Context Labs (CXL) is a company that provides
blockchain
A blockchain is a type of distributed ledger technology (DLT) that consists of growing lists of records, called ''blocks'', that are securely linked together using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a ...
enabled platform solutions such as secure distributed ledgers, network graph analytics, and data interoperability and visualization for
publishing
Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...
,
financial
Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...
,
trading and
supply chain
In commerce, a supply chain is a network of facilities that procure raw materials, transform them into intermediate goods and then final products to customers through a distribution system. It refers to the network of organizations, people, acti ...
industries. Headquartered in
Amsterdam,
Netherlands and
Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company was founded in 2013.
History
Context Labs,
BV was founded in 2013 by Daniel Harple, a technology entrepreneur and
internet pioneer in web streaming and
VoIP.
With offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company was formed with the objective of extending research and development begun at
MIT Sloan and the
MIT Media Lab focusing on "innovation dynamics".
Partnering with architectural design firm Rogers Partners in 2014, the company applied innovation dynamics methods to collaborate on the design for the Connect Kendall Square project.
In March 2016,
R. R. Donnelley & Sons announced it would partner with the company to integrate Context Labs blockchain enabled platform technology within RR Donnelley’s print-to-digital supply chain solutions.
In June 2016, Context Labs announced that as a co-founding member, the company would provide operational, strategic, and technical guidance for the
Open Music Initiative The Open Music Initiative is an initiative led by the Berklee College of Music Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship (BerkleeICE) in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and with support from a number of major music labels, streaming services, pu ...
, a digital rights framework for the
music industry
The music industry consists of the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, ...
.
Products
*InnovationScope
*Chainplate Foundation
*Snapshackle Interoperability
*VUEGraph Analytics
See also
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Business Intelligence Tools
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Software companies of the Netherlands
Companies based in Amsterdam
Enterprise architecture
Software companies based in Massachusetts
Dutch companies established in 2013
Software companies of the United States