andy carta
2026
founder, investor, and independent researcher.
based in austin, texas.
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now
building
surfex · discovery infrastructure for the agentic web
investing
early-stage bets in ai, crypto, and frontier tech
researching
decentralized ai and where agents meet markets
before
managed
ronin digital · liquid token digital asset fund
consulted
pwc · sap finance transformation
writing
recently
- auditing whether ai agents can actually discover and operate companies' websites and products
- researching decentralized ai and distributed training
- attending as many local austin concerts as possible
passions
guitar, reading and research, music rooted in the grateful dead, billy strings, and jimi hendrix, global adventure, sunshine, and nature.