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  "name": "Kyle Samani",
  "url": "https://kylesamani.com",
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  "description": "Entrepreneur, investor. Chairman of Forward Industries (FWDI). Board member at Zama. Previously Cofounder and Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital.",
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    "name": "Forward Industries",
    "url": "https://forwardindustries.com",
    "ticker": "NASDAQ:FWDI",
    "description": "World's largest Solana treasury company"
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      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "Zama",
      "url": "https://zama.ai",
      "role": "Board Member",
      "description": "Building fully homomorphic encryption (FHE)"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "Multicoin Capital",
      "url": "https://multicoin.capital",
      "role": "Cofounder and Managing Partner",
      "duration": "8 years",
      "description": "Managed several billion in AUM across a hedge fund and series of venture funds. Led thesis formation and all 3 rounds of financing in Solana prior to network launch."
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      "@type": "EducationalOrganization",
      "name": "NYU Stern School of Business",
      "degree": "BS in Finance and Management"
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  "knowsAbout": ["crypto", "blockchain", "Solana", "venture capital", "DeFi", "FHE", "Internet Capital Markets"],
  "location": ["Austin, TX", "Park City, UT"],
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    "short": "Entrepreneur, investor. Chairman of Forward Industries (FWDI). Board member at Zama. Previously Cofounder and Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital.",
    "long": "After an 8 year run as Cofounder and Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, Kyle is currently exploring what's next. Multicoin managed several billion in AUM during his tenure across a hedge fund and series of venture funds. At Multicoin, he was the face of the firm and led the firm's thesis formation. He is most well known for leading Multicoin's investment in Solana, having led all 3 rounds of financing prior to network launch in March 2020. He helped popularize Solana's tagline, Internet Capital Markets. He currently serves as Chairman of Forward Industries (NASDAQ: FWDI), the world's largest Solana treasury company, and on the board of Zama, which is building fully homomorphic encryption (FHE). He is actively investing in startups and funds across all verticals."
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      {"name": "Kalshi", "url": "https://kalshi.com", "description": "World's largest prediction market."},
      {"name": "Solana", "url": "https://solana.com", "description": "Fastest and most widely used blockchain in the world."},
      {"name": "Zama", "url": "https://zama.ai", "description": "Building fully homomorphic encryption (FHE).", "role": "Board Member"}
    ],
    "health": [
      {"name": "Eight Sleep", "url": "https://eightsleep.com", "description": "Smart sleep technology"},
      {"name": "Enhanced Games", "url": "https://enhanced.org", "description": "The Olympics, but enhanced."},
      {"name": "Hone Health", "url": "https://honehealth.com", "description": "Building the ultimate AI doctor."},
      {"name": "Maximus", "url": "https://maximustribe.com", "description": "Male performance optimization."},
      {"name": "TrueMed", "url": "https://truemed.com", "description": "HSA/FSA payments for health products"}
    ],
    "hard_tech": [
      {"name": "Apptronik", "url": "https://apptronik.com", "description": "Humanoid robotics"},
      {"name": "Colossal Biosciences", "url": "https://colossal.com", "description": "De-extinction and genetic engineering"},
      {"name": "PsiQuantum", "url": "https://psiquantum.com", "description": "Fault-tolerant quantum computing"}
    ]
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  "notableWork": [
    {
      "title": "The Solana Thesis: Internet Capital Markets",
      "url": "https://kylesamani.com/posts/the-solana-thesis-internet-capital-markets/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Don't Be Short Intelligence",
      "url": "https://kylesamani.com/posts/dont-be-short-intelligence/"
    }
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    {
      "name": "AIx4",
      "url": "https://github.com/kylesamani/aix4/releases",
      "description": "Type a query once, send it to all 4 major LLMs (Grok, Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude). Compare outputs. MacOS only."
    },
    {
      "name": "Raycast Google Finance Extension",
      "url": "https://www.raycast.com/kyle_samani/google-finance",
      "description": "Google Finance extension for Raycast. MacOS only."
    }
  ],
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    "headshotUrl": "https://kylesamani.com/images/pages/about.jpg"
  },
  "contact": {
    "preferred": "X (DMs open)",
    "x": "https://x.com/KyleSamani",
    "note": "Please do not message on LinkedIn."
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