Avail: programs, progress and news · The Techno Optimist

Analyst view

Avail DA mainnet launched Jul 2024. As of Apr 2026, $202M TVS. Integrates Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, StarkWare, zkSync.
Raised $75M total: $43M Series A from Founders Fund, DragonFly, Cyber Fund in Jun 2024.
AVAIL token: 600M airdropped to 354,605 addresses at mainnet launch Jul 2024.

As reported

Data availability sampling

Random sampling verifies availability without full download. Light clients request random chunks; if found, entire block is likely available.

Validity proofs

Avail pairs DA sampling with validity proofs to ensure data honesty, not just availability. Rollups can trust data without running a full node.

Subnet architecture

Projects can run dedicated DA subnets with their own validators and throughput targets, avoiding shared-sequencer bottlenecks.

Programs

Avail, one program

Updated 23 Jul 2024

Research · Proto · Pilot · Deploy · Scaling

Open · Active · Partial

Validator incentive alignmentActive research
DA validators must be economically motivated to store and serve data long-term. Restaking mechanisms and penalties must remain robust as the protocol scales.
Competitive pricing against CelestiaActive research
Celestia dominates DA market share (as of Apr 2026: $31.18B TVS vs Avail's $202M). Avail must differentiate on cost, speed or features to gain rollups.

Data & restaking · 6

2 rounds · as reported

Date	Round	Amount	Post-money	Lead
Jun 2024	Series A	$43M	—	Founders Fund, DragonFly Capital, Cyber Fund
Feb 2024	Seed	$27M	—	Founders Fund, DragonFly Capital

4 partners

Partner
Arbitrum (opens arbitrum.io)
Arbitrum integrated Avail DA for rollup data availability.
Partner
Optimism (opens optimism.io)
Optimism adopted Avail as a DA option for rollups.
Partner
Polygon (opens polygon.technology)
Polygon rollups can use Avail DA. Anurag Arjun was Polygon co-founder.
Partner
StarkWare (opens starkware.co)
StarkNet rollups integrate with Avail DA.

Key people