Builder. Founder. Abhi Cris.
Founder of IPTO. Serial entrepreneur, IIT Roorkee graduate, and creative technologist.
The short version
Fifteen years of building technology between India, Japan, the Gulf, and the US: cognitive training, blockchain, healthcare, music tools, and now AI-native licensing. IIT Roorkee graduate. CTO, product lead, founder-CEO, in that order, and again.
Today's bet is IPTO, a platform that gives AI a licensing layer at the resolution the technology actually demands. In parallel: Create Protocol, a decentralized network for the post-AGI creative economy, and Human Data Rights, a frame for treating personal data the way we treat property.
The parallel discipline is music. I release as Abhi Cris. Electronic, ambient, experimental. Pre-2020 was the live era as Wild Monks. More on the music →
Made everywhere. The thing that connects all of it: a stubborn interest in building markets where there weren't any.
What Abhishek Krishna is building now
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IPTO
An AI-native licensing platform enabling ethical, licensed IP access via APIs.
AI-native licensing infrastructure Visit IPTO → -
Create Protocol
DeAI network accelerating human creativity and intelligence for a post-AGI world: decentralized creative economy infrastructure.
Web3 / AI Infrastructure Visit Create Protocol → -
Human Data Rights
A founder-led initiative exploring practical frameworks for human data rights in the age of AI.
Data rights / policy + tooling Visit Human Data Rights →
Career highlights
Key roles in Abhishek Krishna's career, from IIT Roorkee to the present.
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Co-Founder · IPTO
Jan 2025 – present
AI-native licensing platform: ethical, licensed IP through APIs for developers and creators, bridging the rights gap in AI. Singapore.
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Founder · Human Data Rights
Jan 2025 – present
Practical frameworks and tooling for human data rights in the age of AI.
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Founder · Create Protocol
May 2021 – present
DeAI network accelerating and incentivizing human creativity and intelligence for a post-AGI world: decentralized creative economy infrastructure.
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Chief Blockchain Officer · KCOLBCHAIN
Jun 2017 – present
Community of developers and experts focused on blockchain R&D (brand of Invoker Tech). Partnerships and applications across the ecosystem; builders contributed to work tied to projects such as Aave, Polygon, MakerDAO, and NEAR.
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Founder & CEO · Invoker Tech
Feb 2017 – present
Sector-agnostic technology company: software products, open source, building and grooming product and engineering teams, venture spinouts, and partnerships with entrepreneurs and businesses.
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Founder · Swasthstack
Feb 2020 – Dec 2020
Open-source healthcare software, protocols, and community for India.
Skills & expertise
Areas where Abhishek Krishna has deep experience.
Music & creative
Abhishek Krishna performs and produces music under the name Abhi Cris. Electronic, ambient, and experimental compositions, released on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, and other platforms. Music is not a side project; it is a core part of how Abhishek Krishna thinks about technology, culture, and creative expression.
Listen to Abhi Cris →Education
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Abhishek Krishna is a graduate of IIT Roorkee, one of India's premier engineering institutes. It was here that EdlogIQ began, with Project Prodigy reaching 15,000+ students and Neuron Gym surpassing 400,000 downloads worldwide.
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