# Unwrap Labs

> Unwrap Labs is an engineering studio that designs, builds and maintains web3 and AI infrastructure: smart contracts, token economics, trading systems, AI agents and the product design that makes them usable. We build and run Endur, Troves and the #2 Starknet validator by staking power.

## At a glance
- What: engineering studio for web3 and AI infrastructure — design, build and maintain.
- Disciplines: Smart contract engineering, Token economics, Mechanism design, Quant and trading systems, Math and algorithms, Applied AI and agents, Product and UX design, Risk and monitoring, Data pipelines.
- Chains: chain-agnostic — Starknet, Ethereum, EVM L2s, Bitcoin (BTCfi), Off-chain and cloud. Languages include Cairo, Solidity, Rust and TypeScript.
- Based in: Bengaluru, India.
- Total value secured by systems we built and run: $35.8M (Endur $11.8M, Troves $5.0M, validator $19.0M).
- Users: 15,000+ onchain.

## Products we build and operate
- [Endur](https://app.endur.fi): liquid staking for STRK and BTC on Starknet (xSTRK, xBTC). TVL $11.8M.
- [Troves](https://app.troves.fi): automated onchain yield strategies. TVL $5.0M.
- [Unwrap Labs validator](https://dashboard.endur.fi/validator/0x024ed354f5b69825100a1833248bb773ef11722b8b1efc845b97acc5976695c2): Starknet validator, #2 by network staking power (11.7% of the network), $19.0M staked, 0% commission, 100% liveness.

## Team
- Venkat Kunisetty (Akira) — Co-founder and CEO. IIT Madras. Former DeFi protocol engineer and fintech consultant; saw the Terra collapse up close and has built risk-first ever since.
- Jitesh Kamble — Product design. IIT Bombay. Product designer, ex-PayU. Turns dense financial products into interfaces people trust.
- Neelkanth Tandel — Engineering. Full-stack engineer, ex-Neev.finance. Web, mobile and the backends that keep them honest.

## FAQ
### What does Unwrap Labs do?
We design, build and maintain web3 and AI infrastructure for teams that need more than one discipline at once: smart contracts, token economics, trading and risk systems, AI agents, and the product and UX work that makes them usable. We also build and operate our own products, Endur and Troves, and run a Starknet validator.

### Do you only work on Starknet?
No. Starknet is where our own products live, but we are chain-agnostic. We write Cairo, Solidity and Rust, work across Ethereum and EVM L2s and Bitcoin-adjacent ecosystems, and build plenty that runs off-chain: trading engines, data pipelines and AI systems.

### What kind of projects are a good fit?
Problems that sit between domains: a protocol whose token economics and contracts must be designed together, a trading or rebalancing system that needs solid math and safe execution, an AI agent that touches money, or a complex financial product that needs a clear interface. We take projects from discovery and prototype through launch and ongoing operation.

### What have you built?
Endur, a liquid staking protocol for STRK and BTC; Troves, a set of automated onchain yield strategies; and the Unwrap Labs validator, the second largest on Starknet by staking power. Together they secure tens of millions of dollars for more than 15,000 users.

### Who is on the team?
A small senior team of engineers and designers from DeFi and fintech, with backgrounds from IIT Madras and IIT Bombay. Venkat Kunisetty (Akira) is co-founder and CEO.

### How do I start a project with you?
Send a short note through the contact form on this page with what you are building and where you are stuck. We reply within a few working days, usually with a call to scope the problem.

## Links
- Website: https://unwraplabs.com
- Contact: https://unwraplabs.com/#contact (form)
- GitHub: https://github.com/unwraplabs
- Careers: https://unwraplabs.jobspage.co/