Advanced Systems Research

Building verifiable infrastructure for distributed data and zero-knowledge systems

We are a research company composed of talent from across continents, delivering custom protocol builds, strategic advisory, and managed privacy infrastructure that bring blockchain and cloud-native platforms to market with confidence.

Core research areas
Distributed consensus / Zero-knowledge proofs / Privacy computing
Engagement models
Research partnership / Co-development / Technical advisory

About

What we do

Discreet Labs unites systems engineers, cryptographers, and product builders from around the world. We balance academic rigor with shippable execution to deliver end-to-end architecture, prototyping, and commercialization services across protocol engineering, advisory, and managed operations.

We merge database, distributed systems, and zero-knowledge technologies to design secure data sharing, privacy, and cross-chain collaboration patterns, translating theoretical work into auditable, cloud-native production systems for organizations worldwide.

Solutions

Integrated offerings for verifiable, privacy-first systems

Our team delivers tailored engagements across product engineering, advisory, and managed infrastructure to bring advanced systems to market.

Custom protocol engineering

Bespoke blockchain and privacy stacks, from zero-knowledge-enabled data layers to interoperable execution environments.

  • Architecture and delivery for new L1/L2s, rollups, and private ledgers
  • Cross-chain data pipelines and verifiable state-sharing mechanisms
  • Co-design with internal teams for faster productization

Strategic advisory & assurance

Cryptography, distributed systems, and security experts embedded with your leadership and engineering groups.

  • Code and algorithm reviews for ZK circuits, consensus, and cryptographic primitives
  • Threat modeling, roadmap validation, and formal specification support
  • Independent diligence for investors, foundations, and ecosystem partners

Managed cloud & ZK infrastructure

Operated services for distributed networks, GPU-accelerated proving clusters, and performance-optimized privacy deployments.

  • Global SRE coverage for consensus networks and data availability layers
  • GPU and specialized hardware orchestration for zero-knowledge workloads
  • Latency, networking, and cost optimization for privacy-preserving systems

Research Lines

Active lines

Zero Knowledge

Composable proof networks

Modular prover networks and multi-proof aggregation strategies enabling cross-chain state proofs and data-availability layers.

Distributed DB

Verifiable storage plane

Combining columnar storage with verifiable indexing to provide predictable latency for geo-distributed data.

Privacy

Confidential execution framework

Dual-track architectures blending SGX/TEE and zero-knowledge to expose auditable privacy guarantees.

Join Us

We are looking for builders who care about verifiable systems

If you thrive at the intersection of distributed databases, zero-knowledge, and privacy-first infrastructure, we want to hear from you.

Contact

Ready to explore the next generation of trustworthy software?

Tell us about your toughest challenges: database performance, cross-chain interoperability, privacy safeguards, or running GPU-backed proving infrastructure, and we'll start a conversation.