Aikon

Aikon is helping developers build the next generation of apps. Just like the engineers who led the way to the web in the late ’90s, we’re forging new ground and settings the standards for the next wave of tech - Web 3.0 powered by the blockchain.

We’re doing something very unique in the Blockchain space. We’re building and delivering real products today while simultaneously building a foundational protocol for Web 3.0.

We have product-market fit with ORE ID - a platform for developers to drop into their blockchain-enabled app to let any user login using their existing identities (Facebook, Google, etc.) and automatically get an on-chain account and never have to manage their blockchain wallets or keys. This is an industry-changing product and we’re making it happen.

We also recently launched the first API marketplace to make it easy for blockchain developers to use any API and pay for it with cryptocurrency. Using cryptocurrency to pay for API access in real-time without requiring sign-up or authorizing each API call in advance opens the door to a surprising number of new use cases in AI, complex modeling, and machine to machine interactions.

We have a strong mission to democratize access to the global $2.2 trillion API market to developers anywhere around the globe. Cryptocurrency allows developers to get paid for their work without requiring bank accounts, credit cards, incurring exchange fees, or being subject to local government interference or censorship.

A few additional details:
- Three forms of compensation - Competitive salary, equity, tokens (short vesting) - you can sell tokens anytime after they vest (shorter wait to cash-in)
- We're smart and fast moving - a small team of super-talented engineers most in SF Bay Area (MIT, Stanford, Princeton)
- We're killing it in the Blockchain space - launched two products in 9 months
- Crazy-successful track record of founders (CEO's first company to $6B, last at $350M)
- Well-funded - just closed a $4.5M round