i started by breaking games. modded tf2 and ran my own server with no rules. you could fly. you could surf.
born in jodhpur, did a few years in bombay, back to jodhpur, then bangkok in 2010. grew up there.
anirudh makhana
i'm teaching ai agents how to spend money.
founding engineer at perflo. jodhpur kid, bangkok raised. happiest when something is going really fast.
got into crypto and spent 2+ years at gelato helping teams like kraken, lisk and reya launch their own chains. even had gelato running on tempo before the chain went live. fun times.
in jan 2026 i left to go all in on payments and stablecoins. kept pulling the thread and ran into x402.
been tweeting about it since the early days. now i'm at perflo, making it so agents can pay for stuff without someone holding their hand.
what drives me
fasten seatbelt
"most people live inside a plan they never actually made."
alastair on youtube · 8 min · left a fine job in jan 2026. this is why.
the short version
- born in jodhpur → bombay → jodhpur → bangkokbangkok in 2010. grew up there.. bangkok since 2010.
- modded my tf2 serverno rules. you could fly. you could surf. and ran a private server where you could fly.
- 2+ years at gelato · 23-26helped teams like kraken, lisk and reya launch their own chains. even ran on
before the chain went live., helping crypto teams launch their own chains. - left in jan 2026 to go deep on stablecoins and payments.
- ran into feb 11 2026“ok so stripe just dropped something lowkey insane and nobody is explaining it properly” early and haven't shut up about it since.
- now a founding engineer at perflo.
- will remember the tiny thing you told me 2 years ago. ask my friends.
outside work it's mostly things that go fast. , car and plane engines, , skydiving. also calisthenics, running and basketball.
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