Illia Polosukhin

Illia Polosukhin

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Co-Founder @NEARProtocol. Bringing 1B users into User-Owned Internet. AI researcher. #AIAYN. RTs & likes are not endorsement. Always DYOR.

Old Code Vulnerabilities Resurface; New Fixes Must Bypass Model Limits
SocialApr 8, 2026

Old Code Vulnerabilities Resurface; New Fixes Must Bypass Model Limits

We are in cat and mouse game with next gen model or someone running current gen model in better harness expose vulnerabilities that have been in the codebase for decades. We need a new way to fix this that doesn’t rely...

By Illia Polosukhin
Simplify Sovereign Stack with Near Confidential Services
SocialApr 3, 2026

Simplify Sovereign Stack with Near Confidential Services

Sovereign stack: - near(.)com for all assets kept confidentially in non custodial wallet - near(.)ai for confidential ai inference and agent hosting IronClaw for everything else. Doesn’t have to be hard.

By Illia Polosukhin
Agents on NEAR Deliver Faster, Cheaper Work Than Fiverr
SocialApr 3, 2026

Agents on NEAR Deliver Faster, Cheaper Work Than Fiverr

I recently spoke at @NVIDIAGTC about how the agentic economy will transform market primitives. Not in a few years, but imminently. I highlighted NEAR Agent Market, where agents can exchange information, hire each other for jobs, or work on your behalf...

By Illia Polosukhin
4M Confidential Intents Signal Shift to Private Asset Management
SocialApr 3, 2026

4M Confidential Intents Signal Shift to Private Asset Management

$4m in confidential intents. This is just beginning of world going confidential. Go on near(.)com and move any asset into confidential balance

By Illia Polosukhin
From Google to NEAR: Why AI Needs Privacy
SocialApr 2, 2026

From Google to NEAR: Why AI Needs Privacy

New interview with the Sequence Chat on the road from Google to the transformer paper to building NEAR, why we need privacy and confidentiality in AI, and some 🌶️ takes on the Web3 and AI landscape today. https://t.co/5bggJ7d1iV

By Illia Polosukhin
Secure Rust‑based AI OS: IronClaw Protects Agent Harnesses
SocialMar 31, 2026

Secure Rust‑based AI OS: IronClaw Protects Agent Harnesses

Agent harnesses are the final operating system. Agent harnesses or “claws” are bringing a fundamental shift in computing, becoming the next-generation operating system with AI at its core. Unlike traditional OS that require users to navigate between apps, claws boot...

By Illia Polosukhin
Confidential Swaps Launch: Private, Cross‑Chain On‑Chain Trading
SocialMar 31, 2026

Confidential Swaps Launch: Private, Cross‑Chain On‑Chain Trading

Confidential swaps are now live on https://t.co/uilYXjP7S7! Confidentiality is the key unlock for onchain adoption. @near_intents is now the first cross-chain execution layer with protocol-level confidentiality. 35+ chains. Non-custodial. Not a wrapper, not a mixer. Users can share viewkeys optionally for...

By Illia Polosukhin
Encrypted Frontier Models Enable Private, Monetizable Inference
SocialMar 24, 2026

Encrypted Frontier Models Enable Private, Monetizable Inference

I’m often asked about the possibility of using frontier models in an open source environment. I believe that one way or another, frontier companies will eventually adopt the same approach as @near_ai has to privacy, secure enclaves, and end-to-end encryption....

By Illia Polosukhin
Coding with AI Agents Feels Like Casting Digital Spells
SocialMar 22, 2026

Coding with AI Agents Feels Like Casting Digital Spells

Coding with agents now feels like practicing magic - you chant prompts like spells and hope the right reality manifests

By Illia Polosukhin
Secure Asset Vault Now Features Dark Mode
SocialMar 22, 2026

Secure Asset Vault Now Features Dark Mode

Keep all your assets confidential all in one place on near(dot)com. Now with dark mode

By Illia Polosukhin
Agent “Claws” Transform Individual and Collaborative Work
SocialMar 19, 2026

Agent “Claws” Transform Individual and Collaborative Work

ICYMI: I went on @ForwardFuture to talk about what we're building at @near_ai, including IronClaw and Agent Marketplace, and how agent harnesses or "claws" are changing how we work individually and together. https://t.co/hWOcWtvTL2

By Illia Polosukhin
Rethinking Market Primitives for the 2026 Agentic Economy
SocialMar 17, 2026

Rethinking Market Primitives for the 2026 Agentic Economy

I'm giving a research talk at @NVIDIAGTC tomorrow, March 18 @ 9am PT! Virtual registration is free. As Jensen confirmed on Monday, 2026 is the year of the Claws. I'll talk about rethinking market primitives for an agentic economy with...

By Illia Polosukhin
NEAR Token Economics Overhauled: Inflation Halved, Fees Switched
SocialMar 12, 2026

NEAR Token Economics Overhauled: Inflation Halved, Fees Switched

Check out the SVRN report. NEAR token economics has massively changed in the past 4 months. Between inflation halving and fee switch from @near_intents it’s time to revisit it.

By Illia Polosukhin
One Multisig, All Chains, Full Team Control
SocialMar 5, 2026

One Multisig, All Chains, Full Team Control

All chains in one multisig. Built for teams to have full control under their fingertips.

By Illia Polosukhin