# Alchemy

> Alchemy provides blockchain APIs and infrastructure that let developers read onchain data, submit transactions, monitor events, and build financial applications without operating the underlying nodes themselves. Its platform combines managed RPC, data APIs, transaction tools, rollup infrastructure, and emerging AI-agent payment products.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Nikil Viswanathan (Co-founder and CEO), Joe Lau (Co-founder and President; formerly CTO)
- **Products:** RPC API, Data APIs, Webhooks and WebSockets, Wallet APIs, Bundler API and Gas Manager, Rollups
- **Notable:** Raised $250 million in October 2021 and $200 million in February 2022., Acquired ChainShot in 2022, Satsuma in 2023, and Bware Labs in 2024., Launched Cortex in July 2025.

## Products & services

- **RPC API** — Managed blockchain node access for reads and transaction submission.
- **Data APIs** — Token balances, prices, transfers, portfolio data, and NFT ownership and metadata.
- **Webhooks and WebSockets** — Push notifications and persistent connections for live blockchain events.
- **Wallet APIs, Bundler API and Gas Manager** — Smart-account transactions, batching, and sponsored gas with external signer integration.
- **Rollups** — Infrastructure to launch and operate application-specific rollups.
- **Cortex** — Routing, scaling, failover and data-consistency engine behind the platform.
- **Solana RPC and gRPC** — Solana node access, archival data, and low-latency streaming.
- **AgentPay** — Payment interface and proxy for agent-accessible APIs; introduced in open beta.
- **AgentCard** — Identity and payments tools for AI agents, including wallet and card-network integrations.
- **Alchemy University** — Free blockchain developer education following the ChainShot acquisition.

## Achievements

- Raised $250 million in October 2021 and $200 million in February 2022.
- Acquired ChainShot in 2022, Satsuma in 2023, and Bware Labs in 2024.
- Launched Cortex in July 2025.
- Homepage reports support for 100+ blockchains.
- Launched a $20 million Solana usage-credit program in April 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — September 23: announced a DSRV partnership targeting Korea and Japan.
- **2026-09** — September 23: enterprise Activity Log announced.
- **2026-09** — September 17: announced Mastercard Agent Pay support for AgentCard.
- **2026-09** — September 16: announced day-one Arc mainnet infrastructure support.
- **2026-04** — Announced the Privy partnership, AgentPay open beta, and $20M Solana Fund.

## Links

- Website: https://www.alchemy.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alchemyinc/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Alchemy
- GitHub: https://github.com/alchemyplatform
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/alchemyplatform
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/alchemyplatform/

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Last updated: 2026-10-01