Sam Williams
Sam Williams is the Co-Founder and CEO of Arweave, a decentralized network that offers permanent data storage and hosting services. As the primary inventor of the Arweave protocol, he played a key role in the development and management of the platform’s project, focusing on decentralized technologies. Sam has been immersed in open source since he was a kid, and started learning to code when he was nine. He has extensive experience in decentralized system design and implementation, having delivered various projects, including a distributed operating system.
Sam Williams Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and CEO
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Assistant Lecturer
Academic History
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B.Sc., Computer Science, First Class
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Ph.D., Computer Science
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Mentor, Techstars
Voting Member, LAG Foundation
Technical Advisor, Minespider
Founder, Minimum Spanning Technologies
At Arweave, he works on defining the vision and development of the project, contributing to its growth and success in the Berlin Metropolitan Area.
Initially, Arweave was created as a means of storing news but Sam and the team shortly realized that all types of data can be stored on the platform.
Today, Arweave has become a decentralized data storage protocol that enables users to build applications on as well.
EARLY CAREER
He was an Assistant Lecturer at University of Kent.
Following his academic tenure, Sam got into the technology sector, co-founding Minimum Spanning Technologies.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Sam has been featured or quoted in CoinDesk, TechCrunch, and Binance.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.