ELSOUL LABO B.V.
Company
ELSOUL LABO is a software research lab for the crypto and Web3 era, building cloud, network, bare metal, server, application infrastructure, AI agents, and open-source software that feels good to use for humanity.
Name | ELSOUL LABO B.V. |
Established | September 2020 |
Address | Weteringschans 165, 1017 XD Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Founders | Fumitake Kawasaki Shota Kishi |
Capital | 10,000 € |
Bank | ING, BUNQ |
KvK | 80297625 |
Certification | WBSO (Advanced Research) by Dutch government Google Cloud Build Partner Google Cloud Web3 Startups Program Cloudflare Startup Program Research paper about Skeet was published at ENASE 2024 Solana Summer Camp Hackathon 2022 — DAOs Track, 5th place RIPE NCC Member Circle Alliance Partner |
Content | Software research and development for Web3 infrastructure, cloud, network, bare metal, server, application infrastructure, AI agents, and open-source software |
Since 2012
A continuous track record
- 2012
The team begins building software together in Yokohama.
Cloud partner of Google Cloud, AWS, and Alibaba Cloud; open-source cloud applications for the U.S. government.
- 2020
ELSOUL LABO B.V. is established in Amsterdam as an AI, cloud, and blockchain research institute.
Software research and development moves to the Netherlands.
- 2022
Epics DAO launches, supporting open-source development through a digital card game.
Solana Summer Camp Hackathon 2022 — DAOs Track, 5th place; R&D certified under the Dutch government's WBSO program.
- 2023
Solana testnet validator operations begin, and Solv (SLV) — an open-source Solana validator and RPC tool — is released.
Public, reproducible tooling for running validators and RPCs.
- 2024
The Skeet research paper is published at ENASE 2024.
Peer-reviewed software research.
- 2024
Promotion to mainnet validator, and the ERPC service launches.
Research becomes a running service on our own infrastructure.
- 2026
Our self-operated autonomous system (AS200261) goes live in Frankfurt.
The physical layer our products depend on, operated in-house.
Founders
Fumitake Kawasaki
Co-founder
A software researcher with expertise in backend systems, Web3 infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, network infrastructure, bare metal and server infrastructure, and blockchain development. Skilled in improving development efficiency and inventing software that feels good to use.
Shota Kishi
Co-founder
A software researcher involved in frontend, backend, cloud infrastructure, application infrastructure, AI-agent workflows, and blockchain development, capable of designing and developing software while considering the overall balance.
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