- ₿ Bitcoin Class of 2013
- Cypherpunk Security Protocols Engineer - B-Tech in Computer Science from DA-IICT
- 11+ yrs in Bitcoin (Class of 2013) as a Bitcoin maxi, a Bitcoin thought leader speaking at NewYork, Las Vegas, Singapore, Shanghai, Bangalore, Ireland, Austin, Hong Kong, Prague, Lugano, Zurich and Amsterdam speaking at various Bitcoin Conferences and meetups to encourage adoption of Bitcoin.
- Open source Bitcoin Contributions
- Bitcoin Enterprise Custody Vaults OpenVault - OnPrem/Self Hosted self custody wallet Infra for SMEs/NGOs just like BTCPayserver
- Building hands on guide Bitcoin Rust Cheatbook for asyncrhonous self paced "learning by doing" as an onboarding tool for new bitcoin developers to use rust to start contributing towards BOSS program projects at Chaincode.
- L402 AI agents for Payments / DAMP Protocol - OpenAutoPay - Mesh of L402, MCP, and Nostr
- Bitcoin Mesh L2 Interoperability - OpenGlue - Mesh of Bitcoin L2s for seamless interoperability
- BTC Transcripts Reviewer on btctranscripts.com - Transcript Example
- Angel Investor in 28+ Bitcoin Native Startups out of 42+ portfolio
- Bitcoin Specific Interest(s): Bitcoin Enterprise Collaborative Custody, Miniscript/Bitcoin Inheritance, Hardware Wallets and Multi-Sig Technical Insurance
- Key Note Speaker/Panelist in Global Bitcoin Conferences:
- Apr25: Hong Kong: Web3 Festival - Bitcoin Stage: “Bitcoin as next global reserve asset” (link pending)
- Apr25: Hong Kong: Web3 Festival - Bitcoin Stage: “Bitcoin pizza in new Age” (link pending)
- Feb25: Hong Kong: Consensus Lightning Connect: "Breaking Barriers: How Lightning Unlocks P2P Money" (link pending)
- Feb25: Hong Kong: Digital Assets Week: "Are custody providers adequately supporting the needs of tokenization?": (link pending)
- Jan25: USA NY: Access US2025 at NYSE: "Enhancing DLT Security: strategies for sisk, compliance, and integrity": link
- Dec24: Abu Dhabi: Bitcoin MENA Conference: "Building The tools for institutional adoption: hardware & software": link
- Oct24: USA Atlanta: TabConf6: "Architectural nuances of FOSS based enterprise custody bitcoin wallet for SMEs/Non-profits"
- Oct24: Netherlands BTC Conference: "Bitcoin wealth and inheritance planning" - (link pending)
- Sept24: Podcast - Intersection of Bitcoin and AI: How AI will cause hyperdeflation - link
- Sept24: SG BTC Conference: "HyperDeflation, Bitcoin hyperbitcoinization era & future of wealth banking" - link
- Sept24: Thailand BTC Conf.: "Redistribution of wealth in era of hyperbitcoinization - BTC future of digital private banks"- link
- July24: United States - Bitcoin's role in traditional banks link
- May 24: Hong Kong - Miniscript: Bitcoin inheritance planning link
- Fun Bitcoin Stories:
- He got his first Trezor from OG Slush in person at the Shanghai conference in 2014 and bought his Bitcoin via an ATM in Shanghai. He has been a big believer in self custody of keys ever since (Not your keys not your Coins)
- 👋 I’m currently serving as Global Innovation Director - Technology & Engineering for listed Swiss Private Bank Julius Baer.
- 🌱 3 x CoFounder/CTO - AI/ML based ventures (Devtools, Proptech - 15+yrs Serial Entrepreneur): Role - Product Vision, Fund Raising & Hiring Engineering teams
- ⚡ 2 x CTO on Hire Pre-Series A startups in AI (Risk management in Supply Chains and CareerTech): Role: Turning around scaling needs of startups for next round of fund raise. Both ventures respectively were in Singapore & Hong Kong
- 👋 I have angel invested across 42+ US based startups in 3 domains (Bitcoin, GenAI/ML & DevTools) mostly focussing on US coinvesting with industry leaders)
- ⚡ Polyglot programmer (9+ programming languages in 3 different paradigms)
- 👨💻 Hands on CTO with a flair to build 1st version of every product for my own fun.
- 📫 Deep understanding of interplay between business, product & engineering tradeoffs in 0-1 phase vs 1-n phase.
- 👨💻 Winner of various hackathons, competitive prizes and ideathons for startups across various cities in the world
👋 I'm Sagun, ❤️ :startups, I mentor Founders/CTOs to build better techstacks -> products -> startups
- ⚡ Prior Experience: 15+ yrs AI/ML experience
- Professional Expertise in Domains: Bitcoin/Digital Assets, AI/ML & Private Banking(Wealth Management)
- Buildings models, platforms and startups leveraging applied AI for my own 3 startups(Polymath AI, Nexchanges Technology and Black & White).
- Venture Capital & Bootstrapping Experience: VC Funding, BootStrapping and Innovation Budgets annually 1-5mn$ USD for building and engineering
- Polyglot programmer (9+ programming languages in 3 different paradigms - Functional, Imperative & OOPs)
- Often founders pick his brains for 3 capabilities: CTO/Architect, Product Market Fit and VC/Founder Hat
- 🌱 Recently my nascent curiosity & Fun experiments in
- Rust: Brown University and Bevy Cheatbook
- Quantum Computing influencing AI/ML space, Gene Therapy leveraging AI and LLMs on edge computing devices.
- Model Packaging & GenAI related technologies: Replicate, Data Catalogs & Vector Search Engines
- 💬 Ask me about anything related to building AI/ML Startups, LLMs/RAG, Data Engineering & Devtools
- 📫 How to reach me: X/Twitter or sagungarg.com or Linkedin or Telegram
- 👨💻 Read more about my projects at sagungarg.com
- ⚡ Fun fact: I ❤️ Startups 0-1 phase the Genesis block for creation of capital markets.
- (102: newbie Founder)The game of 1:99 odds ? You signed up for it Didn’t YOU ?
- [PM Role] How do I know if I’m succeeding as a Product Manager?
- [Using Python] Simple console version of a drawing program with limited functionality — Iron Man…
- [Bitcoin is Coming] 4 Billion of 6 Billion are unbanked/limit banked
- [Bitcoin Fundamentals] Technical Basics to understand Open Public Blockchains