EigenCloud (prev. EigenLayer)
EIGENInfrastructure · Built in Seattle, WA · Eigen Labs, Inc.
Listing suspended on 2026-09-14
Eigen Labs, Inc. is the documented core contributor, a Delaware corporation (Colorado foreign-corporation registry) whose Seattle headquarters is corroborated by GeekWire (2024) and CoinDesk (2025); its registry addresses are private mailboxes. It fails Tests 2 and 3: founder and CEO Sreeram Kannan is not documented as a US citizen or resident at founding (GeekWire calls him a former University of Washington professor who led the UW Blockchain Lab, without dating that role against the company's founding), and no US primary-operations claim is evidenced. Market data is withheld until verification meets the USCC evidence standard.
The verdict on record
Pathway: Foundation with a US principal contributor. Needs Tests 1 and 4, plus 2 or 3.
Test 1 · passes on corroboration
Headquartered in the United States
Eigen Labs, Inc. is headquartered in Seattle, WA (corroborated by independent sources; primary documents pending).
2 sources
Test 4 · passes on primary documents
Registered in a US state
Eigen Labs, Inc. is registered in DE.
1 source· 1 primary
- Registrydata.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json2026-09-14
Test 2 · not met
American founding team
0 of 1 named founders are established US persons holding operational roles today; a majority is required.
Test 3 · not met
Primary operations in the United States
No US primary-operations claim is supported by a primary document or two independent sources.
Legal entities
EigenFoundation
Cayman Islands · foundation, token issuer
2 sources· 2 primary
- Legal termsdocs.eigenfoundation.org/legal/terms-of-service2026-09-14
- Legal termsdocs.eigenfoundation.org/legal/airdrop-terms-and-conditions2026-09-14
Eigen Labs, Inc.
Delaware · principal contributor · Seattle, WA
6 sources· 2 primary
- Legal termsdocs.eigenfoundation.org/legal/airdrop-terms-and-conditions2026-09-14
- Projecteigenlabs.org2026-09-14
- Referenceapi.ashbyhq.com/posting-api/job-board/eigen-labs2026-09-14
- Registrydata.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json2026-09-14
- Presscoindesk.com/business/2025/07/09/eigen-labs-axes-25-of-staff-…2026-09-14
- Pressgeekwire.com/2024/crypto-startup-eigenlayer-led-by-a-former-u…2026-09-14
Founders
Sreeram Kannan
Founder and CEO, Eigen Labs · US status not established · operating role today
3 sources
- Projecteigenlabs.org/blog/eigen-accelerating-open-innovation-with-ag…2026-09-14
- Presscoindesk.com/business/2025/07/09/eigen-labs-axes-25-of-staff-…2026-09-14
- Pressgeekwire.com/2024/crypto-startup-eigenlayer-led-by-a-former-u…2026-09-14
Record history
2026-09-14 · correction
Eigen Labs, Inc. recorded as a Delaware corporation from its Colorado foreign-corporation registration; Seattle headquarters corroborated by GeekWire and CoinDesk; Sreeram Kannan recorded as CEO.
2026-09-14 · correction
Recorded github.com/Layr-Labs as an official repository; Eigen's terms of service publish the protocol's smart contracts there.
2026-09-14 · suspended
Suspended pending official evidence of Eigen Labs, Inc.'s US registration and headquarters.
2026-09-14 · correction
Name updated to EigenCloud (prev. EigenLayer); removed unsourced "a16z (lead, Series B)" and other investor/audit annotations, the unverified geo-block note, and the unsupported Delaware registration for Eigen Labs.
2026-04-29 · listed
Listed in the v0.1 allowlist.
About EigenCloud (prev. EigenLayer)
EigenCloud, formerly EigenLayer, bundles the EigenLayer staking protocol with EigenDA, EigenCompute and EigenAI into a verifiable-compute platform. The EIGEN airdrop was organized by EigenFoundation, a Cayman Islands foundation company, whose legal terms name Eigen Labs, Inc. as a core contributor to the protocol.