Last week was my last at @flipsidecrypto Proud of what we've built over the last ~4 years and have met some incredible people along the way, but it's time for something new I'm teaming back up with @runkellen to launch @slant_ai - Solana's data science assistant

A little life update; "i ain't reading all that" folks, get your digs in 🫡 ----- Five years ago, I went all-in on crypto. Back then, it was about building out a crypto asset scoring product (s/o @theericstone in particular for letting me lay hands on your baby), based on & backstopped by data. Hard numbers, not vapor. Five years is a long time in crypto. In that span, I’ve met a ton of exceptional people across literally hundreds of projects. You know who you are. Also in that time: I’ve been fortunate to spend much of the past 18 months in East & Southeast Asia. My professional career began in 2014 with several months in Manila (yes I'm old haha). Getting back to Asia & witnessing crypto blossom - in Singapore, and Japan, and Indonesia and Taipei and dozens of others - has been truly special. I look forward to my return, whenever it comes. ----- As for now… My inner circle knows I’ve had the immense privilege to join forces with @milesfinch and @runkellen: two of the smartest, most dialed people I have ever met. Over the past five years of fulltime crypto, I’ve had the privilege to wear every hat under the sun (product, marketing, community, client service, global expansion, BD, you name it). With Slant, I get to step into the arena directly. Couldn’t be more jazzed about that. @slant_ai is getting very, very good at predicting things. And markets. Get ready.(you're not ready) ----- All that said: five years felt like the right moment to pause and express my gratitude. And so: thanks to everyone who’s helped me out along the way - most especially, to the Cantina & analyst community that's formed over the past five years. By every conceivable metric: you are the best there is. I am beyond grateful to have met you. The wind blows wherever it will. Thus far, it’s sent me on one heck of a journey. I look forward to sharing the next part of that journey - every bit of it - with all of you. Let’s get after it. /

1/ We are kicking off Colosseum Cohort 3 in San Francisco today. Welcome: @tapedrive_io @met_engine @slant_ai @useDecal @cfldotfun @trepa_io @Tempo_Trade @LocalPayAsia @cargobilldotai @TypeXKeyboard

Check out the @colosseum June Recap with Breakout winners, Accelerator Cohort 3, Interviews with @slant_ai and @Tempo_Trade, and news from: @devfun @blockmesh_xyz @MetaDAOProject @hylo_so @wattprotocol @decharge @getboostso_ @Rakurai_io youtube.com/watch?v=fpdHpaDR…

1/ We are thrilled to unveil Colosseum's 3rd accelerator cohort, sourced from the Solana Breakout Hackathon & our ongoing Eternal challenge! @tapedrive_io @met_engine @slant_ai @useDecal @cfldotfun @trepa_io @Tempo_Trade @LocalPayAsia @cargobilldotai @TypeXKeyboard Congrats!🔊

Feeling extra bullish @slant_ai today Don’t underestimate the power of the data community

To date, crypto analytics products have been underwhelming (and often misleading). That's why I'm pumped about these 2 startups: @slant_ai: AI-driven insights leveraging comprehensive Solana data pipelines @Tempo_Trade: Advanced trading bots powered by real-time Solana MEV data

Big week for the Colosseum community and the @Solana eco more broadly. Catch up on the key highlights in our most recent Codex newsletter: -Colosseum Accelerator now in SF -Eternal Winners: @slant_ai & @Tempo_Trade -@metaplex CLI -@devfun Devbase -@maplefinance syrupUSDC

NEWS: @Colosseum has announced the first winners of its “Eternal” accelerator — a year-round program supporting top @Solana startups with funding, mentorship, and access to a top-tier founder and investor network. 🥇 @slant_ai: An AI-powered data scientist building research-grade analytics for Solana. 🥈 @Tempo_Trade: A high-speed trading bot platform with zero-slot transaction landing.

RT @toly: Whoa! Science! Data!

We're accelerating

1/ We're excited to announce our 1st Eternal winner is @slant_ai, an AI data scientist with research-grade Solana analytics! Eternal is a perpetual challenge for crypto startups looking for accelerator acceptance in-between @Solana hackathons. Congrats @runkellen @MilesFinched!

This week getting into the nitty gritty Teaching Slant to write its own @flipsidecrypto queries and gib some nice charts

Update on my @colosseum Eternal hackathon progress 10 days in, my agent already knows more about Solana than I do Now time to see if it can surpass my sql skills in the next 10 days

This cycle, we’ve seen 10x the data usage thanks to platforms like Flipside, Blockworks, Helius etc Still, the ability to produce research remains in the hands of few technical experts Today I begin my 4-week sprint for @colosseum's Eternal hackathon to change that Moar soon™️

Today marks my last official day @flipsidecrypto 4 years ago I showed up with zero crypto knowledge but Flipside gave me a chance and we've never looked back Incredibly grateful for the opportunity, proud of what we've built, and excited for what's next Moar soon™️