# Amir Bandeali

> Amir Bandeali is the co-founder and CEO of 0x, the San Francisco-born crypto infrastructure company behind APIs for onchain swaps and the Matcha exchange. A finance graduate and former proprietary trader who moved into software, he helped turn an early idea for a tokenized-derivatives business into public exchange infrastructure, then spent nearly a decade adapting that thesis as crypto expanded across products and chains.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at 0x
- **Organizations:** 0x, 0x Labs, 0x Protocol, Matcha, DRW, Chopper Trading
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science; studied finance and computer science coursework, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- **Known for:** Co-founded 0x, whose protocol and APIs provide exchange and liquidity infrastructure for onchain applications., Helped lead 0x from an open protocol into a product suite that includes Swap API, Gasless API, Cross-Chain API, and Matcha., Helped raise $15 million in Series A financing in 2021 and $70 million in Series B financing in 2022; 0x reports $109 million raised through Series B.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2012** — Studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and graduated a year early.
- **2012-2014** — Worked at Chopper Trading in Chicago, beginning as a trading assistant and moving into trading.
- **2015-2016** — Worked as a trader at DRW and deepened his interest in Bitcoin and Ethereum.
- **2016** — Moved to San Francisco, attended a coding boot camp, met Will Warren through a mutual friend, and began working with him in October.
- **2017** — Co-founded 0x and helped publish the 0x Protocol whitepaper for decentralized exchange infrastructure.
- **2017-2020** — Served as co-founder and CTO while 0x developed its open-source protocol and developer ecosystem.
- **2020** — 0x Labs was introduced as a business building products on top of the protocol; Matcha and Swap API followed.
- **2020-2026** — Served for roughly six years in a co-CEO structure with co-founder Will Warren.
- **2021** — 0x Labs raised a $15 million Series A led by Pantera Capital.
- **2022** — 0x Labs raised a $70 million Series B led by Greylock.
- **2023** — 0x Protocol announced its transition toward fully onchain community governance, with 0x Labs becoming one stakeholder among many.
- **2025** — 0x acquired Flood.bid to strengthen trade routing and execution technology.
- **2026** — Became sole CEO as 0x adopted a simpler operating model; Will Warren continued as a board member and shareholder.

## Achievements

- Co-founded 0x, whose protocol and APIs provide exchange and liquidity infrastructure for onchain applications.
- Helped lead 0x from an open protocol into a product suite that includes Swap API, Gasless API, Cross-Chain API, and Matcha.
- Helped raise $15 million in Series A financing in 2021 and $70 million in Series B financing in 2022; 0x reports $109 million raised through Series B.
- Led a company whose technology has powered swaps in products including Coinbase Wallet, Robinhood Wallet, MetaMask, Phantom, Zerion, Zapper, and Matcha.
- Participated in 0x's technical contributions to the Ethereum ecosystem, which the company says include EIP-712 and contributions to ERC-721.
- Helped sustain 0x through multiple crypto market cycles and major product shifts from protocol stewardship to developer APIs and consumer trading products.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — 0x added day-one Swap API and Cross-Chain API support for Robinhood Chain, extending its infrastructure to tokenized real-world assets and cross-chain access.
- **2026-06** — 0x made its Cross-Chain API generally available and released a command-line interface for human traders and AI agents.
- **2026-04** — 0x released an open-source skill that lets compatible coding agents integrate Swap and Gasless APIs across more than 20 EVM chains.
- **2026-03** — 0x brought the Rumpel engineering team into the company to deepen liquidity and contribute to cross-chain and Solana products.
- **2026** — Bandeali moved from a six-year co-CEO partnership with Will Warren to leading 0x as CEO; Warren remained a board member and shareholder.
- **2025-05** — 0x acquired Flood.bid, adding its routing and pricing engineers and technology to 0x's execution infrastructure.

## Links

- Website: https://0x.org
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abandeali1
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/abandeali1
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5jDoQ8I0LM
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/0xProject/

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Last updated: 2026-08-17