Vladimir Novakovski is a founder and angel investor who built Lighter, a fully verifiable decentralized exchange powered by custom zero-knowledge infrastructure on Ethereum. Vladimir Novakovski's Twitter Score is 262 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #1,560 (top 0.5%) among 389,201 tracked accounts.
Vladimir Novakovski founded Lighter, a zero-knowledge rollup on Ethereum optimized for speed, throughput, and scale that generates ZK proofs of operations including order matching and liquidations. The protocol's native token, the Lighter Infrastructure Token (LIT), supports access, incentives, and alignment across the Lighter ecosystem. Vladimir Novakovski also co-founded Lunchclub, an AI-powered platform designed to facilitate professional connections through casual conversations, which raised a $4 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz in 2019.
Vladimir Novakovski previously worked at Quora in machine learning, served as VPE at Addepar, worked in high-frequency trading at Citadel, and was formerly CTO at Euclid Analytics. Vladimir Novakovski has accumulated a broad range of early-stage technology bets alongside this operating career. As an angel investor, Vladimir Novakovski has backed Liquid. Vladimir Novakovski's account has 25,978 followers as of July 2026 and 1,445 posts. Vladimir Novakovski has been mentioned by 103 accounts a total of 183 times.
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