Chainlink Labs is the core research and development organization behind the Chainlink decentralized oracle network, working to make it the industry standard for powering the verifiable web. Chainlink Labs's Twitter Score is 18 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #54,890 among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Chainlink Labs was founded by Sergey Nazarov as Co-Founder and CEO and Steve Ellis as Co-Founder and CTO. The organization develops and maintains the core technology and infrastructure of the Chainlink network, conducting research intended to advance its capabilities. Chainlink itself was co-founded in 2017 by Nazarov and Ellis, with its mainnet launching in 2019, and grew out of the earlier company formerly known as SmartContract.com, which was founded in 2014.
Chainlink Labs contributes to a broad suite of decentralized services within the Chainlink ecosystem, including Data Feeds, Data Streams, Proof of Reserve, CCIP, VRF, Automation, and Functions, among other decentralized computation capabilities. These services connect smart contracts and other systems to off-chain data and computation across a blockchain-agnostic framework. LINK, the network's native token, is used to pay for services, compensate ecosystem participants, support staking-based security, and earn rewards.
Chainlink Labs has achieved ISO 27001 certification, and an independent auditor completed a SOC 2 Type 2 examination covering Chainlink CCIP and Data Feeds. The organization is backed by Nirvana Capital and Continue Capital. Chainlink Labs has been active on Twitter since 2020 and has published 285 posts. Chainlink Labs has been mentioned by 204 accounts, with 582 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Chainlink Labs include 77 founders, 12 angel investors, 45 influencers and 3 VCs. Among the notable followers are H.E. Justin Sun, John Wang, DEGEN NEWS, Zach Rynes, Sandra and Milk Road.