TOMORROW: Solana Labs to unveil new 25,000 square foot, 4-story community office space in Lower Manhattan
Solana Labs, the Solana Foundation, and Tech:NYC to co-host a ribbon cutting with policymakers, entrepreneurs, investors, and operators
NEW YORK – At 5:15pm tomorrow, May 11th, Solana Labs, which builds technology for the high-performance and carbon-neutral Solana blockchain, will unveil its new office space in Lower Manhattan alongside elected officials and next-generation technology leaders. The office is a space for projects from the Solana blockchain ecosystem to co-work and host events.
New York City Economic Development Corporation President Andrew Kimball, and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine will kick off the event with a few words, followed by a ribbon cutting to celebrate the new office space. Tech:NYC is co-hosting the event with Solana Labs and Solana Foundation.
The four-story high-tech glass-enclosed office space sits at the intersection of Soho, the East Village, and the Lower East Side. Three of the four floors are reserved for web3 companies building in the Solana ecosystem to co-work, collaborate, and host events. Solana ecosystem teams can apply to work in the space, and when selected they will receive deskspace at no cost.
DATE: Thursday, May 11, 2023
TIME: 5:15pm
WHERE: 141 E. Houston Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10002
WHO:
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Solana Foundation Executive Director Dan Albert
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Helium Foundation COO Scott Sigel
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Tech:NYC President & Executive Director Julie Samuels
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Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine
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NYCEDC President Andrew Kimball
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New York City Chief Technology Officer Matt Fraser
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Pursuit CEO & Co-Founder Jukay Hsu
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Boba Guys Co-Founder Bin Chen
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Several New York City Council Members and state legislators
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About Solana Labs
Solana Labs is a technology company that builds products, tools, and reference implementations to further expand the Solana ecosystem.
About Solana Foundation
The Solana Foundation is a non-profit foundation based in Zug, Switzerland, dedicated to the decentralization, adoption, and security of the Solana ecosystem. For more information, please visit https://solana.org/
About Solana
Solana is a global state machine, and the world’s most performant blockchain. It gives developers the confidence to build for the long term by delivering predictable scaling without compromising security or composability. Solana’s performance is driven by a single global state, which is capable of processing tens of thousands of smart contracts at once, and by Proof of History, a distributed clock that unlocks low-latency, sub-second finality across the global state. To learn more, please visit https://solana.com/
About Tech:NYC
Tech:NYC is an engaged network of tech leaders working to foster a dynamic, diverse, and creative New York. Tech:NYC brings together New Yorkers to support a successful technology ecosystem, attract and retain top-tier talent, and celebrate New York and the companies it calls home.
