What PrismTech does

PrismTech, operating commercially as ZettaScale Technology, develops open-source data distribution middleware for the Internet of Things, Industrial Internet, and advanced wireless communications. Its portfolio is anchored by the Zetta Platform, a cloud-to-device continuum that supports fully decentralized communication, geo-distributed storage and queries, and geo-distributed computation across data centers down to micro-controllers. Core technologies include the Zenoh protocol (unifying data at rest, data in motion, and computation), Cyclone DDS (an OMG-compliant DDS implementation marketed as the most performant and secure available), and Vortex OpenSplice (a federated, in-memory database DDS implementation). All products are governed as Eclipse Foundation open-source projects, with the company providing commercial support and licensing on top.

The business model is open-source-led with commercial monetization through direct licensing and support contracts (Zenoh, Cyclone DDS) and a channel partnership with AdlinkTech for Vortex OpenSplice commercial distribution. Go-to-market is community-led: developer relations, technical content (comics featuring a Blue Dragon mascot), webinars, GitHub repositories (ZettaScaleLabs), and industry events form the primary demand-generation engine, with enterprise contracts typically emerging from these self-serve adopters. Named enterprise users and partners span aerospace and defense (NASA, Boeing, L3HARRIS), industrial and energy (GE, Duke Energy), transportation (ProRail), agricultural robotics (Lely), embedded systems (QNX), and technology (Fujitsu), though no customer is disclosed with contract value or measurable outcome.

The company was founded in 1992 and operates with 51-100 employees. Its headquarters, under the ZettaScale brand, is in Saint Aubin, France (Les Algorithmes – 91190), while firmographic records list Woburn, United States, indicating a cross-jurisdictional structure. Documented leadership includes Phil Wright (CFO, Treasurer and Company Secretary) and Angelo Corsaro (Chief Technology Officer). The only disclosed funding round is a 2010 raise of $2.32M from Capital for Enterprise and Maven Capital Partners, and no subsequent capital event is recorded in the available data.

Name

PrismTech

Legal name

ZettaScale

Website

https://prismtech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

PrismTech (operating as ZettaScale Technology) provides open-source data distribution middleware—including the Zenoh protocol, Cyclone DDS, and Vortex OpenSplice—for robotics, IoT, aerospace, defense, and industrial applications requiring low-latency cloud-to-device communication.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Woburn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Commercial Support and Licensing: The company offers commercial support and licensing for its open-source products including Zenoh and Cyclone DDS. They provide commercial offerings for Zenoh and direct users to AdlinkTech for Vortex OpenSplice commercial licensing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

PrismTech (commercial brand ZettaScale Technology) builds and licenses cloud-to-device data distribution middleware spanning from data-centre to micro-controller. Its portfolio includes the Zetta Platform, the Zenoh protocol for unified data at rest / in motion / computation, and Cyclone DDS and Vortex OpenSplice — both OMG-compliant DDS implementations — sold to enterprise engineering teams building robotics, autonomous systems, IoT, aerospace and defense solutions.

Product overview

PrismTech (ZettaScale) offers a unified product portfolio centered on the Zetta Platform, a Cloud-to-Device platform spanning from data-centre to micro-controller. The core technology stack includes Zenoh (next-generation data distribution protocol) and Cyclone DDS (OMG-compliant DDS implementation), with Vortex OpenSplice (federated in-memory database DDS) available through partner Adlinktech. These products work together to provide decentralised communication, geo-distributed storages, queries, and computations across the cloud-to-device continuum.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Zenoh: Next generation data distribution protocol from the data-centre to the micro-controller.
• Cyclone DDS
• Vortex OpenSplice
• Zetta Platform

Products and services

• Zetta Platform Cloud-to-Device Platform that runs on any combination of public and private infrastructure spanning from data-centre to micro-controller. Supports completely decentralised communication, geo-distributed storages and queries, and geo-distributed computations, unifying communication, storage and computation for robotics, IoT and distributed systems.
• Zenoh Next-generation data distribution protocol from the data-centre to the micro-controller that unifies data at rest, data in motion and computations. Offered as open-source under Eclipse Foundation governance with a commercial support offering.
• Cyclone DDS Next-generation OMG-compliant DDS implementation positioned as a high-performance, scalable and secure DDS implementation for real-time systems. Distributed as open-source with commercial support.
• Vortex OpenSplice Federated, in-memory database OMG-compliant DDS implementation, commercially licensed and supported through partner AdlinkTech for real-time distributed systems.

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NASAcoreTechnology or IntegrationAerospace partner utilizing Zenoh and Cyclone DDS for space and aviation data distribution applications
• QNXcoreTechnology or IntegrationEmbedded systems partner providing RTOS integration for micro-controller level data distribution
• L3HARRIScoreTechnology or IntegrationDefense and aerospace partner utilizing high-reliability data distribution for mission-critical systems
• BoeingcoreTechnology or IntegrationAerospace partner utilizing technology for aircraft systems and aerospace communication infrastructure
• GEcoreTechnology or IntegrationIndustrial conglomerate partner using data distribution middleware for energy and manufacturing applications
• AdlinkTechcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorChannel partner distributing Vortex OpenSplice commercial licensing and support services

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• HiveMQ: HiveMQ provides an enterprise MQTT broker platform for IoT data distribution, an alternative to DDS- and Zenoh-based architectures in connected industrial and automotive applications. It targets the same IoT and edge use cases, particularly in manufacturing and connected vehicles.
• ClearBlade: ClearBlade offers an edge computing and IoT platform with edge messaging, rules, and digital twins. It competes for the same industrial and enterprise IoT workloads that ZettaScale targets with the Zetta Platform, particularly in asset-intensive industries.
• EMQX: EMQX is a leading open-source MQTT broker with a managed cloud offering, widely used for large-scale IoT messaging. It is an alternative data distribution fabric to Zenoh in connected device, telematics, and industrial IoT use cases.
• ADLINK Technology: ADLINK acquired PrismTech's Vortex OpenSplice business and now distributes commercial licensing for it; it is both a partner and an adjacent player in edge computing and industrial IoT middleware, making it a partial competitor on integrated edge stacks.
• Eclipse Foundation (MQTT / Mosquitto / Paho): Eclipse Mosquitto and Paho are the dominant open-source MQTT brokers and clients, an alternative data distribution paradigm for IoT. As a fellow Eclipse-hosted project, ZettaScale both benefits from shared governance and competes for the same open-source IoT messaging mindshare.

Broad incumbents

• AWS IoT Core: AWS IoT Core is a hyperscaler-scale IoT messaging and device management service bundled into the broader AWS ecosystem. It is not a DDS implementation but competes for the same enterprise IoT middleware spend that ZettaScale targets with the Zetta Platform.
• Microsoft Azure IoT Hub: Azure IoT Hub provides device-to-cloud messaging and edge integration as part of Azure's industrial IoT stack. It competes for enterprise IoT middleware budgets across manufacturing, energy, and transportation — verticals where ZettaScale has deployments with Duke Energy, ProRail, and GE.

Direct peers

• RTI (Real-Time Innovations): RTI Connext DDS is the most prominent commercial DDS implementation and the closest direct competitor to Cyclone DDS and Vortex OpenSplice. RTI competes head-to-head in aerospace, defense, medical, and autonomous systems — the same verticals ZettaScale serves with NASA, Boeing, and L3HARRIS.
• ROS 2 (Robot Operating System 2): ROS 2 standardized on DDS as its default middleware, with Cyclone DDS and RTI Connext as primary supported implementations. ROS 2's growth directly drives ZettaScale's install base in robotics, making the ROS ecosystem both a critical distribution channel and a dependency on broader ROS adoption trajectories.
• Object Computing (OpenDDS): OpenDDS is an open-source OMG DDS implementation maintained by Object Computing. It competes directly with Cyclone DDS in the same open-source DDS segment, particularly in defense and industrial systems where DDS interoperability is required.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/ZettaScaleLabs
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@zettascaletech
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/prismtech
• Xx.com/prismtech
• Facebookfacebook.com/prismtech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors4 records

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 →

Frequently asked questions about PrismTech