Jörg Doku

Startups I've Worked With

As a seasoned startup consultant, I've had the privilege of collaborating with nearly 20 groundbreaking early-stage startups, primarily focusing on the dynamic pre-seed and seed stages. My expertise lies in transforming visionary ideas into tangible realities—building entire products from zero to one. With a comprehensive skill set spanning mobile, backend, frontend, cloud infrastructure, machine learning, and customer development, I navigate every layer of the tech stack to drive innovation and growth.

Vana

My Role: ML Infrastructure Architect

Team Size: 20 employees

Area of Focus: Building user-owned AI and data DAOs for users to pool their data, overcoming the data wall faced by AI researchers.

Total Funding: $25 million

Backed by Paradigm, Coinbase Ventures, Polychain, GSR, Defiance Capital, Manifold, SCB 10X, Contango, Auros Ventures, MH Ventures, BoxGroup

Notable Individual Investors: Casey Caruso, Packy McCormick, Will Price, Jez, Will Manidis

Press Release: Vana Raises Funding to Build User-Owned AI and Overcome the Data Wall (September 18, 2024)

Sound.XYZ

My Role: Data Infrastructure & Solidity Smart Contracts Expert

Team Size: 11-50 employees

Area of Focus: NFT-based music platform allowing artists to sell directly to fans, retaining 100% of earnings and full ownership of music rights.

Total Funding: $25 million

Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Variant Fund, Weekend Fund, Scalar Capital, Palm Tree Crew, A Capital, Collab + Currency, Sound Ventures, Coop Records, Archetype, Crush Ventures, Coinbase, Flamingo

Notable Individual Investors: Snoop Dogg, Ryan Tedder, Tay Keith, Paul Rosenberg, Packy McCormick, 21 Savage

FloatingPointGroup

My Role: Full Stack Developer

Team Size: 7-8 employees

Area of Focus: Cutting-edge crypto trading infrastructure and innovative solutions in digital asset management.

Total Funding: $12 million

Supported by Tribe Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Borderless Capital, CapitalX, Formulate Ventures, Box One Ventures, FAST by GettyLab, Seabury Global Markets

Notable Individual Investors: Anthony Scaramucci, Naval Ravikant

Corsali

My Role: ML Infrastructure Specialist

Team Size: 10 employees

Area of Focus: AI-driven solutions for business optimization and innovative machine learning applications.

Total Funding: $5 million

Backed by Craft Ventures and Y Combinator

ChainVine (formerly Dao Exchange)

My Role: Backend Infrastructure Engineer

Team Size: 5 employees

Area of Focus: Blockchain-based solutions for decentralized finance and cutting-edge infrastructure for crypto ecosystems.

Total Funding: $2 million

Backed by Paradigm and Dragonfly Capital

Personal Products

Nama Chat

Product Hunt Release

Technologies: Swift, Backend Development, On-Device Machine Learning

Description: Nama Chat is an innovative AI chat application that leverages on-device machine learning to provide personalized and context-aware conversations. This project demonstrates my expertise in Swift for iOS development, backend infrastructure for handling user data and AI model deployment, and implementing cutting-edge on-device ML techniques for enhanced privacy and real-time responsiveness.

Key Features:

Seamless integration of on-device ML models for natural language processing
Robust backend architecture to support scalable user interactions
Privacy-focused design with local data processing
Intuitive and responsive iOS user interface built with Swift

Achievements: Successfully launched on Product Hunt, garnering positive user feedback and demonstrating the potential of AI-powered chat applications with a focus on user privacy and performance. 1k active users.

Nama Chat Screenshot 1

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