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Alex Gluchowski

About Alex Gluchowski

https://matter-labs.io/
Alex Gluchowski is the CEO of Matter Labs, a company in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space focused on scaling the Ethereum blockchain. He earned his Master of Science in computer science from the Berlin Institute of Technology, where he studied from 2009 to 2011.  He worked a handful of software development jobs prior to his university studies, and afterward served as chief technology officer of software provider ExpoGlobus from 2011 to 2013. Over the following years, he co-founded two other entities and took a pit stop as Entropy Labs’ director of research and development before finally landing as CEO of Matter Labs, which he also helped co-found.  Matter Labs is behind Ethereum scaling solution zkSync, which aims to scale the Ethereum blockchain via zk-Rollup technology. In short, zero-knowledge rollups facilitate multiple blockchain transactions on a second layer and then finalize them on the mainnet in a simplified chunk with less data. Matter Labs’ zkSync solution aims to scale the Ethereum blockchain while maintaining decentralization and security. Matter Labs landed $50 million in a Series B funding round, announced toward the end of 2021, with the capital aimed toward building out zkSync v2, whose testnet went live to the public in February 2022. Gluchowski’s 2022: In August, Alex Gluchowski published a blog post announcing Matter Labs’ new chief product officer, Steve Newcomb. In November, Gluchowski posted about the appointment of Ankur Rakshit as the company’s chief financial officer.  Matter Labs announced in November that it had obtained $200 million in capital thanks to a Series C funding round, with investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Blockchain Capital and others. The company also unveiled plans to open-source its zkSync 2.0 code. November also brought news that blockchain-based digital identity platform RNS was working on a Know Your Customer solution using zkSync 2.0’s technology, with the goal of facilitating identity confirmation without having private data exposed. Gluchowski’s 2023: Alex Gluchowski will likely continue leading the charge for Matter Labs throughout 2023 as its CEO. The firm worked hard on its zkSync technology in 2022 and is continuing to march forward with it in 2023. While he is a frequent retweeter, Alex Gluchowski is not particularly active on Twitter, though he may continue using the platform to provide awareness of Matter Labs and its endeavors. In October 2022, Matter Labs mentioned that it expected to start testing a layer-3 solution involving its zkSync technology in early 2023. The firm will likely look to develop the solution during the year, with Gluchowski overseeing the efforts.  Alex Gluchowski fielded a number of interviews in 2022, which he may continue in 2023. He has stressed Matter Labs’ goal of expanding the potential for digital asset control by online users, which may continue as an overarching focus for Matter Labs throughout the year. 

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