Taryn Naidu
Taryn Naidu is an executive and investment-firm partner whose career includes Pool.comPool.comPool.com is a domain marketplace and expired-domain backordering service associated with Momentous. Michael Arrington was CEO in 2003–2004, and Taryn Naidu also led the company.Open the full entry, Rightside and Rigetti Computing. He joined Arrington CapitalArrington CapitalArrington Capital is a firm that invests in digital assets and Web3 and manages funds including Arrington XRP Capital Fund; since 2025, through that fund, it has served as sponsor of the special purpose acquisition company Armada Acquisition Corp. II, driving its merger with the XRP treasury company Evernorth.Open the full entry as partner and chief operating officer in 2023.
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Key facts
Education: Computer science
Naidu earned a BSc in computer science with a mathematics minor at the University of Regina in Canada before entering the domain-name and internet-services industry.[1]
2002–2006Momentous and Pool.com
From 2002 to 2006, Naidu held roles at Momentous including president and CEO of Pool.com. A 2004 management biography listed Michael ArringtonMichael ArringtonMichael Arrington is an American entrepreneur and investor who founded the technology publication TechCrunch in 2005, created Crunchbase in 2007, sold TechCrunch to AOL in 2010, and went on to found CrunchFund and the crypto-asset investment firm Arrington Capital.Open the full entry as Pool.com CEO and Naidu as general manager, documenting their early collaboration.[1][2]
2006–2017Demand Media and Rightside
Naidu began advising Demand Media’s registrar business in 2006 before taking senior executive roles. Following Rightside’s separation, he served as CEO, overseeing registrar operations, top-level-domain rights and supporting technology platforms.[1]
2019–2022Rigetti Computing
Naidu later became COO of quantum-computing company Rigetti Computing. Arrington Capital’s appointment announcement credited him with leading Rigetti’s 2022 public-listing process and earlier work on Rightside’s separation and sale.[3]
2023Joining Arrington Capital
Arrington Capital publicly announced Naidu as partner and COO on August 15, 2023. Michael Arrington recalled working with him roughly two decades earlier and described the appointment as strengthening the firm’s operations.[3]
August 2025Becoming Armada II CEO
Naidu became CEO and a director of Armada Acquisition Corp. II in August 2025 after Arrington XRP Capital Fund acquired the SPAC’s sponsor interests. Armada II subsequently pursued a combination with XRP treasury company EvernorthEvernorthEvernorth (Evernorth Holdings Inc.) is a San Francisco-based digital asset treasury company holding XRP, led by former Ripple executive Asheesh Birla, which listed on Nasdaq under the ticker “XRPN” in October 2026 through a merger with the special purpose acquisition company Armada Acquisition Corp. II.Open the full entry; his role in the transaction was at Armada II.[4]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Naidu’s career includes Pool.com, Rightside, Rigetti Computing and Arrington Capital, with Michael Arrington among his longtime colleagues. Official website: https://www.arringtoncapital.com/ (opens in a new window).[3]
Sources
- Preliminary Revised Proxy Statement (opens in a new window)
- Domain Name Journal - Filling Niches: The Alternate Road to Riches (opens in a new window)
- Arrington Capital Welcomes Taryn Naidu as Chief Operating Officer (opens in a new window)
- Armada Acquisition Corp. II Definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus (DEFM14A) (opens in a new window)