Former Avalanche Foundation CEO Aytunç Yıldızlı joins 0G Labs as Chief Growth Officer

San Francisco-based 0G Labs has appointed Aytunç Yıldızlı, former CEO of the Avalanche Foundation, as Chief Growth Officer to lead its global adoption ￰0￱ move comes as the company positions itself as the execution layer for AI-native Web3 applications ahead of its upcoming mainnet launch and token generation event Yıldızlı was part of Avalanche’s ( AVAX ) founding team before taking over leadership of the Avalanche Foundation, where he helped steer the network from its early stages into one of the most established Layer 1 ￰1￱ work included ecosystem development, community expansion, and aligning strategic initiatives across the ￰2￱ AI-native applications on-chain At 0G, Yıldızlı will oversee developer growth, community building, and adoption ￰3￱ company is developing infrastructure specifically designed for AI workloads, including decentralized compute, storage, and real-time applications.

“The next era of Web3 will be powered by AI-native applications, and today’s blockchains aren’t built to meet that scale,” said Yıldızlı. “0G Labs is changing this by creating infrastructure purpose-built for AI, unlocking real-time compute, storage, and innovation. I’m thrilled to help shape this ecosystem and lead the charge toward the future of decentralized intelligence.” Michael Heinrich, co-founder and CEO of 0G Labs, said the appointment adds experienced leadership at a key stage: “With Aytunç joining our leadership team, we’re bringing on board one of the most experienced ecosystem leaders in ￰4￱ track record with Avalanche proves his ability to scale global developer and community ￰5￱ 0G, his leadership will accelerate our mission to power AI-native applications on-chain.” Featured image via Shutterstock.