Weikeng Chen

Weikeng Chen

Research Partner atL2 Iterative VentureCalifornia

Weikeng Chen is an MPC & ZKP researcher focused on zero-knowledge proofs, hardware acceleration, and privacy. He previously co-founded DZK Labs and served as chief scientist at Discreet Labs.

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Career

  1. DZK Labs · co-founder
  2. Discreet Labs · chief scientist
  3. L2 Iterative Ventures · Research Partner
    Now

Companies founded

DZK Labs

Focus

zero-knowledge proofshardware accelerationprivacyanonymous paymentscryptographic engineeringMPC

Education

UC Berkeley, PhD in Computer ScienceUniversity of Science and Technology of China (USTC), bachelor degree

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Who is Weikeng Chen?

Weikeng Chen is an MPC & ZKP researcher focused on zero-knowledge proofs, hardware acceleration, and privacy. He previously co-founded DZK Labs and served as chief scientist at Discreet Labs.

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What did Weikeng Chen do before L2 Iterative Venture?

co-founder at DZK Labs; chief scientist at Discreet Labs.

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