About Us
The W3 team was built for this exact moment: The collision of AI and digital financial rails.
Our leadership has launched and scaled some of the most consequential organizations in Web3: from Chainlink, to IBM Blockchain, Coinbase, Avalanche, Space and Time, and Filecoin.
We've led enterprise blockchain initiatives at IBM, incubated multi-billion dollar ecosystems, and run partnerships for major protocols. We've also built AI-first products from the ground up, embedding model orchestration, agentic workflows, and protocol-native intelligence into every production system.
This isn't a research team learning to ship. It's an operating team that has commercialized emerging technology at scale; exactly when the market needs it.
Our Team
Porter Stowell
CEO
- The CEO who refuses to let a good story go untold - or a good deal go unsigned. Porter doesn't just build companies. He builds narratives that make companies inevitable. An enterprise blockchain veteran with stints at IBM, Coinbase, and Filecoin, two decades of leadership taught him that the best technology in the world dies without the right positioning, the right partners, and the right timing.
- Porter carries the investor thesis, the partnership pipeline, and the exchange strategy in his head at all times - and knows which lever to pull next. When he talks, people lean forward. A master strategist who always sees what's coming and isn't afraid to embrace it, Porter doesn't just set the vision - he drives it into existence.
Audie Sheridan
CTO
- What sets Audie apart isn't just velocity. It's judgment. Audie is the rare engineer who ships fast and ships right. Forged in military discipline and hardened by decades of enterprise experience, he brings extreme ownership to every line of code. He's not just keeping up with the AI revolution. Audie is one of a handful of true 100x developers who has fully internalized it, moving faster because of it, not in spite of it.
Chad Itskowitz
CMO
- The guy every startup needs and almost none have. Chad doesn't take no for an answer, not because he's pushy, but because he's magnetic. Decades in Entertainment taught him how to read a room, build real relationships, and get deals done that others couldn't get started.
- He sets projects up for success and then personally muscles them across the finish line. Put Chad in a conference hall and he'll work every booth. By the end of the day, every single one has a follow-up call on the calendar. That's not hustle. That's a skill set.
Cory Gabrielsen
Director of Engineering
- W3's Gilfoyle who's equal parts brilliant and relentless. Cory operates at the edge of what's technically possible and then pushes past it. With a rare combination of over 14 years of deep crypto and AI engineering experience, Cory is a true unicorn. Cory is the reason W3 builds things others can't. Not just novel, but scalable. Not just scalable, but actually impactful. Cory is a true savant.
David Post
Core Contributor Ecosystem
- 8 years of Web3 experience
- Web3 investor, Advisor and Ecosystem builder
Ben Murray
Core Contributor Solutions & Strategy
- 8 years of Web3 experience
- Solutions and
- Token Design wizard
Robbert van Renesse
Chief Scientist
- Cornell Professor
Advisors
Adeline Zhou
Advisor
- Former CMO of Chainlink
Nate Holiday
Advisor
- CEO of Space and Time
Devon Ferreira
Advisor
- Founder and Managing Partner of F/AS
Shyam Nagarajan
Advisor
- COO of Hedera