Nikil Viswanathan
Co-founder And CEO at Alchemy
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorNikil Viswanathan is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and CEO, co-founding Alchemy, the web3 developer platform powering over $100B in on-chain transactions and serving millions of users globally. He blends hands-on product leadership with deep infrastructure and AI expertise, drawing on prior roles in product management at Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, as well as Stanford research in artificial intelligence. As co-founder and former CEO of Down To Lunch, he built a top-ranked social app that gained widespread attention from The New York Times and major outlets, underscoring his ability to translate ideas into rapid user adoption. He has a track record of founding multiple ventures and delivering scalable systems, from university campus platforms to enterprise-grade infrastructure, all from his base in Palo Alto. An active educator and speaker, he taught multiple Stanford courses and contributed to Stanford online learning efforts, reflecting a habit of turning complex technology into accessible products. Nikil combines entrepreneurial grit with a talent for assembling diverse teams to ship ambitious platforms at scale.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (81)
instagram-api9
ipad9
wns9
iphone9
swift8
django8
instapy8
push-notifications8
uinavigationcontroller8
python-client8
coinbase8
whenever8
boilerplate8
blockchain8
ethereum8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nikilster/NSDate-Time-Ago
Apr 2013 - Sep 2017
Contributions:9 commits, 3 PRs, 6 pushes in 4 years 5 months
agomobile-appstime-agofacebook
OMGWINNING/down-to-lunch-ios
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
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