Andrei Blinov

Andrei Blinov

Tech entrepreneur bridging creative and financial worlds.
With my background as a classical pianist and my current role as a distributed systems architect, I work to build infrastructure for the creative economy.
I code in C++ and perform Beethoven. Eight years of classical piano taught me that precision and soul aren't opposites; they're partners. That's why I create technology that serves human creativity, not the other way around.
Amsterdam based. Previously: Cyprus, Finland, Israel.

Why I Build Things

I always admired my father's work supporting Holocaust survivors and building Jewish communities, and this taught me that good infrastructure holds space for life to flourish. Watching him transform isolation into connection showed me what technology should do: make us more human, not less.

Every system I create carries this lesson: sustainable communities are built on trust, not extraction. I build where culture and code meet because the best infrastructure disappears so humanity can shine through.

Current Project
Johi Technologies
CEO & Founder | November 2024 - Present | Amsterdam
Building next-generation banking for creators. Financial infrastructure that understands irregular income, global audiences, and the true value of creative work.
Featured In

Sandy Times, Art Dubai (AAF), Art Dubai (TON), Yahoo Finance, Binance, GetBlock, CryptoRank, TechCrunch, Business Wire, The PIE News, Soracom, Omnilinks Group

Speaking: Epic Web3 Conference

Notable Projects
AAF Projects x Ellen Sheidlin Studio
Co-Founder | Dubai, 2025
Featured in: Sandy Times Art Dubai
Foundation supporting digital fine art and young artists. Advancing cutting-edge visual culture.
TON Diamonds
CTO & CPO | March 2022 - October 2024 | Dubai
Featured in: Yahoo Finance Binance GetBlock Art Dubai CryptoRank
First NFT marketplace on TON blockchain. Helped digital artists earn over $1M. Processed $25M+ in transactions. Built strong connections with TON ecosystem and Telegram.
Engageli
Founding R&D Tech Leader | July 2021 - February 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Featured in: TechCrunch, Business Wire, The PIE News
Video collaboration platform designed for engaged e-learning communities. Worked directly with Matan Yemini (VP R&D), Serge Plotkin (CTO, Stanford/Decru), and Dan Avida (CEO, EFI/Decru) to build high-scale education technology comparable to Google Meet and Zoom, but optimized for interactive learning.
Electron-to-Go
Lead of R&D | December 2017 - July 2021 | Los Angeles
Featured in: Soracom Case Study Omnilinks
IoT power-bank sharing for universities. Deployed 1,000 hardware units serving 80,000 students across major US universities.
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I co-founded or directly collaborated in lead position with people who worked in Adobe, UC Santa Barbara, EFI, Stanford University, DDB.