Golem Factory was founded in Switzerland in 2016 by Julian Zawistowski, Andrzej Regulski, Piotr Janiuk, Aleksandra Skrzypczak
The idea for Golem Network was first presented during DevCon 0 in November 2014. The decentralized platform is intended to be the first proxy-free and censorship-resistant environment for computer-intensive projects around the world. After introducing this concept at DevCon 0, the team worked tirelessly towards developing the Golem Network, launching a public crowdfunding event on November 11, 2016.
In 2019, based on their collective learnings, the team realized that they needed a completely new architecture in order to build a more overarching platform for generalized distributed compute. This ultimately resulted in a new better architecture and a new building approach designed to provide users with limitless possibilities when it comes to creating on top of Golem.
Over the course of 2020, the Golem Network team has been tasked with building a completely new protocol, architecture and codebase.