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US – New York, San Juan - PR

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About Us

Horizen Labs is a deep-tech leader in advanced cryptography, providing the secure infrastructure for a post-quantum, agentic world where autonomous systems must be both private and universally verifiable.

  • US veteran founded

  • US-based with a global footprint

    Office: New York / Milan / Singapore / San Juan
  • Backed by top VCs

8

YEARS OPERATING

15+

PHDS ON TEAM

50+

PROTOCOLS ASSESSED

$10B+

TVL PROTECTED

100M+

PROOFS VERIFIED

90%

COST SAVINGS

Horizen Labs Over the Years

Oct 2024Jul 2025Sep 2025Nov 2025Dec 2025

Apechain Mainnet Launch

Horizen Migration

zkVerify Mainnet Launch

San Juan Office Opened

Horizen L3 Mainnet Launch

Our Vision

Verify the World's Truth

Our Story

Horizen Labs grew up building and operating real cryptographic systems. We learned that the hardest part isn’t the math - it’s making advanced cryptography usable and reliable in production: integrating cleanly, performing at scale, and staying competitive as requirements evolve.

Over time, we saw the demand shift. The organizations with the most urgent privacy needs aren’t always crypto-native. Governments, NGOs, and enterprises increasingly rely on digital and distributed rails for critical work, and they face a modern collision: public traceability on one side, real-world risk on the other. They need confidentiality without losing accountability; and verification without exposing what should stay private.

Today, we bring deep cryptography and production engineering together to build privacy and verification systems for high-stakes environments. Systems designed for controlled disclosure, authorized auditability, and long-term operability. Our focus is simple: make advanced cryptography usable, so teams can run it, institutions can trust it, and missions can depend on it.

ROB VIGLIONE
ROB VIGLIONE

The hardest part isn’t inventing the cryptography. It’s making it usable. We build systems that protect what must stay private, prove what must be true, and keep working as the world changes.

ROB VIGLIONE

Founder and CEO of Horizen Labs.

US Air Force and Army Veteran

USC - PhD. Finance

Our Beliefs

01

People deserve privacy that works

Privacy shouldn’t be a luxury, a loophole, or a dream. It should be practical.  It protects what’s confidential while still enabling accountability, so institutions can operate responsibly without exposing people to harm.

02

Truth should be provable

03

Make the hard things usable

04

The future should be more trustworthy

Privacy shouldn’t be a luxury, a loophole, or a dream. It should be practical.  It protects what’s confidential while still enabling accountability, so institutions can operate responsibly without exposing people to harm.

Who We Are

We're a team with a rare combination of deep military, government, and financial systems expertise with production-grade cryptographic engineering.

We're your end-to-end technology partner

Full-stack cryptographic delivery

Institution-grade posture

Long-term partner

Fast to validate. Safe to scale

Organizational structure showing Tech Strategy & Vision Leadership, Architecture & Security, and the cycle of Operate & Optimize, Build & Implement, and Deploy & Integrate

We build what teams can operate, and what institutions can trust.

Our Leadership Team

Rob Viglione - CO-FOUNDER & CEO

Rob Viglione

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

USC - PhD. Finance Loyola Marymount - MBA Columbia University, AMP 150USC US Air Force, Space & Missile Systems Center, JIEDDO, USMC, Army, CJSOTF-A

The hardest part isn't inventing the cryptography. It's making it usable—so teams can operate it, institutions can trust it, and missions can depend on it.

Rosario Pabst - CO-FOUNDER & COO

Rosario Pabst

CO-FOUNDER & COO

Loyola Marymount - M.Eng Systems Engineering US Air Force, Space & Missile Systems Center

We aren't just building blockchain products; we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in Web3 by staying curious, staying uncomfortable, and staying committed to the ecosystem

Zain Cheng - CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (CTO)

Zain Cheng

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (CTO)

Cornell University - M.Eng Computer Science Federal Reserve BNY, Barclays, Siemens

I'm driven to turn bold ideas into practical technology that expands access, trust, and opportunity.

Andy Bryant - CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER (CSO)

Andy Bryant

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER (CSO)

University of Bath - M.Eng (1st) Mechanical Engineering Tokyo Institute of Technology - Advanced Robotics bitFlyer, Luxembourg Government, BDA Partners, OC Robotics, IBM

James Shuman - HEAD OF SECURITY

James Shuman

HEAD OF SECURITY

Georgia Institute of Technology - Cybersecurity US Army, Rockwell Collins, Additional Defense Contractors

At Horizen Labs, security is a partner, not a gatekeeper. Having a seat at the table from day one makes all the difference in what we can accomplish.

Tommaso Gagliardoni - SENIOR CRYPTOGRAPHY RESEARCHER

Tommaso Gagliardoni

SENIOR CRYPTOGRAPHY RESEARCHER

PhD. Cryptography MSc. Mathematics

Free and private communication is crucial for a democratic society, and I believe that cryptography is the magic tool that can make this possible. Long live the Cypherpunk Manifesto!

Gwendolyn Regina - VP, BD & APAC

Gwendolyn Regina

VP, BD & APAC

Standford University - Entrepreneurship, Leadership Binance Labs, BNB Chain, Meta, Mashable

We don’t just see the future; we build it. It’s a privilege to be part of a company that bridges the gap between bold thinking and real-world execution.

John Camardo - VP OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

John Camardo

VP OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

Cornell University - Operations Research and Information Engineering

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