# Arthur Sabintsev

> Physicist, engineer, and two-time founder. Co-founder of Grove, the team behind Pocket Network. Took the POKT token past a $1B+ market cap. Contact: arthur.sabintsev@gmail.com.

## About
Arthur Ariel Sabintsev is a physicist turned software engineer turned two-time founder. He co-founded [Grove](https://grove.city), the team behind [Pocket Network](https://pocket.network), the decentralized network where machines pay machines for blockchain access billions of times a month, and helped take its token (POKT) past a $1B+ market cap. He writes about AI agents, stablecoins, and operator craft on [Substack](https://artsabintsev.substack.com). His career spans physics research, mobile and web engineering at organizations including the Washington Post and Capital One, and leadership in decentralized infrastructure.

## Current Work

### Grove
- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO
- **Website:** [grove.city](https://grove.city)
- **Context:** Grove is the team behind Pocket Network.

### Ventures
- **Studio:** [Gold Ranger Ventures](https://goldranger.xyz)
- **Scope:** investing, advising, incubation

### Writing
- **Publication:** [artsabintsev.substack.com](https://artsabintsev.substack.com)
- **Topics:** AI agents, stablecoins, onchain products, operator craft, knowledge systems, mobile.

### Incubations
- [Jewish Mythology](https://jewishmythology.com) (currently incubating — an AI-searchable reference library for Jewish mythological texts)
- [Commander Spellbook](https://commanderspellbook.com) (built and sold, 2020–2021 — a combo search engine for Magic: The Gathering's Commander format)

## Career History

### Pocket Network (2018–2026)
- Decentralized network for blockchain RPC access and AI inference
- Co-founder via Grove
- Took the POKT token past a $1B+ market cap
- **Website:** [pocket.network](https://pocket.network)

### Capital One (2018–2022)
- **Role:** Head of Mobile Payments
- Financial services and technology
- **Website:** [capitalone.com](https://capitalone.com)

### Washington Post (2015–2018)
- **Role:** Head of Mobile Engineering
- News media and publishing technology
- **Website:** [washingtonpost.com](https://washingtonpost.com)

### ID.me (2013–2015)
- Digital identity verification
- **Website:** [id.me](https://id.me)

## Background
Arthur's background is in physics, with a career trajectory from research into software engineering and ultimately into founding and leading technology companies. He has experience across mobile development, web engineering, decentralized infrastructure, and venture building.

## Social Profiles
- Email: [arthur.sabintsev@gmail.com](mailto:arthur.sabintsev@gmail.com)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/ArtSabintsev). Open source contributions and projects
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/artsabintsev). Full professional history
- [Substack profile](https://substack.com/@artsabintsev). Author profile
- [Substack publication](https://artsabintsev.substack.com). Long-form writing
- [Telegram](https://t.me/artsabintsev/). Direct messaging
- [X / Twitter](https://x.com/artsabintsev). Updates and commentary

## Website
- **URL:** [sabintsev.com](https://sabintsev.com)
- **Type:** Personal homepage
- **Content:** Portrait homepage with Grove / Ventures / Writing links, email and social icons (including Substack profile)
- **Agent files:** [llms.txt](https://sabintsev.com/llms.txt), [llms-full.txt](https://sabintsev.com/llms-full.txt), [ai.txt](https://sabintsev.com/ai.txt)