{
  "slug": "runtime-verification",
  "name": "Runtime Verification",
  "url": "https://runtimeverification.com",
  "hq": "Urbana, Illinois, United States",
  "founded": "2010",
  "focus": "K framework, KEVM, zkevm-harness, EVM equivalence with Lean models",
  "summary": "Runtime Verification maintains the K framework and KEVM and, within the Verified zkEVM program, the zkevm-harness and the equivalence proof between KEVM and Nethermind's Lean EvmYul model. It audits and verifies smart contracts and VM implementations.",
  "why_first": "",
  "services": [
    "Executable semantics and equivalence proofs for VMs",
    "Smart-contract formal verification with K",
    "zkEVM harness and conformance work"
  ],
  "tools": [
    "k-framework"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    [
      "K framework",
      "https://kframework.org"
    ],
    [
      "Verified zkEVM overview",
      "https://github.com/Verified-zkEVM/Overview"
    ]
  ],
  "fit": [
    "Choose Runtime Verification when the specification layer (an ISA or VM semantics) is what needs to be executable and provable."
  ],
  "rank": 8,
  "page": "https://sorryfree.com/firms/runtime-verification/",
  "updated": "2026-09-13"
}