Álvaro Pintado
Álvaro Pintado Santaularia, also known as Álvaro Pintado, is a technology entrepreneur known as the founder and CEO of hello.app, a decentralized storage network, who is betting on the future of blockchain and AI and also the author of El Sistema Financiero Descentralizado a book about DEFI and how the modern decentralized financial system could replace the traditional one.[1][2][3][4]
Álvaro Pintado | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 2004 |
| Nationality | Spain |
| Education | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya studying Telecommunications Engineering |
| Occupation(s) | Founder, CEO of hello.app |
Education and career[edit]
Pintado was born and raised in Pinós (Lleida), Catalonia, Spain. Studied in Viaró Global School, then started college at UPC (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) studying Telecommunications Engineering but dropped out after 3 months to build hello.app, He started in the world of entrepreneurship at the age of 17 when he created Whispr, a SaaS (software as a service) based on artificial intelligence. In the same year he published his first book entitled "The decentralized financial system".[5][6][7] Currently, together with his partner Alexander Baikalov, he has created hello.app, a startup that wants to revolutionize the way information is stored in the cloud.[8][9]
hello.app consists of an ecosystem of decentralized applications, networks and infrastructure that is based on blockchain, decentralized storage and distributed databases. A system comparable to the Google ecosystem, with the main difference that data is distributed in multiple locations and devices, a fact that provides more resistance to errors and cyber attacks, as well as more privacy and autonomy by the users.[10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Álvaro Pintado (Hello): "Lo que el usuario genera en..."" (in Spanish). 2023-08-08. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ "Álvaro Pintado, el jove santcugatenc que vol revolucionar internet competint amb Google". Tot Sant Cugat (in Catalan). 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ "Álvaro Pintado, el emprendedor de 19 años que planta cara a Google y Amazon con hello.app". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2023-11-23. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ "Álvaro Pintado, el joven que cree en unicornios y busca devolvernos el poder sobre nuestros datos en Internet". Onda Cero Radio (in Spanish). 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ "Álvaro Pintado, the 19-Year-Old CEO of hello.app Announces Their 300K$ Crowdfunding". Markets Insider (Press release). March 17, 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ ""We Want To Be The Google of Web3": Hello Co-Founder Alvaro Pintado". HackerNoon. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ "Álvaro Pintado, el emprendedor de 19 años que planta cara a Google y Amazon con hello.app". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2023-11-23. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ Company, The Geco (2024-03-13). "hello.app, la startup del joven de 19 años Álvaro Pintado anuncia crowdfunding de 300.000€". Región Digital. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ Escribano, Mario (2023-12-03). "Tiene 19 años y dice que su idea valdrá 1.000 millones en 3 años: "La gente me envidia"". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ Escárzaga, Antonio L. (2023-07-05). "18-year-old CEO secures €170K aiming to revolutionise the field of decentralised data storage". EU-Startups. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ "Hello.app, la startup del joven barcelonés que quiere eliminar a Google, abre la ronda a crowdfun..." ON ECONOMIA (in Spanish). 2024-03-12. Retrieved 2024-03-20.