prakash shindeFOUNDER

Founder of Hackastra InfoSec FZ-LLC — a UAE-registered company building the infrastructure layer for cybersecurity, developer identity, and crypto payments.

My background is in security and software. But more than that, I'm someone who kept seeing the same problem repeat itself — the most talented people in the world, the developers grinding open source at midnight, the security researchers finding vulnerabilities that Fortune 500 companies missed, the freelancers doing world-class work from Bengaluru or Lagos — none of them had the infrastructure they deserved. The tools built for them were built by people who didn't understand them.

So I started building from the inside.

The first thing I built was hacking.community — a platform where ethical hackers and the companies hiring them can finally find each other without recruiters, noise, or gatekeeping. Karma-ranked profiles, real CTF challenges, vulnerable labs, encrypted messaging, and a job marketplace built specifically for offensive security professionals. This is where everything starts — because the community comes first, and the tools follow.

From that community came the other three products. whomi.bio gives developers and security professionals a single link that shows live GitHub, LeetCode, and Stack Overflow stats — letting your work speak instead of your resume. crypt.pe gives anyone in the world a non-custodial crypto payment link with zero fees, so getting paid globally never requires a bank account again. And hackastra.com handles what nobody talks about publicly — discreet cyber incident response for businesses facing active breaches, ransomware, and digital extortion.

I'm not building for Silicon Valley. I'm building for the developers, security professionals, and founders who are just as talented but haven't had the same infrastructure working in their favour. That's changing now.