The Good Tech Companies - Zama Announces Strategic Acquisition of KKRT Labs to Scale Confidentiality On Public Blockchains

Starting point is 00:00:00 This audio is presented by Hacker Noon, where anyone can learn anything about any technology. Zama announces strategic acquisition of KKRT Labs to scale confidentiality on public blockchains by Chainwire. Paris, France, November 5, 2025, Chainwire, Zama, the cryptography company behind the Zama Confidential Blockchain Protocol, today announced that it has acquired KKRT Labs, a pioneering research and development firm focused on scaling blockchains using zero-knowledge proofs. This strategic acquisition strengthens Zama's technical depth in blockchain scalability and validity, Z-K-R-Ullups, while accelerating its ability to deliver high-performance confidentiality to all public blockchains. Unlocking the next phase of scalable on-chain C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-L-T-Y K-K-RT Labs,

Starting point is 00:00:50 also known as, Kakurit, brings deep expertise in designing high-performance-proofing architectures and modular roll-up systems for Ethereum equivalent environments. Backed by investors such as Vitalik Buterin, Starkware, Lambda class, and state capital, Kakarid is recognized as one of the strongest ZK roll-up teams in the ecosystem, aiming at building the most scalable, efficient-proving engine for Ethereum-compatible chains. By joining forces, Zama and KKRT Labs will accelerate scalability efforts across the Zama protocol, targeting 10,000 plus confidential transactions per second on public chains such as Ethereum, Solana, and others. This new scale will open up critical financial applications on chain,

Starting point is 00:01:33 such as confidential stable coin payments, confidential defy, or confidential on chain asset management. Greater than Kukur Labs has assembled one of the best ZK roll-up teams in the world, said greater than Rand Hindi, CEO at Zama. Together, we will scale faster and reach new levels greater than of performance, bringing the Zama protocol to tens of thousands of greater than transactions per second. Integration, growth, and future roadmap beyond technical alignment, Zama and KKRT labs share a common philosophy. Abelief in open source innovation, confidentiality first infrastructure, and democratizing access to advanced cryptographic technology. Both teams have been driven by the conviction that scalability and confidentiality are not trade-offs, but complementary building blocks for the

Starting point is 00:02:20 next generation of decentralized systems. Greater than Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum and KKRT Labs investor, said, Kakarit greater than has played a significant role in advancing the state of cryptographic greater than technologies in Ethereum, from their early pioneering work on ZKEVMs to their greater than work on client side proving for privacy preservation. I look forward to seeing greater than what the team's talented researchers and developers will do next. Zama is committed to ensuring a seamless integration of KKRT labs, team retention and leadership. KKRT's key engineers, operations, and leadership will transition fully into Zama. Roadmap alignment. KKRT's ongoing initiatives will be integrated into Zama's broader product and engineering roadmap with

Starting point is 00:03:07 minimal disruption. Greater than Eli Ben Sassin, co-founder of Z-Cash and CEO of Starkware, said, I've had the greater than privilege of collaborating with the exceptional Kakarot team over the years greater than in witnessing firsthand what they can build. They've achieved tremendous greater than success by taking a simple POC from some of our engineers three years ago and greater than turning it into impressive technology. They have a deep understanding of what greater than it takes to scale blockchains using advanced cryptography, and I'm thrilled to greater than see them dedicating their expertise to scaling and privacy. I'm sure they will greater than provide pivotal support to Zama's ambitious scaling roadmap. Greater than joining Zama allows us to

Starting point is 00:03:47 bring our expertise towards scaling one of the last greater than major challenges in blockchain. Confidentiality. Added Clement Walter, greater than co-founder, KKRT Labs. We've always believed scalability and confidentiality greater than are essential to the adoption of blockchains, and by joining forces with Zama greater than we can finally make high throughput, low latency confidential on chain finance greater than a reality. About Zama Zama as a cryptography company building state-of-the-art FHE solutions for blockchain. Their flagship protocol, the Zama protocol, adds a layer of confidentiality to existing chains such as Ethereum and Solana, enabling confidential payment, defy and more. Zama was founded by Dr. Pascal Palier, FHE pioneer, and Dr. Rand Hindy, exited

Starting point is 00:04:35 AI founder, has the largest research team in FHE and raised $150 million at a $1.2B valuation from multi-coin, Pantera, Protocol Labs, and others. To learn more about Zama, users can V-I-T-H-T-TPS colon slash-slash-Zama. Org, about KKRT-L-ABS was a zero-knowledge R&D company focused on building modular-proving engines for Ethereum equivalent systems. Founded by experts in cryptography and blockchain architecture, KKRT Labs had an aim to make verifiable computing simple, fast, and accessible. Contact Kirstie Jarvis Kirstie at Luminasper.com. This story was published as a press release by Chainwire under Hackernoon Business Blogging Program. Do your own research before making any financial decision. Thank you for listening to this Hackernoon story, read by

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The Good Tech Companies - Zama Announces Strategic Acquisition of KKRT Labs to Scale Confidentiality On Public Blockchains

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