# Jake Brukhman

> Jake Brukhman is the Miami-based founder, CEO and managing partner of CoinFund, established in 2015. A mathematics and computer science graduate with prior roles at Highbridge Capital Management, Amazon and Triton Research, he invests in decentralized networks and writes about blockchain infrastructure, digital ownership and decentralized AI. He also founded the digital art gallery First Edition.

- **Role:** Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner at CoinFund
- **Organizations:** CoinFund, First Edition, Triton Research, Amazon, Highbridge Capital Management, Kohera
- **From:** St. Petersburg, Russia
- **Education:** Mathematics and computer science; honors program, Rutgers University, University College London, Studied pure mathematics and computer science, NYU, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- **Known for:** Founded CoinFund in 2015., Early investor in Bitcoin and Ethereum, as identified by CoinFund., Founded First Edition, a gallery supporting blockchain-based digital art creators.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2015** — Worked in financial technology at Highbridge Capital Management, in technical product management and engineering at Amazon, and as partner and CTO at Triton Research.
- **2011** — Was introduced to Bitcoin.
- **2013** — Purchased Bitcoin in mid-2013, according to his 2018 interview.
- **2015** — Founded CoinFund in July, following a research community organized on Slack.
- **2018** — Advocated active network participation and generalized mining.
- **2022** — Co-authored Open neural networks: the intersection of AI and web3 with Rishin Sharma.
- **2023** — CoinFund announced the $158 million Seed IV fund.
- **2025** — Published CoinFund’s investment thesis on Pluralis and decentralized AI training.

## Achievements

- Founded CoinFund in 2015.
- Early investor in Bitcoin and Ethereum, as identified by CoinFund.
- Founded First Edition, a gallery supporting blockchain-based digital art creators.
- Led CoinFund as the firm announced a $158 million Seed IV fund in July 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Charlotte Siller published a first-person account of joining CoinFund that recounts Brukhman’s founding story and a meeting in Miami.
- **2026-07** — Azi Mandias wrote about joining CoinFund after meeting Brukhman through a Miami crypto group chat and connecting over open-source AI and sovereign capital.
- **2025-05** — Published an essay about World’s distribution and US launch.
- **2025-03** — Published CoinFund’s Pluralis investment thesis and appeared in a video discussion about decentralized AI.

## Links

- Website: https://www.brukhman.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-brukhman-6037867/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jbrukh
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brukhman/

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Last updated: 2026-10-10