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DFINITY

Decentralized network for open apps

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201-500 employees
  • B2C
  • B2B
  • Blockchain
Enge, Zürich, ZH

Company mission

To build, promote, and maintain the Internet Computer — the world’s first web-speed, internet-scale public blockchain.

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23% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

A not-for-profit organization committed to carrying out scientific research, DFINITY offers a multitude of services, including supporting The Internet Computer, a blockchain-based web infrastructure designed to facilitate the creation of websites and hosting of servers, amongst other tasks. DFINITY defines itself as the first frictionless, limitless blockchain in the world.

DFINITY's team is comprised of cryptographers, operational experts and computing engineers looking to push the boundaries of existing blockchain solutions. They boast an impressive number of scientific citations, demonstrating a continued commitment to advancing experimental technologies.

This public software development platform is created by independent data centers around the world combining computing power using an advanced decentralized protocol called ICP. In turn, this generational shift in computing aims to take on Big Tech and return the internet back to its free and open roots.

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Funding (2 rounds)

Aug 2018

$102m

EARLY VC

Feb 2018

$61m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $163m

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Leadership

Dominic Williams

(Chief Scientist)

Having studied at King's College London, they founded Smartdrivez, System 7, and Fight My Monster. They worked until 2016 in Digital Assets at the School of Life, having founded DFINITY in January 2015.

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