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Protocol Labs

Logo: protocol.ai5

Software company

Protocol Labs is an open-source software research and development company, founded in 2014. It is best known for creating the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a peer-to-peer decentralized web protocol, and Filecoin, a decentralized file storage network.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 2014Founded1
  • HeadquartersSan Francisco1
  • Websiteprotocol.ai
  • Incorporated inDE6
  • Business address548 Market Street, #51207, San Francisco, Ca 941046
  • Legal formLimited Liability Company4
  • LEI254900S42IO04VDRST314
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusIssued and current4
  • Registered addressC/O Vcorp Services, LLC, 19801 Wilmington, United States4
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 55312854

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Photo: Protocol Labs, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons8

Protocol Labs is an open-source software research and development company, founded in 2014. It is best known for creating the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a peer-to-peer decentralized web protocol, and Filecoin, a decentralized file storage network.3

The story

Juan Benet founded Protocol Labs in May 2014. Early work on open-source tools to simplify management, indexing, and conversion of large data sets led to the creation of the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a peer-to-peer protocol for distributed files and offline applications. To support the project and spur adoption, they developed a Filecoin protocol and token for decentralized file storage, to let users rent out unused disk space.

From Wikipedia’s article on Protocol Labs, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Leadership

Named in SEC Form D filings

People the company listed in its private-offering notices.

  • Executive Officer, Director, PromoterMaxwell Taylor Mayes named Sep 4, 20269

Timeline

  1. May 2014Founded Founded1

Filings

1 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 1 private raises. The latest 1:

  1. Sep 4, 2026D EDGAR

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$200.0K 2026–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2026–2026: $200.0K in all. Private raises (Form D) $200.0K.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K2026 · Private raises (Form D): $200.0K2026
Figures by year
YearPrivate raises (Form D)Total
2026$200.0K$200.0K

Private raises

Private offerings the company reported to the SEC on Form D. The amount is what the latest filing says was sold so far, charted in the year of the first sale. Covers filings since Oct 1, 2021.

  1. Jul 28, 2026Raised $200,000 in a private offering of equity9 Form D: 1 investor so far Form D

SEC filer profile

How Protocol Labs is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARProtocol Labs, Inc.2
  • CIK0001675225
  • Employer ID (EIN)46-57112302
  • Incorporated inDelaware2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Business address548 Market Street, #51207, San Francisco, CA 941042
  • Phone61995776062
  • On EDGAR sinceMay 23, 20162
  • Filings5 in all: D (3), D/A (2)2

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