{"id":"alec-james","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Alec James","hidden":false,"content":"**Alec James** is the Ecosystem Growth Manager at [Ora Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ora-protocol) — a verifiable [oracle](https://iq.wiki/wiki/oracle) protocol that brings AI and complex computation on-chain. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-98v7l9fmdsu)[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-8fyyp28ucpk)  \n  \n# Education  \n  \nAlec James attended Duke University from 2019 to 2023 and graduated with a B.A. Psychology & B.A. Environmental Science & Policy. Afterward, he was accepted for a merit scholarship into Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-98v7l9fmdsu)[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-id8lahy0rp)  \n  \n# Career  \n  \nIn January 2020, Alec co-founded You Change Earth — a climate action web app to inform personalized high-impact behavioral change and he served as the Head of Growth until August 2021. He then served as a Product Manager at Fibre until 2022. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-to261y2lud)  \n  \n<br>  \nIn January 2022, he co-founded Harkness DAO — an international community of builders developing digital products and he served as the Product Manager until October 2022. He also interned at Common Action and Quantum Temple as a Product Manager where he supported the development of industry-leading products in the impact-tech sector by driving progress at all lifecycle stages. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-98v7l9fmdsu)[\\[5\\]](#cite-id-rbyzn8mnljc)  \n  \n## ORA  \n  \nAlec James joined [ORA Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ora-protocol) (fka HyperOracle) in January 2024 as the Ecosystem Growth Manager. Ora Protocol offers an on-chain oracle protocol (zkOracle protocol) that handles arbitrary computations for [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) [smart contracts](https://iq.wiki/wiki/smart-contract). With two main products — AI Oracle (OAO) and ZK Oracle, Ora positions itself as an [oracle](https://iq.wiki/wiki/oracle) solution for developers, offering practical AI Oracle functionality usable on [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum). Additionally, their ZK Oracle is trustless and solely cryptography-based. [\\[6\\]](#cite-id-kweek2kprro)  \n  \nOn February 14, 2024, Ora introduced Onchain AI Oracle (OAO), a set of [smart contracts](https://iq.wiki/wiki/smart-contract) allowing onchain ML inference. [\\[8\\]](#cite-id-4n9ca4dykwc)  \n  \n> \"The team released the world’s first product that allows smart contracts, dApps and blockchains to be powered by AI. OAO is based on a standard for combining AI inference and blockchain systems, called Optimistic Machine Learning (opML). This solved the issues of cost and efficiency associated with Zero-Knowledge ML (zkML) and facilitates the use of AI in blockchain systems right now\" - Alec James posted on Linkedin[\\[7\\]](#cite-id-ehmi8uzdhr6)","summary":"Alec James is the Ecosystem Growth Manager at Ora Protocol, co-founder of You Change Earth, and former Product Manager at Fibre.","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"people"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"PeopleInDeFi"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"98v7l9fmdsu\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/alec-james-3b5b861a4/\",\"description\":\"linkedin profile\",\"timestamp\":1709887383866},{\"id\":\"8fyyp28ucpk\",\"url\":\"https://twitter.com/0xAlecJames\",\"description\":\"twitter profile\",\"timestamp\":1709887393272},{\"id\":\"id8lahy0rp\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/school/fuqua-school-of-business/\",\"description\":\"fuqua school of business\",\"timestamp\":1709889188532},{\"id\":\"to261y2lud\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/alec-james-3b5b861a4/details/experience/\",\"description\":\"linkedin - career \",\"timestamp\":1709889337960},{\"id\":\"rbyzn8mnljc\",\"url\":\"https://excellent-sprout-2b7.notion.site/Alec-James-Portfolio-b5739af46c194a06ae50c7af141472dd\",\"description\":\"Alec James' portfolio\",\"timestamp\":1709890059623},{\"id\":\"kweek2kprro\",\"url\":\"https://www.ora.io/\",\"description\":\"ora's website\",\"timestamp\":1709891241693},{\"id\":\"ehmi8uzdhr6\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7170112718853623808/\",\"description\":\"alec james post on linkedin\",\"timestamp\":1709891685341},{\"id\":\"4n9ca4dykwc\",\"url\":\"https://x.com/OraProtocol/status/1757782376539914610?s=20\",\"description\":\"X - oao's introduction\",\"timestamp\":1709891838452}]"},{"id":"website","value":"https://www.ora.io/"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/0xAlecJames"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/alec-james-3b5b861a4/"}],"user":{"id":"0x212cb3f4ae6611054637f9f78f18fb628ad258bb"},"author":{"id":""},"media":[],"views":0,"events":[{"title":"Co-founder, Product Manger at Harkness DAO","description":"In January 2022, Alec founded Harkness DAO ","link":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/alec-james-3b5b861a4/","date":"2022-01","type":"DEFAULT"},{"title":"Product Management Intern, Quantum Temple","description":"Alec was an intern at Quantum Temple in September 2023","link":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/alec-james-3b5b861a4/","date":"2023-09","type":"DEFAULT"},{"title":"Ecosystem Growth, ORA ","description":"Alec James joined ORA Protocol in January 2024","link":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/alec-james-3b5b861a4/","date":"2024-01","type":"DEFAULT"}],"images":[{"id":"QmQUgyuDKAGkBzM7oQW1Vdkbi6DQgjv4nzG6uFtf3VFHG6","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}]}