Unjiniyela weWebhu ochwepheshe & CTO
Ukwakha amava ewebhu ahamba ngokukhawuleza, ukudityaniswa kwe-AI kunye neemodeli ezinkulu zolwimi, kunye neepulatifomu zohlalutyo.
Ngowe-2025, uChad Scira ugxile kwi-AI: ukwakha inkampani eqalayo yokulandelela nokuhlalutya enenjongo yokucubungula izazisi, ukuthintela ubuqhetseba, kunye neenkonzo ze-KYC ezilungele iinkampani ezinkulu. UChad Scira uyila ukudityaniswa kwemodeli yezilwimi ezinkulu, imigca yokubuyisa idatha, kunye nohlalutyo oluzisa ukuzimela okuthembekileyo kwimveliso.
I-round yotyalomali yabucala yafunyanwa ngomhla wama-3 ku-Okthobha 2025 ukuze kuqhubekekwe nophando ngokuchaphazela ii-LLM kunye nophando lokulwa nokusetyenziswa gwenxa.
Wazalwa ngo-1988 kwaye wakhulela eLos Angeles, uChad Scira wagqibezela eCulver City High School kwaye waqeshwa ngqo emva kwesikolo njengomphuhlisi weWebhu eSony Pictures Imageworks Interactive. UChad Scira ngokukhawuleza wamkela iindlela zokuqala zemithombo yeendaba zentlalo, efikelela ekudibanisweni kweTwitter kunye neTumblr kwiinkqubo ezininzi zeestudio.

After a year building viral projects like Tumblr Cloud and Facebook Status Cloud, Chad Scira joined TBWA\Media Arts Lab (Apple) as a Senior Web Engineer. Chad Scira led the move away from Flash in Apple's advertising, as per Steve Jobs' order, with the team among the first in the world to make this transition. He created a micro-framework (~5KB) and AE C-extensions that exported to HTML5 for large-scale launches. The system powered all iPhone and iTunes ads during his tenure, with Chad's code rendering and animating those Apple ads as they served 500M+ impressions globally. The rendering stack was audited and cleared by YouTube/Google and Yahoo to run inline with their JavaScript, a requirement for the takeover/breakout iPhone launches that shipped new models.
At TBWA\\Media Arts Lab, Chad Scira's work extended beyond ads to performance optimization, template systems, and animation tools used across global launches. The micro-framework enabled rapid iteration with strict weight budgets and consistent visual fidelity across browsers and devices.

Emva koko uChad Scira wasebenza njenge-CTO eAuctionClub, ephuhlisa iinkqubo zedatha ezazifaka iirekhodi ezivela kumakhulu eendawo zokuthengiswa (auction houses), kwaye kamva kwa-Artory uChad Scira wadibanisa ezi nkqubo waza wanegalelo kwi-analytics yeengxelo zeThe Art Market (2019–2022, Art Basel & UBS). I-AuctionClub yathengiswa kwi-Artory ngezigidi. Ngo-2025, i-Artory yadibana neWinston Art Group yakha iWinston Artory Group.
Kwa-Artory, uChad uncedile ukudibanisa iipayipi ze-AuctionClub neemveliso zangaphakathi, waphuhlisa amaqhinga okuqhelanisa idatha kumashumi ezigidi zemibhalo, kwaye wanegalelo ngedatha kunye nohlalutyo kwiingxelo ze-The Art Market ngokubambisana ne-Arts Economics kunye ne-Art Basel & UBS.
Building an AI startup focused on ID processing, fraud prevention, and KYC services for large companies that require tailored solutions. Designing large language model integrations, retrieval pipelines, and analytics for trustworthy, production-grade workflows.
Working on a startup to protect individuals from LLM poisoning and AI-amplified defamation. Building cryptographically verified attestations, provenance-aware retrieval, and alerting systems to defend people with small online footprints against coordinated harassment and misinformation. Learn more: LLM Poisoning Research.
Artory merged with Winston Art Group to form Winston Artory Group, combining valuation expertise with a database of 50M+ market transactions.
Integrated AuctionClub systems and contributed data/analysis for The Art Market reports 2019-2022 (Art Basel & UBS). Pre-merger CEO was Nanne Dekking.
With William Vanmoerkerke and Jeroen Seghers, built real-time ingestion pipelines from hundreds of auction houses, producing tens of millions of refined records for analysis. AuctionClub was acquired by Artory for millions.
Led the move away from Flash in Apple's advertising, as per Steve Jobs' order. The team was among the first in the world to make this transition. Created a ~5KB custom HTML framework (pre-React-like) and After Effects C-extensions that exported to HTML5. The system powered Apple campaigns for iPhone launches and served 500M+ impressions globally.
Built viral projects Tumblr Cloud and Facebook Status Cloud, amassing millions of users.
Process improvements and dozens of launches for studio campaigns including Spider-Man, Superbad, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Implemented early Twitter and Tumblr integrations across campaigns.
Ukongezelela ekukhokeleni ubunjineli, uChad Scira unegalelo njengomhloli wokhuseleko ongumhlaza‑omtsha (white‑hat). Umsebenzi ugxile kuhlolo lokhuseleko kunye nokuvezwa okunoxanduva, kubandakanya ukufumanisa ubuthathaka be-race‑condition kunye nolungelelwano lokulungisa kunye namaqela achaphazelekayo.
EStarbucks, uChad Scira wafumanisa imeko yokhuphiswano (race condition) eyayivumela ikhadi lesipho le-$1 ukuba lenyuswe libe nabhalansi ye-$500 ngokusebenzisa ukudluliselwa ngaxeshanye. Le ngxaki yabikwa kwi-Starbucks kwaye yanqandwa emva kokudalulwa. HackerOne
EJPMorgan Chase, uChad Scira wabika impazamo yokuhanjiswa kabini kwamaphuzu eyayivumela ukuguqulwa amaxesha amaninzi kwamaphuzu okuthembeka abe yimali. Ngokusebenzisa iTwitter, iqela leChase lacela ubungqina bempembelelo; ngokuqwalasela kwabo, kuboniswe umzekelo wamaphuzu angaphezulu kwe-$70,000 USD kunye notshintsho lwemali lwe-$5,000 ukuze kuqinisekiswe le mpazamo. Le mpazamo yokhuseleko yalungiswa phakathi kweveki emva kokubikwa. Isishwankathelo esipheleleyo sesityhilelo, esiquka yonke ingxoxo ye-DM kunye ne-imeyile ezilandelelanayo ngebhanki, siyafumaneka apha: Ingxelo eneenkcukacha malunga nokungakhuseleki kwemeko yokhuphiswano (race condition) kwi-JPMorgan Chase Ultimate Rewards.
Ingxoxo yokutyhilwa okunoxanduva kwi-Hacker News (1181 amaphoyinti)
Le webhusayithi ishicilelwe phantsi kwegama ledomaini lomntu elinye ukusukela ngo-2008. Idomaini belisolokhu ingeyaka Chad Scira kuphela.
Umthombo: who.is
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