Ceramic Network

What Ceramic Network does

Ceramic Network is a decentralized data protocol that provides verifiable, composable event-streaming infrastructure for Web3 applications. Developed by 3Box Labs, the protocol organizes data into streams of signed events anchored to EVM blockchains, enabling developers to share data models across an interoperable application ecosystem. Core technical components include Ceramic One (a Rust-based node implementation replacing the legacy js-ceramic), ComposeDB (a graph database layer being deprecated in 2025), OrbisDB, and a modular TypeScript SDK with packages for events, HTTP, identifiers, models, model instances, and Flight SQL queries. The network supports use cases spanning decentralized social graphs, identity and reputation systems, verifiable credentials and attestations, points/loyalty programs, and AI/ML data feeds.

Ceramic operates as open-source public infrastructure with no direct revenue model attached to the core protocol. Go-to-market is community-led and API-first, targeting developers through Discord, GitHub, technical documentation, blog content, and conference participation (ETHDenver, Devcon, EthCC, DePIN events). The ecosystem has reached 400+ applications and services with 10M+ streams of content created. Documented customer integrations include Oamo, CharmVerse, RariMe, Gitcoin Passport, ZKLadder, US3R Network, and KaratDAO — all startups or project teams rather than large enterprises.

Following the February 2025 merger of 3Box Labs with Textile, Ceramic joined a portfolio alongside Tableland DB and Basin Network with a stated mission of building an Intelligence Layer for AI Agents. In April 2025 the company announced a strategic pivot to focus on Ceramic One (Rust) for AI agent workloads, deprecating js-ceramic and ComposeDB. The company is venture-backed, having raised $30M in February 2022 from Multicoin Capital and Union Square Ventures alongside Coinbase Ventures, Variant, Protocol Labs, ConsenSys, Digital Currency Group, Jump Crypto, and others, and operates with a small core team of 1-10 employees.

Name

Ceramic Network

Legal name

3Box Labs

Website

https://ceramic.network

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

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

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

Revenue model

1. Protocol Infrastructure (Open Source): Ceramic Network is an open-source decentralized protocol with no direct revenue model. The technology is provided as public infrastructure for the Web3 ecosystem. 3Box Labs, the parent organization, may generate revenue through related products and services, but the core Ceramic protocol itself is freely accessible.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Ceramic Network provides a decentralized event streaming protocol that lets developers build decentralized databases, distributed compute pipelines, and authenticated data feeds for Web3 applications. The protocol delivers verifiable, composable data at web scale, organized into streams of immutable events anchored to EVM blockchains. Core deliverables include the Ceramic One Rust node implementation, the ComposeDB graph database interface, the OrbisDB database upgrade, and a comprehensive TypeScript SDK.

Product overview

Ceramic Network is a decentralized data network providing a protocol for composable, verifiable data storage. The core product architecture consists of Ceramic One (the Rust-based node implementation), ComposeDB (graph database layer), and OrbisDB (database upgrade). The ecosystem also includes the TypeScript Ceramic SDK for developers, Flight SQL query interface for data analytics, Self-Anchoring for EVM blockchain timestamping, and the Data Feed API for custom indexing. The network enables Web3 applications to store, update, and retrieve data with cryptographic verifiability, data composability across applications, and web-scale performance through event streaming and sharding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ComposeDB: Graph database built on Ceramic for querying and managing decentralized data
• Ceramic One
• Ceramic Recon
• IDX
• self.ID

Products and services

• Ceramic One The next-generation Ceramic node implementation written in Rust, responsible for storing data, providing HTTP API access (port 5101) and Flight SQL endpoints (port 5102), and coordinating event streaming across the decentralized network. Used by developers running Ceramic infrastructure for Web3 applications.
• ComposeDB Graph database built on Ceramic Network that enables developers to build scalable Web3 applications with composable, verifiable, and reusable data across applications.
• OrbisDB

Quantifiable outcome

• 400+ applications and services built on the network
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• TextileflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 20253Box Labs, Ceramic's parent company, has merged with Textile. Ceramic is joining the Textile family alongside Tableland DB and Basin Network to create the Intelligence Layer for AI Agents. This strategic merger combines decentralized data solutions to better serve the growing world of AI agents.
• OrbiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrbisDB has emerged as a premier database solution for the Ceramic Network. Building on ComposeDB, OrbisDB brings significant advancements in functionality, performance, and user experience. Orbis launched a plugin for Gitcoin Passport and continues to build database tooling for the Ceramic ecosystem.
• Lit ProtocolcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration between Lit Protocol and Ceramic allows developers to build applications with encrypted data storage on ComposeDB. Lit Protocol provides the encryption layer while Ceramic provides decentralized storage with user-controlled access.
• Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS)coreTechnology or IntegrationTutorial documentation exists for storing off-chain EAS attestations using Ceramic. Each document written to Ceramic in the form of verifiable credentials or EAS attestation payloads contains everything needed to recall and validate signatures.
• WalletConnectcoreTechnology or IntegrationWalletConnect's Web3Modal toolset integrates with Ceramic for user authentication. Tutorial demonstrates using Web3Modal for creating Ceramic user sessions and DID-based authentication through browser wallets.
• MetaMaskcoreTechnology or IntegrationMetaMask Snaps integration enables identity management with Ceramic. RariMe is a MetaMask Snap that switched from local storage to Ceramic for multi-device data synchronization.
• GitcoincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGitcoin Passport uses Ceramic for its reputation system enabling trustworthy beta round donations. Orbis launched a plugin specifically for Gitcoin Passport. Ceramic co-hosted events with Gitcoin at EthDenver 2024.
• Index NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndex Network announced a Farcaster integration and is making strides in powering decentralized AI. Ceramic and Index Network are jointly calling developers to build composable search applications.
• AutonolasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAutonolas partners with Ceramic to revolutionize AI tooling for DAOs. Autonolas utilizes Ceramic to push boundaries of crypto-native organizational building.
• LearnWeb3minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLearnWeb3 launched a course on building AI chatbots with Ceramic, making the technology more accessible to developers of all skill levels.
• HireNodesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHireNodes is a node running service that makes it easy for developers to run Ceramic nodes without worrying about technical details of node management.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Farcaster: Farcaster is a sufficiently decentralized social network with its own on-chain identity and data layer (Hubs). Competes with Ceramic for builder attention in the decentralized social stack, including via Index Network (a Ceramic partner) integrations.
• Ceramic's sibling: Lit Protocol: Lit Protocol provides decentralized key management and encrypted access control for Web3 data. It is a partner to Ceramic (encrypted storage on ComposeDB) but also overlaps as an infrastructure layer that applications might pick instead of Ceramic.
• Lens Protocol: Lens Protocol is a decentralized social graph built on Ceramic-compatible infrastructure for portable social profiles. Direct overlap on social/decentralized identity use cases — Lens's adoption signals the demand for Ceramic-style composable data.

Direct peers

• The Graph: The Graph provides decentralized indexing and querying for blockchain data via subgraphs and a GraphQL API. It is the most direct competitor to Ceramic's data querying layer, serving overlapping developer needs around composable Web3 data.
• Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS): EAS is an open-source attestation infrastructure for off-chain and on-chain claims. It is integrated with Ceramic for storage, but it is also an independent competitor for verifiable-claim workloads — applications may pick EAS directly without Ceramic.
• Tableland: Tableland offers a decentralized relational database for Web3, with SQL-style tables composable across applications. Now a sibling product under Textile post-merger, but operates as an adjacent data layer competing for similar developer mindshare.

Broad incumbents

• Filecoin: Filecoin is a decentralized storage network with verifiable storage proofs. It competes in the broader decentralized data infrastructure category, addressing the storage layer beneath Ceramic's composable data model.
• Arweave: Arweave provides permanent, pay-once decentralized storage with a focus on data permanence. It addresses the durability half of Ceramic's value prop and competes for Web3 data workloads requiring long-term verifiability.
• Chainlink: Chainlink provides decentralized oracles, data feeds, and cross-chain services. It overlaps with Ceramic in the verifiable data feeds and cross-chain developer tooling categories and dwarfs Ceramic in scale and institutional adoption.
• IPFS / Protocol Labs: Protocol Labs builds IPFS and Filecoin, the dominant decentralized storage and content-addressing layer for Web3. Ceramic anchors into similar problems (decentralized data) but at the mutable, composable layer above raw file storage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ceramicnetwork
• GitHubgithub.com/ceramicnetwork
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCgCLq5dx7sX-yUrrEbtYqVw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors32 records

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M&A

Investments

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