What Anza does

Anza Technology, Inc. is a private Solana-focused R&D lab that builds core blockchain infrastructure for the Solana network. The company originated from a spin-off of Solana Labs engineers and is headquartered in San Diego, California (with one firmographic record citing a French office address). Its primary product is Agave, the majority Solana validator client — software that the validator set uses to participate in consensus, produce blocks, and process transactions. Anza also designed Alpenglow, a new consensus protocol that replaces Solana's prior Proof of History and TowerBFT mechanisms with Votor and Rotor, targeting block finalization in 100-150 milliseconds; the Alpenglow white paper v1.1 was released in July 2025.

Anza's portfolio extends across the developer stack with Pinocchio (a dependency-free Rust framework for Solana programs), P-Token (a lightweight token program), Codama (a client-code and IDL generator), Solana Kit SDK (a JavaScript SDK for Node, web, and React Native), and the Solana Programs collection of optimized on-chain programs. In April 2026 the team published an independent implementation of the Falcon post-quantum digital signature scheme, converging with Jump Crypto's Firedancer team on the same quantum-resistant design. Anza is also advancing SIMD-123, SIMD-550, and SIMD-553 tokenomics proposals through 2026, which would double Solana's annual disinflation rate.

The business model is non-commercial open-source distribution: all software is delivered via GitHub, Discord, and self-service documentation with no public pricing. Anza is funded and supported by the Solana Foundation as a core R&D lab. The company has no disclosed revenue, no funding rounds on record, no parent company, and no named enterprise customers. Its value capture rests on being the engineering team closest to the Solana protocol rather than on a software-as-a-service revenue stream.

Name

Anza

Legal name

Anza Technology, Inc.

Website

https://anza.xyz

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Anza Technology, Inc. is a private Solana R&D lab that develops and maintains Agave (Solana's majority validator client), the Alpenglow consensus protocol, and a suite of Solana developer tools, serving Solana validators, developers, and the Solana Foundation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain Infrastructure

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Contract Execution Environments (EVM/WASM, runtimes, precompiles) (FSAPABAA)

Keywords

• Solana validator client
• Blockchain consensus protocol
• Crypto infrastructure development
• Solana developer SDK
• Rust program framework

Headquarters

HQ city

Anzy

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Anza is a Solana R&D lab that builds and maintains core Solana blockchain infrastructure, most notably the Agave validator client (Solana's majority client) and the Alpenglow consensus protocol. It also produces open-source developer tooling—including the Pinocchio Rust framework, P-Token, Codama, the Solana Kit JavaScript SDK, and a collection of optimized Solana Programs—distributed via GitHub to validators and developers building on Solana.

Product overview

Anza is a Solana R&D lab that develops a portfolio of infrastructure and developer tools for the Solana blockchain ecosystem. Its core product is Agave, Solana's majority validator client, alongside Alpenglow, a groundbreaking new consensus protocol targeting sub-second finality. The offering extends through developer tools including the Solana Kit SDK (JavaScript), Pinocchio (Rust framework), P-Token (token implementation), Codama (code generator), and Solana Programs (on-chain program collection). These products serve validators, developers building on Solana, and the broader Solana ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Agave Validator Client Solana's majority validator client built by Anza—the engineering team closest to the Solana protocol—designed for performance, reliability, and long-term network health. Forged as a continuation of the original Solana Labs validator and distributed as open-source software for validators worldwide.
• Alpenglow Consensus Protocol A consensus protocol for Solana replacing TowerBFT and Proof-of-History with Votor (voting and block finalization) and Rotor (stake-weighted data dissemination) mechanisms. Targets 100-150ms block finalization, supports a '20+20' resilience model tolerating 20% adversarial stake and 20% non-responsive stake, and is positioned as the fastest new consensus protocol for global high-performance networks.
• Falcon Post-Quantum Cryptography Implementation An open-source post-quantum cryptographic signature implementation based on Falcon-512, published on GitHub for Solana validators and developers preparing for the quantum-threatened era. Designed to maintain Solana's high-throughput performance by using the smallest-signature NIST post-quantum standard.
• Pinocchio A minimal, dependency-free Rust framework that helps developers create high-performance Solana on-chain programs.
• P-Token A lightweight token implementation for Solana that enables a more flexible token program design.
• Codama A code generator that produces client code and standardized interface descriptions (IDLs) for Solana programs.
• Solana Kit SDK A JavaScript SDK for building Solana applications across Node, web, and React Native environments.
• Solana Programs A collection of highly optimized on-chain programs that power the Solana ecosystem, maintained under the solana-program GitHub organization.

Quantifiable outcome

• Alpenglow achieves block finalization in approximately 150 milliseconds (median), with some finalizations as fast as 100 milliseconds for a worldwide L1 blockchain protocol
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Solana FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 April 2026The Solana Foundation funds and supports Anza as a core R&D lab developing Solana protocol infrastructure. Anza works on validator clients, consensus protocols, and developer tools that form the backbone of the Solana network.
• Jump Crypto (Firedancer)coreTechnology or Integration · 27 April 2026Anza and Firedancer (Jump Crypto's validator client) independently selected the Falcon post-quantum digital signature scheme as their cryptographic solution for quantum readiness. Both teams reached the same conclusion without coordination, lending credibility to the selection. They have published working implementations on GitHub.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/anza_xyz
• GitHubgithub.com/anza-xyz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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