Niraj Pant

Co-founder of Ritual, building infrastructure for AI systems to act reliably on blockchains.

Previously General Partner at Polychain, leading investments in crypto networks and infrastructure. Before that, researched privacy in the Decentralized Systems Lab at UIUC.

Born in Sydney, grew up in Chicago, live in New York. Interested in history, philosophy, geopolitics, and soccer.

(updated July 2026)