← Back to PeopleFounderAlex SkidanovCo-founder at NEAR AI@AlexSkidanovAlexander Skidanov is a co-founder of NEAR.1Mentions1Articles1OutletsCompanies CoveredGoogle1NEAR AI1ArticlesMost recent firstMentioned InReferenced in coverageThe Sequence Chat #835: Illia Polosukhin on NEAR AI, Authoring the Transformer Paper and Decentralized and Private AITheSequencecautiousApr 2, 2026“Co-founded NEAR AI with Illia Polosukhin to build blockchain and AI infrastructure.”