About Fluence – Building Decentralized Cloud

Fluence is a DePIN cloudless computing platform that provides resilient, open, and low-cost alternatives

to traditional cloud computing.

Fluence is a DePIN cloudless computing platform that provides resilient, open, and low-cost alternatives to traditional cloud computing.

Fluence is a DePIN cloudless computing platform that provides resilient, open, and
low-cost alternatives to traditional cloud computing.

Our story

The internet was meant to be open, yet today’s cloud is controlled by a few corporations, stifling innovation and freedom. Fluence was founded to change that. Shaped by firsthand experiences with censorship and monopolization, we envisioned a decentralized cloud where developers can build, scale, and collaborate—without gatekeepers. By merging blockchain with high-performance computing, Fluence powers a new era of cloudless computing, unlocking limitless innovation for all.

Innovation by Cloudless Labs,

Governed by DAO

Fluence is shaped by both community governance and private innovation. Fluence DAO, powered by FLT on Ethereum and structured through a Swiss Association, oversees protocol upgrades and ecosystem growth, ensuring decentralized governance. While Cloudless Labs pioneered Fluence’s development and remains

a key contributor, ultimate decision-making rests with the DAO.

Our mission

Fluence is building a decentralized, verifiable, and open cloud to free applications from centralized control. By enabling resilient, low-cost compute, we unlock new possibilities for developers to build, share, and innovate freely—powering

a future where the internet remains open, censorship-resistant, and driven by collaboration.

Cloudless Labs, creators of Fluence Network, has raised $14 million from leading investors, including 1KX, Multicoin, Distributed Global, Blockchange, Tiger Global,
and Protocol Labs.

Cloudless Labs, creators of Fluence Network, has raised
$14 million from leading investors, including 1KX, Multicoin,
Distributed Global, Blockchange,
Tiger Global, and Protocol Labs.

Our founders

Our
founders

Fluence was founded in 2017 by Evgeny Ponomarev, Dmitry Kurinskiy, and Tom Trowbridge—leaders in Web3 and decentralized computing. Evgeny, a blockchain builder since 2011, specializes in crypto-economics and protocol design. Dmitry, an expert in distributed systems, architects Fluence’s compute framework. Tom, former President of Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR), brings deep experience in scaling blockchain ventures. Together, they are building Fluence to power a decentralized, verifiable, and open cloudless platform.

Meet the team

Fluence Network unites a globally distributed team of engineers, builders, and innovators dedicated to advancing decentralized computing. With deep backgrounds spanning leading technology firms, academia, and pioneering startups, the team specializes in blockchain technology, distributed systems, and Web3 development. Committed to a Cloudless future, they empower developers and organizations to build without relying on centralized cloud providers.

Evgeny Ponomarev

Co-Founder & COO, Cloudless Labs

Evgeny has been building blockchain-related technologies for over a decade. His expertise spans crypto-economic design, distributed computing, and product innovation. A recognized voice at leading Web3 conferences, he focuses on advancing decentralized computing and its real-world applications.

Tom Trowbridge

Co-Founder & CEO, Cloudless Labs

A seasoned entrepreneur and investor, Tom was the founding President of Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR; CMC #15) in 2017 and played a key role in its growth. Besides his role at Fluence, he hosts the DePIN Day series of conferences and the DePINed podcast and is an investor in a number of leading DePIN projects and funds. His background includes leadership roles in finance and venture capital at Goldman Sachs and other financial firms where he started his career focusing on the technology and telecom sectors. He holds a BA from Yale and an MBA from Columbia.

Dmitry Kurinskiy

Co-Founder & CTO, Cloudless Labs

Dmitry is an expert in blockchain and high-load systems and leads Fluence’s engineering. His experience includes building algorithmic trading frameworks and leading software engineering teams. With a focus on distributed computing, category theory, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), he drives the technical vision behind Fluence.

Bernhard Borges

Chief Scientist, Cloudless Labs

Bernhard is a leading technologist with deep expertise in distributed systems, game theory, and mechanism design. Before Fluence, he held leadership roles at PwC, IBM, where he was a distinguished engineer and a member of IBM’s Academy of Technology, and Dock,. He co-founded multiple startups and holds a PhD and MBA from Simon Fraser University and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute in Munich.

Join the Fluence

Community

Fluence is supported by a radically open community.

As a permissionless network—anyone can contribute,

run compute, and help shape the cloudless future

Fluence is supported by a radically open community. As a permissionless network—anyone can contribute, run compute, and help shape the cloudless future