{"id":"humayun-sheikh","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Humayun Sheikh","hidden":false,"content":"**Humayun Sheikh** is the CEO and Co-founder of [Fetch.ai](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fetchai), an open-source and permissionless network leveraging [artificial intelligence](https://iq.wiki/wiki/artificial-intelligence-ai) (AI) to create a decentralized machine-learning system that can execute tasks on the [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). In August 2017, Sheikh co-founded [Fetch.ai](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fetchai) with [Toby Simpson](https://iq.wiki/wiki/toby-simpson) and [Thomas Hain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/thomas-hain).[[1]](#cite-id-4bwe6abj7oc)[[2]](#cite-id-vbnjdmmpb7) \n $$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](sl94YMj5GtQ)$$ \n\n## Education\n \nHumayun Sheikh attended NED University of Engineering and Technology where he received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from 1991-1995.[[2]](#cite-id-vbnjdmmpb7) \n \nFrom 2003-2004, Humayun attended the Cambridge Judge Entrepreneurship Centre for a Business Administration and Management course.[[2]](#cite-id-vbnjdmmpb7) \n \n\n## Career\nHumayun Sheikh was the Chairman of Mettalis Group, a UK Commodities trading company from 2013-2017.[[2]](#cite-id-vbnjdmmpb7) \n \nIn August 2014, he founded itzMe, a Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence company, and served as the CEO until December 2017. In June 2020, he founded [Mettalex](https://iq.wiki/wiki/mettalex), a financial-services venture enabling cross-chain decentralized-finance trading through a peer-to-peer order book and AI-agent execution, and served as its CEO until June 2022.[[2]](#cite-id-vbnjdmmpb7) Humayun was a founding investor in DeepMind where he supported commercialization for early-stage AI & deep neural network technology.[[2]](#cite-id-vbnjdmmpb7)[[3]](#cite-id-6w4ybbsqt2m)\n\n### Fetch.ai\nIn August 2017, Humayun Sheikh co-founded [Fetch.ai](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fetchai), the artificial intelligence lab developing the [Fetch.ai](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fetchai) platform alongside [Toby Simpson](https://iq.wiki/wiki/toby-simpson) and [Thomas Hain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/thomas-hain). [Fetch.ai](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fetchai) network is an open-access decentralized machine learning [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain)-based network created to enable the development and growth of the digital economy without human interference. The network connects devices and services to the Internet of Things (IoT) and also facilitates the involvement of other agents, such as people.[[1]](#cite-id-4bwe6abj7oc)[[2]](#cite-id-vbnjdmmpb7)\n\nThe [Binance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance) Launchpad IEO (Initial Exchange Offering) and token sale for [Fetch.ai](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fetchai) began on February 25, 2019.[[10]](#cite-id-fvti7jkgqs) In February 2019, the Fetch.AI (FET) token sale on the crypto exchange [Binance’s](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance) Launchpad reached its hard cap of $6 million dollars with the sale of over 69 million tokens. [Binance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance) CEO [Changpeng Zhao](https://iq.wiki/wiki/changpeng-zhao) reported in a tweet published the same day that the sale had been completed within a \"dizzying 22 seconds\".[[7]](#cite-id-2whwmapf7vl) The [Fetch.ai](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fetchai) [mainnet](https://iq.wiki/wiki/mainnet) went live on December 19, 2019.[[4]](#cite-id-5q9liqduwz2)[[11]](#cite-id-w2c3j7cj6k)\n\n> \"I have this passion for taking all these machine learning models, which are going to be the gold, and commercializing them so that everybody can have a participation in it. That was kind of the start of the Fetch journey, and we haven't looked back since then.\" - Humayun said in an interview with [Cryptonews](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptonews).[[5]](#cite-id-jrq6cxrx5lh)\n\nAccording to Humayun, the Fetch.ai technology targets various sectors, including those with a decentralized marketplace for service providers such as plumbers and electricians, promising increased efficiency and accessibility for small businesses.[[6]](#cite-id-lx2v6xahyzb)\n\n> \"Our objective is to create tools which can enable business cases to be developed and deployed in a decentralized manner and the ability to use ML/AI which can progressively be decentralized\" - Humayun posted in an explanatory X thread[[8]](#cite-id-t19lmgx83qr)\n\n $$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](Ls1NDkLxQlQ)$$ \n\n### Artificial Superintelligence Alliance\nOn March 27, 2024, [Fetch.ai](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fetchai) announced that it was forming the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance with [SingularityNET](https://iq.wiki/wiki/singularitynet) and [Ocean Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ocean-protocol). Sheikh was named chairman of the Alliance while continuing as [Fetch.ai](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fetchai)’s CEO. The organizations remained separate legal entities, with their teams, leadership, and treasuries unchanged.[[9]](#cite-id-9dd01m7teb)\n\nOn February 25, 2025, [Fetch.ai](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fetchai) announced ASI-1 Mini, a Web3-native large language model designed for complex agentic workflows. Sheikh described it as the first major product from the Alliance’s innovation stack.[[12]](#cite-id-vo71jqp6v9)","summary":"Humayun Sheikh is the CEO and co-founder of Fetch.ai, a blockchain network utilizing AI, and an alumnus of NED University and Cambridge Judge Entrepreneurship Centre.","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"Founders"}],"metadata":[{"id":"website","value":"https://fetch.ai/"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/HMsheikh4"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/humayun-sheikh-4530246a/?originalSubdomain=uk"},{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"4bwe6abj7oc\",\"url\":\"https://fetch.ai/\",\"description\":\"website\",\"timestamp\":1697200324680},{\"id\":\"vbnjdmmpb7\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/humayun-sheikh-4530246a/?originalSubdomain=uk\",\"description\":\"linkedin 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