Wayne Nelms is a co-founder and CTO of Ornn, a financial marketplace for AI compute, who previously worked at Susquehanna International Group as an equity options trader. Wayne Nelms's Twitter Score is 31 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #31,433 (top 10%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Wayne Nelms co-founded Ornn, incorporated in Delaware as Ornn AI Inc., with an SEC Form D filing identifying him as an executive officer and director. Ornn raised a $33 million funding round led by a16z crypto, with participation from Galaxy Ventures, Nordstar, SV Angel, Vine Ventures, Crucible Capital, Link Ventures, and Box Group.
Wayne Nelms has built notable infrastructure around the Ornn Compute Price Index, which is integrated with Bloomberg Terminal. Intercontinental Exchange has announced plans to launch GPU compute futures tied to the index, and Polymarket executed its first institutional block trade on a GPU instrument settled against it. Prior to founding Ornn, Wayne Nelms worked at Susquehanna International Group as an equity options trader and holds an affiliation with MIT.
Wayne Nelms has accumulated 1,663 followers as of October 2026 across 1,512 posts. Wayne Nelms has been mentioned by 17 accounts, with 21 total mentions.
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