Aman Dhesi is a co-founder at Cadastral [1]. He has held engineering positions at several technology companies, including Meta, DoorDash, and Square [1].
Founded
Insights & ideas
Aman Dhesi frames his entrepreneurial path as one defined by repeated failure, arguing that willingness to fail is central to the spirit of entrepreneurship and that at this point failure no longer fazes him [1]. He distinguishes between crypto as an asset class, which he says has risen steadily since the ETF launch, and crypto as a developer platform, which he views as still searching for product-market fit and currently in a downturn after cycles of hype exceeding reality [1]. Drawing on his crypto security startup, which used machine learning as an "antivirus" for self-custody wallets, he explains the venture was shut down after roughly two years once the consumer crypto market cooled, but says the experience generated lessons he is carrying into future work [1]. He also situates AI's rise as part of a broader cognitive or industrial revolution, reflecting on his own early exposure to feed-ranking algorithms in 2009 as evidence that AI's relevance predates its recent mainstream recognition [1].
Education
Princeton University · PhD, dropped out2012 - 2013
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur · Bachelors, Electrical Engineering2006 - 2010
Media & appearances
- Crypto, AI, and Entrepreneurship: Future Trends with Aman DhesiYouTube
Aman Dhesi discusses his background in AI research starting at age 17-18, including work at Microsoft Research on social media feed ranking algorithms in 2009. He describes his entrepreneurial journey since 2014, including a recent crypto security startup backed by Andre Horowitz that applied machine learning to protect self-custody crypto wallets, which he worked on for about two years before pivoting as the crypto consumer market declined.
- #220 - From Toilet Block to Top Chippy—The Scrap Box Growth BlueprintThe Ceres Podcast · Jul 11, 2025
- Stelo Transaction Analysis API with Ben Scharfstein and Aman DhesiWeb3 Galaxy Brain 🌌🧠 · Mar 14, 2023
- The Sovereign Entrepreneur Podcast: Crypto, AI, and ...Apple Podcasts
In the news
- Aman Dhesi on X@amansplaining · Jun 27, 2024
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