David Smith
Founder at Jason Calacanis Angel Syndicate
Lansing, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Smith is a founder and investor with 14 years of technology experience and two decades of investing expertise, notable for trading over $215M notional option value in 2022 and building software that executed hundreds of bitcoin options trades totaling over $220M. He advises mid-size and enterprise teams on AI strategy through Amplify Labs AI while sourcing and backing seed/pre-seed startups via an angel syndicate, with portfolio companies that later raised tens of millions and serve millions of users. A former executive and CTO who scaled engineering productivity at SPLT (acquired by Bosch), he blends hands-on engineering across Rust, Ruby, Node and C# with product and go-to-market experience. David values trust above all, transitioned from a workaholic to a deliberate entrepreneur, and still writes and speaks widely about bitcoin and startup building. Based in Lansing, MI, he combines trading, engineering, and founder experience to help founders turn early ideas into high-growth companies. An interesting quirk: he retired at 35 yet continues to found companies and plans bucket-list adventures like hiking the Great Wall of China.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Telecommunications Information Technology Management, Telecommunications Information Technology Management at Michigan State University
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Github contributions (5)
davidsilvasmith/bitcoinbulls.net
Jan 2015 - Apr 2021
Bitcoin bulls website
Contributions:169 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
bitcoin
davidsilvasmith/joseph-king-university
Dec 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:157 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
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