Maryam Mazraei

Hi! I'm Maz—serial entrepreneur, former VC, and creative hobbyist. I've spent 10+ years building products across consumer, open source, and sustainability with emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain. Find me on X, LinkedIn and Github.

Got questions, thoughts or want to collaborate? Hit me up on email, DMs on X or book a call here (please state reason for the call).

Project spotlight

Aleph, AI-powered audiobook turning books into conversations. In collaboration with Tank Magazine, long known for its expertise in cultural curation and Google Deepmind Research Scientist, Ali Eslami.

Media Reaction Finder, discover public discussions around any news article or media across web + social.

World Vote, a voting mini app implementation for World Foundation in collaboration with Agora Governance and Tools For Humanity.

Crowdmuse, decentralised (local) Amazon, onchain ecommerce with revenue splits for creators and brands selling physical products.

Creative projects: Photography · Mind Meld podcast · Plastic Labs

Open Memos

Open proposals, memos or concepts up for review, hack, grant funding.

3D and AI for merchandising to mitigate overproduction

Accelerating physical product showcasing in the design → production phases

Stables payment infra- crypto's fintech moment

A review on the benefits of stablecoin payments and memes for crypto's PMF golden child

Chat to your personal shopper (agent)

Future of commerce and customer online shopping experience disruption with agents

Publications

Crowdmuse Mirror publication on social commerce, IP composability, decentralized supply chains

Autopsy Medium and Paragraph publications on failed startups, VC and entrepreneurship, founder stories, data analysis, reports

Selected talks