Sriram Bhargav Karnati

Founder of Theya

Co-Founder
2023 - Current
Building world's simplest self-custody app for Bitcoin.

VP of Engineering, Blockchain
2022 - 2022
* Led 40+ member blockchain organization building self-custodial products for web3 gaming. * Launched GameStop's NFT marketplace on ImmutableX in 3 months securing 150M$ partnership. * Launched GameStop self-custodial wallet on iOS App Store that supports crypto on-ramps, multiple L2 & NFTs. The app is rated 5 star with 6.7k reviews. * Navigated stringent Apple's app review for self-custodial wallet & helped formulate their App review guidelines (https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=xk8d7p8c) through this process that helps other iOS developers building crypto wallets.

Head of Blockchain Engineering
2021 - 2022
* Built Robinhood Web3 wallet that offers commission-free trading on Polygon. * Led Robinhood's biggest crypto initiative: crypto transfers from concept to launch. * Led blockchain infra, crypto custody & wallet teams.

Lead, Engineering
2014 - 2021
* Built new consumer platform & state-of-the-art search technology for searching & ordering food: food.google.com. * Built Ad products that generate >10B ARR. * Built foundational infrastructure & conversational UX for Google Assistant. * Founded AI shopping app that recommends products based on interests & browsing history, which is now part of Google Shopping homepage.

AI Research Engineer
2013 - 2014
* Built AI chat assistant that replies automatically based on chat messages. * Built AI systems to automate customer service conversations for Samsung.com.