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AFFAAN MUSTAFA
Builder of autonomous systems and AI-powered platforms.
Former core developer at elizaOS, now focused on zero-employee companies.
GitHub: @affaan-m
LinkedIn: affaanmustafa
X: @affaanmustafa
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CURRENT PROJECTS
Zenith Chat (2025)
Anthropic x Forum Ventures Hackathon Winner - $15k in Anthropic credits,
first place among 100+ participants (almost solo with 1 partner)
PMX Trade (Apr 2025 - Present)
Founding Engineer / Product Lead - Building next-generation trading
infrastructure
Dexploy (2025)
Instant tweet-to-coin deploys in under 300ms. Deployment automation and
infrastructure platform.
0em Labs (2024 - Present)
Building inbox0 - the MCP marketplace. First true model-agnostic MCP
marketplace with servers and models hosted by us. No SaaS—pay per prompt via
stablecoins, inference costs estimated upfront. Flexibility for auto-routing
or user-selected models via web interface. Pioneering zero-employee company
infrastructure with AI-powered autonomous business operations.
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PREVIOUS WORK
Cainam Ventures (Feb 2025 - Mar 2025)
Lead Developer - Pioneered onramp to autonomous and trustworthy DeFi AI
agents. Built initial beta with data aggregator agent, analyst agent, and
executor agent managed in a swarm. Agent ran autonomously fetching real-time
data from multiple sources spanning macroeconomic news, social media, and
purely financial data. Decision making system recommended new pairs based on
user profile with sizing recommendations and targets. ICO backed project
reached peak FDV of $8M with Forbes features.
Open sourced: Sol-Onchain-AnalystAYO Protocol (Jan 2025 - Sep 2025)
AI-powered yield staking platform with Agent NEO. DeFi yield optimizer with
AI automation—auto-yield strategies distributing assets across Solana
protocols for optimal APY/risk. Agent Neo AI chat for real-time token
security, sentiment eval, investment recs, quick trades. Processed $2M+ in
automated trades. 600+ active users at peak, $20k AUM, $2.5M peak FDV.
Docs
ModernStoicAI (Nov 2024 - Jan 2025)
Built the first autonomous trading agent on Solana
(@stoictradingai). Handled $2M+ in trades.
Live-streamed development 15+ hours daily for 2 months, peaking at 70k
concurrent viewers on X as top dev streamer. Launched as $stoic token,
hitting $38M FDV. Developed and open-sourced HyperMamba trading algorithm.
Open-sourced after leaving due to co-founder issues. Project continues as
HyperTraderAI.
elizaOS (Dec 2024 - Jan 2025)
Core Developer - Most widely used AI agent framework in Web3 (17,000+ GitHub
stars, 5,300+ forks). High impact for scalable AI agents. Learned full-stack
development across multiple languages. Laid off for working on own startup on
the side.
DCUBE (Sep 2021 - Apr 2025)
Founded at 18. Dec 2020 - Jun 2023: Ran ecommerce business (OpenBoxEcommerce)
on Amazon/Ebay generating $150k+ profit to pay tuition in full. Strategy: get
open box merchandise near zero cost, test, resell below market. Jun 2023 - Nov
2024: Pivoted to AI agents, funded by Microsoft for Startups and UCSD
Blackstone LaunchPad. Built AI consultant/secretary/manager and AI paralegal
tools. Company dissolved after nearly 4 years, net profitable overall.
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RESEARCH & OPEN SOURCE
Core Repositories
HyperMamba - Proprietary R&D extending Mamba with hypernetworks for
meta-learning in trading (Python-based). Novel extension with hypernetwork
weight generation for rapid adaptation in volatile markets. Integrates
HyperMAML for gradient updates and CryptoMamba for state-space modeling.
SSRN Paper (529 abstract views, 47 downloads)
eliza - Autonomous agents platform in TypeScript (16,800+ stars, 5,300+
forks). Contributed as core developer.
rig - Rust-based modular LLM apps (4,400+ stars, 479 forks). Enables
scalable building.
dprc-autotrader-v1 - Autonomous Solana trading bot for @stoictradingAI.
Handled $2M+ in trades via live streams.
Sol-Onchain-Analyst - Solana data pipelines turning raw on-chain data
into trading alphas.
Research Repository - Personal/UCSD/UW-affiliated work in Python. Various
projects in quantitative finance, economics, and ML.
Behavioral_RL - RL models tweaked with behavioral econ biases like CVaR
and Prospect Theory for biased decision-making. Risk-sensitive RL for the Iowa
Gambling Task (3 stars, includes HTML viz).
Academic Research
ResearchGate Profile - Grad student in Applied/Computational Math at UW
(Sep 2024-Dec 2025); undergrad RA in Econ/Math-CS/Business Econ at UCSD
(2022-2024).
Publications:
- "Discovering Market Manipulation Through Social Media Sentiment Analysis in
Microcap Cryptocurrencies" (711 reads) - Presented at
UCSD Undergraduate Research Conference 2024. Preprint analyzing
Reddit/Twitter sentiment effects on <$1M market cap cryptos. Literature
review on events like 2021 short squeezes, causal inference linking
hype/manipulation to volatility.
- "HyperMamba: A Hypernetwork-Enhanced Meta-Learning Framework for Autonomous
Trading Systems" (SSRN, 529 abstract views, 47 downloads) - Novel
extension of Mamba algo with hypernetwork weight gen for rapid adaptation in
volatile markets. Meta-learning framework for trading agents that adapt fast
with minimal data.
Research Positions:
- Research Assistant @ UC San Diego Economics Dept + San Diego
Supercomputer Center (Jan 2024 - Sep 2024) - Built behavioral models for
market anomalies in team settings with weekly meetings. High impact for
causal inference in policy sims.
- University of Washington (AMATH) - Grad work in applied math, tying
into computational trenches like RL and causal models (Sep 2024 - Dec 2025)
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CONNECT
Professional
- GitHub: @affaan-m - Core repos where I ship code
- LinkedIn: affaanmustafa
- X: @affaanmustafa - Dev grinds, 17hr sessions shipping bots live,
70k peak concurrent viewers as top dev streamer
- Warpcast: @affaan
- Telegram: @affaanmustafa
- Instagram: @affaanmustafa
Content
- YouTube: Affaan Mustafa
- TikTok: @affaan
- Medium: @afmustafa
Academic
- University of Washington (AMATH)
- ResearchGate
- UC San Diego Research Lab
- UC San Diego Research Directory (Third entry, Panel 35)
Project Links
- AYO Protocol Docs
- 0em Labs
- Dexploy
- DCUBE @ The Basement UCSD
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"If I could pinpoint most of the stress in my life to one thing, it would be
the inability to delegate or have people to rely on... the zero employee
company idea never left my mind."
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