What Offchain Labs does

Offchain Labs is a private blockchain-infrastructure company that builds core Ethereum scaling and consensus technology for enterprises, financial institutions, and DeFi developers. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, the company operates a vertically integrated stack: Arbitrum, a finance-native Ethereum Layer-2 rollup that holds approximately 42% L2 market share with $23.8B TVL as of January 2025 and secures over $15B in total value locked; Prysm, an Ethereum proof-of-stake consensus client written in Go that powers approximately 25% of Ethereum's consensus nodes and includes one of only two active slasher implementations; and ZeroDev, smart-account infrastructure acquired in August 2025 to extend the platform into consumer applications and developer tools.

The company generates revenue through a hybrid model combining professional services for bespoke enterprise infrastructure and dedicated custom chains, a 10% protocol revenue share from chains settling outside the Arbitrum ecosystem (a 'community source' licensing mechanism), and investment upside through its Tandem venture arm. Go-to-market mixes direct enterprise sales (routed through a 'Book a Discovery Call' funnel) with self-serve open-source developer adoption for Prysm and Arbitrum, technology licensing to chains (e.g., Robinhood Chain selected Arbitrum over the OP Labs stack used by Coinbase and Kraken), and ecosystem expansion via Tandem and Onchain Labs. Offchain Labs has raised approximately $143.7M across three disclosed rounds including a $120M Series B in August 2021 at a $1.2B valuation, and has executed two strategic acquisitions — Prysmatic Labs in October 2022 and ZeroDev in August 2025 — to vertically integrate consensus client and consumer-onboarding capabilities.

Name

Offchain Labs

Legal name

Offchain Labs, Inc.

Website

https://offchainlabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Offchain Labs builds Ethereum scaling and consensus infrastructure for enterprises and DeFi developers. Its core products — Arbitrum Layer-2 rollup, Prysm consensus client, and ZeroDev smart-account infrastructure — secure over $15B in value and power approximately 25% of Ethereum consensus nodes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain Infrastructure

NAICS

Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Blockchain Settlement & Clearing Infrastructure (On-/Off-chain Post-Trade) (FSAGAMAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Consortium Networks & Governance (network setup, onboarding, rules, node operations) (FSAPAIAB), Compliance, Risk & RegTech for Tokenized Assets (KYC/AML, sanctions, travel rule, reporting) (FSAPAIAH)

Keywords

• Ethereum Layer 2 scaling
• Blockchain infrastructure software
• Consensus client software
• Smart account infrastructure
• Enterprise blockchain services

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Enterprise Services & Custom Chain Deployments: Offchain Labs delivers bespoke enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure, dedicated custom chains for regulated industries, and 'Elite Strategic Advisory' embedding research and innovation into client teams. Engagements begin via 'Book a Discovery Call' and are scope-based.
2. Protocol Revenue Share from Arbitrum Ecosystem: Arbitrum operates a 'community source' model requiring chains settling outside its ecosystem to contribute 10% of protocol revenue. This produces a licensing/royalty-like revenue stream at the chain level.
3. Venture / Strategic Investments (Tandem): Tandem is Offchain's partner studio and venture arm, providing capital investments and strategic support to convert pioneering concepts into enduring market leaders — implying investment returns and equity upside as a secondary revenue dimension.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Offchain Labs develops and operates an enterprise blockchain infrastructure stack anchored by Arbitrum (an Ethereum Layer-2 rollup platform), Prysm (a Go-based Ethereum proof-of-stake consensus client powering ~25% of consensus nodes), and ZeroDev (smart-account infrastructure). The company also delivers bespoke enterprise blockchain services, dedicated custom chains for regulated industries, research, a venture arm (Tandem), and an innovation engine (Onchain Labs).

Product overview

Offchain Labs operates a platform-plus-modules architecture under the parent brand 'Offchain' for the programmable economy. The core technology stack consists of three primary products: Arbitrum, a finance-native Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain platform that anchors the company's scaling technology; Prysm, an Ethereum proof-of-stake consensus client written in Go that powers approximately 25% of Ethereum's consensus nodes; and ZeroDev, smart account infrastructure that enables frictionless onchain adoption for end users. These core products are complemented by supporting offerings: Enterprise Services that deliver bespoke blockchain infrastructure design and bespoke custom chains for institutional clients; the Offchain Labs research division that originated Arbitrum's scaling technology and provides protocol-level breakthroughs; Tandem, the venture arm providing capital investments and strategic support; and Onchain Labs, the innovation engine that accelerates experimental applications into production-grade solutions. Together, the offerings span the full stack from consensus-layer infrastructure (Prysm) to Layer 2 scaling platforms (Arbitrum) to user-facing smart account infrastructure (ZeroDev), with research, venture, and enterprise service divisions supporting and extending the core product capabilities across the programmable economy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Arbitrum: A leading finance-native Layer 2 platform that unifies massive throughput with Ethereum-grade security, securing billions in value.
• Prysm
• ZeroDev
• Tandem
• Onchain Labs

Quantifiable outcome

• Arbitrum secured over $15 billion in total value locked (2026 reference)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Robinhood ChainflagshipTechnology or Integration · 11 February 2026Robinhood launched a public testnet for its Ethereum Layer-2, 'Robinhood Chain', modeled on Arbitrum technology created by Offchain Labs (rather than OP Labs' stack used by Coinbase and Kraken). Robinhood plans to use this infrastructure to expand tokenized stock trading globally.
• Arowana (backed by Hancom Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 February 2026Offchain Labs announced that Arowana, backed by Hancom Group (Korea's third-largest gold exchange operator, $600M trading volume, 18 years of precious-metals expertise), is launching its gold tokenization platform (AGT token and Aqua platform) on Arbitrum in March 2026. The partnership extends beyond infrastructure to strategic collaboration on RWA collateral systems and expanded tokenized-asset utility in DeFi.
• ZeroDevflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 August 2025Offchain Labs acquired ZeroDev, a provider of smart account infrastructure, as part of its expansion into consumer applications and developer tools. The acquisition brings frictionless smart-account technology into Offchain's stack alongside Arbitrum and Prysm.
• Prysmatic LabsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 October 2022Offchain Labs acquired Prysmatic Labs, a leading Ethereum proof-of-stake client developer, to enhance Ethereum's sustainability and scale the network further. Prysmatic Labs continues to develop its client under Offchain Labs. Financial terms were not disclosed.
• UniswapcoreTechnology or IntegrationUniswap is cited as a major project that has backed Offchain Labs / Arbitrum and supported its Layer-2 scaling solution. The partnership centers on using Arbitrum to scale Uniswap's DEX activity at lower cost.
• ChainlinkcoreTechnology or IntegrationChainlink is cited as a major project that has backed Offchain Labs / Arbitrum and supported its Layer-2 scaling solution. The partnership centers on oracle infrastructure for Arbitrum-based applications.
• LidoflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerOffchain Labs operates Prysm as a trusted Lido operator managing over 7,000+ validator keys, providing the foundational standard for security and reliability in the decentralized economy. Listed among Prysm's 'Trusted by' logos.
• Princeton UniversityflagshipOthersThe Arbitrum technology was originally developed at Princeton University and licensed by the founders of Offchain Labs to build the company. This academic lineage underpins Arbitrum's research foundation.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Optimism (OP Labs): Optimism operates the OP Stack, the leading alternative optimistic rollup to Arbitrum. Both target Ethereum L2 scaling with comparable enterprise-grade ambitions, and Coinbase (Base), Kraken, and other major institutions have chosen OP Stack, making Optimism the closest direct competitor for the same enterprise-chain and L2 market-share pool.
• StarkWare: StarkWare builds StarkEx and Starknet, a ZK-rollup stack that competes head-on with Arbitrum for Ethereum L2 throughput and enterprise adoption. Both target finance-native use cases with comparable throughput and security claims, but StarkWare's validity-proof approach is the leading ZK alternative to Arbitrum's optimistic model.
• Polygon Labs: Polygon Labs operates Polygon PoS, Polygon zkEVM, and the Polygon CDK, a competing L2/sidechain stack that serves similar DeFi, enterprise, and tokenization use cases as Arbitrum. Both target Ethereum scaling and enterprise chain deployments with comparable developer tooling.
• Matter Labs (zkSync): Matter Labs builds zkSync, a ZK-rollup L2 directly competing with Arbitrum on Ethereum scaling. Both target finance, tokenization, and consumer applications, with zkSync emphasizing native account abstraction and validity proofs as a faster-finality alternative to Arbitrum's optimistic design.

Broad incumbents

• ConsenSys: ConsenSys builds MetaMask and Infura, broader Ethereum infrastructure serving institutional and developer audiences comparable to Offchain's enterprise stack. While not an L2 itself, ConsenSys is an established incumbent in Ethereum node/developer tooling that competes for the same institutional blockchain-services wallet share.
• Chainlink: Chainlink is a named Offchain Labs partner providing oracle infrastructure for Arbitrum-based applications. As the dominant oracle network it serves the same institutional and DeFi customer base and is a comparable mission-critical piece of onchain infrastructure.
• Alchemy: Alchemy is a leading blockchain developer platform and node infrastructure provider comparable to Prysm's node and API layer. Both serve enterprise developers building on Ethereum and other chains, with overlapping customer bases among institutional stakers and Web3 builders.
• Coinbase (Base):

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors11 records

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M&A2 records

Investments12 records

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