Sablier halts new development, shifts to maintenance mode

Paul Razvan Berg, co-founder of the automated token payment system Sablier, announced on X that Sablier Labs, the development company behind the project, is halting active product development and transitioning to a maintenance phase. He stated that support for existing users will continue until June 2028, while the Sablier protocol itself will become an open-source public good operating permanently on-chain. Berg explained that the company's situation became difficult in the first quarter of 2026. Despite launching a record number of features, both user numbers and revenue plummeted. He attributed this to the crypto market downturn, which caused clients to postpone token launches, and the advancement of AI coding tools that made it cheaper to build similar services. Berg added that several planned expansion projects failed, making growth challenging. These included: - On-chain loans collateralized by vesting tokens - A proprietary mainnet - Conditional unlocks - AI agent skills