Hi, I'm Zach Kelling - Chief Technology Officer at satschel, Inc
I'm a cypherpunk CTO building decentralized AI and privacy tech for digital sovereignty. I thrive on crafting open-source solutions and enabling equitable access to powerful tools, especially in collaborative, forward-thinking environments.
At a glance
Curated signals on strengths, focus areas, and how they can help.
Led quantum-safe infrastructure and tokenization at LUX, impacting FinTech.
Currently CTO at Satschel, Inc., architecting decentralized AI and digital sovereignty.
Can help others by architecting and shipping privacy-preserving AI and decentralized systems.
🚀 Career trajectory
Early Innovator
Founded Demand Magic, building web applications and e-commerce solutions.
✦ CTO
✦ Web Development
✦ E-commerce
AI & Open Source Leader
Grew Hanzo AI, creating agentic coding tools and an open-source ecosystem.
✦ CTO
✦ AI Engineer
✦ Open Source
✦ Machine Learning
Quantum & Privacy Architect
Drove quantum-safe infrastructure and tokenization at LUX.
✦ Quantum Computing
✦ Privacy
✦ FinTech
Current Visionary
CTO at Satschel, Inc., focusing on decentralized AI and digital sovereignty.
✦ CTO
✦ AI
✦ Decentralization
✦ Digital Sovereignty
💪🏻 Superpowers
Pioneer in Decentralized AI
Spearheading privacy-preserving AI and confidential computing.
✦ Building agentic coding tools with Hanzo Dev for secure multi-agent workflows.
✦ Focusing on ZK/privacy and quantum-safe cryptography for robust systems.
✦ Driving adoption through an open-source ecosystem with 800+ packages.
Digital Sovereignty Advocate
Championing freedom and equitable tech access.
✦ Advancing cypherpunk principles in AI, hardware, and wetware.
✦ Investing in and building solutions for underserved communities.
✦ Creating developer tools for accessible, powerful systems.
Quantum-Resilient Infrastructure Builder
Architecting for the future of secure digital assets.
✦ Led quantum-safe real-world asset infrastructure at LUX.
✦ Expertise in post-quantum cryptography and FHE.
✦ Experience in regulated tokenization and MPC.
I'm excited about
✦ Discovering co-founders for decentralized AI ventures.
✦ Connecting with investors passionate about privacy tech.
✦ Exploring collaborations on quantum-safe financial systems.
I can help with
✦ Architecting and shipping complex AI/ML and privacy-preserving systems.
✦ Providing technical leadership for early-stage startups.
✦ Advising on open-source strategy and community building.
I would love your help on
✦ Access to talent in the quantum computing and ZK-proofs space.
✦ Introductions to venture capitalists focused on deep tech.
✦ Partnerships for deploying decentralized AI solutions.