{"id":"sander-pick","title":"Sander Pick","content":"**Sander Pick** is a software engineer who specializes in decentralized technologies, including peer-to-peer systems, blockchain infrastructure, and decentralized storage. He is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of [Recall Labs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/recall). His work primarily focuses on projects related to [Filecoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/filecoin), [IPFS](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ipfs), and scalable [EVM](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum-virtual-machine-evm)-compatible networks, utilizing programming languages such as Go and Rust. He is based in Bozeman, Montana. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-4AKE1u6A1q)​\n\n## Education\n\nPick graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2007. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-4sx22JkNYz)​\n\n## Career\n\nPick began his career in technical and mechanical roles, first working as a machinist at Steen Machining in 2003 and later as an assistant machinist at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics from 2005 to 2006. During that period, he also held a student scientist position at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and an engineering internship at the National Wind Technology Center. In 2007, he joined Lighthouse Solar as a mechanical engineer before transitioning to lead software engineer in 2010. He then moved to Mission Motors in 2011, where he held software engineering and consulting roles for three years, contributing to the development of software for electric vehicle systems.\n\nIn 2015, Pick joined Apple’s Special Projects Group as a senior software engineer, focusing on experimental technologies. Two years later, he co-founded [Recall Labs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/recall), a company that built decentralized infrastructure and data tools for [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) applications, where he serves as Chief Technology Officer. In 2025, he became a staff software engineer at a stealth robotics company, working on advanced robotics systems. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-RjohcMiNzz)​\n\n## Technical Contributions\n\nPick is an active contributor to multiple open-source initiatives in the decentralized technology ecosystem. At [Recall Labs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/recall), he works on the core infrastructure for the [Recall network](https://iq.wiki/wiki/recall), including projects such as IPC (Inter-Planetary Consensus), which enables scalable, multi-level [EVM](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum-virtual-machine-evm)-compatible networks, and rust-recall, a set of Rust-based tools for network interaction. He is also involved with Textile, contributing to projects that enhance [IPFS](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ipfs) and [Filecoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/filecoin) functionality, such as go-threads, Powergate, and Bidbot. In addition, Pick contributes to the Tableland Network through work on go-tableland, a [validator](https://iq.wiki/wiki/validator) [node](https://iq.wiki/wiki/node) implementation that processes blockchain events and query requests. His technical expertise spans programming in Go and Rust, with a focus on technologies including [Filecoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/filecoin), [IPFS](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ipfs), IPLD, libp2p, [EVM](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum-virtual-machine-evm), FVM, and peer-to-peer database systems. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-6Npa4s1Kk4)​","summary":"Sander Pick is the Co-founder and CTO of the Recall Network, a decentralized platform for AI agents. 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