Niraj Pant

Niraj Pant

Niraj Pant is the co-founder of Ritual, a decentralized execution layer for AI. Prior to founding Ritual, Niraj spent six years as a General Partner at Polychain Capital, where he led investment rounds in startups like Offchain Labs, EigenLayer, and Compound.13

Key facts about Niraj Pant::

• Co-Founder at Ritual12
• Previously General Partner at Polychain Capital for 6 years23
• Researcher in the Decentralized Systems Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign23
• Software Engineering Intern at various companies including Ripple, Skycatch, Lookout, and ShipBob2
• Co-Founder & CTO of Source Networks2
• Studied Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2

Niraj is passionate about the intersection of crypto and AI, and believes in building autonomous worlds and games, applying machine learning to DeFi, and developing decentralized AI infrastructure.3 He is always looking for talented developers to collaborate with, whether full-time on the Ritual team or on research projects.3