# Shashank Motepalli

> I build and study distributed systems, with a focus on coordination, decentralization, and economics. During my PhD at the University of Toronto, I researched blockchain consensus and reward mechanisms: how to measure and improve decentralization. Now, at Ekai Labs, I’m building B2B context infrastructure that turns private meeting notes into insights for the right partners, while preserving privacy. I’m also exploring compute markets.

11 papers and preprints from the PhD chapter. Google Scholar contains the wider publication record.

## Pages

- [Shashank Motepalli — Builder and researcher in distributed systems](./index.md): Shashank Motepalli builds and studies distributed systems, with a focus on coordination, decentralization, and economics. Building privacy-preserving B2B context infrastructure at Ekai Labs.
- [Research & PhD — Shashank Motepalli](./phd.md): PhD research at the University of Toronto on stake concentration, validator geography, and Layer 2 sequencers. Thesis, 11 papers and preprints, talks, teaching, and the PhD experience.
- [Ekai Labs — Shashank Motepalli](./ekai.md): We build B2B context infrastructure. Powered by confidential compute (TEEs), our system takes private meeting notes, securely extracts key insights, and routes them to the right partners—unlocking happenstance without compromising data sovereignty.

## Sources and structured data

- [Structured profile (JSON)](./profile.json): Biography, thesis and sources, publications, roles.
- [Doctoral thesis (PDF)](https://utoronto.scholaris.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/7c4ff69c-c295-4fcf-8a72-dbfd20e9a0a4/content)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sGuHIQgAAAAJ)