Former Cointelegraph CEO Joins Phase as Co-Founder and CEO
The appointment follows the launch of Phase’s Layer 1 blockchain mainnet and AI agent services, backed by $45 million in founder funding. SAN FRANCISCO, November 11, 2026 — Phase, a technology company building the operating layer for the AI agent economy, today announced that Yana Prikhodchenko, former CEO of Cointelegraph, has joined the company as co-founder and CEO. She will lead strategy, global expansion and commercial development, working alongside founder Kirill Eves, as Phase scales its decentralized infrastructure for autonomous AI agents. Prikhodchenko joins Phase after nearly five years at Cointelegraph, where she served as CEO, leading a global team of more than 200 people and transforming the company from a crypto news platform into a diversified group spanning media, marketing, research, acceleration and industry events. Before joining Cointelegraph, she spent more than a decade in senior leadership roles at major banking and insurance companies, including Allianz. Phase is building the operating layer for the AI agent economy, giving AI agents everything they need to operate autonomously, from accessing the open web and orchestrating AI models to performing computing tasks and making payments. These services run on Phase’s Layer 1 blockchain, powered by a decentralized network of everyday devices whose owners earn rewards for validating transactions and contributing connectivity and computing power. “AI agents are moving from answering questions to performing real tasks on our behalf, but the infrastructure they depend on was not built for autonomous systems. Phase is building an open, decentralized network that anyone can participate in. My focus is to bring this technology to developers and businesses worldwide and build the ecosystem needed to support the next generation of AI agents,” said Yana Prikhodchenko, co-founder and CEO of Phase.
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- The appointment follows the launch of Phase’s Layer 1 blockchain mainnet and AI agent services, backed by $45 million in founder funding.
- SAN FRANCISCO, November 11, 2026 — Phase, a technology company building the operating layer for the AI agent economy, today announced that Yana Prikhodchenko, former CEO of Cointelegraph, has joined the company as co-founder and CEO.
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