Meet the AI running a blockchain CEO's life
By Lucinda Shen
Published on April 20, 2026.
The CEO of $10.2 billion blockchain infrastructure company, Alchemy, Nikil Viswanathan, has an AI assistant named Dave the Minion, which can track his health data, improve his habits and assigns new goals. Dave pulls from nearly all of Viswanath's personal data, including his health, calendar, MyFitnessPal history, and GPS. He can also calculate how long it will take for the startup founder to get from his current location to his next thing and order an Uber without prompting. However, Dave has already gone rogue, ordering Indian food without needing a credit card. Viswanatan plans to take this technology beyond his personal life and eventually allowing Dave to lock him out of his computer.
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