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Notebook Labs

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Decentralized, anonymous, and accountable identity on Web3.

Summer 2022Founded 20223 peopleStanford, CA, USA
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About

Notebook solves the Web3 identity problem by using Zero-Knowledge to provide both anonymous proof-of-humanity and credential aggregation. Notebook initially verifies users’ identifying information to ensure that each person has just a single Notebook. Neither Notebook, nor any other company knows the link between a user’s personal information and their Notebook. Once a user’s Notebook account is created they can begin proving their humanity and aggregating their credentials across wallets. Notebook can be used to increase the safety of DeFi, governance, and airdrops. With Notebook, creators and communities can run Sybil-resistant airdrops, DAOs can verify the humanity and aggregate the credentials of participants, and lending protocols can build credit scoring systems to offer lower-collateralized loans.

Founders · 3

Nathaniel Masfen-Yan
Nathaniel Masfen-YanFounder
Stanford

Nathaniel has a background in mathematics and theoretical computer science, completing graduate cryptography courses at Stanford and competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad for New Zealand.

Solal Afota
Solal AfotaFounder

Solal has a background in math and theoretical computer science. He grew up in the Middle East and competed internationally for the French math team. Passionate about blockchain infrastructure, cryptography, and identity.

Dhruv Mangtani
Dhruv MangtaniFounder
StanfordBerkeleyCaltech

- Founder and CEO at Maniac, Inc (a16z Speedrun 005) - Co-Founder and CEO at Notebook Labs (YC S22) - Theoretical Physics at Caltech - AutoML at Berkeley RISELab - B.S. Physics & Mathematics at Stanford - M.S. Computer Science at Stanford (dropped)

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