Kautuk Kundan

Kautuk Kundan is a prominent figure in the blockchain technology sector, serving as the Founder and CEO of Stackr Labs since December 2022, where a rollup framework to scale Ethereum is under development, alongside a Stackr SDK designed for web3 application development. Prior to this role, Kautuk contributed to the Ethereum Foundation from June 2021 to February 2023 as a Research and Development Engineer, notably working on the Hubble Optimistic Rollup, the first app-specific non-EVM rollup for ERC-20 token transfers. Kautuk's experience also includes serving as a Protocol Engineer at Livepeer, where the Arbitrum Livepeer Bridge was developed and the Livepeer protocol transitioned to Arbitrum, and as a Blockchain Researcher at Spectral Finance, creating data models for on-chain activity. Additional experience includes a role as a Software Developer at the Ethereum Foundation, focusing on the Hubble project. Kautuk holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, completed in 2020.