Overview

Gender

male

Aki is a software developer and VC with a focus on cryptocurrency, AI and analytics.

Aki founded DLC.link to enable native Bitcoin to be used in DeFi.

Prior to founding DLC.link, he founded MarketMuse, an AI content optimization platform. The MarketMuse suite analyzes millions of articles on demand, uncovering gaps and opportunities to empower marketers to craft high-quality content their audience loves and search engines reward. A pioneer in the industry, MarketMuse was named the "undisputed champion of the content optimization space" by industry analysts in 2019.

Prior to founding MarketMuse, he held sales and marketing roles at InfiniDB, evangelized Big Data as an investment focus for OpenView Venture Partners, designed Decision Support Systems as a management consultant, and worked as a software engineer.

Aki holds three patents (pending) in semantic analysis.