Ellipsis Labs operates Phoenix, a spot exchange on Solana, and is actively shipping infrastructure across EVM smart contracts, real-time data indexing, and trading UIs. The team is concentrated in senior-level engineering (7 of 8 roles) with minimal recent hiring velocity — a pattern typical of pre-product-market-fit startups in crypto focused on correctness over growth. Pain points cluster around performance bottlenecks, high-frequency data visualization, and reliability at scale, all reflected in their project list: critical contract auditing, production monitoring, and real-time indexing systems.
Ellipsis Labs is a New York-based venture-backed startup building protocols and products in decentralized finance. Phoenix is their flagship orderbook spot exchange on Solana, positioned as the leading exchange for that chain. Beyond Phoenix, the team is building foundational infrastructure: EVM smart contracts, monitoring and security systems, and real-time data pipelines. The tech stack spans Solana, Ethereum, Rust, and Go — reflecting both blockchain runtime needs and backend systems work. Operations are lean and in-person, with a mission-driven engineering focus.
Phoenix is Ellipsis Labs' flagship orderbook spot exchange protocol, positioned as the leading spot exchange on the Solana blockchain.
Solana, Ethereum, Rust, C++, Go, TypeScript, React, AWS, and Figma. Primary languages are Rust and Go for blockchain and backend systems; React for frontend trading interfaces.
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