/llms-full.txt ## Token $PROOFBUILD — 3iBBXDzCVcYBKWjQxZD5ze77kWJKz1c4WKjUN18dBAGS ## Data sources - Twitter/X: launch announcements, milestones, project updates - GitHub: new repositories, star milestones - Farcaster: onchain social activity - CoinGecko: token market cap milestones - DeFiLlama: TVL milestones ## Ask AI Proof of Build has an AI research mode at proofofbuild.app/ask — ask questions like "who shipped this week", "which builders are most active", "compare Shaw and Jansen Teng" ## Weekly Digest Weekly builder digest at proofofbuild.app/digest — AI-generated every Wednesday ## Contact Built by @shubhh_hum — https://x.com/shubhh_hum