Shashank Yadav
Current Position & Company: CEO, Fraction AI / Past Notable Companies/Roles: AI researcher at Microsoft, Goldman Sachs / Your Specialties (What you bring to Pineapple): AI and vibes
Give us a short, engaging bio
My whole career was AI until I tripped and fell into crypto. Spent years doing serious AI research at Microsoft and Goldman, now I’m just clinically online, building Fraction AI and ranting about why crypto x AI is the next big thing
What excites you about Pineapple?
Love the UI and I've heard great things about pineapple juice 👀
What will you specifically be advising on?
The vibes, mostly intricate details in messaging and user flow
In your own words, what’s the biggest opportunity in DeFi right now?
The biggest opportunity in DeFi is AI-driven capital efficiency. Right now we have billions in static liquidity pools performing basic functions. But imagine AI agents dynamically managing these positions - shifting capital across protocols based on real-time data, executing complex trading strategies 24/7, and optimizing yields at a scale humans can't match. The tech exists. What's missing is the platform to make it accessible
If you could describe yourself in three words, what would they be?
Bold, Fresh, Juiced
What’s a piece of advice you’d give to anyone entering Web3? (Keep it real.)
Don't take it too seriously, because others definitely won't
If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be and why? (Dead or alive, no rules.)
There's this failed painter from Austria, forgetting his name
What’s your most ridiculous or unexpected crypto story? (We know you have one!)
Helped a friend build an AI memecoin in 30 mins, watched it casually hit $30M. Crypto's wild like that.
If you weren’t in crypto/Web3, what would you be doing? (We’re curious!)
Boring old AI research
And finally… The Pineapple Club loves a hypothetical. So here’s yours:
You’re trapped in a luxury island resort for a year. You can only bring 3 things. What are they? (Choose wisely.)
A laptop for trading (duh), a portable satellite dish for that sweet low-latency connection, and a pineapple-shaped tequila decanter - because if I'm stuck in paradise, might as well trade in style
