StarkWare Industries
StarkWare develops STARK-based solutions for the blockchain industry, including StarkEx and Starknet.
Last updated September 15, 2026
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Overview
StarkWare develops STARK-based solutions for the blockchain industry, with products intended to facilitate secure, trustless, and scalable blockchain applications. Its products include StarkEx, described as a standalone permissioned Validity-Rollup, and Starknet, described as a permissionless decentralized ZK-Rollup. The company also develops Cairo, a language for creating STARK-provable programs for general computation, which powers Starknet and StarkEx.
History
StarkWare develops STARK-based solutions for the blockchain industry. Its products facilitate secure, trustless, and scalable blockchain applications. The company develops StarkEx, a standalone permissioned Validity-Rollup, and Starknet, a permissionless decentralized ZK-Rollup. It also develops Cairo, a language for creating STARK-provable programs for general computation, which powers Starknet and StarkEx, scaling applications on Mainnet; Cairo 1.0 is the upgraded Rust-inspired version of Cairo.
Products and positioning
Bringing scalability, security, and privacy to blockchain; STARK Proof Pioneers.
StarkEx
A standalone permissioned Validity-Rollup; a standalone Validity-Rollup SaaS supporting use cases such as NFT minting & trading, derivative trading, AMM, spot trading, payments, and DeFi Pooling.
Starknet
A permissionless decentralized Validity-Rollup (often referred to as ZK-Rollup); any developer can deploy any dApp using smart contracts and achieve unlimited scale.
Cairo
A language for creating STARK-provable programs for general computation; powers Starknet and StarkEx, scaling applications on Mainnet. Cairo 1.0 is the upgraded Rust-inspired version.
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