# The Team ViralMind is led by a **tight-knit team of AI engineers, entrepreneurs, and developers** who have worked together for over **eight years**. The founders, who **grew up in Hawaii**, share a **longstanding friendship and deep technical collaboration**, making them uniquely positioned to **build a decentralized AI training ecosystem from the ground up.** The team is not only **technically elite** but also **proven in high-stakes AI competitions**, having successfully outperformed **some of the best AI hackers and prompt engineers** in Web3. *** ## **Founders** ### **Dillon Dupont – Co-Founder & AI Systems Architect** :books: **Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Dillon is the **architect behind ViralMind’s AI models, inference systems, and decentralized training infrastructure.** With **AI engineering experience at Microsoft** and deep research in **agentic AI and prompt engineering**, he is one of the most **technically proficient minds in the space.** 🔹 **Key Achievements:** * **Microsoft AI Engineer**, specializing in **large-scale AI model deployment and automation.** * Contributor to **Omniparser v2**, a widely used **data transformation and AI pipeline tool.** * Creator of **GPT-4V-Act** ([GitHub](https://github.com/ddupont808/GPT-4V-Act)), an advanced framework that **enhances GPT-4V’s ability to interact with visual elements and execute actions.** * Co-led the **largest jailbreak success on Solana**, reverse-engineering AI constraints to **win over $120K in competitive prize pools.** 🛠️ **Role at ViralMind: Chief Technology Officer** ✅ **Architecting the AI Training Gym & The Forge.** ✅ **Building VM-1 Inference API for AI model execution.** ✅ **Optimizing AI automation workflows for enterprise & Web3 use cases.** *** ### **Jaxon Heitz – Co-Founder & Operations Lead** :books: University of Hawaii Manoa Jaxon is the **strategic leader behind ViralMind**, ensuring the project’s success in **funding, growth, and business execution.** With multiple successful ventures under his belt, he has a **strong ability to navigate market challenges and sell the vision of ViralMind as a revolutionary AI model.** 🔹 **Key Achievements:** * Built and scaled **multiple businesses** at a young age, developing expertise in **finance, growth strategy, and business development.** * Leads the **$VIRAL token economy**, designing **an AI-driven incentive system that fuels long-term sustainability.** * Secured **strategic partnerships and funding opportunities**, helping position ViralMind as **a leading AI automation project.** * **Successfully led the team’s efforts in JailbreakMe on Solana**, outplaying AI security measures to **win two of the largest prize pools.** 🛠️ **Role at ViralMind: Chief Executive Officer** ✅ **Oversees $VIRAL’s tokenomics and training pool incentives.** ✅ **Leads fundraising, investor relations, and business development.** ✅ **Drives adoption through enterprise partnerships and AI deployment strategies.** *** ### **Morgan Dean – Co-Founder & Infrastructure Engineer** :books: University of British Columbia Morgan is the **software engineering powerhouse** of the team, responsible for **scaling ViralMind’s AI training infrastructure, deploying decentralized AI systems, and optimizing compute efficiency.** His background in **Cognitive Systems (COGS) from UBC** gives him a unique perspective on **human-AI interaction and machine learning optimization.** 🔹 **Key Achievements:** * **Won multiple grants and startup competitions,** proving his ability to **build scalable applications from the ground up.** * **Developed and launched full-stack AI-driven applications**, demonstrating **deep engineering expertise in real-world AI deployment.** * Leads the **infrastructure development for ViralMind**, ensuring that services and AI models **train, execute, and deploy seamlessly across different environments.** * Played a critical role in **engineering the AI simulation that helped the team win Solana’s JailbreakMe challenge.** 🛠️ **Role at ViralMind: Chief Infrastructure Officer** ✅ **Engineering ViralMind’s AI training and inference infrastructure.** ✅ **Developing AI agent deployment tools via The Forge.** ✅ **Ensuring ViralMind’s AI models can run efficiently across Web2 and Web3 applications.** *** ### **The Team’s Success in AI Jailbreaking: A Testament to Their Expertise** Beyond their technical and business achievements, the ViralMind team has **proven their dominance in the AI space** through real-world AI security challenges. 🔹 **JailbreakMe: The Largest AI Jailbreak on Solana** * The team participated in **JailbreakMe**, a Solana-based AI challenge where projects designed AI assistants with **built-in safety restrictions** that could only be bypassed by **deep AI understanding and adversarial testing.** * The ViralMind founders **reverse-engineered the AI models, uncovered hidden functions, and successfully "hacked" the challenge**, forcing the AI to **call a success function.** * **Won the two largest prize pools, totaling over $120K USD.** * Used **their own AI simulation framework** to test and refine jailbreak strategies, demonstrating their **deep expertise in AI model constraints and adversarial testing.** ✅ **Why This Matters:** * The ViralMind team has **proven their ability to manipulate and control AI systems**—a critical skill in **building agentic AI models that act independently.** * Their win showcases their **technical dominance over AI security and prompt engineering.** * **If they can break AI systems, they can also build and optimize them for real-world applications.** *** ## **Why This Team is Built for Success** Unlike most AI startups, ViralMind’s founders have: ✅ **Worked together for over 8 years**, building strong trust and collaboration. ✅ **Grown up in Hawaii**, giving them a unique perspective on **community-driven innovation.** ✅ **Built, scaled, and won in high-stakes AI challenges**, proving their technical superiority. ✅ **Backgrounds in AI engineering, finance, and full-stack software development**, making them a well-rounded founding team. With **Dillon’s AI expertise, Jaxon’s business leadership, and Morgan’s engineering talent**, ViralMind is positioned to **redefine AI training, deployment, and monetization.** --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.viralmind.ai/the-team.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.