The Good Tech Companies - EasyA x Polkadot Hackathon Winners Accepted To YCombinator To Secure Web3

Episode Date: October 28, 2024

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This audio is presented by Hacker Noon, where anyone can learn anything about any technology. Easy AX Polkadot Hackathon winners accepted to Y Combinator to secure Web3. By Chainwire. In San Francisco, United States, October 28, 2024, Chainwire, another set of Easy A Hackathon winners, also known as, Gigabrains, are headed to Y Combinator. Artemy Malishow and Jeevan Jutla attended their first EZ-AX Polkadot hackathon nearly two years ago, where they first started experimenting with the ideas that would later become GeckoSec. Today, they've just been accepted into the world-famous Y Combinator accelerator, which has backed some of the world's most successful

Web3 companies like Coinbase, Filecoin and many more. According to the team, GeckoSec lets Web3 developers build secure code quickly without wasting time on tools that don't deliver results or relying on one-time human pen tests that quickly become outdated. As they continue to develop their groundbreaking software, they're working on rolling this out for teams building on Polkadot. Writing code that is secure and safe is one of the biggest concerns for Web3 developers, with many millions of dollars spent on security audits every month in Web3 alone. EZA GigaBrain's Jeevan Hoodla and Artemy Malishow credit EZA with helping them get off the ground and giving them the inspiration to succeed. Greater than, what

started off at an EZA hackathon has led to us getting backed by Y greater than Combinator. Big shout out to Phil and Dom for pushing us out of our comfort greater than zone and getting us here, said Artemy Milishow, co-founder of GeckoSec. Jeevan Jutla and Artemy Milishow have also got highly accomplished professional and educational backgrounds. Jeevan Jutla, CEO and co-founder of GeckoSec, graduated with a first-class degree in electrical engineering from King's College London. After graduating, Jeevan was hired by the UK government's National Cyber Security Centre to secure the British government's data and subsequently joined Binance as a security engineer. Artemi Milishow also

graduated with first-class hon honors in electrical engineering from King's College London, one of the UK's top universities. Shortly after this, he earned a master's degree with distinction in applied computational science and engineering from Imperial College University. Gekozik joins a long list of EZA hackathon winners who've gone on to achieve storied success in blockchain. Other EZA hackathon winners like Axel, founded by Harvard grad Ashlyn Ahmed, have been backed by A16Z and are planning to announce their latest fundraising round later this month. To date, EZA alumni have already founded companies valued at nearly $3 billion. EZA has received interest from VCs who

want access to its startup's pipeline. Although it won't share the precise details yet, EZA shares that it has its sights set on launching a fund designed to invest exclusively in its GigaBrain community and hackathon winners. Greater than, seeing our EZA GigaBrains go from launching at our hackathons to getting greater than accepted into YC is testament to the talent density and founder spirit within greater than the EZA community. I've never seen anything quite like it, said Dom Kwok, greater than co-founder of EZA. Much of the success of EZA hackathon winners can be traced to the company's co-founders, who have been instrumental in spotting young talent and nurturing them as founders.

Users can go to any EZA hackathon and find Phil and Dom on the ground, inspiring developers to launch the next unicorns. EZA co-founders Phil and Dom have been active in blockchain for over 10 years. Prior to EZA, Phil worked at prestigious law firms Sullivan and Cromwell and Dom worked at the world's largest private equity firm, the Blackstone Group. Their educational backgrounds have also given them, and EZA, a unique pipeline of talented founders across the US and Europe. Phil was a top scholar at Cambridge University, and Dom studied at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated cum laude as

a Joseph Wharton and Benjamin Franklin scholar. According to Phil and Dom, they're just getting started. Numerous high-profile fundraising announcements are coming out of the EZA community over the coming months. About EZA EZA is one of Web3's most popular apps, making it possible for anyone to learn about Web3 right from their phones. Learners earn rewards for mastering new skills, and the best ones are invited to in-person hackathons to launch their startups in world-leading hubs like San Francisco, London and Singapore. EZA alumni have founded startups valued at nearly $3 billion and have raised from top VCs like a 16Z, Founders Fund, YC and many more. Launched by brothers Phil and Dom Kwok, top grads from the University of Cambridge and the Wharton School respectively,

EZA has over 1 million users and has won Apple's highly coveted App of the Day award. Users can learn more. https://www.easya.io Contact Dom Kwakdom at easya.io Tip This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon's business blogging program. Learn more about the program here. Thank you for listening to this HackerNoon's business blogging program. Learn more about the program here. Thank you for listening to this HackerNoon story, read by Artificial Intelligence. Visit HackerNoon.com to read, write, learn and publish.