# Skip > Tools for sovereign communities Skip is a blockchain infrastructure company providing cross-chain interoperability and oracle solutions. It offers developers tools to connect applications and chains and to stream real-time data onchain. Skip is a blockchain infrastructure company that builds developer tools for cross-chain interoperability and onchain data delivery, primarily within the Cosmos ecosystem. Its offerings help application and chain teams connect users and capital across networks and give validators a way to stream real-time data to smart contracts. The company serves developers and app chains seeking to improve user experience and connectivity across decentralized networks. The core problem Skip addresses is the fragmentation between chains and the difficulty of moving assets, messages, and data across them. Its infrastructure composes multiple underlying bridging and swapping operations into multi-hop routes, allowing a single transaction to move a token from one chain and token type to another. A companion oracle system lets a blockchain's own validator set deliver offchain data onchain with low latency, relying on the chain's existing security rather than a separate trusted party. Skip's flagship product is the Skip Go API, which powers cross-chain swaps, transfers, and combined bridge-and-act flows, alongside an embeddable widget and client libraries for developers. It also provides Skip:Connect, a native oracle for price feeds and other real-time data. Skip's tools are used by application developers, sovereign chains, and validator operators building interconnected, cross-chain experiences. It became part of a larger interchain organization following an acquisition. - Type: Company - Sector: Infrastructure - Status: Active - Founded: 2022-01-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Skip ## Products - [Skip Go API](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Skip): Skip Go API is an interoperability platform that lets developers build multi-hop routes connecting different blockchains and tokens within a single transaction. It bundles a widget and client library, an IBC-based cross-chain messaging integration, and a fast transfer mechanism for stablecoins, so integrators can add cross-chain swaps, bridging, and onboarding flows without building each component separately. The platform routes transactions across multiple underlying bridges and decentralized exchanges, offering real-time tracking and safeguards against common cross-chain failure cases. It is used by wallet and application developers who need unified cross-chain execution rather than integrating each bridge or DEX individually. (Cross-chain Infrastructure, Live, Main Product) - [Skip:Connect](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Skip): Skip:Connect is MEV infrastructure for proof-of-stake blockchains, primarily within the Cosmos ecosystem. It provides block building and auction mechanisms that let validators capture and redistribute maximal extractable value generated by transaction ordering. The system is used by blockchain validators and application chains seeking structured, transparent MEV markets instead of unmanaged extraction. 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