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Julian
Stafford

aka ruthybuilds

Co-Founder and CEO of Surgence Labs. I launch and grow crypto products, and build the software that helps.

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Julian Stafford speaking into a podcast microphone in a Surgence Labs t-shirt
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Clients since 2022
200+
Client revenue $300M+
Brands I've worked with

Companies

Where I work now, and where I learned how to do it.

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Surgence Labs

Co-Founder and CEO · since 2022

A Web3 go-to-market studio headquartered in Dubai. One embedded team runs creators and KOLs, community, content, search and paid for funded crypto teams, and reports every week on TVL, volume, wallets and funded users.

200+ clients$300M+ client revenue
surgence.io ↗
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TraderComps

Founder · 2026

Every trading campaign in one calendar: points seasons, prize pools, competitions and bonuses across Web3 and Web2 venues.

tradercomps.com ↗
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OnchainSuite

Built at Surgence Labs

On-chain retention. One record per user from app and contract activity, and messages that fire on what users do on-chain and stop when the action lands.

onchainsuite.com ↗
Before Fiserv Payments and fintech
Before Deloitte Consulting
Before Neara Product Owner, early employee

Digital twins of electricity networks for utilities planning for wildfire, storms and new capacity. Neara passed a $1B valuation in 2026.

Investments

Companies I hold equity in.

Neara ● Holder
AI SaaSUnicorn

AI-powered digital twins of electricity networks, used by utilities to plan for wildfire, storms and new capacity. Valued at over $1B in 2026.

neara.com ↗
Hub ● Holder
Y CombinatorSaaS

Egocentric data captured in real homes and workplaces, used to train world models and embodied AI.

hub.xyz ↗

Sit-down conversations

In the studio with the founders and teams we grow.

My pages

Where I post what we ship, what works and what doesn't.

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Julian | Surgence Labs (a.k.a RuthyBuilds)

@ruthybuilds

Co-Founder @Surgence_io: Making FinTech, Crypto, AI companies go viral. Building @TraderComps: Ultimate Trading Venue Discovery

46.3K Followers 7,312 Following Dubai / Korea
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The name

Where ruthybuilds comes from

  1. 01 · Anon Ruthless

    I started in Web3 as an anonymous account on X called Ruthless.

  2. 02 · Still anon Ruthy

    When I started working with crypto and AI companies, I needed a name that fit the work. Ruthless became Ruthy.

  3. 03 · Doxxed Julian Stafford

    Then I dropped the anon account and put my real name on it. People still call me Ruthy.

ruthybuilds is where I build in public: the launches we run at Surgence, the numbers behind them, and the tools I make along the way.

Contact

Launching or growing a crypto product?

Pick a time for a 30-minute call with me. Bring the number you need to move.

Or message me