Alchemy

What Alchemy does

Alchemy is an AI-powered blockchain infrastructure company that provides financial transaction processing through its proprietary Cortex engine to institutional customers. The platform is designed to serve companies requiring scalable, reliable infrastructure for AI-powered blockchain financial applications, with named enterprise customers including cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and prediction market platform Polymarket. The company operates an enterprise-focused go-to-market motion and segments primarily around the use-case of institutional blockchain financial applications.

The Cortex engine is Alchemy's core product — described as an AI-powered transaction processing platform that automates blockchain financial transaction processing and infrastructure scaling. The company categorizes its AI capabilities under process automation and predictive analytics, and the engine was reported to have maintained operational volumes and performance during an October 2025 market stress event while supporting institutional clients. Revenue is generated through usage-based infrastructure fees to enterprise customers, though pricing is not publicly disclosed. The product surface is positioned around operational resilience, institutional-grade reliability, and AI-augmented performance under high-stress market conditions.

In 2025, Alchemy appointed Bill Platt, an AWS veteran, as Chief Operating Officer to lead the next phase of AI-powered financial transactions and scale infrastructure for institutional demand. The company also operates a sub-brand, Cortex, which corresponds to its AI-powered engine. Note: the firmographics block attached to this record describes a small photography and animation production house in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico with 11-50 employees, which is inconsistent with the substantive technology, customer, and operational data; this analysis treats the blockchain infrastructure data as the primary subject given its depth and consistency.

Name

Alchemy

Website

https://alcchemy.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alchemy is a private AI-powered blockchain infrastructure company that operates the Cortex engine to deliver financial transaction processing for institutional clients, including cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and prediction market Polymarket.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain Infrastructure

NAICS

Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Interoperability & Integration Middleware (ERP/core banking connectors, messaging, APIs, cross-chain to permissioned) (FSAPAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Enterprise Payments & Tokenized Money (stablecoins, tokenized deposits, CBDC rails) (FSAPAIAJ)

Keywords

• Blockchain infrastructure
• AI-powered transactions
• Financial applications
• Enterprise blockchain services
• Crypto infrastructure platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad Juárez

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Infrastructure Services: Provides blockchain infrastructure services to institutional customers for AI-powered financial transactions. Revenue likely generated through infrastructure usage fees or subscription-based pricing for enterprise clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

Alchemy provides AI-powered blockchain financial transaction infrastructure through its Cortex Engine, an automated transaction processing platform built for institutional-scale demand. The offering targets companies requiring reliable blockchain financial application infrastructure, with the platform having demonstrated resilience during October 2025 market stress testing while supporting major clients such as Coinbase and Polymarket.

Product overview

Alchemy is a blockchain infrastructure platform that provides AI-powered financial transaction services for institutional demand. The company's primary product is the Cortex engine, which handles transaction processing and infrastructure scaling for blockchain-based financial applications. The platform supports major clients including Coinbase and Polymarket.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cortex: AI-powered engine for blockchain financial transactions that demonstrated resilience during market stress testing in October 2025

Products and services

• Cortex Engine Alchemy's AI-powered transaction processing engine designed for blockchain financial applications, providing automated infrastructure scaling and predictive resilience for institutional-scale demand. The platform demonstrated resilience during October 2025 market stress testing while supporting major clients Coinbase and Polymarket.

Quantifiable outcome

• Maintained operational volumes and performance during October market stress test

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Chainstack: Chainstack offers managed blockchain node services and APIs (Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, etc.) for developers and enterprises building DeFi, NFTs, and on-chain applications—comparable product surface to the Cortex engine.
• Blockdaemon: Blockdaemon provides institutional blockchain node infrastructure, staking, and DeFi API services across multiple protocols—closest peers for the institutional-focused GTM and uptime-critical financial workloads Alchemy targets.
• QuickNode: QuickNode provides multi-chain blockchain infrastructure (node hosting, APIs, webhooks) targeting developers building financial applications, DeFi protocols, and Web3 products—directly overlapping with the Cortex engine's positioning.
• Infura (Consensys): Infura is the most direct competitor to Alchemy's described offering—enterprise-grade blockchain node infrastructure and APIs (Ethereum, IPFS, etc.) for developers and institutions building financial and DeFi applications. Highly comparable on product, customer base, and go-to-market.
• Ankr: Ankr offers blockchain node infrastructure, RPC endpoints, and staking-as-a-service across many chains, serving developers and institutions. Direct overlap with Alchemy's API-driven node and transaction infrastructure.

Emerging players

• Figment: Figment is one of the largest institutional blockchain infrastructure providers, focused on proof-of-stake node services and data APIs. Comparable on institutional customer focus and reliability requirements, though more staking-adjacent than Alchemy's transaction emphasis.
• Moralis: Moralis offers APIs and SDKs (including AI integration) for building Web3 and blockchain applications, with enterprise customers including Polymarket-area use cases. Direct overlap on API infrastructure and AI-adjacent positioning.
• GetBlock: GetBlock provides shared and dedicated blockchain node APIs across many chains for developers and enterprise users—functional overlap on the developer/API layer underlying the Cortex engine's services.
• Pocket Network (POKT): Pocket Network provides decentralized RPC infrastructure for blockchain applications, including AI-agent use cases that Alchemy emphasizes. Emerging competitor with a different architecture but overlapping customer needs.

Broad incumbents

• Coinbase Cloud: Coinbase Cloud is Coinbase's institutional blockchain infrastructure offering—covering node hosting, staking, and developer APIs. As both a customer and a competitor, it represents an option value and a key channel risk for Alchemy's institutional GTM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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