Wei Dai

Wei Dai is a Research Partner at 1kx, a research-driven global investment firm based in San Diego, California.

Wei focuses on research and investment in financial and security infrastructure across AI, blockchain, and frontier technologies, including crypto deep tech and infrastructure.

Previously, Wei served as a Research Partner at Bain Capital Crypto and a Cryptographer at Heliax. Wei has led investments and collaborated with over a dozen portfolio companies across zero-knowledge, blockchain protocols, AI, and security-critical systems.

With a background that includes designing and deploying blockchain and privacy protocols, Wei has also published more than a dozen academic papers on security, cryptography, and blockchains. Wei holds a PhD in Computer Science with a specialization in cryptography from the University of California, San Diego.

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