Looking back to August 2022, we're raising a toast to MetaWork Labs' first awesome year – a year that kickstarted our journey and will set us on a path of triumph. 🏆

Our tale is all about change and creativity, fired up by our passion to build a whole new internet world and empower developers, businesses, and users. Despite the chaos that rocked the market and the world, the Macha team & community didn't just survive – we hustled, built, and geared up to rock the year ahead!💪🏼

Now, allow us to lead you on a captivating journey through our story.

MetaWork started as Talent Network discovery via Discord

MetaWork started by Saksham, to create a DAO, a talent network community. We started on Discord and expanded to 1600+ people connecting them to companies and DAOs. To create a seamless hiring process, for recruiters as well as talented folks, we created different channels on Discord. 🫱🏽‍🫲🏽

But we realized there is a need for a change in the concept of connecting people from a broader perspective with more privacy and a decentralized manner and thus we needed a product for the same.

MetaWork started building a DAO Collaboration Platform

Saksham with experience as a senior developer and Product Manager had this idea of bringing a few people together and building a collaboration tool for a new talent economy.

This third-generation collaboration tool would have made a better version of notion + discord. Saksham along with other 3 team members started building this collaboration tool.

We were riding the DAO vibe at that time and reached a good milestone and during this journey, we became a part of the web3 accelerator, LongHash.🎉

MetaWork joins LongHashX and Protocol Labs Cohort 9

Last year, we officially registered as MetaWork Labs PTE LTD. in Singapore and joined Cohort 9 at LongHashX and Protocol Labs. 🎉 The LongHash mentorship team, Michael, Bury, Emir, Jemar, Emerson, played a crucial role in MetaWork Labs' transformation and growth📈. They provided support throughout every phase, from the inception to the current stage, helping us shape our vision and refine our product.

Also, The amazing founders and investors, including Protocol Labs and Snapshot, Tableland, and Coinshift, have been instrumental in MetaWork Labs' journey. Their support, guidance, and contributions have been pivotal in driving our success and fueling our progress. 🌱

MetaWork traveled to Singapore for Filecoin’s FIL Conference and Token2049

September started with a blast💣 as MetaWork was part of FIL Singapore & Token2049 held in Singapore. We had the opportunity to meet the mentor team of LongHash and our investors from Protocol Labs during a successful event at FIL Singapore, creating an enriching experience of personal interaction.

Our founder, Saksham Jain, also met Juan Benet, CEO of Filecoin and it was an immense pleasure to chat further about the vision rather than another small talk.

MetaWork presents on Demo Day

After working as a DAO collaboration, we realized the importance of providing a siloed-proof user experience and hence, we created a decentralized communication platform with token-gated channels for security, and encrypted data sharing.

It showcased that our decentralized messaging offers the ultimate collaborative and learning experience, surpassing the complexities of combining various elements like documentation, task management, one-on-one, and one-to-many communication using a simple slash command. 🤩

After months of hard work, the eagerly awaited day arrived for LongHash Cohort9 Demo day, where we showcased our product and presented our vision to a captivated audience. During the YouTube live session, our founder, Saksham, presented the tech behind our messaging platform based on interoperability.

Get a glimpse of our tech platform's progress through a demo video, showcasing what we built in our accelerator program.

Participation in India Blockchain Week 🌟

The highly anticipated Indian Blockchain Week has finally commenced, drawing the entire web3 and tech community's excitement. This week-long event is filled with a series of engaging activities hosted by various blockchain startups and was scheduled to take place from 29th Nov to 6th Dec 2022.

What a fantastic kickoff to #IndiaBlockchainWeek with FILBangalore🌟, brilliantly organized by our friends at Huddle01, where we proudly served as community partners.

The week was followed by Polygon Connect🌟 which led us to dive more into the polygon ecosystem’s current and emerging tech. We also interacted with the builders and communities building on Polygon to understand their projects band how we can find synergies with them.

Finally, it was time for ETHIndia🌟 a major global blockchain event which has been on our radar since the start of the year.

Aditya, our tech lead, made a remarkable impact at ETHIndia as a hacker, winning prizes through collaborative efforts with his team members. Additionally, Saksham and other team members left a strong impression, connecting with developers, hiring prospects, investors, and other companies simultaneously.

Overall Blockchain Week, was a great opportunity to introduce MetaWork Labs and our commitment to real decentralization, including the necessary groundwork.

The team meet at Mussoorie 🥳

We have a tradition that we like to follow. Our team meets once a quarter to work together intensively for a few days to build a culture in the team. This time after completing our designated tasks we decided to work from Mussoorie as a whole team.

Our whole team worked from the queen of hills’ most beautiful place Zostel🏔️. Which was an amazing and wholesome experience for the whole team.

We believe that bringing the team together in person fosters a deeper personal and professional connection, resulting in stronger teamwork and enhanced productivity.

Macha Messenger launch at #gmBangalore w/ Huddle01 & XMTP

The collaboration of MetaWork Labs with Huddle01 & XMTP, for hosting #gmBangalore was a resounding success. The launch of our latest product “Macha” was a significant milestone for MetaWork Labs.

With an audience of 300+ web3 enthusiasts and the invaluable support from our community partners - The Phoenix Guild, OG Club, SuperWomen DAO, BuidlersTribe, and The Product House, was a key driver in making the "Macha" launch a remarkable success.

The excitement of the event soared as Shan Mac, founder of XMTP, along with two other notable founders Ayush (founder of Huddle01) and Saksham(founder of Macha), shared their upcoming vision and the value their product will contribute to the Web3 ecosystem.

MetaWork rebrands to Macha

As we continued to grow and refine our vision, we recognized the need for this brand identity that truly resonated with our ethos. It was a huge step for us to not just launch another product but a new identity and the support from the audience was remarkable.

As a result, MetaWork transformed into Macha.

Thus, we crafted an interoperable web called Macha. 🤩

The Pivot in our startup journey 🤔

You might be curious about our startup's pivot, right? Well, we aimed to pave a Web3 path for a wider audience. In this journey of change, We took web2 messaging and upgraded it with web3 technology, aiming for universal use.

Could the same be done with the general internet?

The answer was a resounding YES‼️

This led us to create a powerful search at the infra and experience layer for the new internet.

Infrastructure Layer: a seamless integration where the concept of a new era of enhanced web3 technology, complements and enriches the capabilities of web2 tech to fully harness the power of both worlds and provide a more inclusive and efficient experience for all users.

Experience Layer: Our search infrastructure fetches and indexes whole blockchain data to make it searchable Just like Google indexes web data to make it searchable to everyone.

Macha - Search Infrastructure for New Internet 🌐

Macha is an innovative search platform 🕸️ application that accesses 100s of protocols and data from 10 chains, each with its unique features and offerings. It is transforming the way we interact with the digital world. It's like a gateway to a world of decentralized protocols and information.

With this capability, navigating the decentralized world becomes effortless, enabling you to read protocol content, interact with smart contracts, manage digital assets, and engage in decentralized finance activities seamlessly. 💹💸

Our Friends and Investors 🫰🏻

Last but not least we would love to thank to our partners and investors who collaborated, and supported us in this journey.

All of this hard work wouldn’t have been possible without our Investors and mentors from LongHash. We’ll forever be grateful for their active support towards MetaWork Labs.

Our major partnerships include Lighthouse, Spheron, Huddle01, XMTP, Lens, Filecoin, and more. Your belief in our vision and contributions have been instrumental in our growth. Thank you for being an integral part of our journey.

Our Team 💌

Whatever we have achieved till now is all because of our team, which we like to address as OUR FAMILY. The consistency and perseverance of our team is the key quality that took us this far. Many teammates have been added and some left, as we have learned from each one of them.

With the foundation laid, we look forward to exploring new horizons and pushing the boundaries of innovation.

Our upcoming updates on our products will be shared with you folks in our next blog. Stay Tuned!🎉