Derek Scruggs

I build products and companies, and I've been doing it since before full-stack was a job title. Right now I'm running Cardless ID, a privacy-first age verification platform built on decentralized identity standards, now required in 25 US states. I'm a TechStars alum who founded and sold Distributed Bits, scaled Alchemer from $130K to $3.2M in revenue, and have held CTO roles across a range of startups. On the technical side, I'm deep in agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, and LLM integration. Ask me about building Cardless ID, agentic AI workflows, early-stage startup decisions, and scaling engineering teams.