Rand Hindi
Co-founder CEO at CrunchDAO
United States
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Top SchoolRand Hindi is a seasoned entrepreneur and deep-tech investor, currently Co-founder and CEO of Zama, a leading blockchain confidentiality protocol democratizing end-to-end encryption, based in the United States. As a General Partner at Unit.vc, he has invested in 70+ companies across cryptography, AI, blockchain and biotech, blending hands-on technical depth with early-stage leadership. He started coding at 10, founded a social network at 14 and a web agency at 15, before building Snips, an AI startup acquired by Sonos and powering the voice assistant in over 20 million devices. Rand has been recognized as a MIT Technology Review TR35 and has served as a lecturer at Sciences Po and as an advisor to multiple tech companies, with a focus on AI and privacy. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a PhD in Bioinformatics from UCL, plus graduate programs at Singularity University and THNK, reflecting a rare blend of rigorous research training and entrepreneurial experimentation.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
University College London, U. of London
scala, French, English, Spanish, java, html5, css3, javascript, c++, r, c#, swift, kotlin
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (48)
paillier10
crypto10
python10
cryptanalysis10
fhe10
security10
integer10
cryptography10
trust10
gdpr10
zero-trust10
privacy-enhancing-technologies10
encryption10
homomorphic-encryption10
ecosystem9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
randhindi/unit-vc
Nov 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
unit-vc/website
Nov 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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