Who are EigenLayer's decision-makers?
EigenLayer's leadership center is Sreeram Kannan, supported by executives responsible for protocol research, cryptoeconomics, distributed systems, operator relations, AVS ecosystem, and product commercialization.
- CEO
- Sreeram Kannan
- CTO/key exec
- Sreeram Kannan / Eigen Foundation leadership
- Founded
- 2021
- Employees
- 10-100 reported
- HQ
- Seattle, WA
- Prior exit/Notable
- Sreeram Kannan was a University of Washington professor
- Sreeram KannanFounder & CEOFounder, since 2021Former University of Washington professor; created the restaking thesis.
- Calvin LiuStrategy / former CSO signalPublic ecosystem leaderVisible in early EigenLayer ecosystem strategy.
- Eigen Foundation leadershipFoundation/ecosystem governanceOngoingSupports protocol decentralization and ecosystem programs.
- Operator and AVS ecosystemProtocol participantsOngoingNetwork-level decision-making spans more than one company.
Who leads EigenLayer?
Sreeram Kannan is Founder & CEO; Calvin Liu is Strategy / former CSO signal; Eigen Foundation leadership is Foundation/ecosystem governance; Operator and AVS ecosystem is Protocol participants. EigenLayer decisions span Eigen Labs, foundation structures, operators, AVS builders, tokenholders, and the broader Ethereum ecosystem.
Who actually makes buying decisions at EigenLayer?
Buying decisions typically involve business owner, IT/security, finance, procurement, and the executive sponsor for the affected workflow. Technical products need architecture and security sponsorship; go-to-market or operations products need proof from the budget owner.
How is EigenLayer organized as it scales?
EigenLayer is organized around product, engineering, go-to-market, finance, legal/security, customer operations, and executive strategy. The practical seller motion is to map the workflow owner first, then validate procurement and security gates.
As of June 2026.Sources:EigenLayer docs overviewGeekWire a16z EigenLayer fundinga16z investment list
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