# Zhenwu Shi

> Zhenwu Shi is the founder and CEO of InfStones, a blockchain infrastructure company established in 2018. A Georgia Tech Ph.D. and former Oracle software engineer, he leads a business providing node management, staking infrastructure, and blockchain API services to developers and institutions worldwide.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at InfStones
- **Organizations:** InfStones, Oracle, C3 AI
- **Education:** Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Founded InfStones in 2018., Led InfStones through a $33 million Series B and a subsequent $66 million financing announced in 2022., Built a blockchain infrastructure business backed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and GGV Capital.

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Encountered Bitcoin during doctoral research.
- **2014** — Georgia Tech dissertation: Non-worst-case response time analysis for real-time systems design.
- **After Ph.D.; dates unverified** — Worked as a senior software engineer at Oracle; professional profiles also record engineering work at C3 AI.
- **2018** — Founded InfStones.
- **2021** — InfStones partnered with imToken on ETH staking.
- **2022** — InfStones announced $33 million and $66 million funding rounds and a collaboration with Oracle.
- **2024** — InfStones introduced Node-as-a-Service for DePIN users.
- **2025** — Attended Consensus Hong Kong with colleagues Rudy Lu and Siqi Hui.

## Achievements

- Founded InfStones in 2018.
- Led InfStones through a $33 million Series B and a subsequent $66 million financing announced in 2022.
- Built a blockchain infrastructure business backed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and GGV Capital.
- Completed a Georgia Tech doctorate examining response times in real-time systems.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Company update: InfStones introduced Blockchain Intelligence for Claude, with 14 read-only tools for Ethereum and BNB Chain.
- **2026-04** — Company update: InfStones added a multi-wallet dashboard to its Ethereum staking Dapp.
- **2025-03** — An event recap confirmed Shi attended Consensus Hong Kong in February 2025.
- **2025-01** — Company update: InfStones announced SOC 2 Type II attestation.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhenwu-shi-32a1376b/

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Last updated: 2026-10-25