Jordi Baylina announced the launch of Zisk and Polygon’s zKEVM team's departure from Polygon to focus on zkVM.

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June 18, 2025

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On June 18, Polygon co-founder Jordi Baylina took to X to announce that he and the core zkEVM development team have spun out to form Zisk, an independent project focused on advancing low-latency, open-source zero-knowledge virtual machine technology.

Baylina said his main focus will shift to developing ZisK, but he will continue to serve Polygon in an advisory role.

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Week 25 of 2025