Francesco Piccoli (francescop)

Francesco Piccoli

Co-Founder & CEO @almanax | Ex Head of Product @ AnChain AI | UC Berkeley engineering

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Today, @almanax transitions from beta to general availability (GA). What happens when the number of lines of code engineers produce goes up 100x thanks for coding assistants like Cursor? How are security teams supposed to handle that? We believe AI will change security the same way it’s changing software engineering. Almanax is an AI security engineer designed to help security teams prevent hacks. Sign up on app.almanax.ai and integrate LLMs in your security processes.

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I now have my own movie, narrated by Morgan Freeman 📽️ Kidding, it's just a trailer, and it's AI-generated. But it's honestly impressive, video generation capabilities improved a ton. I pasted my Linkedin profile URL on a website (linked below), and 8 minutes later I got this in my inbox. Ok now how do I actually get my own Iron Man suit

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In 2025 I had 451 meetings (not counting the in-person ones with the team), for a total of 585 people met, which apparently is in the top 2% of Circleback users. I actually hate meetings. I'm very protective of my calendar and skeptical that people in back-to-backs actually get anything done. Unless you're in sales, or relationship-building is a core part of your job. My manager at one of my previous jobs once told me that "the best meeting is the one that doesn't happen, because everyone is already on the same page" — and I live by that. A few best practices I try to follow: - If a meeting can be an email or a Slack message, don't meet - Most calls don't need to be 30 mins. 15 mins are starting to be my new default. Everyone runs much more efficiently. - Have a clear agenda shared in advance with participants - If you're not talking, you shouldn't join

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I just became a book author! Publishing a book has been on my bucket list since I was a kid, and thanks to Marco, Harpreet, and Brett I got to check that off much earlier than I imagined. Blockchain Application Security is the result of an effort Marco started in 2018 to address the security threats facing the blockchain industry. It’s incredible to see it come to life and hit both physical and digital shelves. When billions of dollars are on the line—with no way to reverse a transaction—blockchain applications become prime targets for attackers. I saw this firsthand while building products to investigate crypto exploits at AnChain, and at @almanax we’ve made it our mission to extinguish hacks. Institutions are moving onchain, and we can’t afford to lose billions every year. The book covers the essentials: distributed ledgers, consensus algorithms, digital wallets, smart contracts, privacy controls, DIDs, secure dApp architectures with component-level threat analysis and resilient APIs, token transactions, exchanges, and identity models. It also features a complete lifecycle example for securing a DeFi lending and borrowing platform, plus walkthroughs on smart contract development, AWS-integrated blockchain systems, frontend/API integration, and code auditing. Amazon link in the comments!

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I've been chatting with @jesse.base.eth, and in preparation for our public launch, decided to offer free security scans through @almanax for the next month to 10 projects building on @base.base.eth. If your project has smart contracts you'd like checked, comment below or DM me and we'll make it happen.

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Today, @almanax transitions from beta to general availability (GA). What happens when the number of lines of code engineers produce goes up 100x thanks for coding assistants like Cursor? How are security teams supposed to handle that? We believe AI will change security the same way it’s changing software engineering. Almanax is an AI security engineer designed to help security teams prevent hacks. Sign up on app.almanax.ai and integrate LLMs in your security processes.

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