Creator of tech app and Android predecessor killed

The tragic end was a prominent American technology creator, one of the pioneers in the development of Android and the creator of the Cash App mobile payment service, which allows you to send and receive money instantly and for free. This Bob Lee was a tech entrepreneur who was also the chief product officer of MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency startup that aims to facilitate secure and private transactions.

Before that, he worked in Google and at Square, where he was CTO. In addition, he has invested in various technology companies such as SpaceXClub house and Figma.

Bob Lee was stabbed to death at the age of 43 in the early hours of Tuesday, April 4 near downtown San Francisco, California in a case that is still under investigation. His father announced his death on social media.

The San Francisco Police Department released information that police arrived at the scene at 2:35 a.m., where they found a man, later identified as Lee, with life-threatening stab wounds. While Li was being taken to the hospital, first aid was given, but medical personnel and paramedics were unable to revive him.

Joshua Goldbard, CEO and founder of MobileCoin, launched a Twitter thread dedicated to the memory of his colleague. It reads, in part: “Bob’s energy was contagious. He made friends wherever he went. One of the things that made him truly special was his ability to dream big and bring those crazy big dreams into our world. Bob called the future into the present.”

Moby, another app that Lee has been working on, posted a statement on their website commemorating the loss, saying, “It was made for the world that is being born right now. Bob was a dream child, and everything he imagined, no matter how crazy it was, he brought to life. Bob was made for a new world.”