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Cayden Liao

Founder

Founder at Veria Labs

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedVeria Labs · YC

About

Cayden Liao has worked on security tooling for Web3 protocols, including fuzzers for cryptocurrency and zero knowledge systems. He competed as a swimmer in college and participated in competitive hacking.

Founder at Veria LabsYC F25

Intro paths

YC

Cayden went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Veria Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

In turn, Cayden can intro founders to Veria Labs's investors below.

Co-founders at Veria Labs

Experience

  1. Veria LabsCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Friendly Maltese CitizensCrypto CTF Playercurrent2023 — present
  3. Asymmetric ResearchSecurity Engineer, Intern2025
  4. Trail of BitsCryptography Intern2024 — 2025
  5. ZellicZK Research Intern2023 — 2024
  6. US Cyber GamesCryptography Junior Tech Mentor2024United States

Skills & more

Cryptography8Cybersecurity6Rust (Programming Language)1Python (Programming Language)4Zero-Knowledge Proofs1

Languages Chinese · English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Cayden Liao?
Cayden Liao has worked on security tooling for Web3 protocols, including fuzzers for cryptocurrency and zero knowledge systems. He competed as a swimmer in college and participated in competitive hacking.
Where does Cayden Liao work?
Cayden Liao is Founder of Veria Labs.
What companies did Cayden Liao found?
Cayden Liao founded Veria Labs.
Where did Cayden Liao go to school?
Cayden Liao studied at Y Combinator (F25); Carnegie Mellon University; The Blake School.

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