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StarkWare is a blockchain scalability company largely unrelated to AI safety; its inclusion may be incidental or relevant only as an example of cryptographic proof systems with potential applications in verifiable AI computation.

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Summary

StarkWare is a blockchain infrastructure company pioneering STARK-based validity proofs for scaling Ethereum. They offer two main products: Starknet (a permissionless decentralized ZK-rollup) and StarkEx (a standalone validity-rollup SaaS), enabling scalable, secure, and privacy-preserving decentralized applications.

Key Points

  • •Develops STARK (Scalable Transparent ARgument of Knowledge) proof systems for blockchain scalability and security
  • •Starknet is a permissionless ZK-rollup allowing any developer to deploy smart contracts at unlimited scale
  • •StarkEx is a SaaS validity-rollup supporting NFT trading, derivatives, AMMs, spot trading, and DeFi pooling
  • •Platform shows significant adoption: $585M TVL, 49K daily active users, 280M cumulative transactions
  • •Uses Cairo, a custom programming language designed for STARK-based computation

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# **STARK Proof Pioneers**  Bringing scalability, security, and privacy to a blockchain near you

- [STARKNET](https://starkware.co/starknet/)
- [STARKEX](https://starkware.co/starkex/)

TVLIn USD

**$585M** Last Update: Mar 19 2026

Daily Active Users

**49K** Last Update: Mar 19 2026

Cumulative Number Of Transactions

**280M Tx** Last Update: Mar 19 2026

Daily Max TPS

**992.0** Last Update: Mar 19 2026

## Our Solutions

### Scale Your App with STARKs

Our scaling solutions use STARK-based validity proofs to ensure an Ethereum-secure, fast and seamless user experience. They support a range of data availability modes. [Learn More](https://starkware.co/resource/starks-starkex-and-starknet/)

![Starknet](https://starkware.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SN-Symbol-Gradient.png)

### Starknet

**A Permissionless Decentralized Validity-Rollup (often referred to as ZK-Rollup).**

Any developer can deploy any dApp, using smart contracts, and achieve unlimited scale.

[Read more](https://starkware.co/starknet/)

![StarkEx Blue Banner](https://starkware.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/StarkEx-Blue-Banner.svg)

### StarkEx

**A Standalone Validity-Rollup SaaS**

dApps can build on the StarkEx service. StarkEx supports a range of use cases out of the box: NFT minting & trading, derivative trading, AMM, spot trading, payments, and DeFi Pooling.

[Read more](https://starkware.co/starkex/)

### Any Use Case, Any Size

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![AMM icon](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20150%20110%22%3E%3C/svg%3E)**AMM**

![Spot](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20150%20110%22%3E%3C/svg%3E)**Spot Trading**

![Payments icon](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20120%20127%22%3E%3C/svg%3E)**Payments**

![DeFi Pooling](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20150%20110%22%3E%3C/svg%3E)**DeFi Pooling**

![NFTs icon](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20150%20110%22%3E%3C/svg%3E)**NFT Minting & Trading**

![Perpetual](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20150%20110%22%3E%3C/svg%3E)**Derivative Trading**

![AMM icon](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20150%20110%22%3E%3C/svg%3E)**AMM**

![Spot](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20150%20110%22%3E%3C/svg%3E)**Spot Trading**

![Payments icon](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20120%20127%22%3E%3C/svg%3E)**Payments**

![DeFi Pooling](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20150%20110%22%3E%3C/svg

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