Building the trust layer for AI

Co-creator of Base and former Director of Onchain BD at Coinbase, where he drove growth for products like cbETH and USDC. Previously COO of Totle (acquired by Coinbase) and co-founder of Horizen Labs. Brings deep crypto infrastructure expertise to Sapien's mission of building the verification layer for AI.

Serial entrepreneur who founded Polymath and Polymesh, pioneering the tokenized securities industry. Founded and exited Tokens.com, a publicly traded crypto staking company. A veteran of the early Ethereum ecosystem with multiple successful exits and a track record of building markets from the ground up.

Engineering leader with experience building and scaling products from zero, including at FastAF. Specializes in production systems at scale and incentive aligned task design for human powered and ML workflows. Bootstrapped Treatwell Pet Care to profitability.

Smart contract engineer with deep DeFi expertise, formerly lead engineer at Maple Finance and Head of Crypto Security at Horangi (now Bitdefender). Brings rigorous protocol design and a commitment to open-source collaboration to PoQ's onchain architecture.

Leads strategic finance and business operations at Sapien, overseeing FP&A, capital strategy, and corporate development. Previously a Manager at Scotiabank Global Banking & Markets, with 6+ years of financial leadership across high-growth, venture-backed startups.

Former criminal trial prosecutor with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Tyler brings legal rigor and zero-to-one startup experience to Sapien's operations and people functions. Leads organizational infrastructure and people strategy as the company scales.

Cross-discipline engineer with experience spanning mechatronics, fullstack software, management consulting, and the Canadian Space Agency. Equally comfortable solving deep technical problems and navigating broader directional challenges across the stack.

Senior engineer with 15+ years delivering high-impact applications across startups and Fortune 500 companies. Specializes in full-stack and mobile development and is actively integrating AI tooling and agentic workflows into his practice.

Self-taught software engineer with a builder's instinct that extends from software to physical projects. Brings curiosity and craftsmanship to Sapien's engineering team.

Software engineer with a dual background in computer science and business. Brings a customer-centric lens to product development, ensuring features are built for real user needs rather than just technical convenience.

Specializes in AI-powered data solutions with a background in electro-mechanical engineering and a former role as a professor at George Brown College. Bridges the gap between enterprise AI workflows and PoQ protocol adoption.

Leads global legal, regulatory, and governance work at Sapien, with expertise in cross-border structuring, commercial agreements, and privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA). Currently focused on token and protocol legal work and building scalable compliance programs for a fast-moving team.

Brings a journalism and PR background to Sapien's marketing, with experience writing for publications and leading AI marketing campaigns. Focused on ensuring Sapien's public presence is clear, credible, and compelling.

Product manager with experience at YC-backed startups including Tempo AI (YC S23), where he shipped fast and turned ambiguous ideas into production-ready features. Leads product discovery across AI workflows at Sapien, translating real user pain into scalable protocol features.

Operations manager with 5+ years across software and tech startups, focused on process design, workflow improvement, and cross-functional execution. Keeps Sapien's operational machinery running smoothly as the team scales.

Operations leader with 8+ years managing complex AI/ML programs across Africa and Asia. Designs quality methodologies and feedback loops that improve training data fidelity and model performance at scale.