Builder, founder, researcher, and software engineer with 22+ years of experience and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Zurich.
I'm the Founder & CEO of AxLabs, where I build sovereign tech: open protocols, developer tools, and blockchain infrastructure that increase autonomy, reduce dependency on intermediaries, and make digital systems more trustworthy and user-controlled.
I also work as an Expert for Innosuisse, the government-backed Swiss Innovation Agency, supporting the evaluation of innovation projects in Switzerland🇨🇭.
Personal website: https://gsm.machados.org
- Sovereign tech and open protocols
- Blockchain infrastructure and smart contracts
- Developer tools and DevEx
- EVM and cross-chain systems
- Privacy tech, especially FHE, ZK, and MPC
- Decentralized identity, DAOs, and coordination systems
- Computing, storage, and networking infrastructure
- Compilers
- AI x Web3, AgenticEx, AI Agents





