Patrick O’Grady, Vice President of Engineering at Ava Labs, the blockchain developer behind Avalanche, has announced his departure from the company to start his own venture. O’Grady shared the news on X (formerly Twitter), revealing his plans to embark on a new entrepreneurial journey.
During his tenure at Ava Labs, O’Grady played a significant role in developing the Vryx scaling solution, which aims to enable the Avalanche blockchain to handle 100,000 transactions per second. This ambitious goal aligns with the targets of other modern blockchains like Monad, MegaETH, and TON.
In his announcement, O’Grady mentioned that he would remain connected to Ava Labs as a Technical Advisor. While he provided limited details about his upcoming venture.
“Application developers should be well-equipped with open and performant frameworks that can supercharge any onchain experience with unique combinations of things like networking, storage, and consensus,” O’Grady stated. “The most popular applications on the web today are unrelenting in their quest for differentiated performance and efficiency (as a means to deliver more value to their users). I am confident that the most popular applications of the onchain age will get ahead by doing the same.”
O’Grady concluded his announcement with a forward-looking statement: “I look forward to continuing to contribute to an internet we can all believe in. I’ll see you onchain.”
His departure marks a significant change for Ava Labs, which has relied on his expertise to advance its technological capabilities and expand the Avalanche blockchain’s performance and scalability. The blockchain community will be watching closely to see what innovative solutions O’Grady’s new venture will bring to the industry.
