Neil Somani, the founder of Ethereum Layer 2 protocol Eclipse, has resigned as Executive Chairman, effective October 2025. Somani, who established Eclipse Labs in 2022 and secured $65 million in funding, plans to focus on Ethereum development and machine learning projects. Under his leadership, Eclipse transitioned to a focus on application development, launching its mainnet and planning a flagship app on its Layer 2 infrastructure. Vijay Chetty and later Sydney Huang succeeded him as CEO, guiding the company through its strategic pivots.