Eclipse Appoints Vijay Chetty As CEO To Replace Neel Somani

May 16, 2024•about 1 year ago

Position

Chief Growth Officer

Company

Eclipse

Vijay Chetty

San FranciscoBlockchainInformation TechnologySoftware

Description

Eclipse has appointed Vijay Chetty, its chief growth officer, as the new CEO to replace Neel Somani, the founder. The replacement comes after Somani's acknowledgment of allegations of sexual harassment.

Company Information

Company

Eclipse

Location

Rond Point Schuman

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Eclipse is a San Francisco-based technology company founded in 2022 by Neel Somani and Sam Thapaliya. Eclipse enables developers to deploy their own customizable rollups using the Solana virtual machine, using any chain for security or data storage. Their public testnet will go live in 2023 in the Celestia ecosystem, and will be rolled out across blockchain ecosystems thereafter. Developers who are interested in Eclipse's technology can sign up for the mailing list on Eclipse's website and follow Eclipse's Twitter.

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