Solana Labs
The company led by CEO Anatoly Yakovenko that is a core contributor to the Solana blockchain ecosystem and drives its innovation.
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9/19/2025, 1:08:32 AM
Last Updated
9/19/2025, 1:14:50 AM
Research Retrieved
9/19/2025, 1:14:50 AM
Summary
Solana Labs, through its CEO and Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, is positioning Solana as the "World's Execution Layer," emphasizing its speed in contrast to Ethereum's role as the "World's Settlement Layer." Yakovenko observes a positive shift in the US regulatory environment, moving away from a hostile stance towards a more favorable one, which he believes will unlock significant growth in stablecoins and drive global adoption of American finance. The company sees growing institutional interest, with entities like BlackRock building on Solana and traditional financial players like Nasdaq exploring security tokenization. Solana Labs is focused on future growth areas such as the creator economy and bringing real-world assets onto the blockchain, contingent on supportive legislation like the CLARITY Act. Yakovenko also highlights the looming threat of quantum computing to current cryptography, necessitating a transition to quantum-resistant solutions, a move he anticipates will be led by major tech companies. He further notes the potential for payment giants like Visa and Mastercard to disrupt traditional banking through stablecoin adoption.
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Research Data
Extracted Attributes
Type
Technology company
Website
solanalabs.com
Industry
Blockchain infrastructure, cryptocurrency, decentralized applications, Web3
Key Product
Solana blockchain
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, USA
Founding Year
2018 (also cited as 2017)
Primary Focus
Develops products, tools, and reference implementations for the Solana blockchain ecosystem
Other Projects
Solana smartphone series, Bond loyalty platform, incubator program
Core Technology
Proof of History (PoH) consensus protocol
Total Employees
230 (also cited as 11-50)
Timeline
- Solana Labs was founded (some sources cite 2017). (Source: Built In San Francisco, Bitstamp, LinkedIn, PrivCo)
2018
- Solana Labs joined X (formerly Twitter). (Source: X)
2019-07
- Last known funding round (Secondary market). (Source: LinkedIn)
2024-09-14
Web Search Results
- Solana Labs Offices - Built In San Francisco
Solana Labs, Inc. (“Solana Labs”) is a technology company that builds products, tools, and reference implementations to further expand the Solana ecosystem. Solana is a global state machine, and the world’s most performant blockchain. It gives developers the confidence to build for the long term by delivering predictable scaling without compromising security or composability. Solana’s performance is driven by a single global state, which is capable of processing tens of thousands of smart [...] contracts at once, and by Proof of History, a distributed clock that unlocks low-latency, sub-second finality across the global state. Established in 2018, Solana Labs is a technology company with a fast paced, problem-solving environment that operates at the center of blockchain infrastructure, cryptocurrency and decentralized applications. [...] Companies Solana Labs Overview # Solana Labs HQ San Francisco, California, USA 230 Total Employees Year Founded: 2018 View Website ## Similar Companies Hiring ## Block Blockchain • eCommerce • Fintech • Payments • Software • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency 23 Offices 12000 Employees ## Alchemy Blockchain • Information Technology • Software • Cryptocurrency • Web3 2 Offices 200 Employees ## Cash App Blockchain • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Software • Financial Services
- What is Solana Labs? - Bitstamp
Solana Labs is a software and hardware company dedicated to the technical development of the Solana blockchain and its ecosystem. The company is responsible for developing Solana’s unique Proof of History algorithm and has been involved in resolving several outages of the Solana blockchain. Solana Labs also runs several other projects related to Solana, including the Solana smartphone series, Bond loyalty platform, and incubator program. Share Previous Next [...] There are several differences between Solana Labs and the Solana Foundation. While both are committed to the development of the Solana ecosystem, Solana Labs, a for-profit company, has a highly technical focus. It employs developers and engineers who can work on the underlying core codebase of the Solana blockchain, solving issues and writing the programming for new features. Solana Labs is the developer of the Proof of History consensus protocol. [...] Solana Labs was founded by Anatoly Yakovenko in 2018. Yakavenko, a former Qualcomm engineer, was also the author of the Solana whitepaper, which laid out the proposal for Solana’s Proof of History consensus methodology. Yakovenko founded Solana Labs to bring his vision to fruition and continues to serve as the Solana Labs CEO and the main spokesperson for the Solana project (as of late 2024).
- Solana Labs, Inc. Company Profile: Financials, Valuation, and Growth
Solana Labs, Inc. is a privately-held company dedicated to creating a new blockchain with a data structure that encodes the passage of time as data also referred to as Proof of History (PoH). It will allow up to 710,000 transactions per second on a 1 gigabit network. Satisfying all three desirable properties of a proper blockchain”scalable, secure, and decentralized, Solana aims to provide the ideal toolkit for developers to build the next generation of blockchain applications without [...] limitations. Solana Labs, Inc. was founded in 2017 by Alan Yu, Anatoly Yakovenko, Eric Williams, Gregory Fitzgerald, Rajiv Gokal, and Stephen Akridge. Solana Labs, Inc. headquarters are located in San Francisco, California. [...] ## Classification ### Industry Software & Internet Services ### Keywords placeholder placeholder placeholder ## About Founders : Alan Yu Anatoly Yakovenko Eric Williams Gregory Fitzgerald Rajiv Gokal Stephen Akridge Address : 645 Howard Street San Francisco CA 94105 US Phone : 858-220-6902 Website : www.solana.com Social ## Contacts
- Solana Labs (@solanalabs) / X
Image 2: Square profile picture and Opens profile photo Follow Click to Follow solanalabs Solana Labs @solanalabs Solana Labs is a technology company that develops and invests in web3 products and the builder of @SolanaMobile . Worldwidesolanalabs.comJoined July 2019 14 Following 46.1K Followers Posts Affiliates Replies Highlights Media Solana Labs’s posts Solana Labs reposted Image 3: Square profile picture Solana @solana · May 5
- Solana Labs - LinkedIn
# Solana Labs Solana Labs builds products, tools and reference implementations that can be used on the Solana blockchain. Technology, Information and Internet • San Francisco, California • 95,240 followers • 11-50 employees ## Overview Solana Labs builds products, tools and reference implementations that can be used on the Solana blockchain. This is the official account of Solana Labs, Inc ### Website ### Crunchbase ### LinkedIn ### Industry Technology, Information and Internet [...] ### Company Size 11-50 employees 243 associated members (LinkedIn members who've listed Solana Labs as their current workplace on their profile) ### Founded 2018 ### Funding Last Round Date: 2024-09-14T00:00:00.000Z Last Round Type: Secondary market Total Rounds: 4 Last Round Raised: N/A ### Investors Sol Strategies ### Specialties N/A ## Locations 530 Divisadero St, PMB 722, San Francisco, California 94117, US ### Get Directions Directions [...] Additional jobs info: Intern (71,196 open jobs). Analyst (694,057 open jobs). Engineer (555,845 open jobs). Director (1,220,357 open jobs). Developer (258,935 open jobs). Associate (1,091,945 open jobs). Manager (1,880,925 open jobs). Trader (6,670 open jobs). Recruiter (243,016 open jobs). Staff Software Engineer (64,945 open jobs). Chief Executive Officer (169,557 open jobs). Full Stack Engineer (38,546 open jobs). Product Manager (199,941 open jobs). Business Development Specialist (29,135