By Sukanya Ganesh — Oct 24, 2022

🔧 Fixing the Internet

RISC Zero, a startup with a mission to make the internet truly free

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RISC Zero - a zero-knowledge verifiable general computing platform

RISC Zero is a startup with a humble mission – to fix the internet. They develop cutting-edge products utilizing zero-knowledge cryptography. They believe that in order for the internet to be truly free, cloud computing technologies must be cheap enough that anyone in the world can use them, be accessible enough that any developer can build on them using standard programming languages, provide privacy options which give users and developers control over their digital identity and all of the data associated with it and be owned by their users.

Their first open source product, the RISC Zero zero-knowledge virtual machine (zkVM) enables any program to run in a verifiable manner with no trusted authorities. Zero knowledge proofs are integral to many important blockchain privacy and scalability efforts. Recent developments in zero-knowledge proofs have made the possibility of nearly infinite scalability not just a distant possibility, but a real eventuality.

RISC Zero is building a next generation scalable blockchain using zero-knowledge proof technology. This allows developers who are used to programming in Rust, Go, C++ and other standard programming languages to write on-chain decentralized applications that look and feel like more traditional web applications – unlocking the potential of Web3 for a much broader swath of the global developer population.

RISC Zero has raised a total of $14M in funding.