Francesco is the Cofounder and CEO of Almanax and author of the book “Blockchain Application Security: How to Design Secure and Attack Resilient Blockchain Applications”. Almanax is an AI-powered cybersecurity startup focused on extinguishing software exploits. Almanax developed an “AI Security Engineer” that detects and patches software vulnerabilities before bad actors exploit them. Almanax has already been working with companies like Privy, the Solana and Stellar Development Foundations, and Aptos Labs, uncovering vulnerabilities that could have led to millions in losses. Francesco was previously the Head of Product at AnChain.AI, where he built security and compliance tools for the US SEC, IRS, and Salesforce. Selected for Forbes under 30 Italy, he holds a Master of Engineering degree from UC Berkeley and an Aerospace Engineering one from the Polytechnic University of Turin.