Tandem by Offchain Labs and Succinct Ink Partnership to Advance Zero-Knowledge Infrastructure

NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Tandem, the partner studio and venture capital arm of Offchain Labs, today announced a one-year exclusive strategic partnership with Succinct, a leading builder of zero-knowledge (ZK) infrastructure. The comprehensive collaboration spans engineering and go-to-market milestones, demonstrating Tandem's commitment to advancing ZK scaling technology on Arbitrum and its belief in Succinct's market-leading technology.

Succinct's mission is to prove the world's software. The Succinct Prover Network, a protocol for coordinating ZK proof generation, is already powering production deployments for some of the most ambitious teams in web3, including Across, Avail, Celestia and Polygon.  With Succinct's prowess in ZK systems and Offchain Labs' in-house engineering expertise, this partnership aims to bring ZK to the vast network of innovative projects in the Arbitrum ecosystem.

"The future of blockchain depends on scalability, and Succinct's modular ZK provers reduce settlement time from days to minutes, enabling faster capital movement, better user experience, and lower operational complexity," said Ira Auerbach, Head of Tandem by Offchain Labs. "Its approach to modular ZK proving is directly aligned with our vision of how Arbitrum and the broader blockchain ecosystem can evolve."

Succinct's work in high-performance zkVMs, real-time proving, and a decentralized prover network has positioned the project as one of the most advanced teams in the ZK space. Its modular approach to proving enables flexible integration into existing rollup architectures, allowing teams to adopt ZK without overhauling their infrastructure.

"We're convinced that every rollup will use ZK," said Uma Roy, CEO of Succinct. "This partnership indicates Tandem's confidence in Succinct, and I'm proud of the technical excellence that we have built over the last three years. Serving Arbitrum chains is a top priority, and Tandem's team brings deep technical and strategic insight that will help us get to market faster and push our business forward."

The partnership reflects Offchain Labs' thesis to enable the next generation of programmable infrastructure. As the rollup ecosystem matures, there is a growing demand for stacks that give developers freedom to choose tools that are fast, lower in cost, and offer privacy and compliance. Succinct's technology will directly address this demand by allowing any Arbitrum chain to adopt ZK within its stack.

"At Offchain Labs, we believe the power of rollups lies in customization, and Succinct's approach to ZK helps bring that mission to life," said Daniel Lumi, Senior Product Manager at Offchain Labs. "Succinct is building the infrastructure that enables developers to compose systems that meet the demands of their users."

This partnership builds on Tandem's track record of supporting deeply technical teams solving foundational problems in crypto. Past studio and capital investments include Espresso Systems, Fhenix and Xai, each advancing privacy, consensus and application-layer scalability innovations.

This is one of the many key steps in Offchain Labs' product roadmap, expanding its existing stack with ZK technology to bring multi-prover architecture to the forefront of blockchain scaling solutions. By embracing ZK infrastructure, the company aims to enhance the versatility of Ethereum and meet the growing demand for faster, privacy-preserving blockchain applications and chains.

To learn more about Tandem, please visit www.offchainlabs.com/tandem.
To learn more about Succinct, please visit www.succinct.xyz.

About Succinct
Succinct brings zero-knowledge proofs to any developer with SP1—the world's fastest zkVM. The decentralized Succinct Prover Network provides affordable and reliable proof generation infrastructure for rollups, bridges, coprocessors and other applications using ZKPs. SP1 is used by the most renowned teams in the industry, including Celestia, Avail, Lido, Polygon, AggLayer and many more.

About Tandem
Tandem, the partner studio and venture capital arm of Offchain Labs, is committed to empowering early-stage blockchain projects by providing the resources and expertise needed to overcome crypto's toughest challenges. Through a unique combination of industry knowledge and access to Offchain Labs' extensive resources, Tandem offers tailored guidance in research, product development, engineering, and strategic partnerships. Tandem also actively supports growth by participating in funding rounds of projects that are shaping the future of blockchain infrastructure and applications.

About Offchain Labs
Offchain Labs is a venture-backed, Princeton-founded company that has dedicated over six years to blockchain research and development. As the original contributors to Arbitrum, the leading Ethereum scaling solution, and Prysm, the leading consensus client for Ethereum, Offchain Labs has been instrumental in revolutionizing the industry through groundbreaking advancements in blockchain scalability and efficiency. The team continues to build upon this foundation by innovating and enhancing products such as Arbitrum Orbit, Prysm, ZeroDev and Arbitrum Nitro.

SOURCE Offchain Labs