What SuperFile does

SuperFile, Inc. is a privately held US technology company headquartered at 212 West Superior Street, Suite 300 in Chicago, with an additional legal-contact office in Beverly Hills. Firmographics list the company as founded in 2020, though all public-facing legal and marketing materials are dated 2026, suggesting either a recent rebranding or a 2026 product/public-launch milestone layered onto an earlier entity. The company employs 51–100 people and operates under a California-law-governed corporate structure (SuperFile, Inc.).

SuperFile's product is a sovereign file-control platform that wraps files in proprietary .super containers to maintain access control, visibility, and revocability even after a file has been shared or downloaded. The platform is built around three technical pillars: (1) Trackable Files, providing access history, time/location visibility, user verification, and real-time activity logs at the file level; (2) Unhackable Files, using split-key, device-level encryption where files are never unlocked in one place on one system with one key; and (3) Take-backable Files, offering remote access revocation, expiration controls, and kill-switch functionality that works post-download — a capability the company describes as the "unshare button." Underlying architecture is zero-trust file rendering, where the original file remains protected inside the .super container while enabling secure viewing and interaction.

The business model is subscription/recurring-based, monetized through reservation of custom file extensions (e.g., .yourcompany) and associated file-control services. Distribution is direct and selective: companies reserve extensions in a registry, limited groups are invited into early access, and public launch activates extensions for general use. As of the available data, the company is in Limited Early Access with reservations full, pricing is not publicly disclosed, and active evaluations and pilot programs are underway with government entities and Fortune 100 companies. No revenue figure is disclosed, no venture funding investors are identified, and no executive team is publicly named in the source data, despite approximately $163 million in reported funding across 2023 and 2024.

Name

SuperFile

Legal name

SuperFile, Inc.

Website

https://superfile.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

SuperFile is a Chicago-based technology company building a sovereign file-control platform that wraps files in .super containers with split-key encryption, enabling tracking, post-download access revocation, and zero-trust rendering for governments and Fortune 100 enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

File Security & Data Protection Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Security & Privacy for Cloud (DLP, DSPM, Tokenization) (HDABAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Key Management, Encryption & Secrets Management (KMS/HSM/Vault) (HDABAHAG), Confidential Computing & Hardware-backed Protection (TEE/HSM) (HDADAFAJ)

Keywords

• File security software
• Data loss prevention
• Sovereign file control
• Encrypted file sharing
• Document access management

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. File Extension Reservation & Control Services: SuperFile appears to monetize through reservation of custom file extensions (.yourcompany) and associated file control/subscription services. The company is in early access phase with a reservation system.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

SuperFile provides a sovereign file-control platform that keeps files secure and under the originator's control even after they are shared or downloaded. Files are wrapped inside proprietary .super containers with split-key, device-level encryption and zero-trust rendering, enabling trackable files (file-level audit logs and user verification), unhackable files (no single point of compromise), and take-backable files (post-download revocation, expiration, and kill-switch). Customers reserve custom .yourcompany file extensions through a registry and gain early access to enforce permissions independent of where the file is stored.

Product overview

SuperFile is a unified file-control platform built around three core capabilities: (1) Trackable Files for visibility into who accessed files, when, and from where with real-time activity logs; (2) Unhackable Files using split-key, device-level encryption where files are never unlocked in one place; and (3) Take-Backable Files enabling remote access revocation even after download. The platform wraps files in .super containers and allows companies to reserve custom .yourcompany file extensions for sovereign ownership of their file format.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SuperFile Platform Sovereign file-control platform that wraps files in .super containers with split-key, device-level encryption and zero-trust rendering, giving organizations trackable, unhackable, and take-backable file capabilities with post-download revocation. Targeted at governments, Fortune 100 enterprises, and any business or individual that needs ongoing control, compliance, and accountability over sensitive files.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of companies lose visibility once a file leaves their system (the problem SuperFile solves)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft (Azure Rights Management / Purview Information Protection): Microsoft's Azure RMS and Purview Information Protection provide file-level encryption, persistent access controls, and usage revocation across Office documents. It is the dominant incumbent in enterprise file-level data protection and the most likely competitive threat to SuperFile's differentiation.
• Adobe (Document Cloud / Acrobat DRM): Adobe's PDF-based DRM and document protection capabilities cover encryption, access controls, and revocation for the world's most widely shared document format. It is a direct competitive overlap for high-sensitivity PDF workflows SuperFile targets.
• Box (Box Shield / Box KeySafe): Box's enterprise content collaboration platform includes Box Shield for intelligent security controls and access governance. As a major file-sharing incumbent, it competes for the same enterprise security budget SuperFile targets.
• Egnyte: Egnyte offers enterprise file sharing with integrated data governance, compliance, and security controls. It competes for the same regulated-industry and enterprise file-protection buyer that SuperFile targets.
• Digital Guardian (HelpSystems / Fortra): Digital Guardian offers enterprise DLP with file-level visibility, encryption, and policy enforcement. It addresses overlapping customer pain points around insider threats and sensitive file control that SuperFile's trackable/take-backable files target.

Direct peers

• Seclore: Seclore provides enterprise Digital Rights Management with persistent file-level access controls, usage tracking, and post-distribution revocation across multiple file formats. It is the closest pure-play peer to SuperFile's 'sovereign file control' positioning.
• Locklizard: Locklizard offers DRM-protected PDF and document distribution with device-bound licensing, expiration controls, and access revocation. Its product set overlaps directly with SuperFile's trackable/unhackable/take-backable file capabilities.
• NextLabs: NextLabs provides data-centric security and attribute-based access control for enterprise documents with persistent file-level policy enforcement. Comparable to SuperFile in targeting high-value enterprise and government file protection use cases.
• Vitrium Systems: Vitrium provides document DRM and content protection with encryption, access controls, and analytics for PDFs, Office files, and videos. It targets similar enterprise content security use cases as SuperFile, including post-distribution tracking.

Emerging players

• Fortanix: Fortanix provides confidential computing and key management with hardware-backed encryption primitives (HSM/TEE). It overlaps with SuperFile's split-key encryption and zero-trust file rendering approach at the infrastructure layer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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