Antonio García Martínez

I founded Spindl, acquired by Coinbase, and wrote Chaos Monkeys. Currently at Base, Coinbase’s blockchain.

I’ve built a cabin in the woods and sailed the ocean blue. Somehow I came back for more technocapitalism.

Selected writing

Inside Cuba’s D.I.Y. Internet Revolution 2017

WIRED · The improvised networks connecting an island.
In Texas, Techies Are Trying to Turn the Red State Blue 2018

WIRED · Silicon Valley meets voter registration in the 2018 midterms.
How Mark Zuckerberg Led Facebook’s War to Crush Google Plus 2016

Vanity Fair · An inside account of Facebook’s wartime culture.
The Moses Option 2023

Tablet · Why I converted to Judaism.
Want Facebook to Censor Speech? Be Careful What You Wish For 2018

WIRED · Zuckerberg, censorship, and who gets to draw the line.
Journalism Isn’t Dying. It’s Returning to Its Roots 2019

WIRED · The Founding Fathers would have felt at home on Twitter.
How Silicon Valley Fuels an Informal Caste System 2018

WIRED · San Francisco, the gig economy, and the new class divide.

A bestselling account of my time as a Y Combinator founder and then at Facebook building their money machine.

This book pleased many, and pissed off a few.