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what's Protocol Labs?

Protocol Labs is a research, development, and deployment laboratory focused on network protocols and decentralized technologies. They created foundational open-source projects like IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) for distributed file storage, libp2p for peer-to-peer networking, and Filecoin, a decentralized storage marketplace powered by blockchain incentives. The lab operates as an innovation network, collaborating with over 600 teams, projects, and communities to accelerate advancements in emergent computing technologies. They provide developer tools, grants, engineering support, and infrastructure credits to build scalable web3 applications, emphasizing open protocols for a more resilient internet.

Snapshot

Protocol Labs hosts March Demo Day W26 (AI, web3, deep tech) and Funding the Commons SF.

1M ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Hosts Demo Day W26 on March 16, 2026, featuring 12+ teams across AI, web3, and deep tech in an async format, with content available through March 23, 2026.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Hosts Funding the Commons SF event March 14-15, 2026 at Frontier Tower, featuring a 36-hour gathering focused on public AI infrastructure, open hardware, hackathons, and live funding experiments across 16 floors. Partners Bittensor hackathon March 11-15, 2026 in San Francisco, offers prizes up to 1000 TAO for building sovereign AI layers as Bittensor subnets.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Co-hosts Agentic Brunch with Ethereum Foundation and Filecoin Foundation on 2026-02-25 in San Francisco, examining agent identity and coordination during Genesis Month; also provided support and AI/human reviewers at Agent Skills Workshop on Filecoin Onchain Cloud and agent metadata programming.

2M ago
TEAM UPDATE

appointed a new Chief of Staff

4M ago

Juan Benet announces vision to bring 5-10M people onchain in Argentina, offering founders 20 years of regulatory stability and growing the tech ecosystem 10x through capital and crypto-native financial infrastructure.

Filecoin Onchain cloud launch takes place at depinday with Juan Benet presenting on decentralized infrastructure requirements.

TON Foundation announces Protocol Labs as one of 9+ Web3 partners for EFDevcon Argentina event on November 19 at Startup Palacio.

5M ago

Protocol Labs Network Hub operates at Aleph Hub during LabWeek Web3 from November 13-19 (8 AM - 6 PM daily) as a space for ecosystem teams to connect and collaborate.

Awards Cyberpunk Fellowship with EF PSE team, providing $5M funding in 2025 for privacy, digital rights, and resilient infrastructure; supports Parallel Society experiment as virtual partner with event March 6-7, 2026 in Lisbon.

LabWeek Web3 event takes place November 13-19 at Aleph Hub in Buenos Aires, with Protocol Labs hosting a Network Hub for ecosystem teams to connect and collaborate.

F25 Demo Day opens tomorrow featuring 28 teams from AI, crypto, web3, robotics, and neurotech across the PL network, with projects backed by a16z, Pantera, and other investors.

FIL-RetroPGF-3 opens applications to distribute over 500K FIL to Filecoin projects, funded by Protocol Labs, Filecoin Foundation, and Lotus Pond Association. Submissions close on November 3.

Protocol Labs Network backs Demo Day with 700+ teams representing over $20B in value.

Demo Day scheduled for October 23 features 25 founders presenting 3-minute pitches across AI, Web3, infrastructure, robotics, and neurotech sectors in an invite-only virtual event.

Protocol Labs and web3privacy co-hosted a retreat outside Berlin for 100 leading builders in the privacy-tech space, featuring discussions on opportunities and developments.

6M ago

Protocol Labs announces the d/acc Residency at Edge City Patagonia, a first-of-its-kind program for 15 leading builders focused on decentralized and defensive acceleration.

7M ago

New partnership with Payy introduces privacy-focused crypto payment ecosystem including network, wallet, and card solutions.

New collaboration with Nuva Finance launches to build real-world asset marketplace.

DePIN Day event scheduled for October 3rd in Singapore's Guoco Midtown, gathering builders, founders, and investors for ecosystem development.

8M ago

ET_Fugi joins BitRobotNetwork as first subnet, focusing on embodied AI training data generation.

Former CryptoEconLab researcher Vik Kalghatgi joins Glow as Chief Scientist.

New R&D partnership with Recall Network focuses on scaling agent competitions and decentralized infrastructure.

Ongoing hackathon focuses on AI agent development with Mosaia.io, integrating GitBook, Slack, and Coinbase tools.

11M ago

CoinList and Fleek teams collaborate to build joint momentum within the ecosystem.