# Building the next gen of decentralized exchanges

## Overview

Ambient runs an entire decentralized exchange (DEX) in a single smart contract, which is an entirely new category of decentralized exchange and protocol developed from scratch. Faster, cheaper, easier, and more efficient than anything that came before.

Ambient is built for diversified, sustainable liquidity that fixes the broken LP economics of AMMs. It is also the only DEX to support concentrated (‘V3’), ambient (‘V2’) and knock-out liquidity in the same liquidity pool.

Built for traders and market makers of all kinds, Ambient introduces novel DeFi-native features and an array of quality-of-life improvements allowing for a best-in-class user experience.

### Milestones

- Founded 2021
- Invested in 2021

### Team

- [Doug Colkitt (Founder)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-colkitt-1481a720a/)

### Categories

- [FinTech](/content/portfolio/?category=fintech/index.html)

### Career opportunities

## Looking for a role at Ambient Finance?

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[MVC Job Board](https://jobs.motivate.vc/jobs)

## Let’s build something together

[Get Started](/content/contact/index.html)

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