James Ross is a serial entrepreneur who founded Synth and Mode, two projects at the intersection of decentralized AI and decentralized finance. James Ross's Twitter Score is 191 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #2,515 (top 1%) among 486,621 tracked accounts.
James Ross founded Synth, a Bittensor subnet running decentralized AI competitions for financial market forecasting, covering areas such as BTC volatility predictions and synthetic price path generation. He also founded Mode, an OP Stack L2 focused on DeFi and AI integration, with Synth serving as one of its flagship experiments. Previously, James Ross founded agency0x and served as co-CEO at Hype, both former roles. He brings a track record of two exits across the finance and crypto industries.
James Ross is also an active angel investor with more than 50 seed-stage deals across finance and crypto. As an angel investor, James Ross has backed Giza. James Ross's account has accumulated 18,077 followers as of September 2026 and 8,040 posts, and has been mentioned by 88 accounts a total of 154 times.
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