Tristan Frizza
Tristan Frizza is the Co-Founder of Zeta Markets, a Solana-based decentralized exchange known for facilitating on-chain perpetuals trading. He co-launched Zeta behind his passion for open-source software and the potential to democratize finance. His venture aimed to introduce transparency and accessibility to the financial sector, drawing on his deep technological expertise and vision for the future of global markets. Prior to Zeta, he served as a Machine Learning Scientist and an Associate Data Scientist at Atlassian, where he contributed in building infrastructure and predictive models for the company's in-house machine leading platform and serving recommendations to tens of millions of users.
Tristan Frizza Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder
Academic History
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B.S., Mechatronic Engineering and Advanced Science
His interest in cryptocurrency started in 2017 when he traded his first crypto.
The turning point came in 2021 when Tristan and his team triumphed in a Solana hackathon, outshining over 13,000 participants, which catalyzed the transformation of their proof of concept into a prominent decentralized exchange.
He then worked in AI research and as a data scientist in Silicon Valley, eventually writing his thesis on Generative Adversarial Network for Image Super-Resolution for which he received First Class Honours.
EARLY CAREER
Tristan served as an AI Researcher for Nearmap, where he conducted research on Generative Adversarial Networks for aerial image super-resolution.
He was a Machine Learning Engineering for Lumaway, focused on researching and developing state-of-the-art language understanding models.
He also has experience as a Delegate at Stanford ASES and a Software Engineer at Dataro.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Tristan has been featured or quoted in Blockworks, CoinDesk, and The Block.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.