PSSC Labs
PSSC Labs designs, manufactures, and supports custom on-premise HPC clusters, AI servers, and big-data storage systems in California, serving federal agencies, life sciences, higher education, engineering, and energy customers with turnkey hardware bundled with proprietary CBeST cluster management software.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1992
- HeadquartersLake Forest, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What PSSC Labs does
PSSC Labs is a privately held US manufacturer and integrator of custom on-premise high-performance computing, AI, and big-data infrastructure, incorporated in California in 1992 and headquartered in Lake Forest, CA. The company designs, manufactures, integrates, tests, and supports turnkey HPC clusters, servers, workstations, and storage systems at its single California facility, with all engineering, production, and US-based support delivered in-house. Core product lines include the PowerWulf ZXR1+ HPC Cluster (the flagship, application-optimized for WRF weather modeling, Ansys Fluent, OpenFOAM, and similar workloads), PowerServe AI/HPC servers (including the PowerServe Uniti HGX with 8 NVIDIA A100 GPUs), CloudOOP Big Data Servers and the CloudOOP Rax Enterprise Data Lake (certified compatible with Cloudera, Hortonworks, and MapR, scaling to 100+ PB), SureStore and Parallux storage systems, Axceleron AI/HPC workstations, and specialty appliances including CyberRax (cybersecurity SIEM) and Daedalus (Elasticsearch enterprise search). The proprietary CBeST Cluster Management Toolkit (Version 6.0 in 2022) is bundled with every PowerWulf cluster.
The company operates a consultative, solutions-architect-led direct sales motion targeting enterprise and government customers with complex HPC, AI, and big-data needs, complemented by a Partnershop OEM/channel program and federal procurement vehicles (GSA Schedule #GS-35F-0598R, NASA SEWP, NIH NITAAC, US Army CHESS, CMAS). Revenue is primarily driven by one-time custom hardware purchases at quote-based pricing, with multi-year Silver/Gold/Platinum support warranty subscriptions providing recurring revenue, and a more recent Cloud HPC subscription service offering dedicated compute and storage with fixed pricing. Primary verticals are federal government (DoD, NASA, NOAA, FBI, NIH, NIST, military branches), life sciences and healthcare (Roche, Harvard Medical School, Memorial Sloan Kettering, PACBIO), higher education (Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Yale, UC San Diego, University of Texas, Caltech, Dartmouth, Penn, Florida International), engineering and manufacturing (Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Ansys, Sierra Nevada), energy and earth sciences (Southern California Edison, SDG&E), and weather/climate research (NOAA, Naval Research Laboratory, Atmospheric Data Solutions). Key technology alliances include NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Cloudera, Elastic, ACTA LLC, Elysium Analytics, and BioSoft, and the company holds 25+ years of HPC heritage with cumulative shipments of 1,000+ clusters, 100+ PB of Hadoop-specific storage, and deployments in 36 countries.
PSSC Labs firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- PSSC Labs
- Legal name
- PSSC Labs
- Website
- https://pssclabs.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1992
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- PSSC Labs designs, manufactures, and supports custom on-premise HPC clusters, AI servers, and big-data storage systems in California, serving federal agencies, life sciences, higher education, engineering, and energy customers with turnkey hardware bundled with proprietary CBeST cluster management software.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
PSSC Labs industry classification
Industry- Product category
- High Performance Computing Hardware
- NAICS
- Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411), Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (334112), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)
- SIC
- Electronic Computers (3571), Computer Storage Devices (3572), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)
- akta.pro primary industry
- HPC Supercomputers & Turnkey Systems (HDACAOAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- HPC-as-a-Product / On-Prem Managed HPC (Integrated Hardware + Ops) (HDACAOAK), GPU-Accelerated HPC Systems (HDACAOAC), High-Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster Nodes & Systems (HDACABAH)
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Where PSSC Labs is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Lake Forest
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
PSSC Labs business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Hardware Sales (Servers, Workstations, Clusters, Storage): PSSC Labs generates the majority of its revenue from the one-time sale of custom high-performance computing hardware platforms including PowerServe Uniti servers, PowerWulf HPC clusters, CloudOOP big data servers, SureStore storage servers, Parallux storage clusters, and Axceleron AI/HPC workstations. These are sold as perpetual hardware purchases with configurable specifications tailored to each customer's workload requirements.
- Support and Warranty Services: PSSC Labs offers tiered warranty programs (Silver, Gold, Platinum 3-year hardware warranties) and ongoing technical support contracts including phone, email, and on-site support. Support is delivered by US-based engineers who installed and tested the customer's system, providing a single point of contact throughout the warranty period and beyond.
- Cloud HPC (CloudOOP): PSSC Labs offers a next-generation Cloud HPC service providing 100% dedicated computing and storage resources on a subscription basis. Features a fixed pricing structure with no surprise up-charges, data transfer fees, or licensing add-ons. Includes Cloud HPC Orchestrator Software, training guide, and dedicated on-boarding cluster engineer at no additional cost.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Multi-year contract | Custom Hardware Purchase - No published list pricing |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Silver 3-Year Hardware Warranty - Return to depot support |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Gold 3-Year Hardware Warranty - Advanced component swap |
| Subscription | Monthly | Cloud HPC - Fixed pricing, unlimited resources |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels8 records
PSSC Labs product offering
Product offeringCore offering
PSSC Labs designs, manufactures, and sells custom on-premise high-performance computing (HPC), AI, and big data hardware platforms including servers, workstations, clusters, and storage systems. All systems are delivered as turnkey, production-ready solutions with proprietary CBeST cluster management software, US-based integration, and ongoing support contracts.
Product overview
PSSC Labs is a custom on-premise high performance computing (HPC), AI, and big data infrastructure company offering purpose-built hardware and turnkey cluster solutions. The product portfolio is organized into several complementary lines: PowerServe Servers (AI/HPC compute with GPU acceleration), PowerWulf ZXR1+ HPC Cluster (the flagship cluster platform with CBeST management toolkit), CloudOOP Big Data Servers and Clusters (including CloudOOP Rax Enterprise Data Lake scaling to 100+PB), SureStore Storage Servers (NAS/SAN), Parallux Storage Cluster (scale-out HPC storage), CloudSeek Database Servers (SQL/database), and Axceleron AI/HPC Workstations (desktop supercomputers). The ecosystem is extended by specialized variants including PowerWulf BIO for genomics, PowerWulf ACTA for range safety analysis, and AMD EPYC processor options across multiple lines. CyberRax provides cybersecurity and streaming analytics powered by Cloudera and Elysium Analytics; Daedalus provides enterprise search powered by Elastic. Cloud HPC adds a cloud delivery option. All products are sold as custom-configured, production-ready systems with US-based support.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- PowerWulf: HPC cluster product line for high performance computing applications
- CloudOOP
- PowerServe
- SureStore
- Parallux
- CyberRax
- Daedalus
- CBeST
- Axceleron
Products and services
- PowerServe Servers (AI/HPC Servers) PSSC Labs' primary AI and HPC server line available in blade, 2U, and 4U rackmount configurations with dual Intel Xeon Scalable or AMD EPYC processors, NVIDIA and AMD GPUs (including A100, V100), high-speed networking up to 200G Ethernet and InfiniBand, and Intel Optane persistent memory. Includes PowerServe Uniti HGX platform with 8x A100 SXM4 GPUs via NVLink/NVSwitch.
- PowerWulf ZXR1+ HPC Cluster Custom-designed, application-optimized, production-ready HPC cluster platform scaling to tens of thousands of compute cores. Supports Intel/AMD CPUs, NVIDIA/AMD GPUs, Intel Omnipath and Mellanox high-speed interconnects, NVMe/flash parallel storage, and up to 200 Gb/sec network backplane. Compatible with WRF, OpenFOAM, Ansys Fluent, COMSOL, MATLAB, BLAST, and GROMACS. Includes CBeST cluster management toolkit.
- CloudOOP Big Data Servers and Clusters Big data infrastructure line including CloudOOP 4000 (compact 1U compute+storage), CloudOOP 12000 (high-density up to 144TB, Cloudera-certified), and CloudOOP Rax (enterprise data lake cluster scaling to 100+PB with 6PB per rack density). Compatible with Cloudera, HDFS, Apache Hadoop, Ceph, GlusterFS, LustreFS, ZFS, BeeGFS, and Kubernetes.
- Parallux Storage Cluster High-performance, scalable storage cluster solution designed for maximum IOPS performance with scale-out capacity. Application-optimized with support for Ceph, Gluster, and Lustre parallel file systems, delivered production-ready for HPC, AI, weather modeling, and IO-intensive workloads.
- SureStore Storage Servers Enterprise NAS and SAN storage server platforms available in SureStore U1000 (up to 40TB, 1U), U2000 (50-200TB, 3.5U), and U4000HD (up to 500TB, 4U with up to 200 Gbps network). Supports NFS, ZFS, iSCSI, SSD/SAS/SATA configurations with Windows and Linux compatibility.
- Axceleron AI/HPC Workstations Professional desktop supercomputer workstation for AI, design & engineering, and life science applications. Supports Intel Xeon, AMD EPYC, and NVIDIA GPU (Tesla, Quadro, RTX, A100, V100) with up to 4 GPU slots, 6TB Intel Optane persistent memory, and NVMe storage up to 7.68TB.
- CloudSeek Database Servers Database server product line available in 1U (CloudSeek 1000xR, max 10 drives) and 2U (CloudSeek 2000xR, max 26 drives) rackmount form factors supporting SSD, SATAIII, and SAS storage for relational database and SQL workloads.
- PowerWulf ACTA Cluster PowerWulf HPC cluster variant certified compatible with ACTA LLC's Range Risk Analysis Tool (RRAT) for predictive debris hazard analysis from spacecraft and missile planned and malfunction debris. Scales from 100 cores to 1000s of cores. Deployed at FAA, 45th Space Wing, Pacific Missile Test Center, U.S. Navy, and other range safety organizations.
- PowerWulf BIO (Genomics Solution) Specialized PowerWulf HPC configuration optimized for genomics and bioinformatics workloads including agrigenomics, cellular and molecular biology, complex disease genomics, drug development genomics, microbial genomics, and oncology research. Includes PowerServe Uniti G10000 servers and CloudOOP Rax clusters optimized for high-throughput sequencing (NGS) data processing.
- CyberRax Cybersecurity Platform Turnkey cybersecurity appliance powered by Cloudera Cybersecurity Platform (CCP) and Elysium Analytics. Provides Cognitive SIEM with UEBA, threat hunting via Zeppelin and Jupyter notebooks, insider threat detection with ML-based baseline deviation analysis, compliance reporting, and CASB. Includes CyberRax DataFlow Pipeline certified compatible with Cloudera Dataflow (Apache NiFi) for real-time streaming analytics.
- Daedalus Enterprise Search Appliance Turnkey HPC search platform powered by Elasticsearch and certified compatible with Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE). Enables enterprise search, SIEM/cybersecurity, geospatial analytics, real-time situational awareness, endpoint security, IoT observability, and threat hunting use cases. Includes all hardware, networking, support, and software for single-step deployment.
- Cloud HPC Cloud-based HPC service providing 100% dedicated computing and storage resources with a fixed pricing structure (no data transfer fees or licensing add-ons). Includes Cloud HPC Orchestrator Software, training guide, and dedicated on-boarding Cluster Engineer. Provides 2x-3x more computing power than traditional cloud vendors, with a Bastion Box security option and optional dedicated private internet connection.
- PowerServe Uniti HGX AI/HPC server platform built with 8 NVIDIA A100 GPUs connected via SXM4 form factor and NVIDIA NVLink/NVSwitch technology, designed for maximum AI and ML training performance. Available in 2U or 4U rackmount configurations.
Quantifiable outcome
- Clusters can be 15-20x more powerful than previous systems, reducing computation time from 2.5 weeks to 1 day
- +8 more outcomes
Companies that use PSSC Labs
Customer profileNamed customers71 records
Segments7 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
PSSC Labs technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration11 records
AI capability7 records
Feature6 records
PSSC Labs partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- ClouderacorePSSC Labs is a certified Cloudera partner with the CloudOOP platform certified on Cloudera Enterprise. CyberRax cybersecurity appliance is powered by Cloudera Cybersecurity Platform (CCP). CloudOOP Rax is certified compatible with Cloudera, Hortonworks, and MapR distributions. Company holds Cloudera certifications and integrates Cloudera Data Flow, Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub, and Cloudera Data Science Workbench into its solutions. Tim Stevens, VP of Cloudera, provided a testimonial endorsement.
- Elastic (Elasticsearch)corePSSC Labs' Daedalus Enterprise Search Appliance is powered by Elasticsearch and certified compatible with Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE). George Young, VP of Public Sector at Elastic, provided a testimonial endorsement for the partnership.
- Elysium AnalyticscoreElysium Analytics provides UEBA (User and Entity Behavior Analytics) capabilities for the CyberRax cybersecurity appliance. Elysium UEBA applies machine learning algorithms to detect insider threats and anomalous user behavior within the CyberRax SIEM platform.
- ZoomdatacoreZoomdata provides data visualization capabilities within the CyberRax cybersecurity appliance, enabling faster data exploration and interactive security notebooks for threat hunting use cases.
- ACTA LLCcoreACTA LLC partnered with PSSC Labs to create the only HPC platform certified compatible with ACTA's Range Risk Analysis Tool (RRAT) predictive analysis software. PSSC Labs develops and manufactures the PowerWulf ACTA Cluster, which is certified with ACTA Test Verification for range safety analysis. James Hudson, President of ACTA Inc., provided an endorsement.
- NVIDIAcoreNVIDIA provides GPU technology (A100, V100, and others) integrated into PSSC Labs HPC and AI servers. PSSC Labs' PowerServe Uniti HGX platform uses 8 NVIDIA A100 GPUs connected via SXM4 and NVIDIA NVLink/NVSwitch technology. GPUs are configurable options across the server and cluster product line.
- AMDcoreAMD EPYC processors are featured across the PSSC Labs server and cluster product line. PSSC Labs offers a dedicated AMD EPYC Server product line with processor options up to 128 cores per processor. AMD EPYC Rome and later generations are supported.
- IntelcoreIntel Xeon Scalable processors are featured across PSSC Labs server and cluster product lines. PSSC Labs holds Intel Technology Provider Gold Status. Intel processors are configurable across the PowerServe, CloudOOP, and SureStore product families.
- CyberSecurity MalaysiacoreCyberSecurity Malaysia, a national cybersecurity specialist agency, selected PSSC Labs to build a CloudOOP Rax Cluster server solution for combating cybersecurity threats. Case study published in February 2018. PSSC Labs engineers custom-built the system to meet CSM's requirements for a ready-to-deploy system.
- BioSoftcoreBioSoft, a bioinformatics company, has partnered with PSSC Labs for over six years to provide the fastest and most reliable computing solutions to BioSoft customers worldwide. PSSC's expertise in HPC components and server architecture allowed BioSoft to configure a best-in-class turnkey solution for rapid time-to-answer, high availability, and customer satisfaction. Stu Shannon, Co-Founder and CTO of BioSoft, provided an endorsement.
- Shearwater TechnologyminorShearwater Technology quadrupled its capabilities with the PowerWulf ZXR1+ HPC Cluster. Case study documents how the deployment enhanced engineering and technical computing capabilities.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
PSSC Labs competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Microway: Custom HPC clusters, AI servers, and storage systems for government, life sciences, and academia. Highly comparable product mix and sales motion to PSSC Labs.
- Penguin Computing: Custom HPC, AI, and cluster systems integrator serving federal, life sciences, and research customers. Most direct comparable to PSSC Labs given similar consultative, turnkey on-premise model and HPC cluster focus.
- Colfax International: Custom HPC and AI server/workstation integrator with deep expertise in cluster configuration, GPU acceleration, and turnkey delivery. Closely overlaps PSSC Labs on the PowerWulf and PowerServe product lines.
- Silicon Mechanics: Custom-built servers, storage, and HPC clusters for research, life sciences, and enterprise. Competes head-to-head with PSSC Labs on custom quote-based cluster sales to similar buyer profiles.
- Exxact Corporation: Custom HPC, AI, and deep learning server and cluster integrator. Direct competitor in the GPU-accelerated and turnkey cluster market, with similar target customers in research and enterprise AI.
- Nor-Tech: Custom HPC clusters, AI servers, and turnkey solutions, with notable strength in life sciences, federal, and academic markets. Direct competitor in turnkey custom clusters.
- Thinkmate: Custom-configured servers, storage, and HPC clusters sold direct to enterprise, research, and government customers. Comparable in product configurability and custom-build sales model.
Broad incumbents
- Supermicro: Larger established server and HPC systems vendor offering broad GPU servers, storage, and cluster solutions. Competes with PSSC Labs on the underlying hardware but lacks the same custom-engineering and turnkey CBeST-style software value-add.
- Dell Technologies: Dominant OEM with PowerEdge and Dell HPC solutions, including PowerEdge XR for ruggedized and HPC deployments. Overlaps with PSSC Labs in federal and research but offers broader portfolio and global scale.
- HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise): Major HPC player through HPE Cray and Apollo systems, widely deployed in federal and research accounts. Competes with PSSC Labs for cluster deals at large institutions where scale and global support are deciding factors.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
PSSC Labs social profiles
Digital presencePSSC Labs compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
PSSC Labs financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
PSSC Labs leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
PSSC Labs funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Frequently asked questions about PSSC Labs
What does PSSC Labs do?
PSSC Labs designs, manufactures, and sells custom on-premise high-performance computing (HPC), AI, and big data hardware platforms including servers, workstations, clusters, and storage systems. All systems are delivered as turnkey, production-ready solutions with proprietary CBeST cluster management software, US-based integration, and ongoing support contracts.
Is PSSC Labs a public or private company?
PSSC Labs is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was PSSC Labs founded?
PSSC Labs was founded in 1992. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is PSSC Labs based?
PSSC Labs is headquartered in Lake Forest, United States, in the North America region.
How does PSSC Labs make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Hardware Sales (Servers, Workstations, Clusters, Storage) is the primary driver. The others are support and Warranty Services and cloud HPC (CloudOOP).
Who are PSSC Labs's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Microway, Penguin Computing, Colfax International, Silicon Mechanics, Exxact Corporation, Nor-Tech and Thinkmate. Broad incumbents are Supermicro, Dell Technologies and HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise).
Does PSSC Labs have an API?
No public API is recorded for PSSC Labs.
What industry is PSSC Labs in?
PSSC Labs's product category is High Performance Computing Hardware. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDACAOAA, HPC Supercomputers & Turnkey Systems, with a secondary code of HDACAOAK, HPC-as-a-Product / On-Prem Managed HPC (Integrated Hardware + Ops). Its NAICS code is 33411 and its SIC code is 3571.