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Dialect
AcquiredYC S20New York City, US · Founded 2019 · Delaware corporation · 8 employees · 19 known investors
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Dialect provides infrastructure for Web3 user experiences, offering Blinks (embedded blockchain transactions) and Alerts (onchain notifications) that integrate directly into digital platforms without redirects. The platform serves crypto applications and DeFi platforms seeking faster blockchain interaction and user engagement.
Also known as Enombic Inc. · Enombic · Enombic, Inc., Enombic · Inc. · Dialect Labs
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S20)
Dialect was founded in 2019 by Chris Osborn.
Investors · 19
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Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$5M disclosed across 1 round · 2022
▶$5MraisedApr 2022 · 22 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Christopher OsbornExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $5M
- Amount sold
- $5M
- First sale
- Feb 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2019
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Dialect offers infrastructure that lets digital platforms embed blockchain functionality directly into their interfaces. Its two main products are Blinks ("blockchain links"), which package ready-to-sign onchain transactions so users can swap, stake or purchase in a single click inside the environment they are already using, and Alerts, actionable onchain notifications delivered through multiple channels.
Alerts cover DeFi position updates such as liquidations and limit order executions, token activity and market data such as price changes and trending assets, governance activity including DAO votes, proposals and targeted announcements, and custom event detection built with a Monitoring SDK. The company positions both products as an alternative to slow custom integrations and redirect-based flows that move users away from the host application.
Dialect distributes its functionality through APIs, SDKs and open-source tooling, with documentation aimed at developers integrating Blinks and Alerts with a small amount of code.
Business model
Dialect sells developer infrastructure to applications and protocols, exposing its transaction and notification capabilities through APIs, SDKs and open-source tooling that customers embed in their own products.
Traction
Dialect states its products are used by Phantom, Jupiter, Backpack and Tensor among others, and that it powers more than 600 Blinks across protocols on Solana, EVM and Monad.
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Market position
Dialect presents itself as a UX infrastructure layer for Web3, working with protocols across Solana, EVM and Monad ecosystems.
Positioning centers on removing redirects and long integration cycles: onchain actions are embedded in-context and, per the company, can be integrated in minutes with minimal code.
Technology
The platform provides Blinks, third-party onchain actions that are embeddable in any environment as ready-to-sign transactions, and an Alerts system with multi-channel delivery plus a Monitoring SDK for event detection and custom alerting. It supports Solana, EVM chains and Monad.
Go-to-market
Developer-led adoption via public documentation, APIs, SDKs and open-source tooling, alongside direct integrations with established crypto applications and protocols.
Crypto wallets, exchanges, marketplaces, DeFi protocols and other digital platforms that want onchain actions and notifications inside their own user experiences.
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through Dialect went on to found or lead other companies.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Dialect do?
- Dialect provides Web3 UX infrastructure: Blinks for embedded onchain transactions and Alerts for onchain notifications.
- Who founded Dialect?
- Dialect was founded by Chris Osborn in 2019.
- Who are Dialect's investors?
- Dialect's investors include Asymmetric, Electric Capital, Foundation Capital, Multicoin Capital, Protagonist, Y Combinator, Anagram Ventures, Asymmetric Capital Partners and 11 more.
- How much funding has Dialect raised?
- Dialect has disclosed $5M raised across 1 round.
- Where is Dialect headquartered?
- Dialect is headquartered in New York City, US.