Marcello Mari
Marcello Mari is the Co-Founder and CEO of SingularityDAO, a project pioneering artificial intelligence for decentralized finance. He has led the blockchain protocol to significant achievements, including raising over $5.8 million from VCs and reaching a peak valuation of $600 million. He is also on the founding team and Lead PR Director at SingularityNET, managing several of the world's leading crypto PR firms and was ultimately responsible for making Sophia the Robot a worldwide celebrity. Mari began his career in Marketing in London where he was also a regular contributor to TechCrunch, Wired Italy, and several other startup-focused Italian publications. The Guardian has also featured his research work. Today, he is a regular fixture to most of the international speaking events.
Marcello Mari Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder and CEO
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Director of Communications
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Mentor, Algorand Europe Accelerator
Academic History
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B.A., Telecommunications
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Founder and CEO, SingularityDAO
Strategic Advisor, SingularityNET
Strategic Advisor, Credbull
Strategic Advisor, HyperCycle.ai
Strategic Advisor, Rejuve.ai
SingularityDAO is an independent project incubated by SingularityNET that brings DeFI and AI together.
Under his leadership, SingularityDAO has grown to a team of 40+ members and has successfully shipped 2 product iterations in less than one year.
Previously, he was Head of Public Relations at SingularityNET, responsible for spearheading a campaign that Wired called the biggest tech hype event of the year.
His campaign was hailed by Cointelegraph as one of the most innovative in blockchain history, helping SingularityNET raise $36 million in under 60 seconds.
responsible for coordinating the first ever NFT artwork collaboration between a human (Andrea Bonaceto) and an Artificial Intelligence (Sophia the Robot).
The collection, featuring his portrait, collected over 1.4mln USD.
EARLY CAREER
Throughout his career, Mari's expertise and knowledge for exponential technologies is widely recognized.
As Head of PR at SingularityNET, he secured press coverage in outlets including The New York Times and CNN.
He was a Digital Account Manager at Seven, Head of Marketing and Communications at iStarter, and Editorial Director at eFanswer.
Previously, he was a Documentary Filmmaker for the project WiredNomads and Advisor to NaPoleonX.
Earlier in his career, he was the Market lead in Italy for the GlobalWebIndex, a Member of the Social Media Council for IAB UK, and a Digital Marketing Project Manager for Kaplan International English.
MEDIA & SPEAKING
Mari is a two-time TEDx speaker with deep expertise in DeFi and blockchain.
He is a frequent speaker at international industry events, and is frequently featured or quoted in CNN, Forbes, Yahoo! Finance, Financial Times, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, and more.
He has also appeared as a guest on Real Vision.