Ava Labs is a company that provides an open-source platform for creating and executing decentralized applications (dApps) and enterprise blockchain deployments. It offers the Avalanche smart contract platform, known for its speed, low cost, and eco-friendliness. Ava Labs targets developers and businesses looking to build scalable blockchain applications. Their unique selling proposition is the Avalanche consensus protocol, which provides high throughput and low latency, making it one of the fastest smart contract platforms in the industry[1][3][5]. Ava Labs also offers services like AvaCloud for custom blockchains and Core, a Web3 browser extension[3].