Protocol Labs develops and deploys open-source protocols and software including IPFS for peer-to-peer distributed file sharing, Filecoin for decentralized cloud storage, libp2p for modular peer-to-peer networking stacks, IPLD for content-addressed data structures, drand for verifiable randomness beacons, and the Filecoin Virtual Machine for smart contracts on Filecoin. These systems serve developers building decentralized web applications, over 3,300 storage providers managing more than 12EB of capacity, and blockchain networks including Ethereum. Technologies encompass content-addressed storage, proofs-of-replication, distributed systems testing via Testground, and decentralized services like nft.storage and Saturn CDN. Founded in May 2014 by Juan Benet, who serves as CEO. Protocol Labs raised funding in 2014 from technology investors, in 2016 from BlueYard and Union Square Ventures, and $205.8M total through the Filecoin token sale in Q3 2017. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, it coordinates a global network of over 600 startups, service providers, funds, and organizations.