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Hiro’s big Bitcoin bet: make the plumbing boring
Crypto · Developer Tools · Saas

Hiro’s big Bitcoin bet: make the plumbing boring

A missed blockchain event can ruin an otherwise clever app. Hiro builds the tools behind Stacks applications - and its latest changes show why dependable infrastructure sometimes means a shorter product menu.

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Albert Malikov
Founder · Executive · Operator

Albert Malikov

Albert Malikov is the founder and CEO of Stacks, a London-based startup building agentic AI for enterprise accounting and the month-end financial close. A former Head of International Product at Plaid and a product lead on Uber's Money team, he raised a $23M Series A led by Lightspeed in February 2026, less than a year after emerging from stealth, with customers including Epidemic Sound, Pleo and Bloom & Wild closing their books 50-60% faster.

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