Entities
Several independent entities collaborate to advance Cardano, ensuring it stays true to its mission.
Entities
- The Cardano Foundation
Not-for-profit organization
- EMURGO
For-profit arm of Cardano
- Input Output
Research and engineering company
- Intersect
Member based organization
- PRAGMA
Not-for-profit Swiss Association
Intersect is a not-for-profit member-based organization for the Cardano ecosystem. Intersect acts as a champion for distributed development and is committed to empowering the Cardano community to build together and drive the blockchain forward. Our mission is to ensure, through our members, the lasting continuity and progressive development of Cardano - fostering a self-sustaining ecosystem that’s fit-for-purpose, perpetually future-proof, resilient, secure, and transparent.
Enablement is a key foundation of this work, providing the necessary inclusive contributory opportunities to allow every member of Intersect to have their voice heard. By providing additional governance processes and structure, from maintenance to development and testing to fundraising, Intersect enables the community to continue to advance the protocol