Name

Boulder Real Time Technologies

Legal name

Boulder Real Time Technologies

Website

https://brtt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seismic Monitoring Software

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) & Advanced Inspection (Phased Array, TOFD, Guided Wave) (EUAEAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Observability, Monitoring & AIOps (BPAEAKAG), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Resilience Engineering Tooling (HDABAIAE)

Keywords

• Seismic monitoring software
• Structural health monitoring
• Real-time data acquisition
• Earthquake detection systems
• Environmental sensor processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

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, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Antelope Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Antelope is licensed software delivered as a subscription model. The software is supported across multiple platforms (RedHat 9, Ubuntu 22, macOS Intel/Apple Silicon). Subscriptions include access to patches, updates, and technical support. Bighorn strong-motion processing is included with every Antelope subscription.
2. Bighorn Structural Health Monitoring: Bighorn is offered as a structural health monitoring solution, typically as part of integrated hardware/software systems. Powers Kinemetrics Condor platform and other structural monitoring products through partnership arrangements.
3. Academic Research Licenses: Free academic research licenses are available for researchers at US institutions. Technical support is not included with free academic licenses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Boulder Real Time Technologies develops and licenses enterprise real-time seismic monitoring and structural health monitoring software. The Antelope platform acquires, detects, locates, and archives seismic data in real time at any scale — from six-channel borehole arrays to national networks with thousands of stations — while Bighorn delivers continuous seismic structural health monitoring and NRC-compliant exceedance alerts for critical infrastructure. Both products are powered by the proprietary ARTS core engine with stateful telemetry and automatic gap recovery, and are licensed annually to government agencies, research institutions, nuclear power operators, and critical infrastructure operators worldwide.

Product overview

Boulder Real Time Technologies offers a unified real-time platform comprising two core products: Antelope for enterprise seismic data acquisition and monitoring at any scale (from borehole arrays to national networks), and Bighorn for seismic structural health monitoring of critical infrastructure. Both products are powered by the Antelope Real-Time System (ARTS) engine. An Antelope Toolbox for MATLAB enables integration with existing MATLAB workflows. An Antelope Cloud Platform is under development for cloud-based data access. The platform has been the industry standard for seismic monitoring since 1996, supporting over 10,000 channels across all seven continents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Antelope: Enterprise Environmental Monitoring Software - the industry-leading platform for seismic data acquisition and real-time monitoring, trusted by organizations on all seven continents for over 30 years.
• Bighorn
• Antelope Toolbox for MATLAB

Products and services

• Antelope Industry-leading real-time seismic data acquisition and monitoring platform that acquires, detects, locates, and archives seismic data in real time at any scale — from six-channel borehole arrays to national networks spanning thousands of stations. Used by national and regional seismic networks, volcano observatories, tsunami warning centers, research institutions, and has been deployed on all seven continents since 2004.
• Bighorn Real-time seismic structural health monitoring software that delivers structural risk intelligence through continuous seismic monitoring and exceedance assessments for critical infrastructure including bridges, dams, hospitals, data centers, power plants, and LNG terminals. Includes NRC-compliant exceedance alarms aligned with Regulatory Guides 1.12 and 1.166, IEEE-344, and ANSI/ANS 2.2 standards. Powers the Kinemetrics Condor Next Generation platform and KMIBridge, KMIDam, and KMI-LNG structural monitoring products.
• Antelope Toolbox for MATLAB Pre-compiled interface that brings Antelope and Datascope waveform and database data directly into MATLAB for waveform reading, database querying, and analysis pipeline execution. Accesses the full Datascope CSS 3.0 schema, integrates with existing MATLAB signal processing workflows, and is listed in the MathWorks Connection Program.

Quantifiable outcome

• Event detection and location within seconds of seismic wave arrival
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, key and minor.

• Kinemetrics Inc. (KMI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 200125-year strategic partnership with Kinemetrics for end-to-end seismic monitoring solutions. BRTT's Antelope software integrates seamlessly with Kinemetrics Quanterra and Rock Platform data acquisition systems. BRTT's Bighorn powers the Kinemetrics Condor Next Generation platform, as well as KMIBridge, KMIDam, and KMI-LNG structural monitoring platforms. This partnership provides an integrated, rack-mounted, strong-motion monitoring solution combining Kinemetrics hardware with BRTT's streaming analysis engine.
• UC San Diego (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeep collaboration spanning decades, beginning with the ANZA seismic network which was the first operational network to use Antelope software. CEO Frank Vernon came from Scripps/UCSD where he developed the ANZA network and influenced the design of USArray Transportable Array. Ongoing collaboration includes Bighorn deployment at the UCSD Shake Table facility.
• UC San Diego Shake Table FacilitykeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerBighorn structural health monitoring software is slated for deployment at the world's largest outdoor earthquake simulator at UC San Diego, a facility upgraded with a $16.8M NSF grant that tests multi-story buildings, bridge columns, and wind turbines.
• University of Colorado Boulder (Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTO Kent Lindquist conducted early career research at CU-Boulder JILA before founding Lindquist Consulting and joining BRTT. CU Leeds School of Business provided Lindquist's MBA education.
• University of Alaska Fairbanks (Geophysical Institute)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTO Kent Lindquist led operations and development for real-time monitoring systems at the Alaska Earthquake Center in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute before founding Lindquist Consulting.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Gempa GmbH: German developer of SeisComP, an open-source seismic data acquisition and processing system widely used by national seismological agencies worldwide. Direct software competitor to BRTT's Antelope in the seismic monitoring market with similar real-time detection and alerting capabilities.
• Nanometrics: Canadian provider of seismic monitoring instruments, digitizers, and complete turnkey seismic network solutions for earthquake and structural monitoring. Comparable to BRTT as a full-stack provider in the seismic monitoring space with overlapping customer segments in national networks, nuclear, and critical infrastructure.
• ESG Solutions: Provider of microseismic monitoring services and software for mining, oil & gas, carbon storage, and geotechnical applications. Comparable to BRTT as a specialist in real-time seismic monitoring for industrial and energy applications with overlapping use cases in induced seismicity.
• Güralp Systems: UK-based manufacturer of broadband seismometers, strong-motion sensors, and integrated seismic monitoring solutions. Comparable to BRTT as a complementary provider in the global seismic monitoring ecosystem with overlapping customer base in national networks and research institutions.
• Kinemetrics: Leading manufacturer of seismic instrumentation, accelerometers, and structural monitoring platforms. Comparable to BRTT as a long-standing 25-year strategic partner whose hardware integrates with Antelope/Bighorn, with overlapping structural monitoring offerings through KMIBridge, KMIDam, KMI-LNG, and the Condor platform.
• ISTI (Instrumental Software Technologies, Inc.): Developer of Earthworm, the most widely adopted open-source seismic data acquisition system in the US, along with Antelope-compatible products and QuakeWatcher visualization tools. Direct software competitor to BRTT's Antelope in the seismic monitoring market serving similar government, academic, and research customers.
• GeoSIG: Swiss manufacturer of strong-motion accelerographs, seismometers, and structural health monitoring instruments. Direct peer to BRTT's Bighorn in the structural health monitoring and exceedance detection market, particularly for bridges, dams, buildings, and nuclear facilities.

Broad incumbents

• Campbell Scientific: Established manufacturer of data acquisition systems, environmental sensors, and monitoring solutions for geotechnical, structural, and seismic applications. Broad incumbent with some overlap in the seismic and structural monitoring data acquisition space, serving similar research and infrastructure customers.

Emerging players

• SeismicAI: Israeli AI startup providing next-generation earthquake early warning and structural monitoring using AI-driven analytics. Comparable to BRTT as a next-generation seismic monitoring provider with overlapping use cases in earthquake detection and structural protection.
• OptaSense (Luna Innovations): Provider of Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) solutions that turn fiber optic cables into dense seismic sensor arrays. Comparable to BRTT as an emerging alternative technology for seismic data acquisition that could complement or compete with traditional seismometer-based networks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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