RPS Labs

RPS Labs — operating under the brand RPS AI — is an applied AI lab building liquidity infrastructure for Solana's decentralized finance ecosystem. Founded in October 2023 and headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Vancouver and Belgrade, the company describes its mission as developing the intelligence layer for on-chain markets. Originally focused on general AI applications, RPS pivoted to Solana market making in 2024, positioning itself where real-time data infrastructure and algorithmic execution intersect.

What RPS AI Builds

RPS AI operates three distinct but interconnected products, each addressing a different layer of the liquidity stack.

UltraLiquid is the company's flagship market-making service for Solana DEX token projects and treasury managers. Rather than passively posting liquidity, UltraLiquid uses a continuously learning AI model trained on successful token launches on Solana to proactively modulate positions in response to market conditions. The system targets 99% active utilization of deployed liquidity — meaning nearly all capital is placed at prices where it can actually be matched against trades — aiming to deliver spreads comparable to those on centralized exchanges. UltraLiquid is integrated with Meteora and Raydium, two of Solana's largest DEX protocols.

A notable transparency feature is the TEE-signed report generated after major risk events. After significant market moves, UltraLiquid's AI produces a neutral report containing a complete ledger of all market-making actions taken, cryptographically attested using a Trusted Execution Environment signature. This gives token teams, community members, and investors an auditable record of algorithmic behavior without requiring them to trust RPS AI's word alone.

UltraLP is a liquidity provider analytics copilot built specifically for Meteora positions on Solana. It provides real-time P&L tracking, impermanent loss analysis with historical forensics, price chart overlays for LP position visualization, and multi-position strategy cards for managing complex strategies across multiple pools. Positions can be denominated in SOL rather than USD, which is useful for LPs who measure performance natively in Solana. The tool runs at the speed of Solana's block times and is designed for users managing large or volatile positions where delayed data creates meaningful risk. UltraLP is accessible at app.ultralp.com and targets both retail LPs and professional managers.

Leaps Finance is a decentralized options protocol for Solana assets. It addresses two longstanding problems in on-chain options: insufficient liquidity and complex user experience. Leaps supports covered call and cash-secured put strategies, both of which are fully collateralized — options are backed 1:1 by the underlying asset or cash, eliminating counterparty credit risk. The protocol offers instant liquidity and is designed to be accessible to users who understand options mechanics but have been blocked from Solana participation by UX barriers on existing platforms. Leaps is presented as a natural extension of RPS AI's market-making expertise, applying the same focus on liquidity depth to the options primitive.

Data Infrastructure

Underlying all three products is RPS AI's proprietary data provision layer. Rather than relying on standard RPC node queries — the conventional way Solana applications read chain state — RPS accesses liquidity data directly from deeper market sources with multiple geographic and provider fallbacks. This architecture is designed to sustain reliability across Solana's throughput of approximately 50 million daily transactions, where RPC lag can translate to stale prices and missed rebalancing windows. The data infrastructure is offered as a standalone service for market makers, AI agents, and DeFi protocols that need real-time, high-uptime liquidity data beyond what standard RPC endpoints provide.

Security

Smart contracts for the Leaps Finance options protocol have been audited by Sec3, a smart contract security firm specializing in Solana programs. RPS AI describes its contracts as transparent and fully audited, with full collateralization of options positions as a core safety property.

Team and Backing

Rich King, one of RPS AI's cofounders, is publicly associated with the project through community workshops and social presence under the handle @richardkingxyz. The team has hosted hands-on LP workshops in partnership with Superteam Canada and Meteora, demonstrating direct engagement with the Solana builder community beyond protocol development.

RPS AI is backed by a notable investor roster: Wintermute Ventures (the VC arm of algorithmic market maker Wintermute), Delphi Ventures, Permanent Ventures, OrangeDAO, MetropolisDAO, TRIVE (Singapore), and UF Venture. Wintermute Ventures' participation is particularly relevant given Wintermute's own expertise in market making; backing from a firm with deep experience in the domain lends credibility to RPS AI's technical approach.

Solana Context

RPS AI's entire product surface is Solana-native. The choice of chain is deliberate: Solana's high throughput and low latency make it uniquely suited to the kind of real-time, algorithmic liquidity management RPS AI specializes in. Slower blockchains impose rebalancing delays that erode LP returns and widen effective spreads; Solana's architecture shrinks that window. Both Meteora and Raydium — the primary DEXs RPS AI integrates with — are among Solana's largest by volume, giving UltraLiquid and UltraLP meaningful market coverage.

The company's Discord community is accessible at discord.com/invite/useultralp, and its X presence is maintained at @rps_ai.