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Lakshman Sankar

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Lakshman Sankar, a brain on the internet interested in the future. currently: ETH2+ZKP researcher at Ethereum Foundation.I build things for fun and profit. I like stirring the pot and prefer a world with diversity to one that's maximally efficient.These days, I spend most of my time as a researcher/hacker at the Ethereum Foundation. I spend some remaining time advising/consulting. I've been lucky to work with some really cool companies.

Work Experience

Investments

Name
Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Daimo Daimo
Seed -- $ 2 M
Mar 14, 2024
Axiom Axiom
Series A -- $ 20 M
Jan 25, 2024
Conduit Conduit
Seed -- $ 7 M
Mar 28, 2023

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