Entities building on Cardano
Numerous independent entities, including companies actively building on Cardano, collaborate to advance the platform and ensure it remains aligned with its mission.
Entities advancing Cardano
- The Cardano Foundation
Not-for-profit organization
- EMURGO
For-profit arm of Cardano
- Input Output
Research and engineering company
- Intersect
Member based organization
- PRAGMA
Not-for-profit Swiss Association
Input Output is a research and engineering company and venture studio that builds blockchain and Web3 products to empower everyone, everywhere.
Founded by Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy Wood, Input Output was one of the three pioneer entities behind Cardano, originally contracted to design, build, and help maintain the Cardano platform. A fully decentralized company, Input Output is comprised of dynamic, innovative teams– based all over the world, collectively committed to innovation through delivering the highest standards in software engineering based on rigorous peer-to-peer reviewed science.
Input Output is a leader in building distributed computing systems and decentralized technology solutions. The company continues to research and build new paradigms and products in the field of distributed ledger technology and the architecture of Web3. Input Output is committed to open-source principles, and ethical, purpose-driven business, creating technology to benefit the many, not the few. Just like the Cardano Foundation and EMURGO, driving blockchain education is core to Input Output’s philosophy. IO Research is focused on promoting the academic study of blockchain, supported by a team of educators, academic partners, and specially developed courses.
Companies, associations, and collaborations building on Cardano
There is a growing number of entities that build on Cardano. Below are a few of them:
