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ChainAware.ai was founded by twin brothers Martin and Tarmo Ploom - combining a decade each at Credit Suisse with deep expertise in AI, big data, and enterprise architecture.

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Our Team

Key Takeaways
- Co-founded by twin brothers Martin Ploom (CEO) and Tarmo Ploom (CTO) - both former VPs at Credit Suisse in Zurich with 10+ years of institutional finance experience
- Martin holds CFA, EMBA, and co-founded SmartCredit.io in 2018 - the DeFi lending use case that revealed the need for on-chain behavioural intelligence
- Tarmo holds a PhD (Max Planck Institute), CFA, CAIA, and the OpenGroup Distinguished Architect certification - one of the highest professional certifications in enterprise architecture
- Backed by ChainGPT Labs (lead investor), coinIX (SAFT, November 2024), Google Cloud ($250K grant), and selected for the AWS Global Fintech Accelerator

ChainAware.ai is built by two people who spent over a decade inside one of the world's largest banks before deciding to build the trust infrastructure Web3 was missing.

Martin Ploom - Co-Founder & CEO

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/martinploom

Martin leads commercial strategy, product vision, and business development at ChainAware.ai. His background spans over a decade as VP at Credit Suisse in Zurich, and prior to that at Man Investments - giving him a firsthand view of how institutional risk assessment and compliance actually work at scale.

He holds a CFA charter, an EMBA, and a master's degree.

Before ChainAware.ai, Martin co-founded SmartCredit.io in 2018 - a DeFi fixed-term lending platform - out of which the need for on-chain behavioral intelligence became clear. ChainAware.ai launched in February 2023.

His thesis: monetary systems transform every 50-60 years, and blockchain represents that shift in our lifetime. The opportunity isn't just financial - it's infrastructural.

Tarmo Ploom - Co-Founder & CTO

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tarmo-ploom

Tarmo leads all technical architecture and platform development at ChainAware.ai. He is an OpenGroup Distinguished Architect - one of the highest professional certifications in enterprise architecture - and holds a PhD from the Max Planck Institute in Munich, alongside CFA and CAIA designations.

Before ChainAware.ai, Tarmo spent over 10 years as VP of Global Integration Architecture at Credit Suisse, and subsequently served as Chief Architect at Finova. He brings the same rigour applied to global banking infrastructure to ChainAware's AI prediction engine, multi-chain data layer, and MCP server architecture.

The platform's 32 Claude-powered sub-agents, 20M+ wallet personas, and sub-100ms API response times are a direct product of his architectural decisions.

Backed By

  • ChainGPT Labs - Lead investor
  • coinIX - Investor (SAFT, November 2024)
  • Google Cloud - $250K infrastructure grant
  • AWS Global Fintech Accelerator - Selected participant

Frequently Asked Questions

Who founded ChainAware?
ChainAware was co-founded by twin brothers Martin Ploom (CEO) and Tarmo Ploom (CTO), both former VPs at Credit Suisse in Zurich with over 10 years of institutional finance experience. They launched the company in February 2023.

What problem did the founders set out to solve?
Martin co-founded SmartCredit.io in 2018 - a DeFi lending platform - and discovered firsthand that no reliable way existed to assess on-chain borrower risk without off-chain identity data. ChainAware was built to fill that gap with behavioural intelligence derived entirely from public blockchain data.

Who backs ChainAware?
ChainGPT Labs is the lead strategic investor. coinIX invested via SAFT in November 2024. ChainAware has also received a $250K Google Cloud infrastructure grant and was selected for the AWS Global Fintech Accelerator.

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