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2018
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About Stardust

Stardust is an American game infrastructure and mobile advertising technology company founded in 2018 by entrepreneur and software engineer Canaan Linder. Based in Palo Alto, California, it develops software that helps game makers integrate blockchain features, manage player accounts and acquire users. Its offering spans developer infrastructure and an AI-driven platform for mobile performance marketing.

The company initially focused on reducing the technical barriers associated with blockchain gaming. Its platform lets developers incorporate digital assets and transactions into games while handling wallet creation, private-key management and blockchain interactions behind the scenes. Players can use these features without navigating the separate wallets and multi-step processes commonly associated with crypto applications.

Game infrastructure

Wallets-as-a-Service provides APIs for creating custodial player wallets and profiles, signing transactions and submitting them to a blockchain. Developers can use the infrastructure for NFT minting, in-game asset storage and transaction execution, with player management and analytics supporting the surrounding game experience.

Stardust supplies integration tools for Unity, Unreal Engine and TypeScript/EVM environments. Its blockchain integrations include Solana, Polygon, Immutable, Avalanche and Sui, giving developers options for connecting games to different networks through its infrastructure. The platform supports onboarding and asset management as parts of the game experience, with blockchain operations handled through developer-facing services.

Mobile growth and advertising

Stardust subsequently expanded into mobile advertising technology as privacy changes across major operating systems reshaped app monetization and user acquisition. Its AI-driven demand-side platform automates performance marketing campaigns for mobile games and applications.

The growth platform uses post-install telemetry to inform real-time bidding and campaign optimization. Supported objectives include installs, in-app purchases, cost per install and return on ad spend, with an emphasis on identifying players with higher lifetime value. Together, its infrastructure and advertising products serve developers seeking both integrated player onboarding and tools for scaling mobile audiences.

More about Stardust

Leadership and milestones

  • An August 2023 Wallets-as-a-Service launch announcement identified Canaan Linder as CEO.
  • The commercial platform launched in 2019.
  • The STARDUST trademark was filed on July 5, 2018, and registered on May 25, 2021, under registration number 6364791.

Financing and collaboration

  • The research reports approximately $35 million in venture funding across multiple rounds, including a Series A led by Framework Ventures.
  • A strategic partnership with Tilting Point provided NFT infrastructure and developer toolkits for indie game portfolios.

Notable credits

6 credits
  • Deadrop — infrastructure partnership with Midnight Society
  • MetaDOS — Wallets-as-a-Service integration
  • Pixels — player onboarding and wallet provisioning
  • Shrapnel — Wallets-as-a-Service integration
  • Starbase — proprietary social and player rewards platform
  • Cosmic Foundry — blockchain integration infrastructure

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Where Stardust is based

1 location

  • Palo Alto office

    Headquarters
    555 Bryant Street, Suite 120, Palo Alto, CA 94301, United StatesPalo Alto, California, United States

    Overall corporate headquarters supporting administrative, executive and software engineering operations.

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