# Ethereum Co-Founder Mihai Alisie Joins Ethlabs as Anchor Funder

By John Kim

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Published: 2026-10-29T04:14:07.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-29T04:14:07.000Z
Section: Business

> Payward, Gattaca HQ and 19 Ethereum community supporters also joined the nonprofit research group.

Ethlabs announced that Ethereum co-founder Mihai Alisie has joined the independent nonprofit research group as an anchor funder. Payward and Gattaca HQ joined as contributors, and 19 supporters from the Ethereum community joined the group as well.

Ethlabs aims to support development of the Ethereum network and its assets through an organization it describes as open, accessible and user-focused. It said it values Ethereum’s credible neutrality, security, censorship resistance and openness.