We are excited to announce that a16z crypto is expanding into Asia and opening our first office in Seoul, South Korea. As part of this, we’re thrilled to have SungMo Park join our team as Head of APAC go-to-market to lead the Seoul office and start
Timelines to a cryptographically relevant quantum computer are frequently overstated — leading to calls for urgent, wholesale transitions to post-quantum cryptography.
But these calls often overlook the costs and risks of premature migration, and i
Jing Wang and Karl Floersch are the cofounders of Optimism, a blockchain-based protocol that enables developers to build and deploy decentralized applications on Ethereum. Jing is the CEO and executive director at the Optimism Foundation and Karl is the CEO of OP Labs. This conversation, moderated by Jason Rosenthal, head of CSX at a16z crypto, covers the origin story of Optimism, path to scaling, and unique ways of working together through challenges.