William is a product engineer and AI builder working at the intersection of product, design, and engineering on Athena Research and Shape. William's Twitter Score is 13 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #74,531 among 493,668 tracked accounts.
William works at Athena Research and at Shape, a culture-first Ethereum Layer 2 built on the OP Stack and part of the Optimism Superchain, designed for art, onchain games, NFTs, and experimental applications. He previously worked at Deca. Among his contributions to Shape, William authored the network's builder guide, covering how to build applications and deploy smart contracts on the chain.
William has also been involved in Shape's community-building efforts, including highlighting NFT and AI projects that emerged from a 36-hour builder event attended by over 170 participants. Shape's architecture includes a Gasback mechanism that routes 80% of network fees back to contract creators, and a $SHAPE token with 70% of total supply allocated to the community. William has 858 followers as of October 2026 and has published 1,414 posts. William has been mentioned by 3 accounts a total of 8 times.
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