About Us

About Us

About Us

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Grama is team of thinkers and buildERS working on experiments that define how society should function in the 21st century.

Grama is team of thinkers and buildERS working on experiments that define how society should function in the 21st century.

Grama is team of thinkers and buildERS working on experiments that define how society should function in the 21st century.

We are experimenting with new socio-physical structures that aim to make the world a better place.

// Our Vision

We want to ensure humanity can survive, thrive, and flourish alongside the technologies it creates.

We want to ensure humanity can survive, thrive, and flourish alongside the technologies it creates.

// Our Mission

Our mission is to create socio-physical spaces that support technologies designed to strengthen humanity.

Our mission is to create socio-physical spaces that support technologies designed to strengthen humanity.

We begin by building VILLAGES where ambitious people can live together, develop frontier systems across disciplines, and use what they build in real conditions.

We begin by building VILLAGES where ambitious people can live together, develop frontier systems across disciplines, and use what they build in real conditions.

We begin by building VILLAGES where ambitious people can live together, develop frontier systems across disciplines, and use what they build in real conditions.

By aligning environment, culture, and infrastructure, these hubs become engines for long-term progress.

Explore our villages and hubs

Explore our villages and hubs

Explore our villages and hubs

Our Values

Our Values

Our Values

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Technology should make people more sovereign, not more dependent.

Technology should make people more sovereign, not more dependent.

That principle guides everything we build. We want humans to survive, thrive, and flourish - even as the world changes fast and technology grows more powerful. If what we’re building doesn’t help with that, we don’t do it.

That principle guides everything we build. We want humans to survive, thrive, and flourish - even as the world changes fast and technology grows more powerful. If what we’re building doesn’t help with that, we don’t do it.

Words mean different things to different people, here's what they mean to us:

Words mean different things to different people, here's what they mean to us:

Curiosity

Curiosity

Follow the question, not the hype. Explore ideas, run experiments, check assumptions. We don't stop at what sounds exciting — we care about what actually works.

Follow the question, not the hype. Explore ideas, run experiments, check assumptions. We don't stop at what sounds exciting — we care about what actually works.

Intellectual Honesty

Intellectual Honesty

Form beliefs from evidence, not wishful thinking. Seek out what contradicts you. When wrong, say so. When unsure, say that too.

Transparency

Transparency

Show reasoning, not just conclusions. Explain decisions and how you reached them. Let people trust the work without needing to trust you personally.

Show reasoning, not just conclusions. Explain decisions and how you reached them. Let people trust the work without needing to trust you personally.

Integrity

Integrity

What you say, build, and do should line up. When they don't, fix it instead of defending it. One unbroken line.

What you say, build, and do should line up. When they don't, fix it instead of defending it. One unbroken line.

Open Source

Open Source

Code, designs, and ideas should be easy to inspect, improve, and reuse. Systems last longer when many people can see inside them.

Code, designs, and ideas should be easy to inspect, improve, and reuse. Systems last longer when many people can see inside them.

Distributed Power

Give power away, don't accumulate it. Build systems people can understand, question, and leave. Subtract yourself over time.

People should understand the systems they rely on, question them, and leave if they want to. We don't believe in concentrating power. Over time, we try to give it away — not hold on to it.

Meet the Grama Team

Meet the Grama Team

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Grama is led by builders, researchers, and thinkers already working at the frontier of technology and society.

Our founders and collaborators bring experience across cryptography, governance, software, and emerging systems — united by a shared commitment to expanding human possibility.

Advisors & Supporters

We pick individuals who want to commit to shaping the future of civilization by setting values and direction for Grama

Advisors & Supporters

We pick individuals who want to commit to shaping the future of civilization by setting values and direction for Grama

Eric Alston

> Professor - University of Wyoming and University of Colarado.

Studies how societies create rules without rulers—from frontier settlers staking land claims to blockchain networks coordinating strangers. Law degree from Chicago, MA in Economics from Maryland. Advises governments on constitutional design, crypto protocols on governance, and helped create one of the world's first data trusts. Turns out property rights and organizational problems look remarkably similar whether you're dealing with 19th-century miners or Bitcoin validators.
Studies how societies create rules without rulers—from frontier settlers staking land claims to blockchain networks coordinating strangers. ...
Studies how societies create rules without rulers—from frontier settlers staking land claims to blockchain networks coordinating strangers. ...

Eric Alston

> Professor - University of Wyoming and University of Colarado.

Studies how societies create rules without rulers—from frontier settlers staking land claims to blockchain networks coordinating strangers. Law degree from Chicago, MA in Economics from Maryland. Advises governments on constitutional design, crypto protocols on governance, and helped create one of the world's first data trusts. Turns out property rights and organizational problems look remarkably similar whether you're dealing with 19th-century miners or Bitcoin validators.
Studies how societies create rules without rulers—from frontier settlers staking land claims to blockchain networks coordinating strangers. ...
Studies how societies create rules without rulers—from frontier settlers staking land claims to blockchain networks coordinating strangers. ...

Darshit Patel

> CSO - Decode Age.

Convinced that aging is biology's most complex puzzle and decided to solve it. MS in Drug Design from Edinburgh Napier. Started by studying freshwater bacteria metagenomics, pivoted to decoding human longevity because apparently fish weren't aging interestingly enough. Co-founded India's first longevity company in 2021, pitched biological age vs. chronological age on Shark Tank India, secured funding. Now runs gut microbiome research and develops NAD+ boosters while presumably refusing to age gracefully himself.
Convinced that aging is biology's most complex puzzle and decided to solve it. MS in Drug Design from Edinburgh Napier. Started by studying ...
Convinced that aging is biology's most complex puzzle and decided to solve it. MS in Drug Design from Edinburgh Napier. Started by studying ...

Darshit Patel

> CSO - Decode Age.

Convinced that aging is biology's most complex puzzle and decided to solve it. MS in Drug Design from Edinburgh Napier. Started by studying freshwater bacteria metagenomics, pivoted to decoding human longevity because apparently fish weren't aging interestingly enough. Co-founded India's first longevity company in 2021, pitched biological age vs. chronological age on Shark Tank India, secured funding. Now runs gut microbiome research and develops NAD+ boosters while presumably refusing to age gracefully himself.
Convinced that aging is biology's most complex puzzle and decided to solve it. MS in Drug Design from Edinburgh Napier. Started by studying ...
Convinced that aging is biology's most complex puzzle and decided to solve it. MS in Drug Design from Edinburgh Napier. Started by studying ...

Gaurav Singh

> CEO, Blockchain for Impact.

Trained psychiatrist from NIMHANS who discovered the ultimate preventive mental health intervention: fixing India's broken healthcare system. Runs Blockchain for Impact, a Rs 4,000+ crore fund that started with a pandemic tweet by Sandeep Nailwal and evolved from distributing oxygen to distributing more than INR 20 crore annually in National Science Prizes. In a country where blockchain and crypto typically triggers skepticism, he's using it to partner with IITs, IISc and other top institutions in India on the $15M+ BFI-Biome program—proving the technology can fund medical research, not just speculative assets.
Trained psychiatrist from NIMHANS who discovered the ultimate preventive mental health intervention: fixing India's broken healthcare system...
Trained psychiatrist from NIMHANS who discovered the ultimate preventive mental health intervention: fixing India's broken healthcare system...

Gaurav Singh

> CEO, Blockchain for Impact.

Trained psychiatrist from NIMHANS who discovered the ultimate preventive mental health intervention: fixing India's broken healthcare system. Runs Blockchain for Impact, a Rs 4,000+ crore fund that started with a pandemic tweet by Sandeep Nailwal and evolved from distributing oxygen to distributing more than INR 20 crore annually in National Science Prizes. In a country where blockchain and crypto typically triggers skepticism, he's using it to partner with IITs, IISc and other top institutions in India on the $15M+ BFI-Biome program—proving the technology can fund medical research, not just speculative assets.
Trained psychiatrist from NIMHANS who discovered the ultimate preventive mental health intervention: fixing India's broken healthcare system...
Trained psychiatrist from NIMHANS who discovered the ultimate preventive mental health intervention: fixing India's broken healthcare system...

Suramya Asthana

> Mazumdar-Shaw Longevity Fellow & Lead Coordinator, Longevity India (IISc)

Studying cellular aging, then discovered India's longevity supplement market was completely unregulated and Western aging biomarkers might not apply to Indians. Now leads Longevity India at IISc, manages the BHARAT Study on aging in healthy Indians. Also sources women's health grants at AthenaDAO. Basically decided that studying how cells age wasn't enough, the entire country needed better aging science infrastructure.
Studying cellular aging, then discovered India's longevity supplement market was completely unregulated and Western aging biomarkers might n...
Studying cellular aging, then discovered India's longevity supplement market was completely unregulated and Western aging biomarkers might n...

Suramya Asthana

> Mazumdar-Shaw Longevity Fellow & Lead Coordinator, Longevity India (IISc)

Studying cellular aging, then discovered India's longevity supplement market was completely unregulated and Western aging biomarkers might not apply to Indians. Now leads Longevity India at IISc, manages the BHARAT Study on aging in healthy Indians. Also sources women's health grants at AthenaDAO. Basically decided that studying how cells age wasn't enough, the entire country needed better aging science infrastructure.
Studying cellular aging, then discovered India's longevity supplement market was completely unregulated and Western aging biomarkers might n...
Studying cellular aging, then discovered India's longevity supplement market was completely unregulated and Western aging biomarkers might n...

Vitalik Buterin

> Founder Ethereum and Zuzalu

Philosopher writing on coordination problems, privacy infrastructure, and cypherpunk values. Created Zuzalu - a two-month pop-up city experiment in Montenegro where 200+ technologists lived together exploring longevity, governance, and zero-knowledge proofs. He’s a philanthropist funding AI safety research, longevity biotech, full-stack open source, culture experiments. Also happens to run Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain platform. Believes technology should make humans the steering wheel, not replace them entirely.
Philosopher writing on coordination problems, privacy infrastructure, and cypherpunk values. Created Zuzalu - a two-month pop-up city experi...
Philosopher writing on coordination problems, privacy infrastructure, and cypherpunk values. Created Zuzalu - a two-month pop-up city experi...

Vitalik Buterin

> Founder Ethereum and Zuzalu

Philosopher writing on coordination problems, privacy infrastructure, and cypherpunk values. Created Zuzalu - a two-month pop-up city experiment in Montenegro where 200+ technologists lived together exploring longevity, governance, and zero-knowledge proofs. He’s a philanthropist funding AI safety research, longevity biotech, full-stack open source, culture experiments. Also happens to run Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain platform. Believes technology should make humans the steering wheel, not replace them entirely.
Philosopher writing on coordination problems, privacy infrastructure, and cypherpunk values. Created Zuzalu - a two-month pop-up city experi...
Philosopher writing on coordination problems, privacy infrastructure, and cypherpunk values. Created Zuzalu - a two-month pop-up city experi...

Ameen Soleimani

> CTO, 0xbow Co-founder, Reflexer Finance; Summoner, MolochDAO

Chemical engineer turned cypherpunk builder. Founded MolochDAO—the influential minimal DAO with rage-quit mechanisms that funded Ethereum public goods. Co-created RAI, a stablecoin so radically decentralized it's not pegged to the dollar, only to itself. Now building Privacy Pools at 0xbow - privacy tools that prove you're not a criminal without revealing who you are. Also runs IranUnchained, distributing humanitarian aid.
Chemical engineer turned cypherpunk builder. Founded MolochDAO—the influential minimal DAO with rage-quit mechanisms that funded Ethereum pu...
Chemical engineer turned cypherpunk builder. Founded MolochDAO—the influential minimal DAO with rage-quit mechanisms that funded Ethereum pu...

Ameen Soleimani

> CTO, 0xbow Co-founder, Reflexer Finance; Summoner, MolochDAO

Chemical engineer turned cypherpunk builder. Founded MolochDAO—the influential minimal DAO with rage-quit mechanisms that funded Ethereum public goods. Co-created RAI, a stablecoin so radically decentralized it's not pegged to the dollar, only to itself. Now building Privacy Pools at 0xbow - privacy tools that prove you're not a criminal without revealing who you are. Also runs IranUnchained, distributing humanitarian aid.
Chemical engineer turned cypherpunk builder. Founded MolochDAO—the influential minimal DAO with rage-quit mechanisms that funded Ethereum pu...
Chemical engineer turned cypherpunk builder. Founded MolochDAO—the influential minimal DAO with rage-quit mechanisms that funded Ethereum pu...

Marek Olszewski

> CEO, cLabs; Co-founder, Celo & Self Protocol

MIT researcher who co-founded Locu (acquired by GoDaddy), became VP of Engineering, then quit to build blockchain for people without bank accounts. Co-created Celo—a mobile-first payments network designed for flip phones in villages, not mining rigs in Silicon Valley. Send money to phone numbers like Venmo, pay gas fees with any token. Migrated from Layer 1 to Ethereum Layer 2 in 2023 because pragmatism beats tribalism. Now also building Self Protocol—prove you're human using your passport's NFC chip and zero-knowledge proofs, without showing Google your full ID. Used by Google Cloud and Aave.
MIT researcher who co-founded Locu (acquired by GoDaddy), became VP of Engineering, then quit to build blockchain for people without bank ac...
MIT researcher who co-founded Locu (acquired by GoDaddy), became VP of Engineering, then quit to build blockchain for people without bank ac...

Marek Olszewski

> CEO, cLabs; Co-founder, Celo & Self Protocol

MIT researcher who co-founded Locu (acquired by GoDaddy), became VP of Engineering, then quit to build blockchain for people without bank accounts. Co-created Celo—a mobile-first payments network designed for flip phones in villages, not mining rigs in Silicon Valley. Send money to phone numbers like Venmo, pay gas fees with any token. Migrated from Layer 1 to Ethereum Layer 2 in 2023 because pragmatism beats tribalism. Now also building Self Protocol—prove you're human using your passport's NFC chip and zero-knowledge proofs, without showing Google your full ID. Used by Google Cloud and Aave.
MIT researcher who co-founded Locu (acquired by GoDaddy), became VP of Engineering, then quit to build blockchain for people without bank ac...
MIT researcher who co-founded Locu (acquired by GoDaddy), became VP of Engineering, then quit to build blockchain for people without bank ac...

Eric Alston

> Professor - University of Wyoming and University of Colarado.

Studies how societies create rules without rulers—from frontier settlers staking land claims to blockchain networks coordinating strangers. Law degree from Chicago, MA in Economics from Maryland. Advises governments on constitutional design, crypto protocols on governance, and helped create one of the world's first data trusts. Turns out property rights and organizational problems look remarkably similar whether you're dealing with 19th-century miners or Bitcoin validators.
Studies how societies create rules without rulers—from frontier settlers staking land claims to blockchain networks coordinating strangers. ...
Studies how societies create rules without rulers—from frontier settlers staking land claims to blockchain networks coordinating strangers. ...

Darshit Patel

> CSO - Decode Age.

Convinced that aging is biology's most complex puzzle and decided to solve it. MS in Drug Design from Edinburgh Napier. Started by studying freshwater bacteria metagenomics, pivoted to decoding human longevity because apparently fish weren't aging interestingly enough. Co-founded India's first longevity company in 2021, pitched biological age vs. chronological age on Shark Tank India, secured funding. Now runs gut microbiome research and develops NAD+ boosters while presumably refusing to age gracefully himself.
Convinced that aging is biology's most complex puzzle and decided to solve it. MS in Drug Design from Edinburgh Napier. Started by studying ...
Convinced that aging is biology's most complex puzzle and decided to solve it. MS in Drug Design from Edinburgh Napier. Started by studying ...

Gaurav Singh

> CEO, Blockchain for Impact.

Trained psychiatrist from NIMHANS who discovered the ultimate preventive mental health intervention: fixing India's broken healthcare system. Runs Blockchain for Impact, a Rs 4,000+ crore fund that started with a pandemic tweet by Sandeep Nailwal and evolved from distributing oxygen to distributing more than INR 20 crore annually in National Science Prizes. In a country where blockchain and crypto typically triggers skepticism, he's using it to partner with IITs, IISc and other top institutions in India on the $15M+ BFI-Biome program—proving the technology can fund medical research, not just speculative assets.
Trained psychiatrist from NIMHANS who discovered the ultimate preventive mental health intervention: fixing India's broken healthcare system...
Trained psychiatrist from NIMHANS who discovered the ultimate preventive mental health intervention: fixing India's broken healthcare system...

Suramya Asthana

> Mazumdar-Shaw Longevity Fellow & Lead Coordinator, Longevity India (IISc)

Studying cellular aging, then discovered India's longevity supplement market was completely unregulated and Western aging biomarkers might not apply to Indians. Now leads Longevity India at IISc, manages the BHARAT Study on aging in healthy Indians. Also sources women's health grants at AthenaDAO. Basically decided that studying how cells age wasn't enough, the entire country needed better aging science infrastructure.
Studying cellular aging, then discovered India's longevity supplement market was completely unregulated and Western aging biomarkers might n...
Studying cellular aging, then discovered India's longevity supplement market was completely unregulated and Western aging biomarkers might n...

Vitalik Buterin

> Founder Ethereum and Zuzalu

Philosopher writing on coordination problems, privacy infrastructure, and cypherpunk values. Created Zuzalu - a two-month pop-up city experiment in Montenegro where 200+ technologists lived together exploring longevity, governance, and zero-knowledge proofs. He’s a philanthropist funding AI safety research, longevity biotech, full-stack open source, culture experiments. Also happens to run Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain platform. Believes technology should make humans the steering wheel, not replace them entirely.
Philosopher writing on coordination problems, privacy infrastructure, and cypherpunk values. Created Zuzalu - a two-month pop-up city experi...
Philosopher writing on coordination problems, privacy infrastructure, and cypherpunk values. Created Zuzalu - a two-month pop-up city experi...

Ameen Soleimani

> CTO, 0xbow Co-founder, Reflexer Finance; Summoner, MolochDAO

Chemical engineer turned cypherpunk builder. Founded MolochDAO—the influential minimal DAO with rage-quit mechanisms that funded Ethereum public goods. Co-created RAI, a stablecoin so radically decentralized it's not pegged to the dollar, only to itself. Now building Privacy Pools at 0xbow - privacy tools that prove you're not a criminal without revealing who you are. Also runs IranUnchained, distributing humanitarian aid.
Chemical engineer turned cypherpunk builder. Founded MolochDAO—the influential minimal DAO with rage-quit mechanisms that funded Ethereum pu...
Chemical engineer turned cypherpunk builder. Founded MolochDAO—the influential minimal DAO with rage-quit mechanisms that funded Ethereum pu...

Marek Olszewski

> CEO, cLabs; Co-founder, Celo & Self Protocol

MIT researcher who co-founded Locu (acquired by GoDaddy), became VP of Engineering, then quit to build blockchain for people without bank accounts. Co-created Celo—a mobile-first payments network designed for flip phones in villages, not mining rigs in Silicon Valley. Send money to phone numbers like Venmo, pay gas fees with any token. Migrated from Layer 1 to Ethereum Layer 2 in 2023 because pragmatism beats tribalism. Now also building Self Protocol—prove you're human using your passport's NFC chip and zero-knowledge proofs, without showing Google your full ID. Used by Google Cloud and Aave.
MIT researcher who co-founded Locu (acquired by GoDaddy), became VP of Engineering, then quit to build blockchain for people without bank ac...
MIT researcher who co-founded Locu (acquired by GoDaddy), became VP of Engineering, then quit to build blockchain for people without bank ac...

Core Team

Core Team

Yesh

> Founder Grama

Previously designed ultra-stable structures for satellites and as project manager at ALLFED, was helping how to feed humanity after nuclear winter. Decided preparing for disasters wasn't enough - we need to prevent the timelines that cause them. Curator of the first Zuzalu, Co-building (Zu)Grama because he's convinced we're losing agency while gaining comfort, and centralized AI/neurotech will strip-mine human sovereignty unless we fork civilization first. Techno-optimist with healthy pessimism. Wants open-source intelligence running on your hardware, not extracting your data. Building a physical village to prove the "good timeline" can win.
Previously designed ultra-stable structures for satellites and as project manager at ALLFED, was helping how to feed humanity after nuclear ...
Previously designed ultra-stable structures for satellites and as project manager at ALLFED, was helping how to feed humanity after nuclear ...

Yesh

> Founder Grama

Previously designed ultra-stable structures for satellites and as project manager at ALLFED, was helping how to feed humanity after nuclear winter. Decided preparing for disasters wasn't enough - we need to prevent the timelines that cause them. Curator of the first Zuzalu, Co-building (Zu)Grama because he's convinced we're losing agency while gaining comfort, and centralized AI/neurotech will strip-mine human sovereignty unless we fork civilization first. Techno-optimist with healthy pessimism. Wants open-source intelligence running on your hardware, not extracting your data. Building a physical village to prove the "good timeline" can win.
Previously designed ultra-stable structures for satellites and as project manager at ALLFED, was helping how to feed humanity after nuclear ...
Previously designed ultra-stable structures for satellites and as project manager at ALLFED, was helping how to feed humanity after nuclear ...

Kritarth Chhabra

> Founder Grama

Background: Software Engineering, Systems Architect
Work: First 100 at Uber, Redbull, Lemonade - Founder
Background: Software Engineering, Systems Architect
Work: First 100 at Uber, Redbull, Lemonade - Founder
Background: Software Engineering, Systems Architect
Work: First 100 at Uber, Redbull, Lemonade - Founder

Kritarth Chhabra

> Founder Grama

Background: Software Engineering, Systems Architect
Work: First 100 at Uber, Redbull, Lemonade - Founder
Background: Software Engineering, Systems Architect
Work: First 100 at Uber, Redbull, Lemonade - Founder
Background: Software Engineering, Systems Architect
Work: First 100 at Uber, Redbull, Lemonade - Founder

Adrian Grenier

> Co-Founder

Background and Work: Environmentalist, 
Real Estate Owner, Actor, Director and Philanthropist.
Background and Work: Environmentalist, 
Real Estate Owner, Actor, Director and Philanthropist.
Background and Work: Environmentalist, 
Real Estate Owner, Actor, Director and Philanthropist.

Adrian Grenier

> Co-Founder

Background and Work: Environmentalist, 
Real Estate Owner, Actor, Director and Philanthropist.
Background and Work: Environmentalist, 
Real Estate Owner, Actor, Director and Philanthropist.
Background and Work: Environmentalist, 
Real Estate Owner, Actor, Director and Philanthropist.

Yesh

> Founder Grama

Previously designed ultra-stable structures for satellites and as project manager at ALLFED, was helping how to feed humanity after nuclear winter. Decided preparing for disasters wasn't enough - we need to prevent the timelines that cause them. Curator of the first Zuzalu, Co-building (Zu)Grama because he's convinced we're losing agency while gaining comfort, and centralized AI/neurotech will strip-mine human sovereignty unless we fork civilization first. Techno-optimist with healthy pessimism. Wants open-source intelligence running on your hardware, not extracting your data. Building a physical village to prove the "good timeline" can win.
Previously designed ultra-stable structures for satellites and as project manager at ALLFED, was helping how to feed humanity after nuclear ...
Previously designed ultra-stable structures for satellites and as project manager at ALLFED, was helping how to feed humanity after nuclear ...

Kritarth Chhabra

> Founder Grama

Background: Software Engineering, Systems Architect
Work: First 100 at Uber, Redbull, Lemonade - Founder
Background: Software Engineering, Systems Architect
Work: First 100 at Uber, Redbull, Lemonade - Founder
Background: Software Engineering, Systems Architect
Work: First 100 at Uber, Redbull, Lemonade - Founder

Adrian Grenier

> Co-Founder

Background and Work: Environmentalist, 
Real Estate Owner, Actor, Director and Philanthropist.
Background and Work: Environmentalist, 
Real Estate Owner, Actor, Director and Philanthropist.
Background and Work: Environmentalist, 
Real Estate Owner, Actor, Director and Philanthropist.

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Join Us

Help Shape What Comes Next

Help Shape What Comes Next

If our vision resonates with your ideas for the future, we welcome you to get involved.

If our vision resonates with your ideas for the future, we welcome you to get involved.

There are many ways to participate — as a partner, supporter, early resident-builder, or investor.

PARTNERSHIPS

If you have land, and want to build such a village in there, contact us.

Become an investor in Grama to invest in d/acc technologies.

If you have products, labs, spaces that might be interesting to us, contac us.

Citzens of Grama get access to all the Grama villages and can share the future of Grama.