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Illia (root.near) (🇺🇦, ⋈) (@ilblackdragon) — Twitter Score 460 out of 1000
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About Illia (root.near) (🇺🇦, ⋈)'s Twitter Score
Illia root.near is a computer scientist and blockchain entrepreneur who co-founded NEAR Protocol and is a co-author of the landmark 2017 paper "Attention Is All You Need," which introduced the Transformer architecture. Illia root.near's Twitter Score is 459 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #418 (top 0.1%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Illia root.near co-founded NEAR Protocol alongside Alexander Skidanov, with the project launching in 2018. Illia root.near also founded NEAR AI and works at NEAR Foundation. Previously, Illia root.near worked at Google before turning to blockchain and AI research full time.
Illia root.near has been central to several significant funding milestones for NEAR Protocol. The project raised $21.6M in May 2020 in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz, followed by a $150M private token sale announced in January 2022 led by Three Arrows Capital, and a $350M investment in April 2022 led by Tiger Global. NEAR Protocol has also maintained 100% uptime on mainnet for over five years. Illia root.near has 113,728 followers as of August 2026 and has published 9,257 posts on the platform. Illia root.near has been mentioned by 642 accounts, with 2,126 total mentions.
Illia root.near has backed 1inch, Recall, Syndicate, SEDA, Puma AI, Solace, KYVE and ClayStack.
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The accounts that follow Illia root.near include 1,885 founders, 539 angel investors, 585 influencers and 50 VCs. Among them are Chris Dixon, Solana, Toly, Marc Andreessen, Erik Voorhees and Ansem.
