Sui was built by Mysten Labs, a company formed in 2021 by engineers who previously worked at Meta (formerly Facebook). These developers were part of the team behind the Diem blockchain and the Move programming language. Their experience with scalable blockchain systems and secure smart contract design helped shape Sui into a fast, developer-friendly Layer 1 network.

You use Sui, a blockchain platform created by Mysten Labs, a company founded by former Meta engineers who worked on the Diem and Move projects. The team built Sui to deliver high performance, low latency, and efficient scalability through its unique object-based model and parallel transaction processing. Mysten Labs officially launched Sui to enable developers and users to build faster, more interactive, and secure decentralized applications.

Sui was created by Mysten Labs, a company founded in 2021 by five former Meta engineers who worked on the Diem blockchain and the Move programming language. The team includes CEO Evan Cheng, CTO Sam Blackshear, CPO Adeniyi Abiodun, Chief Scientist George Danezis, and Chief Cryptographer Kostas Chalkias. After Meta’s Diem project was discontinued, they used their expertise to build Sui—a high-performance, scalable Layer 1 blockchain designed for fast, secure, and developer-friendly decentralized applications. Sui officially launched in May 2023.