David Truong

David Truong

👋 I like building and learning.

I'm the founder of Day Zero Labs - A lab to build and support startups on the frontier.

Over the years I’ve launched, scaled, and iterated on a range of products and experiments — from an Apple-featured app with millions of downloads to multiple open-sourced experiments and tools .

In web3/crypto, I was the 4th engineer at arguably the most successful DeFi protocol ($20B+ TVL) Aave, was a reviewer for Aave Grants DAO, and shipped the first mainnet collateral swap in 2020. I was also early to write and speak about dynamic bonding curves back in 2018.

I studied Comp Sci and Law, worked at Coinbase (2015), and have built multiple projects that were ideas, prototypes, or full launches (see projects list below). Further back, I was also a club DJ for 7 years 🪩 🤘 and have an online DJ course with 20k+ students.

I write, experiment, and invest — but my focus is building systems and products.

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