Teana Baker-Taylor is a fintech and crypto entrepreneur who co-founded BasedAI, an open-source AI company building a commercialization layer above open models. Teana Baker-Taylor's Twitter Score is 97 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #7,529 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Teana Baker-Taylor co-founded BasedAI alongside Josh Goodbody, with the company developing products including Hirebase and BasedAPIs. BasedAI also acquired the platform IP, proprietary multi-agent orchestration stack, and builder team from Warden App, expanding its technical capabilities. Teana Baker-Taylor also co-founded Venice AI, a private and uncensored AI platform covering text, image, video, audio, code, search, and API capabilities; Venice AI launched its VVV token, an ERC20 on the Base blockchain, in January 2025.
Teana Baker-Taylor brings a background spanning major financial and crypto institutions. Previously, she worked at Circle, Binance, Crypto.com, Citi, and HSBC, building experience across payments, crypto exchanges, and traditional finance. Teana Baker-Taylor is also a board advisor to CryptoUK and is affiliated with The Digital Chamber Global Policy Network. Teana Baker-Taylor's account has accumulated 6,300 followers as of August 2026 across 6,759 posts, and has been mentioned by 145 accounts a total of 590 times.
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