# Han Jin

> Han Jin is the co-founder and CEO of Bluwhale, a San Francisco AI company building an intelligence layer on the blockchain that lets people own and monetize their own data. Born in China, raised in Germany, and trained as an engineer at KIT and UC Berkeley, he first made his name building the LucidCam - one of the earliest consumer 3D/VR cameras - at Lucid VR. A Forbes and Inc. '30 Under 30' honoree, he now wants to turn the world's 7 billion smartphones into a decentralized AI network that rivals Google and AWS but is owned collectively by its users.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Bluwhale
- **Organizations:** Bluwhale, Lucid VR, SanDisk
- **From:** China
- **Nationality:** American (born in China, raised in Germany)
- **Education:** Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Graduate degree in operations research, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Lucid VR, creator of the LucidCam consumer 3D/VR camera, Forbes 30 Under 30 in consumer technology (2017), Inc. magazine '30 Under 30' cover feature (May 2017)

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Began career at a Fortune 500 company writing AI algorithms during the early 'Big Data wave'
- **2015** — Co-founded Lucid VR with Adam Rowell; served as CEO and product architect, building the LucidCam
- **2017** — Featured on the cover of Inc.'s May '30 Under 30' issue and named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in consumer technology
- **2018** — Won a gold Stevie Award for Entrepreneur of the Year in computer software
- **2022** — Co-founded Bluwhale with Adam Rowell, pivoting their AI infrastructure work into Web3
- **2023** — Raised a $7M seed round led by SBI
- **2024** — Launched Bluwhale's consumer platform - 30,000 users in 24 hours, 100,000 in a week
- **2025** — Raised a Series A ($25M); Bluwhale surpassed 3.6M users and indexed 270M+ crypto wallets

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Lucid VR, creator of the LucidCam consumer 3D/VR camera
- Forbes 30 Under 30 in consumer technology (2017)
- Inc. magazine '30 Under 30' cover feature (May 2017)
- Gold Stevie Award - Entrepreneur of the Year, Computer Software (2018)
- Business Journal 40 Under 40 (2019)
- Grew Bluwhale to over 3.6 million users and 270 million indexed crypto wallets
- Raised roughly $34M total across seed and Series A for Bluwhale

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Bluwhale surpassed 3.6 million users worldwide and indexed over 270 million cryptocurrency wallets.
- **2025-01** — Bluwhale closed a Series A round (~$25M).

## Links

- Website: https://bluwhale.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jinhan8/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jinhan8

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