Press Release
DETROIT, MI (November 12, 2024)The North American Indian Chamber of Commerce(NAICC) hosted its Second Annual Business Awards ceremony, coinciding with Diwalicelebrations, bringing together Michigan's most influential business and political leaders torecognize the outstanding contributions of the Indian American business community.NAICC 2024 Business Recognition Event Highlights
Relive the inspiring moments from our 2024 Annual Business Reception & Recognition Event. These videos showcase the elected leaders, NAICC board members, and innovative partnerships driving Michigan's economic growth through the dynamic Indian American business community.
NAICC Trailblazer Of The Year (2024)
Nikil Viswanathan is the co-founder and CEO of Alchemy, the world's leading blockchain developer platform. Alchemy is hailed as the fastest-growing company in history after going from public launch to being worth $10B in 16 months. With a team of only 37 at the $10B mark, the company also had one of the highest team-to-impact ratios in history. Alchemy powers over $100B in transactions globally including the majority of the NFT industry, top web3 companies, and traditional enterprises. Alchemy is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Silver Lake, Lightspeed, Stanford University, the Google chairman, founders & execs of Charles Schwab, Linkedin, NYSE, and many more.
Nikil was honored as Forbes 30 Under 30, received his BS & MS in Computer Science at Stanford, and formerly did product management at Google, Microsoft, and Facebook. A serial entrepreneur, he co-created the #1 social app in the world, Down To Lunch, which was featured in international press such as a New York Times business cover story. He's been featured in over 200 media publications including CNBC, Bloomberg, New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, and TechCrunch.