People on NEAR Directory

Connect with teams, members and organizations across the NEAR ecosystem

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Peter NEARWEEK

Doing everything I can to let the world know what NEAR Protocol is and why it has to care about the intersection of blockchain and AI.

Organization: NEARWEEK

Preferred Contact: X

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Konrad Merino

Head of Infra Success

Team: Blockchain Success

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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NEAR Validators

Everything about NEAR Validators

Organization: Dev Hub

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Nate Geier

Founder

Founder of Bitte.ai

Organization: Bitte Protocol

Preferred Contact: X

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Slime

Filling the NEAR blockspace with slimy stuff I build.

Organization: Slime

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Stephanie Izquieta

Events Lead

Team: Marketing

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Email, Telegram

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Anton Lomonos

DevX Lead on NEAR AI Hub and Lead on NEAR AI Analytics.

Organization: NEAR AI

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Erica Kang

Founder

Mother of dragons.šŸ‰ I cohost Open Source AI Summit with NEAR. Also I am preparing a coworking space in Lisbon, Portugal with NEAR. Also minted Asian Girl Boss memecoin on NEAR.

Organizations: KryptoPlanet, Blackdragon Capital

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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V ā‹ˆ

If you ever need input on GTM, marketing strategy, or just a fresh set of eyes to go over your current strategies, my DMs are always open. Every project deserves visibility and support. Let’s grow the ecosystem and build the future together!

Organization: Proximity Labs

Preferred Contact: Twitter

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Abhishek Vaidyanathan

Acting General Counsel

Team: Legal

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Claudio Cossio

Co Founder

Co-founder of Meta Pool, a multi-chain liquid staking solution for NEAR, Aurora, Ethereum, ICP, Q, Solana & Story. Founding member of Nativo Crypto and Co-chair of Crypto Valley Association - LATAM. Loves to work on scaling products and building user communities.

Organization: Meta Pool

Preferred Contact: Email

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Olga Plokhuta

Marketing Program Director

Team: Marketing

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Email

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Yadira

Web3 Marketing @ NEAR, Bridging culture, crypto, & design. Social amplification requests from NEAR Foundation social accounts can be submitted via our form!

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Twitter

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Bianca

Program Success Director

Team: Founder Success

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Jared Thompson

Head of Content

Team: Marketing

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Email, Telegram

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David

Chief of Staff

Team: Office of the CEO

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Joseph Beverley

Founder Success Manager

Helping NEAR Founders, because Every Founder Matters!

Team: Founder Success

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Email

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Shai Perednik

Principal Ecosystem Solutions Architect

I'm Shai from the Near Founder Success team, serving as Principal Ecosystem Architect. With 30 years of experience in tech, from distributed systems in the Navy to leading blockchain initiatives at AWS. I specialize in empowering Web3 and AI builders through strategic partnerships, technical frameworks, and go-to-market strategies. Reach out to me if you're looking for guidance on ecosystem building, technical enablement, or scaling your Web3 and AI solutions effectively on NEAR.

Team: Founders Success

Organization: Near Foundation

Preferred Contact: Email

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Paul Kuveke

COO

I'm the COO at Bitte.AI, a platform for deploying highly performant on-chain agents. Built on NEAR, Bitte.AI lets developers create agents that users can access through embedded chat interfaces. If you're building on-chain services, exploring agentic infrastructure, or rethinking how users interact with blockchains, let’s connect. Always happy to collaborate with people pushing the space forward.

Team: Operations

Organization: Bitte.ai

Preferred Contact: X

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NEAR Dev Hub

The decentralized home base for NEAR builders

Organization: NEAR Dev

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Dan Horne

Head of Strategic Operations

Team: Foundation Intelligence

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Email, Telegram

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Rob Woodbury

Head of Partnership Marketing

Team: Marketing

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Email

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Lane Rettig

Head of Research

Lane is Head of Reaearch at NEAR Foundation and leads the Foundation’s efforts to set up the House of Stake governance initiative.

Team: House of Stake

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: X

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Michael Aescobar

Operation Lead

Operation Lead of Rhea Finance

Team: Operation

Organization: Rhea Finance

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Shot - PlugRel

Building Apps, open source infrastructure, public goods funding, and general ecosystem navigation

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Twitter

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Josh Ford

Developer Relations Engineer

Developer Relations Engineer and Human Archival Node for the NEAR Ecosystem. 🦾

Organization: NEAR Dev

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Sasha

It is about Learning, Digital, and Decentralization. Creator of (L)EarnšŸ•ŗ.

Organization: Learn NEAR Club

Preferred Contact: Email

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Ester Silva

Ecosystem Growth ā˜… Founder Success ā˜… Protocol Rewards

Team: Founder Success

Organization: Near Foundation

Preferred Contact: Email

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Volodymyr Bilyk

CTO

Founder of Lantstool. Building the best tools for NEAR builders. Got a project idea? Drop a message and let’s build something awesome together!

Organization: Lantstool

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Cameron Dennis

Building the future of AI on NEAR. Contact me for partnerships, collaborations, and more on NEAR AI

Organization: NEAR AI

Preferred Contact: X

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Kuro Denjiro

Founder

I'm a developer and builder at the intersection of Web3 and AI, with a passion for creating autonomous agents, decentralized applications, and on-chain intelligence. My work spans AI-driven smart contracts, privacy-preserving protocols, and funding tools for public goods. I’ve contributed to projects like NEAR AI, Potlock, and MagicBuild—leveraging LangChain, zk tech, and smart contract automation to push the boundaries of decentralized innovation.

Organization: Community

Preferred Contact: X

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Michael Broderick

Head of Founder Success

I lead Founder Success at NEAR Foundation, helping AI and Web3 builders launch, grow, and scale within the NEAR ecosystem.

Team: Founder Success

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: X

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Evgeny Haenko

Since 2021, I’ve been actively involved in the development of the NEAR ecosystem. I worked with Human Guild, where I handled communication with projects, supported teams, and coordinated activities across the ecosystem. Today, I’m an active contributor to House of Stake and always happy to support any project in the NEAR ecosystem. I continue contributing as a volunteer and am open to helping with communications, community building, and general coordination wherever needed.

Organization: House of Stake

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Monza

Content Creator, Community Lead

NEAR OG, Educator, and Content Creator. Community lead for the Focus the Firehose Content Hackathon and Open Forest Protocol. Contact me if you are looking for content about your project, or if you are a creator looking for opportunities.

Team: Marketing

Organization: Community

Preferred Contact: Email

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Rahul Kumar Goel

I am part of the NEAR Community Squad, where I manage moderation for NEAR Community Socials and provide essential support to the ecosystem. Reach out to me if you need any help in connecting with the community. NEAR Maxi will always be there to help out.

Team: Community

Organization: NEAR Community Squad

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Carla

Paralegal

Team: Legal

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Email

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Davin

Legal Counsel

Team: Legal

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Email

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Illia Polosukhin

Co-founder of NEAR Protocol, NEAR Foundation and NEAR Inc. Building the future of the open web.

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: X

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Vlad Frolov

Co-founder

Leading NEAR Dev with a goal of delivering the best developer experience for NEAR through intuitive and easy to use DevTools in Rust, JS, and Python.Reach out to me if you want to develop DevTools (CLIs, SDKs for on-chain and off-chain development) or popularize those (videos, articles, etc).

Organization: NEAR Dev

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Lucio Tato

Co Founder

Co-founder of Meta Pool, the leading liquid staking protocol on NEAR, Aurora, and Ethereum (via SSV Network). Founding contributor at Marinade Finance on Solana. Builder of Narwallets and early pioneer of decentralized staking in LATAM. Passionate about decentralization, DAO governance, and bringing DeFi to emerging markets.

Organization: Meta Pool

Preferred Contact: Email

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AVB

web3 Product, Growth & Strategy, NEAR AI

Organization: NEAR AI

Preferred Contact: X

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Artem Petrikeev

Investor Relations

Team: VC & Institutional

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Michael Broderick

Ecosystem Growth Lead

Team: Founder Success

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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chronear

DeFi@NEAR

Organization: NEAR Foundation

Preferred Contact: X

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Mario Reder

Contributor and builder

Organization: Shitzu

Preferred Contact: Telegram

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Guille

DevRel Lead

I lead the Developer Relations team at NEAR Dev, where we oversee all documentation, examples and technical support for main ecosystem partners

Team: Developer Relations

Organization: NEAR Dev

Preferred Contact: Telegram