Andy Carta

founder, investor, and independent researcher.
based in austin, texas.

now

building

surfex · discovery infrastructure for the agentic web

investing

personal capital across public and private markets

trading

active across public equities and crypto

before

managed

ronin digital · liquid token digital asset fund

consulted

pwc · sap finance transformation

researched

co-founded upnow crypto research

operated

head of supplements at giga fitness

recently

● wrote about why the agentic web needs a discovery layer, not just payment rails

● running AI discoverability audits for early-stage startups

● listening to a lot of Billy Strings' Highway Prayers

passions

guitar, reading and research, music rooted in the grateful dead, billy strings, and jimi hendrix, global adventure, sunshine, and nature.

motivation

family, freedom, and impact.

writing

thoughts on crypto, markets, and emerging technology · substack

elsewhere

norway

swiss

morocco