What DYNANIC does

DYNANIC is a privately held Czech IT firm, headquartered in Brno, that develops and licenses FPGA-based SmartNIC acceleration software. The company originated as a spin-off from academic research at Brno University of Technology's Accelerated Network Technologies Research Group and the Liberouter group at CESNET association, operating initially as BrnoLogic before rebranding to DYNANIC in November 2024. Its core product is a unified software and FPGA firmware stack that transforms commodity FPGA accelerator cards from multiple hardware vendors (including AMD/Xilinx, Intel/Altera, BittWare, Silicom, Napatech, Prodesign, Reflex, terasIC, and iWave) into fully programmable, line-rate SmartNICs. The platform achieves lossless packet processing at wire-speeds up to 400 Gbps through deep pipelining and vertical parallel packet processing architectures, exposing this capability through a standardized DPDK interface that eliminates the need for FPGA programming expertise. A major July 2025 release added stateful flow processing via Flow State Table, enabling per-flow counters, telemetry, and adaptive logic for security and analytics applications.

The company targets four primary use-case segments: telecom operators and cloud providers facing CPU bottlenecks at 100-400 Gbps+ speeds, cybersecurity vendors requiring full line-rate deep packet inspection and DDoS mitigation, AI data centers and hyperscale operators needing predictable burst-handling for distributed training workloads, and cloud storage operators seeking FPGA-accelerated NVMe/TCP performance. DYNANIC monetizes through two revenue streams: one-time/perpetual software licenses for production deployment (with a freemium trial-to-paid model) and FPGA IP licensing for the Ultra Fast DMA engine as encrypted netlist. Production pricing is quote-based under multi-year contracts. Go-to-market is sales-led with strong event-driven demand generation through DPDK Summit, FPGA Conference Europe, MWC Barcelona, RSAC, and Hello Tomorrow Global Summit, supplemented by partner co-selling with FPGA card manufacturers.

The business has been funded primarily through Czech government grant programs (CzechInvest Technology Incubation, Ministry of Interior SECTECH, Technology Agency TREND, Ministry of Industry and Trade Aplikace III), totaling disclosed grant support exceeding €160,000 in 2024, with undisclosed venture investment from Tensor Ventures (lead) and Venture Club added in late 2024 and February 2026 to support US market expansion. Recent strategic milestones include Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe 2025 Companies to Watch recognition, ECSO European Cybersecurity Startup Award finalist status in 2026, and selection as a Hello Tomorrow Deep Tech Pioneer 2026. The team remains small (1-10 employees) led by co-founders Pavol Korček (CEO), Lukáš Kekely (CTO), and Jan Kořenek (CSO).

Name

DYNANIC

Legal name

DynaNIC Semiconductors s.r.o.

Website

https://dyna-nic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DYNANIC is a Brno-based IT firm that provides FPGA-based SmartNIC acceleration software enabling lossless 400 Gbps packet processing through a standardized DPDK interface, serving telecom operators, cybersecurity vendors, AI data centers, and cloud storage operators across multiple hardware platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

FPGA SmartNIC Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Center SmartNICs & DPU Adapters (HDAFAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

High-Performance Networking Adapters (InfiniBand/RDMA/Ultra-Low Latency) (HDAFAEAD), NFV Infrastructure (NFVI) (HDAFANAB), Network/Infrastructure Processors (Switching/Routing/SmartNIC DPUs) (HDAHAJAH)

Keywords

• FPGA SmartNIC acceleration
• Network packet processing
• DPDK software stack
• Cybersecurity packet inspection
• AI data center networking

Headquarters

HQ city

Brno

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software License Sales (Trial and Production): DYNANIC offers a free trial version of the solution for evaluation on supported FPGA cards. Users can download a trial version under a free trial license agreement, then switch to a production version via a full version license agreement. Revenue is generated through the sale of production software licenses for the DYNANIC solution deployed on FPGA SmartNIC hardware.
2. FPGA IP Licensing: The company provides several FPGA IPs for utilization in commercial projects, including the Ultra Fast DMA engine, available as encrypted netlist for given FPGA technology or in other forms. This represents a separate IP licensing revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

DYNANIC provides ready-to-use software and FPGA firmware that transform standard FPGA accelerator cards from multiple hardware vendors into fully programmable SmartNICs. The solution delivers lossless packet processing at wire-speeds up to 400 Gbps through a standardized DPDK interface, removing the need for FPGA programming expertise. It also licenses standalone FPGA IPs such as the Ultra Fast DMA engine for integration into commercial designs.

Product overview

DYNANIC is a single unified product - a software and FPGA firmware solution that transforms standard FPGA acceleration cards from multiple hardware vendors (AMD/Xilinx, Intel/Altera, and others) into fully programmable, production-ready SmartNICs. The solution provides a standardized DPDK API interface, enabling software developers to harness FPGA acceleration without FPGA programming expertise. Core capabilities include wire-speed throughput up to 400 Gbps, lossless packet processing, and rapid development through DPDK compatibility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DYNANIC (FPGA-based SmartNIC solution) A ready-to-use software and FPGA firmware solution that transforms standard FPGA acceleration cards from multiple hardware vendors (AMD/Xilinx, Intel/Altera, BittWare, Silicom, Napatech, Prodesign, Reflex, terasIC, iWave) into fully programmable SmartNICs. It delivers lossless packet processing at wire-speeds up to 400 Gbps through a standardized DPDK API, intended for telecom operators, cloud providers, cybersecurity vendors, AI data centers, and cloud storage operators.
• DYNANIC with Stateful Flow Processing Major upgrade to the DYNANIC solution adding stateful per-flow processing, including per-flow counters (packet and byte counts), on-chip or external HBM-backed flow state storage, and full support for the Silicom ThunderFjord dual-400G FPGA SmartNIC, aimed at cybersecurity and AI networking use cases.
• Ultra Fast DMA Engine (FPGA IP) Standalone FPGA IP core providing multi-channel DMA architecture with PCIe Gen4 x32 and Gen5 x16 support and RSS distribution, available as an encrypted netlist for integration into third-party FPGA designs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sustained 400 Gbps wire-speed throughput in production environments
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and major.

• Siemens Verification AcademyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 April 2026DYNANIC co-organizes Verification Academy Live Brno with Siemens Verification Academy, a full-day technical seminar on functional verification hosted at Brno University of Technology. DYNANIC contributes three sessions to the program covering verification productivity in FPGA-based SmartNIC development, AI-assisted hardware verification, and AI in verification panel.
• CESNETcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2026DYNANIC collaborates with CESNET association on the Ministry of Industry and Trade deep-tech grant project 'High-performance and flexible SmartNIC for data center applications and services'. The project involves developing AI acceleration functionalities, lower latency solutions, advanced protection, and efficiency improvements for FPGA-based SmartNICs. DYNANIC traces its origins to the Liberouter group of the CESNET association and the Accelerated Network Technologies Research Group at Brno University of Technology.
• Altera (Intel PSG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026DYNANIC positions itself as a provider of programmable, high-performance network acceleration alongside Altera. The solution is showcased with Altera Agilex FPGAs at MWC Barcelona. Altera representatives including Head of Product Management and Development visited DYNANIC at FPGA Conference Europe. Altera publicly stated excitement about DYNANIC's seamless integration with Agilex FPGAs being a game-changer for developers. The joint demo was presented at Altera Innovators Day 2025.
• Silicom DenmarkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 September 2025DYNANIC and Silicom Denmark jointly demonstrated the '400G FPGA-based NIC for scalable AI Networking' at Altera Innovators Day 2025, showcasing the ThunderFjord card with 2x400GE ports and Altera Agilex 7 M-series FPGA combined with the DYNANIC FPGA pipeline. The partnership enables predictable, reliable AI performance for large-scale training through joint solution development and marketing. Silicom Denmark President Henrik Lilja publicly endorsed the collaboration.
• iWave GlobalmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 July 2025iWave Global, one of DYNANIC's technology partners, independently demonstrated DYNANIC on their own 100G FPGA hardware platform at FPGA Conference Europe 2025. This validates DYNANIC's vendor-neutral architecture appreciated by multiple FPGA card manufacturers.
• Design GatewaymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025In collaboration with Design Gateway, DYNANIC created an FPGA-accelerated NVMe/TCP solution for cloud storage, showcased in a joint demo. The solution combines Design Gateway's NVMeTCP-IP with DYNANIC's FPGA acceleration for improved storage efficiency compared to traditional CPU-based implementations.
• PRO DESIGN Electronic GmbHmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 August 2023DYNANIC cooperates with PRO DESIGN Electronic GmbH (Bruckmühl, Germany) for their extensive knowledge in electrical engineering, PCB design, mechatronics, and testing. DYNANIC is preparing support for PRO DESIGN's brand new 3x400G FALCON Agilex 7M Acceleration Card. PRO DESIGN independently showcased DYNANIC at ISC High Performance 2024 in Hamburg.
• Brno University of TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2023Founders and employees of the company responsible for DYNANIC have extensive experience in FPGA acceleration gained through research and development activities in the Accelerated Network Technologies Research Group at the Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology. The company traces its origins directly to this academic research group.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Design Gateway: Design Gateway provides FPGA IP cores including NVMeTCP-IP, which DYNANIC integrates with for cloud storage acceleration. It is an enabling partner in the storage acceleration use case rather than a direct SmartNIC competitor.

Direct peers

• Napatech: Napatech builds FPGA-based SmartNIC and packet capture appliances for 100G/400G networks. It is the closest direct competitor to DYNANIC, serving telecom operators, cybersecurity vendors, and financial trading customers with similar lossless packet processing value propositions.
• Netronome: Netronome offers FPGA-based SmartNICs and software for cloud and telco workloads including SDN/NFV, security, and storage offload. Competes directly with DYNANIC in delivering high-performance programmable network interfaces to similar enterprise customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• NVIDIA (BlueField / Mellanox): NVIDIA's BlueField DPU and Mellanox ConnectX SmartNIC portfolio is the dominant incumbent in the data center SmartNIC/DPU market. While broader in scope and deeply integrated with NVIDIA's software stack, it competes for the same telco, hyperscaler, and cybersecurity workloads.
• Marvell (OCTEON / LiquidIO): Marvell's OCTEON DPUs and LiquidIO SmartNICs target 5G, cloud, and enterprise security workloads with programmable ARM-based networking silicon. A broad incumbent competing for the same programmable acceleration budget that DYNANIC targets.
• AMD (Pensando / Alveo): AMD's Pensando DPU and Alveo FPGA SmartNIC platforms are direct SmartNIC competitors and also serve as the FPGA hardware substrate on which DYNANIC's software runs. AMD is both a potential competitor (full stack) and a channel enabler (Alveo cards).
• Intel / Altera: Intel (with the now-independent Altera FPGA business) supplies Agilex FPGA silicon that DYNANIC's solution runs on. As both a hardware partner and a provider of competing full-stack SmartNIC offerings (e.g., Intel IPU), Intel/Altera straddles partner and competitor roles.

Emerging players

• Silicom Denmark: Silicom Denmark (ThunderFjord, N-series) produces FPGA-based SmartNIC cards and jointly demos with DYNANIC. It also sells integrated solutions that partially overlap with DYNANIC's software, making it both a partner and a partial competitor in the FPGA SmartNIC space.
• BittWare: BittWare (a Molex company) supplies FPGA-based PCIe cards including SmartNIC reference designs from Intel and AMD. Competes at the hardware layer with cards that DYNANIC supports, while also being a partner for joint solution selling.
• Kalray: Kalray produces MPPA (Massively Parallel Processor Array) data processors for storage, AI, and networking acceleration. It addresses overlapping use cases (intelligent storage, network acceleration) with a different silicon architecture, positioning it as an emerging alternative accelerator platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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