Tom Trowbridge is the Co-Founder of Fluence which is building the Cloudless internet; a decentralized computing platform that offers enterprise grade, low cost and resilient compute. Before Fluence, Tom helped found Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) where he was president from inception. He hosts DePINed, the leading DePIN focused podcast and the DePIN Day series of conferences. He is an investor in a number of leading DePIN projects and web 3 funds. Prior to entering the blockchain world in 2016, Tom spent four years at Goldman Sachs before leaving to build businesses at several other financial firms. He started his career financing telecom and technology companies at Bear, Stearns & Co., before spending four years at a Boston based venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology and telecom companies. He has a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia University.