April was a month full of rapid progress at Altius Labs — filled with real advancements both on and off the track.

As we continue to move towards building faster and more scalable execution for Web3, we are excited to share some highlights from that journey.

🎙️ Altius Highlights: Media Features

Our CTO, Anit Chakraborty, and Co-founder, Annabelle Huang, spoke with ChainCatcher for an exclusive interview, unpacking the core principles behind Altius Labs.

They discussed why the execution layer should prioritize:

  • Modularity for flexible integration

  • Memory-centric architecture for speed & efficiency

  • True performance optimization goes beyond the scalability buzzword

📰 Read the interview: ChainCatcher: Altius Interview

This conversation is part of our broader efforts to help shape the narrative around high-performance blockchain infrastructure — and why the next era of Web3 requires a shift in how we think about execution.

🔍 Identifying (and Fixing) Hidden Bottlenecks

At Altius Labs, performance is not just a metric — it is our foundation.

As we integrated our Parallel Scalable Storage (PSS) into Reth Paradigm clients, we saw an opportunity to optimize how Reth handles database access during account lookups.

After thorough research and investigation, we optimized logic and achieved a 44% reduction in disk I/O — without changes to consensus rules or virtual machine logic.

This work not only improved execution speed but also demonstrated how small and precise optimizations can impact the entire system.

📖 Read the full technical breakdown here: When Every I/O Counts: How Altius Found and Started Optimizing Reth’s Database Performance

🤝 Setting the Pace in Dubai

During #TOKEN2049 Dubai, we hosted several private side events with Berachain and Ethena, bringing together key figures from across the Web3 ecosystem.

This is not just a networking opportunity — it is an in-depth technical discussion where industry leaders explore partnership potential and collaborate on solutions that will advance modular execution for Layer 1, Layer 2, Rollup, and decentralized applications (dApps).

We thank everyone who joined us in Dubai, and we are excited to continue growing with you.

With over 100 side events and more than 20 meetings throughout the week, Dubai was bustling — but only a handful of conversations truly focused on the future builders of this space. One such moment was at the SHARD Summit, when Annabelle Huang took the stage to share Altius's vision for navigating the future of L1, L2, Rollup, and infrastructure.

🏎️ Launching the Paddock Club

April also marked the official launch of the Altius Paddock Club Ambassador Program — designed to empower early supporters and help us raise global awareness.

After reviewing over 4,000 applications, we selected ~100 ambassadors across more than 50 markets.

These ambassadors will play an important role as we move towards mainnet and beyond.

📖 Learn more about the Paddock Club here: Introducing Altius Paddock Club

🎧 Behind the Scenes: New Podcast Series

We also launched Behind the Screens — a new podcast where our CTO Anit Chakraborty and Head of Growth Ivan Paskar discuss more than just buzzwords to address real engineering challenges behind building the next generation execution layer.

This series addresses more than just industry jargon to discuss real engineering challenges in high-performance blockchain infrastructure, including:

  • How Altius Achieves Speed Without Compromising Security

  • Rethinking Blockchain for Real-World Use

  • Applying High-Frequency Trading Concepts to Web3 Execution Layer

📺 Watch “Behind The Screens” here: episode 1 and episode 2.

More is coming soon — and we are just getting started.

👥 Growing the Altius Team

Finally, April was an incredible month for team growth. We conducted over 50 interviews and are in the final stages of recruiting new team members across various positions.

Stay tuned for an official announcement as we continue to develop our capabilities — without sacrificing the quality and precision that is the hallmark of Altius.

🔧 Preparing for What Comes Next

Looking ahead to May/June, we are preparing to pull back the curtain even wider.

We are preparing to unveil the first real demonstration of Altius execution capabilities, which will serve as the basis for announcing our first partnership later when the time is right, bringing real-world validation to the system we have been quietly building for months.

This will be a big moment for us and we can't wait to share it with the community.

Thank you for following along. Every optimization, every line of code, every new partnership — all contribute to building a faster, smarter, and more reliable Web3.