# 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 engineer turned 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).

## Building
- [Grove](https://grove.city) (CEO)

## Ventures
- [Gold Ranger Ventures](https://goldranger.xyz) (studio LLC — investing, advising, incubation)

## Writing
- [Substack](https://artsabintsev.substack.com)

## Incubating
- [Jewish Mythology](https://jewishmythology.com) (Currently incubating — AI-searchable reference library for Jewish mythological texts)
- [Commander Spellbook](https://commanderspellbook.com) (Incubated and sold, 2020–2021 — combo search engine for Magic: The Gathering)

## Previously
- [Pocket Network](https://pocket.network) (2018–2026)
- [Capital One](https://capitalone.com) (2018–2022, Head of Mobile Payments)
- [Washington Post](https://washingtonpost.com) (2015–2018, Head of Mobile Engineering)
- [ID.me](https://id.me) (2013–2015)

## Connect
- Email: [arthur.sabintsev@gmail.com](mailto:arthur.sabintsev@gmail.com)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/ArtSabintsev)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/artsabintsev)
- [Substack](https://substack.com/@artsabintsev)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/artsabintsev/)
- [X](https://x.com/artsabintsev)