Overview
Entropi Labs is a Swiss software studio that builds early versions of web, AI, and blockchain products for clients. A founder with an idea can hire the team to turn it into a working prototype1. Entropi Labs also runs its own product, VAULT3, a service for sharing files that open only for wallets that meet access conditions the creator sets, such as holding a certain token.
The company is registered as Entropi Labs GmbH in Baar, Switzerland, and its purpose is IT services, especially software development2. Its co-founders, Aaron Schmid and Vito Melchionna1, are the company's registered partners2. On Cardano, the studio's work includes VAULT33 and a DeFi lending proposal to Project Catalyst, Cardano's community-voted grant program4.
Key Features
- Prototypes for web products. Web development is one of three service lines Entropi Labs offers clients, alongside AI and blockchain work1.
- AI built to a client's brief. The studio's AI service covers intelligent systems and machine learning models, software that learns patterns from data, built for a business's specific needs1.
- A working token-gating product on Cardano. Entropi Labs lists VAULT3 as its product1. VAULT3 lets creators and projects share exclusive files and experiences that unlock only when a visitor's wallet meets custom access conditions, such as holding a certain token5.
- Hackathon win by the co-founders' team. Co-founders Vito Melchionna and Aaron Schmid were part of Team Crescent, which won Midnight's track at the Cardano Hackathon in Berlin hosted by NMKR6. Midnight is a blockchain focused on data protection6, and NMKR is a service for minting NFTs and tokens. The track was for zero-knowledge proofs, a way to prove a fact without revealing the underlying data.
- DeFi ideas for Cardano. The Entropi Labs team proposed Takt Protocol, a flash-loan protocol that would let traders and bots borrow without putting up any collateral if they repay the loan plus interest and fees in the same transaction. The proposal was not approved4.
What to Expect
For founders and companies, the Entropi Labs website is short and direct. It lists the three services, introduces the team, links to VAULT3, and asks new clients to start a project by email rather than through an online form1. The legal notice names Entropi Labs GmbH in Baar as the company responsible for the site7.
For Cardano users, VAULT3 is one of the studio's products. You connect a Cardano wallet, and access to shared files depends on the conditions that wallet meets5,3. Creators set the rules for who gets in.
For developers and people curious about the team, its Cardano and hackathon work is documented mostly outside the homepage. The Midnight blog describes Crescent, the winning hackathon project, as an app that lets people complete identity checks for companies while zero-knowledge proofs confirm the details6. On Midnight's Unshielded podcast, Vito Melchionna of Entropi Labs walks through that project and shares advice for developers building with zero-knowledge technology8. The Takt Protocol request went to Project Catalyst Fund 13 and was not approved for funding4.
