Foundry, a privately owned company headquartered in the UK, was founded in 1996 and employs approximately 420 individuals. It reported $74.6M in revenue as of 2024. The company specializes in graphics, developing creative software for the Digital Design, Media, and Entertainment industries.
Foundry's Nuke 17.0 received a Product of the Year award at the 2026 NAB Show, which took place from April 18-22 in Las Vegas. Separately, Foundry launched a Zcash mining pool on April 14, 2026, positioning it alongside its existing Bitcoin pool. This development followed the company's unveiling of a Zcash block explorer earlier on April 14, at which point its mining pool had reached 30% of the Zcash network's hashrate. On April 13, 2026, Foundry, the world's largest Bitcoin mining pool operator controlling about 31% of the global Bitcoin hash rate, officially announced the launch of its new Zcash mining pool. Concurrently, its Zcash pool reportedly captured 29% of the hashrate in its first month of operation.