What 57Blocks does

57Blocks is a private, global engineering services firm founded in 2018 as a spin-out of Adobe, headquartered in San Francisco with a Chinese operating subsidiary (57Blocks Technology Chengdu Co., Ltd. / 伍贰柒必乐科技 (成都) 有限公司) and approximately 200+ technical staff. The firm delivers two integrated service lines: AI Engineering, covering the full lifecycle from data pipelines and model deployment to vertical AI applications (Legal, Healthcare, Finance, Robotics, Agriculture), supported by the proprietary 57Blocks DataOps Tooling Suite and 57Blocks AI Copilot Suite; and Blockchain/Web3 Engineering, covering L1/L2 protocol development, smart contracts (EVM, Solana, Stellar, Sui), dApps, cross-chain bridging (LayerZero, LI.FI, CCTP), DEX aggregation, and onchain node/indexing infrastructure across 30+ chains at 99.9% uptime.

Commercially, 57Blocks sells project-based embedded engineering teams and managed infrastructure to forward-thinking enterprises (including Google, Apple, Fanatics, Autodesk, Stellar, Paxos) and to venture-backed startups from Y Combinator and a16z. The firm additionally operates 57Blocks Capital, a venture arm that makes seed investments in early vertical AI and Web3 founders and supplies them with embedded engineering services, plus in-house tooling products (DataOps, AI Copilot Suite, Blockchain SDKs with 6K+ downloads) that create internal productivity leverage on top of billable hours. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is structured per-engagement; revenue mix blends professional services with a smaller venture/equity component.

The company has launched 100+ products since inception and integrates a broad set of third-party platforms (Alchemy, QuickNode, Moralis, Infura, The Graph, Dune, Tenderly, MetaMask, WalletConnect) to deliver client solutions, with research collaborations at Stanford University and MIT. The combination of enterprise logo credibility, propeller startup exposure, proprietary tooling, and a venture co-investment arm produces a hybrid services-and-platform business model targeted at the AI/Web3 frontier.

Name

57Blocks

Legal name

57Blocks Technology, Inc.

Website

https://57blocks.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

57Blocks is a private global engineering services firm spun out of Adobe in 2018, providing applied AI and blockchain/Web3 product development to enterprises (Google, Apple, Fanatics, Autodesk) and venture-backed startups via 200+ distributed staff across San Francisco and Chengdu.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330)

akta.pro primary industry

Endpoint & Mobile Asset Management (UEM/MDM Asset Controls) (BPAEAOAI)

Keywords

• AI engineering services
• Blockchain development services
• Smart contract development
• Web3 engineering
• Applied AI systems

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Services: 57Blocks provides engineering services to build applied AI systems and blockchain/Web3 solutions for enterprise clients and startups. Revenue is generated through professional services engagements where they embed engineering teams to accelerate client product development.
2. Venture Investment: 57Blocks operates a venture investment arm that invests in early vertical AI and research-driven founders, combining capital and embedded engineering to accelerate product development for portfolio companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

57Blocks is a global engineering services firm that provides AI Engineering and Blockchain/Web3 Engineering services to enterprise clients and venture-backed startups. They embed engineering teams to build applied AI systems (data pipelines, model deployment, vertical AI), smart contracts (EVM, Solana, Stellar, Sui), dApps, cross-chain solutions, and on-chain infrastructure, leveraging proprietary AI Copilot and DataOps tooling suites.

Product overview

57Blocks is a global engineering services firm offering two primary service verticals: AI Engineering and Blockchain/Web3 Engineering. The AI Engineering practice builds applied AI systems across the full lifecycle, powered by the internal 57Blocks DataOps Tooling Suite (automated labeling, QA, and model iteration) and the 57Blocks AI Copilot Suite (AI agents for product, engineering, and QA workflows). The Blockchain Engineering practice builds modular L1/L2 blockchain systems including smart contract development (EVM, Solana, Stellar, Sui), dApp development (web and mobile), cross-chain solutions via LayerZero/LI.FI/CCTP, and onchain infrastructure with 99.9% uptime. Supporting capabilities include Agentic Applications (autonomous AI agents for Web3), AI/ML Model Development, AI Infrastructure, Data Engineering, Onchain Infrastructure, and DeFi Protocol development. The firm also operates a venture investment arm focused on early vertical AI and research-driven founders. 57Blocks operates from San Francisco with 200+ team members and has delivered 100+ products since 2018.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 57Blocks® AI Copilot Suite: AI-powered copilot suite supporting product, engineering, and QA workflows.
• 57Blocks® DataOps Tooling Suite
• 57Blocks Capital

Products and services

• AI Engineering Services End-to-end applied AI engineering services covering data pipelines, model design/training/deployment for vision, language, and time-series data, inference environments, agent development, vertical AI for Legal, Finance, Robotics, Healthcare, and Agriculture, and ModelOps including evaluation, tuning, and retraining pipelines. Delivered to enterprise clients and venture-backed startups.
• Blockchain/Web3 Engineering Services Modular L1/L2 blockchain engineering services including smart contract development and migration (EVM, Solana, Stellar, Sui), dApp development (React, Angular, Vue.js), cross-bridge stablecoins, DEX swap aggregation, node and indexing infrastructure, and cross-chain bridging via LayerZero, LI.FI, and CCTP.
• DeFi Protocol Development Design and development of decentralized finance protocols including smart contract creation for credit facilities, composable credit line management, liquidity pool operations, and integration with cross-chain messaging protocols. Delivered for clients such as Huma Finance, with over $100M in loans originated with 0% default rates.
• Onchain Infrastructure Services Blockchain infrastructure services including validator operations, RPC operations across 10+ chains with 99.9% uptime, chain testing frameworks with 90%+ automation coverage, and developer SDK tools in TypeScript and Python with 6K+ downloads.
• Venture Investment Arm (57Blocks Capital) Venture investment activities through 57Blocks Capital, which invests in early vertical AI and research-driven founders by combining capital with embedded engineering services to accelerate product development for portfolio companies. Example: seed round participation in Huma Finance.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60-70% less manual labeling effort through automation and pre-annotation
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration28 records

AI capability15 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Huma FinancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeep partnership with Huma Finance including product development (smart contracts, dApp, SDK, subgraph), value-added investment through 57Blocks Capital's seed round participation, ecosystem acceleration (building partner applications like Jia Finance), and unlocking partnerships (introducing Huma to Rain for credit facility launch). Huma achieved over $100M in loans originated with 0% default rates.
• RainflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner57Blocks introduced Huma Finance to Rain (leading corporate card for Web3 companies), enabling the launch of a credit facility on Huma to extend Rain's credit offerings.
• Jia FinancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner57Blocks developed partner application Jia Finance within the Huma ecosystem, leveraging Huma's credit facilities to build innovative financial solutions for SMBs in Africa.
• LayerZerocoreTechnology or IntegrationBuilt LayerZero OFT stablecoins with Ethereum vaults for multi-chain mint and transfer. Integrated LayerZero for secure, validated cross-chain transfers as part of blockchain infrastructure services.
• LI.FIcoreTechnology or IntegrationCreated LI.FI's swap router for optimal trades across 30+ DEXs with real-time routing. Integrated LI.FI for cross-chain DEX connectivity and messaging capabilities.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Innowise Group: Innowise Group is a full-cycle software engineering services firm with strong AI/ML and enterprise blockchain practices. Its scale and vertical coverage make it a close competitor for embedded engineering engagements similar to 57Blocks' model.
• PixelPlex: PixelPlex is a software engineering services firm specializing in blockchain, AI/ML, and Web3 development. It directly competes with 57Blocks in delivering smart contracts, dApps, and AI solutions to enterprise and startup clients.
• LeewayHertz: LeewayHertz provides AI and blockchain engineering services, including smart contract development, DeFi protocols, and enterprise AI solutions. Its dual-vertical AI/blockchain focus closely mirrors 57Blocks' service offering.
• SoluLab: SoluLab is a software development firm offering AI/ML, blockchain, and Web3 engineering services to startups and enterprises. Its product engineering + emerging-tech mix directly competes with 57Blocks for similar client mandates.
• Altoros: Altoros is an engineering services company focused on AI/ML, blockchain, and cloud-native development. It serves enterprise clients across verticals, overlapping directly with 57Blocks' AI engineering and blockchain engineering practices.

Broad incumbents

• ConsenSys: ConsenSys is a leading blockchain software company offering Ethereum development tools (Infura, MetaMask) and consulting services. It overlaps with 57Blocks' Web3 engineering and infrastructure work but at much larger scale with its own product portfolio.
• BairesDev: BairesDev is a large nearshore software outsourcing firm providing dedicated engineering teams to enterprises and startups. It competes with 57Blocks for staff augmentation and product engineering engagements across AI and Web3.
• Globant: Globant is a large digital services firm offering AI engineering, blockchain development, and product engineering across industries. As a much larger incumbent with established AI/Blockchain Studios, it competes with 57Blocks for enterprise AI engineering mandates.
• Thoughtworks: Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy delivering custom software, AI/ML engineering, and digital transformation services. It is a broader incumbent serving enterprise clients with deep engineering practices overlapping 57Blocks' AI and platform work.
• Andela: Andela operates a global engineering talent marketplace connecting companies with vetted software engineers. It competes with 57Blocks for embedded engineering talent engagements, particularly for distributed AI and full-stack teams.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/57blocks
• GitHubgithub.com/57blocks
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/57blocks

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments4 records

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