Ari Meilich

Ari is the Project Lead at Decentraland, the first decentralized VR platform. Decentraland is focusing on blockchain gaming, in which players have true ownership of their assets and may benefit from the financial success of the game. Ari has previously worked as an Analyst at Charles River Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley venture fund, and as the founder and CEO of Benchrise, a big-data company. Before entering the world of tech, he spent two years as a National Institute of Health fellow, performing neuroscience research on human decision-making.

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