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Mo Shaikh is the CEO and cofounder of Aptos, a blockchain designed for the next billion users. In this conversation moderated by Jason Rosenthal, head of CSX at a16z crypto, Mo shares his learnings of being a 3x founder, his expertise in going from 0-1 and scaling products, and how being a first-generation immigrant led him to founding Aptos.