Ava Labs
Ava Labs was founded by Cornell computer scientists Emin Gün Sirer and Maofan Ted Yin. The company was founded to steward the development of the Avalanche blockchain and build the underlying infrastructure and decentralized applications on top of the platform. The company has received funding from a16z, Initialized Capital, and Polychain Capital, with angel investments from Balaji Srinivasan and Naval Ravikant.[1]