I'm Gajeshgah-jay-sh · गजेश
What Drives Me
Presently (2023 - Now):
We are creators:
We have raised $250million+ from a16z (Series B, Strategic), Blockchain Capital (Series A), Ethereal Ventures, and Coinbase Ventures.
We work with industry leaders: Google Cloud (AP2), Coinbase (Operator), Worldcoin, Consensys.
I work on Strategy & Engineering for Special Projects, with some time devoted to Growth Hacks.
I'm on my 3rd gap year for this company by the way.
[Why Eigen?]
Coming Soon
Recent Growth Hacks
- →All Chains Fit on EigenDA: Orchestrated public stress. 1million views on Twitter. Marked as "highest throughput DA" in the industry.
- →Nocturne (AI Trading Agent): 433 Stars, 130K Views on Twitter
- →Copytrading Agent: 35 Stars, 80K Views on Twitter
- →Eigen Fellowship 2025: Hosted 2 fellows. One landed a high value customer, the other battle-tested our system.
I've had a hell of a ride. That's an understatement. I've seen companies at every unimaginable period of time.
Past
⚠ THE SPICY ONE
Engineering @ FTX Ventures(Sept '22 - Nov '22)
Worked with portfolio companies (Backpack, Solana) to accelerate developer & user growth.
I left after they went bankrupt. Verify
Founder Mode
Founder & CEO @ Taksh(Dec '21 - Aug '22)
Cross-Chain Yield Aggregator.
Led a team of 10. Got $1M AUM for private beta.
Raised $1.3M ($300k pre-seed, $1m seed). Got acquired.
Gaj Finance(2021)
Built a yield aggregator as an experiment. Ended up getting $7M TVL.
This showed me the power of Permissionless Open Innovation, accelerated with Blockchain Trust.
They didn't need to trust a 13 yo kid in India, they just needed to verify the blockchain runs correctly.
Press & Media
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