{"version":1,"id":"kevin-li-kl","title":"Kevin Li K/L","summary":"Kevin Li is a technology executive and entrepreneur known as co-founder and CEO of Goldsky, a blockchain data infrastructure and analytics company.","content":"**Kevin Li**, also known as K/L, is a technology entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief executive officer of Goldsky, a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) data infrastructure and analytics company. He has held the role since October 2021.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-uzlc94dyy9)​\n\n## Career\n\nLi started Goldsky with his friend and co-founder Jeff Ling in 2021. The San Francisco-based company describes its work as building a modern [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) data stack and providing live-streamed [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) data. LinkedIn lists $23.3 million in funding across two rounds.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-g8jgqc5kio)​[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-uzlc94dyy9)​\n\nBefore Goldsky, Li was an engineering manager at 0x in San Francisco from May to October 2021. In that role, he supported a team building Matcha.xyz and helped drive a tenfold increase in daily active traders, according to his LinkedIn profile.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-uzlc94dyy9)​\n\n## Background and Writing\n\nLi moved to the United States at age five, dropped out of college at age 20, and has lived in and around San Francisco since 2014.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-g8jgqc5kio)​\n\nLi describes himself as an optimist, a contrarian, and a perfectionist, and says he believes deeply in regret minimization. He started a blog to collect and share learnings from ideas, describing writing as a way to structure and distill his thoughts.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-g8jgqc5kio)​\n","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"people"}],"tags":[{"id":"Founder"},{"id":"Speaker"}],"images":[{"id":"QmUZkZbDosogk8Ee2BKCp7Vu599PRCQrP2v3Ze6u6B2Tax","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"media":[],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"uzlc94dyy9\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jklmli/\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn profile\",\"timestamp\":1792431449961},{\"id\":\"g8jgqc5kio\",\"url\":\"https://kevin.the.li/about/\",\"description\":\"Kevin Li’s biography\",\"timestamp\":1792431449961}]"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://x.com/kevintheli"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jklmli/"},{"id":"website","value":"https://kevin.the.li/"},{"id":"main-image-origin","value":"{\"imageId\":\"QmUZkZbDosogk8Ee2BKCp7Vu599PRCQrP2v3Ze6u6B2Tax\",\"originalId\":\"QmUZkZbDosogk8Ee2BKCp7Vu599PRCQrP2v3Ze6u6B2Tax\"}"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"Add the Kevin Li K/L wiki"}],"events":[],"linkedWikis":{"founders":[],"blockchains":[],"speakers":[]},"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0x212Cb3F4aE6611054637f9f78F18fB628AD258bb"},"language":"en","operator":{"id":"0x212Cb3F4aE6611054637f9f78F18fB628AD258bb"}}