Ty “Patches” Smith is Senior Product Manager at Hashgraph, directing the roadmap for consensus & tokenization services, and directing AI‑native features. He co‑authored HIP‑991 which provides simple monetization methods for compute, lead the Long‑Term Scheduled Transactions upgrade, and helped create the open‑source Hedera AI Agent Kit that links autonomous agents to on‑chain functions. Prior to Hashgraph, Ty founded Turtle Moon and co‑founded Hgraph, delivering Hedera’s first NFT minter, DAO tooling, GraphQL APIs, and token‑gated metaverse portals, and earlier scaled oVertone Haircare’s platform seven‑fold as CTO. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, he champions verifiable consensus, human‑centric UX, and agentic AI to advance mainstream Web3 adoption.
