Nikil Viswanathan is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist known as the co-founder and CEO of the web3 development platform Alchemy, and the co-creator of the viral social application Down to Lunch. He is an alumnus of Stanford University, where he specialized in Artificial Intelligence. ^{[1] [2]}​

Education

Nikil Viswanathan earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science from Stanford University. He completed a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science, followed by a Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science at the same institution. ^[4]

Career

Nikil Viswanathan is a technology entrepreneur and executive whose career has focused on software platforms, developer tools, and consumer applications. He co-founded Alchemy in 2017 and has served as its chief executive officer since its founding, overseeing the development of a blockchain infrastructure and developer platform. Prior to Alchemy, he co-founded and led Down To Lunch, a social networking application active between 2016 and 2017. Earlier in his career, Viswanathan founded Fountainhop, a campus events platform, and held engineering, product management, and teaching roles, including positions at Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Stanford University, where he also served as a course and teaching assistant for multiple computer science courses. ^{[4] [1] [5]}

Media Appearances

In an interview from November 2025, Viswanathan discussed the origins of Alchemy, the infrastructure challenges faced by early blockchain developers, and his vision for the platform's role in the broader adoption of web3 technologies.