Rahul Sethuram
Head Of Artificial Intelligence at Lone Wolf Partners
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolRahul Sethuram is a seasoned builder and leader with 11+ years driving hardware-rooted engineering into production-grade crypto infrastructure and AI-native systems. Currently Head of Artificial Intelligence at LI.FI, he architects agentic onchain commerce—non-custodial wallet SDKs (EIP-7702), session keys, MCP servers, and APIs—to make autonomous agents the default users of cross-chain rails powering 150+ integrations. A former NASA research assistant and Tesla systems engineer, Rahul blends rigorous hardware-software discipline with deep DeFi experience as ex-CTO of Connext and co-founder of multiple protocols, having helped scale products to billions in volume. He’s an active open-source contributor (TypeScript/Solidity starter kits, Connext monorepo) who ships fast, runs agent trading competitions, and leads company-wide AI adoption across 150+ employees. Based in Dubai and raised in the Bay Area, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a strong EE foundation from UC Santa Cruz.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa Cruz
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Github Skills (38)
solidity10
evm10
uri-builder10
typescript10
wpgraphql10
subgraph10
wordpress-graphql10
ethereum10
typescript-types10
blockchain10
erc2010
graphql10
smart-contracts10
nodejs10
typescripts10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
rhlsthrm/typescript-solidity-dev-starter-kit
Oct 2019 - Apr 2022
Starter kit for smart contract development using Typescript
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 47 commits, 14 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Rahul contributed to the development of a smart contract development starter kit using Typescript and Solidity. They primarily focused on integrating various tools and plugins within the Buidler/Hardhat environment, including typechain, etherscan, and the deployment script. Their work involved updating the project's configuration files, fixing deployment issues, and simplifying the testing framework, which allowed for a more streamlined development workflow.
smart-contractethereumdappscontractblockchain
connext/monorepo
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Connext is a modular stack for trust-minimized, generalized communication between blockchains.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:99 releases, 908 reviews, 3565 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Rahul's contributions primarily involved modifying the codebase to support the integration of new blockchain networks and features within the Connext monorepo. They focused on refactoring code within the subgraph adapters and the relayer codebases to work with additional test chains like Testnet Rinkeby, Staging Goerli, and local chains. The user's work also included building and fixing deployments, including tests for a new bridge router.
ethereumcrosschainprotocolblockchaininteroperability
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