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Building the Internet Computer
As the primary contributor to the development of the Internet Computer, our team of over 200 world-reknowned scientists and engineers innovate in cryptography, distributed systems, and programming languages.
Roadmap
The DFINITY Foundation’s contributions to the Internet Computer roadmap are subject to community discussion and voting
Motoko Playground
Explore Motoko, the native language of the Internet Computer, right in the browser without having to download the SDK
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A beautiful dream emerged in 2014. One team set itself to realizing that dream.
Team
We aim to create a "blockchain singularity" in which every system and service is rebuilt and reimagined using smart contracts and runs entirely from infinite public blockchain without need for traditional IT
The DFINITY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization developing technology for the Internet Computer blockchain.Founded in Oct 2016
We are headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, and have major research centers in Switzerland and California, and remote teams in places such as Germany, the UK and US.4 Research Centers
Our team of cryptographers, computer scientists and engineers have collectively earned nearly 100,000 academic citations.
Dominic Williams
Founder & Chief Scientist
Gian Bochsler
Foundation Council Member & Swiss Operations
Josh Drake
Chief Operating Officer
Jan Camenisch
Chief Technology Officer
Eva Oberholzer
Chief Growth Officer
Samuel Burri
Vice President of Engineering
Lomesh Dutta
Vice President of Growth
Michael Lee
Vice President of Communications
Saskia Lenkeit
Head of HR
Paul Meeusen
Vice President of Finance
Riccardo Coli
Chief of Staff
Ben Lynn
Technical Staff
Timo Hanke
Technical Staff
Victor Shoup
Technical Staff
Maria Dubovitskaya
Director of Engineering
David Derler
Technical Staff
Manu Drijvers
Technical Staff
Jens Groth
Technical Staff
Yvonne-Anne Pignolet
Technical Staff
John Plevyak
Technical Staff
Martin Stein
Technical Staff
Björn Tackmann
Technical Staff
Johan Granström
Technical Staff
Michel Abdalla
Technical Staff
Björn Assmann
Technical Staff
Helge Bahmann
Technical Staff
Rüdiger Birkner
Technical Staff
Aisling Connolly
Technical Staff
Yotam Harchol
Technical Staff
Stefan Kaestle
Technical Staff
Rüdiger Kapitza
Technical Staff
Thomas Locher
Technical Staff
Ognjen Maric
Technical Staff
Martin Raszyk
Technical Staff
Lara Schmid
Technical Staff
Mikhail Turilin
Technical Staff
Bogdan Warinschi
Technical Staff
Satya Vusirikala
Technical Staff
Ulan Degenbaev
Technical Staff
Michael Ahern
Technical Staff
Alejandro Alvarez
Technical Staff
David Alves
Technical Staff
Jeff Anderson
Technical Staff
Jean Arnaud
Technical Staff
Maksym Arutyunyan
Technical Staff
Anton Astafiev
Technical Staff
Ege Bagcioglu
Technical Staff
Andriy Berestovskyy
Technical Staff
Khushboo Bindlish
Technical Staff
Mathias Björkqvist
Technical Staff
Ian Blenke
Technical Staff
Daniel Bloom
Technical Staff
Adam Bratschi-Kaye
Technical Staff
Andrea Cerulli
Technical Staff
Yan Chen
Technical Staff
Ryan Croote
Technical Staff
Zoran Cvetkov
Technical Staff
Stefan Dietiker
Technical Staff
Bas van Dijk
Technical Staff
Mykola Dzham
Technical Staff
Leo Eichhorn
Technical Staff
Islam El-Ashi
Technical Staff
Eduard Galindo
Technical Staff
Gabor Greif
Technical Staff
Tim Gretler
Technical Staff
Matthew Grogan
Technical Staff
Anna Galanou
Research Intern
Matthew Hammer
Technical Staff
Angela Harp
R&D Communications
Tomas Hlavacek
Technical Staff
Samuel Howard
Technical Staff
Roman Kashitsyn
Technical Staff
Eero Kelly
Technical Staff
Raymond Khalife
Technical Staff
Livio Kopp
Technical Staff
Maciej Kot
Technical Staff
Martina Kollárová
Technical Staff
Nikolay Komarevskiy
Technical Staff
Marko Kosmerl
Technical Staff
Robin Künzler
Technical Staff
Andrew Lee
Technical Staff
Hugo Lageneste
Technical Staff
Peter Lidwell
Technical Staff
Paul Liu
Technical Staff
Jack Lloyd
Technical Staff
Benjamin Loison
Ivan Malison
Technical Staff
Nicolas Mattia
Technical Staff
Ryan Morrison
Technical Staff
Christian Müller
Technical Staff
Max Murphy
Technical Staff
Jason Ibrahim
Technical Staff
Gregory Neven
Technical Staff
Marcin Nowak-Liebiediew
Technical Staff
Joseph Orthoefer
Technical Staff
Mario Pastorelli
Technical Staff
Hamish Peebles
Technical Staff
Llorenç Perello
Technical Staff
Tony Pernicano
Technical Staff
Ali Piccioni
Technical Staff
Kyle Peacock
Technical Staff
Diego Prats
Technical Staff
Franz-Stefan Preiss
Technical Staff
Bartosz Przydatek
Technical Staff
Frederik Rothenberger
Technical Staff
Rosti Rumenov
Technical Staff
Claudio Russo
Technical Staff
Dimitris Sarlis
Technical Staff
Stefan Schneider
Technical Staff
Venkkatesh Sekar
Technical Staff
Faraz Shaikh
Technical Staff
Linwei Shang
Technical Staff
Severin Siffert
Technical Staff
Alin Sinpalean
Technical Staff
Ajay Navaratna
Technical Staff
Luka Skugor
Technical Staff
Dieter Sommer
Technical Staff
Christian Stieger
Technical Staff
Max Summe
Technical Staff
Adam Spofford
Technical Staff
Ryan Stout
Technical Staff
Maks Strasinskis
Technical Staff
Rahul Subramaniyam
Technical Staff
Raghav Sundaravaradan
Technical Staff
Eric Swanson
Technical Staff
Leon Tan
Technical Staff
Jude Taylor
Technical Staff
Arshavir Ter-Gabrielyan
Technical Staff
Daniel Thurau
Technical Staff
Saša Tomić
Technical Staff
Shuo Wang
Technical Staff
Jan Wendling
Technical Staff
John Wiegley
Technical Staff
Daniel Wong
Technical Staff
QJ Yu
Technical Staff
Valeriy Zamaraiev
Technical Staff
Alexandra Zapuc
Technical Staff
Chadwick Ahn
Operations
Maurice Alloati
Finance
Dominik Ayyildiz
Operations
Chrystel Brantschen
Operations
Tiffany Chau
Recruiting
Juliana Che
Operations
Jad Chenaye
Finance
Sharon Choe
Operations
Brandon Cohen
Recruiting
Andrew Csepreghy
Growth
Shadia Damra
Operations
Jason Dobbs
Partnerships
Jean-Armand Figeac
Finance
Jorge Gongora
Operations
Giulia Guizzardi
Community
Claire Hall
People
Chris Harrison
Partnerships
Mamiko Inoue
Finance
Carsten Jacobsen
Growth
Andrew Kendall
Operations
Yeji Kim
Growth
Artem Korotkikh
Operations
Marco Mahrer
Recruiting
Alyssa Manalo
Operations
Ryan Newman
Recruiting
Emma Peretti
Operations
Adela Pospisil
Operations
Nikhil Ranjan
Growth
Rachel Salata
Legal
Priyanka Sehrawat
Finance
Scott Staton
Communications
Fulco Taen
Growth
Andrew Tang
Web3 Games
Anthony VanVranken
Operations
Dominic Wörner
Growth
Herbert Yang
Asia
Vincent Zhang
Web3 Games
Warren
Operations
Anthony
Operations
The DFINITY Foundation as a Swiss-based not-for-profit which employs the largest R&D team in blockchain.
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Internet Computer Ecosystem
Plug Wallet, built and open sourced by Fleek, is a browser extension that allows you to access your ICP, Cycles and other tokens – as well as log into Internet Computer dapps with one click. Download it here.
Fleek brings decentralized web-hosting to the Internet Computer. With thousands of webpages deployed, Fleek enables anyone to deploy their content on Web3.0
Origyn
www.origyn.chThe Origyn Foundation is blending luxury goods, with NFTs by providing digital verifications for physical objects. Only possible on the Internet Computer.
Internet Identity guarantees that your data isn’t visible, tracked, or mined. The blockchain authentication system enables users to sign in to dapps on the Internet Computer and sites across the web anonymously and securely.
Motoko Playground
m7sm4-2iaaa-aaaab-qabra-caiThe Motoko Playground is an IDE for developers to learn Motoko – the native language for the Internet Computer blockchain. Deploy canister smart contracts for free, directly within a browser, without needing to download an SDK or set up a wallet.
NNS Front-End Dapp
nns.ic0.appThe NNS front-end dapp allows anyone to interact with the Internet Computer's Network Nervous System with a user-friendly UI. Served completely end-to-end through blockchain, this dapp allows you to manage ICP, stake neurons, participate in voting, and earn rewards.
Dank
dank.oooDank is the first Decentralized Bank built on the Internet Computer, developed by Fleek. Through a collection of Open Internet Services for users and developers, Dank makes cycles management seamless.
Toniq Labs
igpeu-waaaa-aaaad-qaava-caiToniq Labs is the creator of Entrepot NFT marketplace, Stoic Wallet, Exponent, and Rise of the Magni, Cronic NFTs and more. Try out their projects that range from NFTs to wrapped cycles to games built on, and for, the Internet Computer blockchain.
InfinitySwap is a platform to create, stake, and swap tokens on the Internet Computer. Backed by Polychain Capital and 9YardsCapital (amongst others) –– InfinitySwap offers users the ability to swap tokens cheaply with their novel technology build on the ICP blockchain. They are also planning to release their own token standard IS20 to support these initiatives.
Canlista
k7gat-daaaa-aaaae-qaahq-caiThe Internet Computer community canister registry. Find, publish and extend applications and services built on the Internet Computer. Log in with Internet Identity.
Sudograph
i67uk-hiaaa-aaaae-qaaka-caiSudograph is a GraphQL database for the Internet Computer. Its goal is to become the simplest way to develop applications for the IC by providing flexibility and out-of-the-box data management.
ICMoji Origins is an NFT-based multiplayer game built end-to-end on-chain on the Internet Computer. The winner of the DSCVR Hackathon Season 2 features one of the first NFTs on the Internet Computer, ICMojis. These NFTs can be won in weekly challenges, purchased, or traded via marketplace and brought into the decentralized game with their unique attributes. Play now for free!
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Media
Featured Story
April 2022 by Yahoo! Finance
Ex-Cardano Exec Eva Oberholzer Joins DFINITY as Chief Growth Officer
Press
Video
Aug 2021
Talk | Primer to the Internet Computer (Dominic Williams)
Jan 2020
DFINITY | Fortune Brainstorm Tech: Building the Internet Computer
Jan 2020
How DFINITY Is Reinventing the Internet
Jan 2020
Web Summit Centre Stage | The Internet Computer