Summary
Lakshman Sankar is a seasoned software engineer and researcher with 14 years of experience building scalable systems, machine learning pipelines, and Ethereum applications from San Francisco. He has moved fluidly between product and deep-technical roles—helping AngelList grow a new revenue product, engineering ML systems at Liftoff, and contributing to ecosystem and ZKP research at the Ethereum Foundation. As founder of Alacritas Labs he has shipped major Ethereum apps and advised crypto businesses, combining hands-on engineering with protocol-level insight. His background spans distributed data systems, ML-driven ad optimization, and gestural interfaces from MIT, reflecting a rare blend of academic rigor and product execution. Known for being “future focused,” he prefers to engage on long-term technical challenges rather than job inquiries.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science Physics, B.S. Computer Science Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Horace Mann