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Will Kantaros
InvestorFounderResearch Advisor at Archetype
New York City Metropolitan Area
FoundedDecent · YC
About
Will Kantaros is a Research Advisor at Archetype, where he works on mechanism design research and the interoperability stack. He is also Co-Founder and CTO of Decent, a company building cross-chain, single-click payments. He previously held roles at Meta, Coinbase, and Polychain.
Will Kantaros @willkantaros
Thank you to everyone who helped us along the way! @Ashegan @archetypevc @wdcollier @cdsiren @CarolineDPham @ycombinator @ianlapham
May 21, 2026 · ♥ 13
Will Kantaros @willkantaros
Unbelievably excited to announce @moonpay’s acquisition of Decent. From building our first mvp in my college apartment to now, it’s been quite the journey. This is only the beginning https://t.co/L7HuOrDj04
May 21, 2026 · ♥ 91 · ⇄ 9
Will Kantaros @willkantaros
Since starting Decent, @ashegan and the Archetype team have been an invaluable resource along every step of the journey — let’s go! https://t.co/IOqBZq4qNH
Sep 23, 2025 · ♥ 15 · ⇄ 2
Invests in
Crypto & Web3
Founder at DecentYC W22
Intro paths
Will went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Will can intro founders to Decent's investors below.
Decent's investors · 4
Co-founders at Decent
Experience
- DecentCo-Foundercurrent2021 — present
- Polychain CapitalResearcher2022 — 2023
- MetaSWE2022
- CoinbaseSoftware Engineer Intern2022
- MongoDBSoftware Engineer Intern2021New York, New York, United States
- Brown UniversityHead Teaching Assistant, DATA10502020Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Education
- Brown UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics-Computer Science
- Phillips Academy2014 — 2018
Skills & more
Languages English · Russian
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Also worked at Polychain Capital17
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Also worked at Meta123
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Also worked at Coinbase77
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Also worked at MongoDB30
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