Introducing The Boundless Foundation

Introducing the Boundless Foundation

Today marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of zero-knowledge technology. We're excited to announce the formation of the Boundless Foundation, an independent organization dedicated to advancing ZK technology applications worldwide and supporting the growing ecosystem around the Boundless Network.

The Mission: Making ZK Technology Universal

The Boundless Foundation exists to fulfill a simple but ambitious mission: bring zero-knowledge technology to applications everywhere. We're focused on increasing awareness of ZK's transformative benefits for computational scalability, privacy preservation, and compliance across all industries and use cases.

While the Boundless Network serves as the "home of ZK," the Boundless Foundation’s mission extends far beyond any single network. The Boundless Foundation benefits not only Boundless users but the entire community interested in scalable, private, and verifiable computation. We believe ZK technology's potential can only be realized through broad ecosystem development and open collaboration.

Born from Innovation: The RISC Zero & Boundless Partnership

The bones of the Boundless Network were built by the developers at RISC Zero, the same pioneering team that revolutionized zero-knowledge technology by creating the world's first general-purpose RISC-V zkVM. Boundless Network leverages the unique strengths of both RISC Zero and the Boundless Foundation.

RISC Zero continues its mission as the technology pioneer, focusing on advancing the zkVM and furthering the adoption of zero-knowledge technology across industries. Their commitment remains centered on breakthrough research, protocol development, and pushing the technical boundaries of what's possible with verifiable computation and cryptography.

Boundless Foundation will make RISC Zero’s groundbreaking technology widely available, used, and ever-growing in adoption and utility. While RISC Zero innovates at the technology frontier, the Boundless Foundation will ensure that those innovations reach developers, applications, and users worldwide through accessible, decentralized infrastructure and ecosystem support.

This collaborative relationship creates a powerful flywheel: RISC Zero's technical breakthroughs continuously enhance Boundless infrastructure, while Boundless's ecosystem feedback and real-world application insights inform RISC Zero's development priorities. Together, they're accelerating the entire zero-knowledge ecosystem.

Universal ZK Infrastructure: A Multi-zkVM Approach

Boundless Network provides the best universal zero-knowledge infrastructure ever built. While Boundless is built on RISC Zero's zkVM, the Boundless Foundation’s efforts extend far beyond any single single ZK innovation. Boundless is becoming the Home of All ZK.

Best-in-Class Tech Foundation: The RISC-V zkVM provides Boundless with unmatched programmability, security, and performance. Its general-purpose architecture enables developers to build ZK applications using familiar programming languages and tools, eliminating the traditional barriers to ZK adoption.

Home of All ZK: Boundless is actively working to integrate with other prover networks and zkVMs across the ecosystem. We believe the future of verifiable computation benefits from diversity, competition, and specialized optimization for different use cases.

Collaborative Excellence: By supporting multiple proving systems, Boundless creates an environment where:

Developers can choose the optimal zkVM for their specific application needs

Prover networks can compete and innovate while serving the same universal infrastructure

Applications can leverage the best features from different ZK technologies simultaneously

The entire ecosystem benefits from cross-pollination of ideas and approaches

This multi-zkVM approach ensures Boundless remains the Home of All ZK infrastructure, capable of serving any application's verifiable computation needs regardless of their preferred proving technology.

Already in Action: Teams Building Today

The Boundless Foundation's work is already bearing fruit. 30+ teams across the ecosystem are building applications that demonstrate ZK technology's real-world impact including:

Taiko leverages the Boundless Network for validity proofs in their based type-1 zkEVM rollup

Citrea uses the Boundless Network to generate zero-knowledge proofs for their Bitcoin-enhancing ZK rollup

BOB and SOON utilize OP Kailua on the Boundless Network for hybrid rollups with dramatically reduced challenge windows

Lido Finance We are helping Lido to build a second opinion accounting oracle using Boundless proofs to verify validator balances

Mendi creates unified lending platforms treating multi-chain liquidity as one pool

These early adopters prove that abundant verifiable compute isn't just a vision, it's happening already.

Looking Forward: RFPs, Grants, and Ecosystem Growth

The Boundless Foundation will actively support ecosystem development through:

Request for Proposals (RFPs) targeting critical ZK development needs across multiple proving systems

Significant grants for entities and developers making meaningful contributions to zero-knowledge technology

Network expansion initiatives that enhance interoperability and adoption across different proving networks

Ecosystem facilitation that enhances use cases and applications leveraging any ZK technology

Ecosystem support and venture pathways to empower small teams and to deploy first on Boundless and scale with us

Transparent decision-making that pushes toward greater network decentralization

Leading the Future of Verifiable Computation

The Boundless Foundation's leadership team brings deep expertise in high-growth technology and Web3 applications. We're united by a commitment to transparent governance, equitable reward sharing, and distributed responsibility across all network verticals.

As we launch the Boundless Foundation, we're formalizing our commitment to a future where verifiable computation is abundant, accessible, and transformative for applications worldwide. Through our collaborative relationship with RISC Zero and our multi-zkVM approach, we're building the universal infrastructure that will make this future reality.

The future is bright, abundant in compute, and the Boundless Foundation is here to ensure that future arrives faster than ever.