Layoff
Jul 2022OpenSea cut about 20% of staff during the crypto winter and said it would have roughly 230 employees after the reduction.
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Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
OpenSea is a non-custodial marketplace for NFTs and tokens, founded in 2017 and now rebuilt around OS2 for cross-chain trading, minting, and developer tooling.
Primary product
OS2, OpenSea’s non-custodial NFT and token trading marketplace
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Miami, Florida, United States
Team size
300-400
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
NFT marketplace and onchain token trading platform
Offices
Miami, Florida, United States
New York, New York, United States
Business model
transaction-fee marketplace
non-custodial trading platform
developer platform/API and SDK tooling
Funding
Stage
Series C / late-stage private
Total raised
$427.2M
Latest round
Series C · Jan 2022
Latest amount
$300M
Jan 2022 · Paradigm and Coatue
Jul 2021 · Andreessen Horowitz
Mar 2021 · Andreessen Horowitz
Nov 2019
May 2018 · 1confirmation
Mar 2018 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder and CEO
Chief Technology Officer
General Counsel
Head of Business Development & Partnerships
Founders
Co-Founder
Investors
1confirmation
Alexis Ohanian
Andreessen Horowitz
Animoca Brands
Ashton Kutcher
Avichal Garg
Balaji Srinivasan
Belinda Johnson
Ben Silbermann
Blockchain Capital
Blockstack
Coatue
Coinbase Ventures
Dylan Field
Foundation Capital
Founders Fund
gumi Cryptos
Kevin Durant
Kevin Hartz
Linda Xie
Mark Cuban
Michael Ovitz
Naval Ravikant
Paradigm
Stable Fund
Standard Crypto
Stanford StartX
The Chernin Group
Tobi Lutke
Y Combinator
Work & culture
Remote-first by design, small and fast-moving, ownership-oriented, and described in public postings as a talent-dense team that values trust, urgency, progress, and hands-on execution.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public job postings show U.S. base salary bands roughly from $140k-$210k for marketing, $195k-$280k for legal, and $270k-$350k for security, plus benefits and equity; internationally based pay varies by local market.
Benefits
100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees
90% medical, dental, and vision coverage for dependents
Flexible time off
Spring Health access with therapy and coaching sessions
Benefits plus equity in public postings
Product & market
Pricing
Transaction-fee marketplace; public token-trading coverage in 2025 cited a 0.9% fee on aggregated swaps.
Differentiators
- —Non-custodial/self-custodial wallet model
- —Broad multi-chain support
- —Unified NFTs + token trading in OS2
- —Developer tooling: APIs, SDKs, CLI, and MCP
- —Large installed base and marketplace liquidity
- —Mobile-first expansion
Technology
Kubernetes
React
React Native
Python
Django
Solidity
Ethereum
GraphQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
Docker
MongoDB
Snowflake
Fivetran
Prometheus
Grafana
Argo CD
Jenkins
GitHub
Discord
Customers
NFT collectors
digital creators and artists
traders
builders and developers
brands and IP partners
physical card collectors/traders
Competitors
Blur
Magic Eden
Rarible
Foundation
LooksRare
Mintable
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$300M-$400M
Estimated monthly visits
3.3M
Traffic estimate as of Jan 2026
Signals & risks
Layoff
Nov 2023OpenSea cut roughly half its employees, over 100 people, as it pivoted to OpenSea 2.0.
SourceOther
Aug 2024OpenSea said it received an SEC Wells notice and pledged $5M for legal fees for NFT artists and developers who receive Wells notices.
SourceAcquisition
Jan 2022OpenSea acquired Dharma Labs and named co-founder and CEO Nadav Hollander as CTO.
SourceAcquisition
Apr 2022OpenSea acquired Gem to invest in a pro-user experience and kept Gem operating independently.
SourceAcquisition
Jul 2025OpenSea acquired Rally, adding Rally CEO Chris Maddern to its leadership as incoming CTO.
SourceLatest news
CoinDesk · Jul 2025
OpenSea acquired Rally, and Rally CEO Chris Maddern was named incoming CTO as OpenSea continued its move toward token trading and a mobile-first onchain experience.
OpenSea · May 2025
OpenSea said OS2 was out of beta, token trading was live across 19 chains, and a new rewards program called Voyages had launched.
OpenSea · Mar 2025
OpenSea introduced OS2 as a rebuilt platform with unified NFT and token trading, cross-chain purchasing, and liquidity aggregation.
OpenSea · Aug 2024
OpenSea said it had received a Wells notice from the SEC and pledged $5 million to cover legal fees for NFT artists and developers who receive Wells notices.
The Block · Nov 2023
OpenSea reduced headcount by about half as it shifted to OpenSea 2.0 and a smaller team structure focused on product and platform quality.
Jobs and careers at OpenSea
2 jobs at OpenSea
Staff Platform Engineer
Remote
Engineering
Remote US or Remote EU
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Staff Product Designer
Remote
Design
Remote US or Remote EU
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time