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Chainlink Labs
We’re pioneering how blockchains connect with the real world. Explore our vision, values, and team to find out what it means to build at Chainlink Labs.
Chainlink Labs
We’re pioneering how blockchains connect with the real world. Explore our vision, values, and team to find out what it means to build at Chainlink Labs.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
—
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Washington, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, London, Mountain View, Brooklyn, Portland, Miami, Milpitas, Zurich, Boston
Corporate office
Washington, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, London, Mountain View, Brooklyn, Portland, Miami, Milpitas, Zurich, Boston, United States
Additional offices
Tel Aviv · San Francisco · London · Mountain View · Brooklyn · Portland · Miami · Milpitas · Zurich · Boston
Principals
Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder
Ari Juels
Chief Scientist
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Chainlink Labs?
Chainlink Labs is not an investment firm in the traditional sense — it is the primary development company behind the Chainlink protocol. Strategic decisions and ecosystem growth are led by co-founder Sergey Nazarov. The firm does not deploy an allocator-style fund, so there is no typical 'CIO' role.
How does Chainlink Labs source its revenue or make money if it doesn't manage external capital?
Chainlink Labs retains a significant treasury of LINK tokens, the native asset of the Chainlink network. The firm's long-term economic model is tied to the growth of the protocol and the value of its token holdings, rather than management fees on outside capital.
What is the relationship between Chainlink Labs and the broader Chainlink network?
Chainlink Labs is the primary software development company that maintains and upgrades the Chainlink protocol. The protocol itself is an open-source, decentralized network of independent node operators. Chainlink Labs does not own the nodes or control the data feeds directly — it builds the core infrastructure that others run.
Which sectors does Chainlink Labs explicitly avoid or not compete in?
Chainlink Labs does not operate an investment fund, a trading desk, or a lending platform. It explicitly focuses on infrastructure middleware rather than building user-facing DeFi applications that would compete with its ecosystem partners.
How is Chainlink Labs addressing the collision of traditional finance and decentralized finance?
Chainlink Labs is working directly with financial market infrastructures — for example, it completed a pilot with DTCC to accelerate fund tokenization and partnered with SWIFT on a blockchain interoperability trial. These engagements aim to provide a single standard for connecting existing financial systems to onchain rails.
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