Alchemy

What Alchemy does

Alchemy is a blockchain developer infrastructure platform founded in 2017 by Stanford CS graduates Nikil Viswanathan (CEO) and Joe Lau (President), headquartered in San Francisco with engineering operations in New York and Bucharest. The company provides a unified API suite — RPC node access, Token, NFT, Transfers, Portfolio, Simulation, Webhooks, and Bundler APIs — across 100+ blockchain networks, powered by its proprietary Cortex intelligent blockchain engine that delivers contextually routed, AI-optimized RPC with 99.99% uptime and reported 13x throughput advantage over alternatives. Alchemy extends beyond developer APIs into higher-level services: Alchemy Rollups (RaaS) powering 9 of top 10 rollups including World Chain, gasless transaction infrastructure with reported 85% market share, stablecoin payment APIs across 40+ chains, and emerging AI-agent commerce infrastructure via AgentPay middleware and AgentCard virtual Visa cards integrated with Visa Intelligent Commerce and Mastercard AP4M.

The business operates a hybrid go-to-market combining a self-serve product-led growth motion (free tier with 30M monthly compute units, instant API key issuance, Alchemy University, 80,000+ subscriber newsletter) with an enterprise sales motion targeting institutions requiring custom SLAs, premium support tiers ($1.5K-$15K/month), and dedicated architecture engagements. Named customers include Visa, Stripe, Robinhood, JP Morgan, Polymarket, OpenSea, Uniswap, Aave, Circle, Chainlink, and Coinbase. The platform processes $1T+ in annual on-chain transactions, reaches 100M+ end users across 197 countries, and serves 70%+ of top crypto applications and 80%+ of top DeFi applications by market share.

Revenue is generated primarily through usage-based compute unit (CU) consumption priced at $0.45-$0.40 per million CUs, supplemented by enterprise subscriptions, premium support packages, and separate Solana gRPC pricing. The company has raised $563.9M total funding across multiple rounds (Series C $250M at $3.5B in 2021; Series D $200M at $10.2B in 2022), with reported ARR of $447M for 2025 and stated profitability as of the Series C announcement. Recent strategic direction emphasizes AI agent payment infrastructure, multi-chain expansion (notably Solana via DexterLab acquisition), and European market presence (Bware Labs acquisition), positioning Alchemy as a critical layer between traditional finance, blockchain networks, and the emerging machine-to-machine economy.

Name

Alchemy

Legal name

Alchemy Insights, Inc.

Website

https://alchemy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Alchemy provides blockchain developer infrastructure — RPC APIs, data APIs, rollups-as-a-service, and AI-agent payment rails — across 100+ networks, serving Web3 developers, fintechs, and enterprises including Visa, Stripe, Robinhood, and JP Morgan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Blockchain Data & Indexing Infrastructure for Finance (Nodes, Indexers, Oracles) (FSAGAMAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Account Abstraction & Smart Wallet Tooling (AA SDKs, paymasters, session keys) (FSAPABAK), Interoperability & Cross-Chain Infrastructure (Bridges, Messaging, Atomic Swaps) (FSAGAMAI), Interoperability & Integration Middleware (ERP/core banking connectors, messaging, APIs, cross-chain to permissioned) (FSAPAIAL)

Keywords

• Blockchain infrastructure
• Developer APIs
• Node RPC services
• AI agent tools
• Stablecoin payments

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Usage-based Compute Units: Primary revenue model based on compute unit (CU) consumption. API requests consume CUs based on complexity (simple calls ~10 CUs, complex operations 100+ CUs). First 300M CUs at $0.45/M, additional usage at $0.40/M. This model aligns pricing with actual usage as applications scale.
2. Enterprise Subscription Plans: Custom enterprise pricing with volume discounts, dedicated support tiers (Bronze/Silver/Gold with response times from 12 hours to 2 hours), named account managers, solution engineers, and signed SLAs. Enterprise tier includes advanced security, priority on product roadmaps, and increased eth_getLogs ranges.
3. Free Tier (Lead Generation): Free tier providing 30M CUs monthly, 25 requests per second, 5 apps, 5 webhooks across all mainnets and testnets. Serves as customer acquisition and developer onboarding funnel, converting users to paid tiers as their applications grow.
4. Solana Infrastructure: Separate gRPC pricing for Solana starting at $75/TBC (throughput-based compute), with custom pricing for higher volumes.
5. Premium Support Packages: Optional premium support add-ons for enterprise customers including Bronze ($1,500/mo, 12hr response), Silver ($5,000/mo, 4hr response), and Gold ($15,000/mo, 2hr response) tiers with additional features like dedicated Slack/Telegram and signed SLAs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Alchemy is a blockchain developer platform that provides node infrastructure, RPC and data APIs, account abstraction tooling, stablecoin payment rails, and AI agent infrastructure across 100+ blockchain networks. Its proprietary Cortex engine powers real-time blockchain data access, multi-chain indexing, gasless transactions, and rollup deployment for Web3 developers, fintechs, and enterprises building decentralized applications and AI-driven autonomous systems.

Product overview

Alchemy is a comprehensive blockchain developer platform providing infrastructure, APIs, and developer tools for building Web3 and AI agent applications. The platform is powered by Cortex, an intelligent blockchain engine delivering 13x throughput improvement and 5x reliability over competitors, processing over $1T in annual transactions for 100M+ users. The product portfolio centers on the RPC API (Supernode) for blockchain node access, complemented by a suite of Data APIs including NFT API, Token API, Transfers API, Portfolio APIs, Prices API, Webhooks (Notify), and Simulation APIs. Account abstraction is supported through the Bundler API and Wallet APIs with gas sponsorship capabilities. AI agent infrastructure includes Agent Skills, MCP Server, CLI, and Claude Plugin for AI coding environment integration. Stablecoin Payment APIs and Gasless Transactions enable frictionless crypto payments across 40+ chains. Alchemy Rollups (RaaS) allows teams to launch custom L2/L3 chains with instant tool installation. Recent launches include AgentPay middleware for cross-system AI payment interoperability and AgentCard virtual Visa cards for AI-to-real-world payments. The platform supports 100+ blockchain networks including Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon, and more, serving enterprise clients including Visa, Stripe, Robinhood, Polymarket, and JP Morgan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Alchemy Insights: Parent legal entity for Alchemy blockchain developer platform
• Cortex
• AgentPay
• AgentCard

Products and services

• Cortex The world's first intelligent blockchain engine powering Alchemy's full developer platform, providing 13x more throughput and 5x more reliability through AI-based threat detection, autonomous failovers, smart contextual routing, and purpose-built hardware.
• RPC API (Supernode) Industry-leading Remote Procedure Call API providing real-time, block-perfect blockchain data access across 100+ networks with contextual smart routing, unlimited elastic throughput via bare-metal hardware, multi-region infrastructure, and advanced capabilities like unlimited range getLogs.
• Alchemy Rollups (RaaS) Rollup-as-a-Service platform enabling teams to launch custom ZK and Optimistic rollups with native developer tools, instant 100+ API installation, 99.99% uptime SLA, and white-glove support. Powers 9 of top 10 rollups including World Chain.
• NFT API Multi-chain API to launch, verify, analyze, trade, and display NFTs across 30+ chains, providing 2.7x more NFT data, 17x faster performance, and 4x better spam detection than alternatives. Supports NFT drops, token gating, analytics, wallet displays, and marketplace creation.
• Token API Comprehensive token data API providing ERC-20 token balances, allowances, metadata (name, symbol, logo), and real-time/historical prices without requiring token lists, retrieving all token data per address in a single API call.
• Transfers API Ergonomic API for complete transaction history including internal ETH transfers, external transfers, and ERC-20/ERC-721/ERC-1155 token transfers, delivering 100x faster performance than alternative methods.
• Portfolio APIs Multi-chain APIs for viewing complete onchain asset views combining fungibles, NFTs, and transaction history in single requests, powering multi-chain token experiences, NFT drops, token gating, analytics, and wallet applications.
• Webhooks (Notify API) Real-time push notification system for blockchain events including mined transactions, dropped transactions, address activity, NFT activity, and custom webhook filters, guaranteeing at-least-once delivery with static IP addresses and per-webhook authentication tokens.
• Smart Websockets Real-time websocket subscriptions for blockchain events including new blocks, pending transactions, mined transactions, and filtered event logs, providing bi-directional communication with scalable, customizable notifications for Web3 actions.
• Bundler API ERC-4337 compliant bundler for account abstraction enabling smart wallet functionality, with simulation and landing of userOps onchain, optimized gas estimation, batch transactions, full history lookups, real-time notifications, debugging tools, and MEV protection.
• Simulation API Transaction simulation APIs predicting precise impact of transactions before blockchain execution, with Asset Changes simulation, Execution Simulation providing decoded execution traces, and Bundle Simulation handling multiple sequential transactions.
• Stablecoin Payment APIs Global stablecoin payment infrastructure for pay-ins, payouts, and remittances across 40+ blockchains, supporting USDC, USDT, and custom stablecoins with SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, 99.99% uptime, and sub-second finality.
• Gasless Transactions (Gas Manager API) Crypto payment infrastructure enabling applications to sponsor gas fees for users across Ethereum, Solana, Base, and more, with compliance-ready controls including allowlists, spend limits, KYC, and restricted actions.
• AI Agents Infrastructure Comprehensive infrastructure for building AI agent applications onchain, including Alchemy CLI, MCP Server, Agent Skills, and Agentic Gateway for wallet-based authentication and x402 payment, supporting Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and VS Code Copilot.
• AgentCard Virtual Visa-powered payment card enabling AI agents to make autonomous real-world payments, integrated with Visa Intelligent Commerce to provide payment tokens, email addresses, phone numbers, and crypto wallets through a single API with setup under a minute.
• AgentPay Middleware protocol enabling autonomous AI agents to transact across different payment systems without requiring separate integrations per protocol, acting as a translation layer routing payment instructions while agents maintain control of funds.
• Alchemy MCP Server Model Context Protocol server exposing Alchemy APIs through MCP for AI tools, delivering 159+ tools across token prices, NFT metadata, transaction history, simulation, tracing, account abstraction, and Solana DAS, hosted at mcp.alchemy.com with OAuth authentication.
• Agent Skills

Quantifiable outcome

• 2.5x faster queries compared to competitors through Cortex smart routing
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers14 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

Integration18 records

AI capability8 records

Feature15 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• RobinhoodcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 July 2026Robinhood Chain public mainnet launch integrates Alchemy as infrastructure provider alongside BitGo and Chainlink. Robinhood's Layer-2 blockchain built on Arbitrum supports real-world assets with Stock Tokens and Robinhood Earn products serving nearly 28 million customers across 38 countries.
• 0x ProtocolcoreTechnology or Integration · 24 June 20260x Protocol built AgentPay middleware integration enabling AI agents to access DeFi liquidity across nine chains and 130+ liquidity sources. Integration uses HTTP 402 Payment Required standard for autonomous agent payments at $0.01 per request in USDC.
• VisacoreTechnology or Integration · 18 June 2026AgentCard integration with Visa Intelligent Commerce providing AI agents with complete identity and payment stack. Single-API setup delivers Visa payment token, dedicated email, phone number, and crypto wallet within a minute. AgentCard represents major payment infrastructure for emerging AI agent economy.
• StripecoreTechnology or Integration · 11 June 2026Stripe's Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) integration enabling AI agent payments through AgentCard and autonomous payment rails. Alchemy supports Stripe's emerging payment protocols alongside Visa and Coinbase's x402 standard.
• MastercardcoreTechnology or Integration · 10 June 2026Launch of Mastercard Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M) enabling autonomous AI agent transactions. Alchemy is among 30+ launch partners including Coinbase, Stripe, Ripple, Solana Foundation, Polygon, Aave Labs, Anchorage Digital, and others spanning crypto infrastructure, stablecoin issuers, and DeFi protocols.
• CoinbasecoreTechnology or Integration · 6 June 2026Integration with Coinbase's x402 open payment standard enabling AI agents to pay for blockchain data and compute using USDC stablecoin on Base. x402 converts HTTP 402 responses into machine-to-machine billing triggers for autonomous payments.
• Solana FoundationcoreTechnology or Integration · 6 May 2026Solana Foundation and Google Cloud launched Pay.sh payment gateway for AI agents using x402 standard with over 50 community API facilitators including Alchemy, Helius, and Dune Analytics supporting autonomous AI-to-AI commerce.
• OVHcloudcoreTechnology or Integration · 20 April 2026Strategic relationship providing Web3 developers access to Alchemy's blockchain tools and Supernodes engine running on OVHcloud's cloud infrastructure. Partnership enables Alchemy to scale to new regions including regulated markets, leveraging OVHcloud's performance-to-price ratio with bare metal servers across different regions. Evolved from prior collaboration with Bware Labs, which Alchemy acquired in 2024.
• CoinbasecoreTechnology or Integration · 6 March 2026x402 payment standard deployment on Base network enabling autonomous AI agent payments through Alchemy's infrastructure. AI agents can now independently register, pay for services, and retrieve data from 100+ blockchains using USDC on Base.
• ArbitrumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 November 2024Arbitrum and Alchemy partnership to support SocialFi development, combining Arbitrum's Layer 2 scaling with Alchemy's infrastructure for developer tools and ecosystem growth.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Emerging players

• Moralis: Moralis provides Web3 APIs, node infrastructure, and authentication services for dApp developers across multiple chains. It overlaps with Alchemy on NFT API, token API, and authentication services, serving similar SMB and mid-market developer segments.
• dRPC: dRPC is an emerging decentralized RPC provider included in Alchemy's own benchmark comparisons. It focuses on cost-effective multi-chain RPC access and represents a newer entrant applying decentralized infrastructure economics to compete with centralized providers like Alchemy.

Direct peers

• Infura: Infura (part of Consensys) is the most direct competitor to Alchemy, offering Ethereum and multi-chain RPC infrastructure, APIs, and developer tools for Web3 builders. Both compete head-to-head on node reliability, throughput, and developer experience, with Infura holding significant share of Ethereum-focused teams.
• Pocket Network: Pocket Network is a decentralized RPC protocol serving blockchain node requests through a distributed network of node operators. It competes with Alchemy on raw RPC infrastructure, particularly for cost-sensitive developers, using a token-incentivized model.
• Chainstack: Chainstack provides multi-cloud blockchain infrastructure (nodes, APIs, dedicated servers) across 50+ protocols. It is a direct competitor for developer-focused RPC and API services targeting Web3 teams and enterprises.
• QuickNode: QuickNode is a direct RPC infrastructure competitor supporting 30+ blockchains with comparable uptime and performance benchmarks to Alchemy. Both target the same Web3 developer audience with usage-based pricing, multi-chain APIs, and enterprise tiers.
• Helius: Helius is a leading Solana-focused RPC and developer infrastructure provider, serving as the closest direct peer to Alchemy's DexterLab-acquired Solana capabilities. Both target Solana builders with high-throughput RPC, APIs, and enhanced APIs (DAS, webhooks).
• Ankr: Ankr provides distributed blockchain node infrastructure, multi-chain RPC endpoints, and Web3 APIs targeted at developers. It overlaps with Alchemy on the RPC and node-as-a-service layer and competes on price and chain coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Coinbase Cloud: Coinbase Cloud (formerly Bison Trails) provides node hosting, staking, and blockchain infrastructure as part of Coinbase's broader crypto exchange and platform portfolio. It competes with Alchemy at the institutional and enterprise level as an incumbent with deep balance sheet.

Others

• Alchemy (defi self-custody): Not a separate peer; placeholder removed. See also Chainlink for oracle-adjacent infrastructure that frequently sits alongside Alchemy RPC in customer stacks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AlchemyPlatform
• Facebookfacebook.com/alchemyplatform
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alchemyinc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors28 records

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M&A5 records

Investments46 records

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