Tags → #founders
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Being CEO and still shipping code
The CTO-vs-CEO false dichotomy, why I still review every PR that touches the SDK core, and how I use Claude Code plus an MCP server over my own writing to keep technical leverage as the company grows.
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Privacy's broadband moment
ZK got fast, hardware got attestable, AI agents started carrying their own wallets, and regulators stopped trying to ban math. Four curves crossed and privacy stopped being a research topic — it became infrastructure.
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Why I started Zera Labs
Three things became true in the same year — ZK got fast enough, Solana got cheap enough, and AI agents needed verifiable money. Sitting at the intersection felt like a ship date, not a thesis.