Company: MLabs
CEO, CTO: Mark Florisson, Ben Hart
Website: https://www.mlabs.city
About MLabs
MLabs is a blockchain and AI development consultancy that helps ambitious teams build production-ready smart contracts, systems, and developer tools. Known for its deep technical skillset, MLabs works across ecosystems like Cardano, Ethereum, Solana and Polkadot to support projects pushing the boundaries of Web3.
Founded in 2018, MLabs was originally launched to address the shortage of highly skilled engineers in the Cardano ecosystem. Early challenges included working with underdeveloped tooling, limited documentation, and a lack of industry standards for building reliable, scalable blockchain applications. Despite this, MLabs quickly became one of the most trusted contributors to the Cardano space, helping to ship protocol-level components, core infrastructure and some of the first large-scale DeFi products on the network.
As the company matured, it expanded its reach across multiple blockchains and began supporting teams building complex systems such as lending protocols, Layer 1 upgrades, zk-applications and developer tooling. MLabs has worked with leading projects such as Indigo and Liqwid, both of which launched successfully with multi-million dollar total value locked and received recognition across the Web3 community.
Beyond engineering, MLabs has also grown its presence in the talent space. With access to a large network of top-tier blockchain engineers, the company is now offering headhunting and recruitment services, helping startups and scaleups find and onboard highly skilled developers. This approach allows MLabs to support clients not just through delivery, but also by embedding long-term technical capability into their teams.
MLabs has also made a meaningful contribution to the broader blockchain ecosystem through its open-source work and technical thought leadership. The company has delivered multiple successful Catalyst-funded projects including tooling upgrades to Plutarch, a Haskell-based smart contract language, and Embedano, a framework for running Cardano smart contracts on embedded devices. Its blog and developer guides continue to be used by engineers across the industry.
Today, MLabs is focused on expanding its core development and AI services, growing its recruitment offering, and continuing to support technically ambitious teams looking to build secure, scalable blockchain infrastructure. With a strong reputation, deep network, and track record of delivering impact, MLabs remains a trusted partner in the ongoing evolution of the blockchain space.
