Alex Atallah co-founded OpenSea as CTO before stepping back to launch OpenSea Ventures, where his hands-on experience building NFT standards and marketplace infrastructure gives him technical depth that most investors lack. He also built and leads OpenRouter, an AI infrastructure company that routes between major language models, creating a rare dual expertise in both NFTs and AI infrastructure that informs his investing approach. Alex Atallah co-founded OpenSea as CTO before stepping back to launch OpenSea Ventures, where his hands-on experience building NFT standards and marketplace infrastructure gives him technical depth that most investors lack. He also built and leads OpenRouter, an AI infrastructure company that routes between major language models, creating a rare dual expertise in both NFTs and AI infrastructure that informs his investing approach.