Dr. Brook on the Blockchain

Ep 52: Connecting Creators with Their Communities with Kyle Tut, Co-Founder & CEO of Pinata, An NFT Management Platform


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In a world of expensive data storage, Pinata's cofounders take a leap of faith, quitting their jobs to build a platform that makes data storage on the blockchain more accessible and user-friendly for NFT creators.


"When you're right and you're early, it's the exact same thing as being wrong." -Kyle Tut


Kyle Tut is the cofounder and CEO of Pinata, the number one platform for NFT Media Management. In 2018, he and his cofounder Matt launched Pinata at the Hackathon East Berlin and won. They serve over 2400 users worldwide and have more than 120,000,000 files pinned on IPFS.


In this episode, you will learn the following:

1. How Kyle and Matt founded Pinata, a platform for NFT Media Management, and won a hackathon in 2018

2. How Kyle Tut's experience with blockchain technology led him to start a blockchain consulting company

3. How the development of NFTs created an opportunity for Pinata to grow significantly


This is Kyle Tut's story...


In 2017, Kyle Tut left his job to pursue his interest in blockchain technology. He met Matt at a hackathon in New York and convinced him to quit his job and join him in building a blockchain consulting company. The two eventually stumbled upon the idea for Pinata, a platform for NFT Media Management, and won a hackathon with it in 2018. Despite their early success, the company struggled for two years to find funding and gain traction. However, they persisted and eventually found success when NFTs started taking off in 2020. Pinata is now a well-established platform with over 2400 users worldwide.


In this episode, you will learn the following:

1. How Kyle and Matt founded Pinata, a platform for NFT Media Management, and won a hackathon in 2018

2. How Kyle Tut's experience with blockchain technology led him to start a blockchain consulting company

3. How the development of NFTs created an opportunity for Pinata to grow significantly


Connect with Kyle:

Pinata: https://www.pinata.cloud/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KyleTut

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29k2C1JXyg4


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