sami5

Co Founder & Ceo At A51 Finance

I am a serial entrepreneur building companies since 2018. My first 3 companies failed in 2017. My first successful company was Xord which I started in 2018 after dropping out of college.

Xord was not even a company to me, it was literally like a family. I have had the best six years of my life building it.

- Founder & CEO at Xord (https://xord.com)
Xord (https://xord.com) was my first company which I started in 2018. I was able to grow the company to 150 people and $2M in annual revenues. I took an exit in 2023.

- Co-Founder & CEO at Unipilot (https://unipilot.io/)
I was able to grow it to $3.5M in TVL. Also launched a token which was at one point valued at $85M.

- Co-Founder & CEO at Spock Analytics (https://spockanalytics.xyz/)
Spock Analytics was one of the first analytics products focused on decentralized applications. I personally crafted each and every aspect of the product myself. We were able to onboard 10 users, but ultimately had to discontinue due to low demand.

- Co-Founder & CEO at A51 Finance (https://a51.finance/)
A51 is an LP-centric AMM built as a hook on Uniswap v4. A51 offers a plethora of intents to craft precise liquidity strategies. The app is live on testnet and scheduled to launch in April 2025. We were able to secure grants from Starknet and Uniswap.

I did all of this with the four people I trusted the most, and I still do. Fast forward to 2025, I started craving new experiences. So I wrapped up my company, packed my bags and moved to Argentina with my wife. I am now looking for new people to work with on new kind of ideas.


Experience: 4 years

Yearly salary: $150,000

Hourly rate: $0

Nationality: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Residency: 🇦🇷 Argentina


Experience

Co-founder & CEO
A51 Finance
2023 - 2025
A51 is an LP-centric AMM built as a hook on Uniswap v4. A51 offers a plethora of intents to craft precise liquidity strategies. The app is live on testnet and scheduled to launch in April 2025. We were able to secure grants from Starknet and Uniswap.
Co-founder & CEO
Spock Analytics
2022 - 2023
Spock Analytics was one of the first analytics products focused on decentralized applications. I personally crafted each and every aspect of the product myself. We were able to onboard 10 users, but ultimately had to discontinue due to low demand.
Co-founder
Unipilot
2021 - 2023
Unipilot was one of the first automated liquidity management protocol built on Uniswap v3. We helped LPs make more money by curating strategic vaults, backtesting the strategies, and offering them as products to our users. At one point, we had $3.5M in TVL. We launched a token which was at one point valued at $85M.
CTO
Blockzero Labs
2019 - 2021
I led a team of 5 engineers to develop 2 novel DeFi protocols 1. Flashstake.io (https://flashstake.io/) 2. Aqua (Website discontinued).
Founder & CEO
Xord
2018 - 2024
I founded a blockchain research & development company in 2019 and grew the company to 150 people and $2M in annual revenues. We published cutting edge research on crypto and helped launch new DeFi products. I took an exit in 2023.

Skills

blockchain-engineer
engineering-manager
product-designer
product-lead
product-marketing
product-manager
english