eXact lab

What eXact lab does

eXact lab S.r.l. is a Trieste, Italy-based HPC and Big Data consulting firm founded in 2011 that delivers professional services and on-demand computing capacity to European enterprises and research institutions. The company assists clients in optimizing computational performance, deploying machine learning workflows, and designing high-performance computing environments across industries including steelmaking, electronics manufacturing, environmental research, marine science, genomics, and biomedical imaging. Core service lines include Industry 5.0/ML/AI consulting, software design and optimization, HPC installation and management, on-demand cloud HPC, and customized training delivered in person and remotely.

The company's technology stack spans Kubernetes, microservices, parallel file systems (Ceph, Lustre, BeeGFS), and scientific software optimization for CPU/GPU environments (C++/CUDA). It has built two proprietary platforms: C3HPC, a cloud HPC infrastructure offering pay-per-use computing capacity developed in collaboration with Carnia Industrial Park; and Panama, an MLOps platform launched in June 2021 that manages machine learning project lifecycles from design through deployment using containerized pipelines deployable across HPC, public cloud, on-premise, or hybrid environments. The team also develops open-source tools including the Fractal Analytics Platform for bioimage analysis, Virtual HPC Cluster (vHPC) released in November 2025, and Impuls released in June 2026. Domain capabilities extend to digital twins, predictive maintenance, quantum-classical hybrid simulations, and parallel molecular dynamics benchmarking.

eXact lab operates as an Italian Società Benefit (Benefit Corporation) with disclosed paid-in capital of €30,000 and no external equity investors identified. Revenue derives from project-based professional services contracts with named enterprise clients including Danieli Automation (a 2018 engagement achieving 500%+ performance speed-up on quality control software) and Delvitech (30%+ performance gain within two months), supplemented by government contracts (ISPRA) and academic engagements (BioVision Center Zürich, IGATech). The company is also a significant recipient of EU and national research grants, securing approximately €1.09 million across seven publicly funded projects in 2024 under PNRR/ICSC, Horizon Europe, and EuroHPC programs. The firm holds ISO 9001 and UNI/PdR 125:2022 certifications, is a founder of the HPC5 cross-border consortium, and is a partner of the ETP4HPC European network.

Name

eXact lab

Legal name

EXACT LAB S.r.l.

Website

https://exact-lab.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

eXact lab is a Trieste-based HPC and Big Data consulting firm serving European enterprises and research institutions with software optimization, ML/AI deployment via its Panama MLOps platform, and on-demand cloud HPC services (C3HPC), supported by EU research grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

High Performance Computing Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

AI/ML Solution Integration & MLOps Enablement (BPAEAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

HPC / AI-Optimized Data Center Facilities (HDABACAJ)

Keywords

• High performance computing
• HPC consulting services
• MLOps platform deployment
• Software optimization services
• HPC cloud infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Trieste

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services and Consulting: Core revenue stream from HPC consulting, software design, optimization, and system installation/management services. B2B engagements with enterprises and research institutions, typically project-based with custom scopes.
2. HPC On-Demand (C3HPC): Pay-per-use and subscription-based cloud HPC services (core/h and core/storage). Provides scalable computing capacity without infrastructure constraints.
3. MLOps / AI Solutions (Panama): Containerized MLOps platform for deployment of ML/AI models, potentially offered as integrated solution or service.
4. Training and Education: Customized training courses delivered both in-person and remotely, covering HPC systems, ML/AI algorithms, software optimization, BigData management, IoT interfacing, and parallel filesystems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

eXact lab provides professional services and on-demand computing capacity in High Performance Computing (HPC), Big Data, and Machine Learning/AI. Service lines cover Industry 5.0/ML/AI consulting (digital twins, predictive maintenance, IoT data management), software design and parallelization for HPC environments, turnkey HPC installation and management with high-performance storage, customized training, and proprietary offerings including the C3HPC cloud HPC infrastructure and the Panama MLOps platform for production deployment of ML/AI projects.

Product overview

eXact lab is a consulting and services company offering High Performance Computing and AI/ML solutions. The core offerings include Industry 5.0 ML and AI services, software design and optimization, HPC installation and management, and on-demand HPC cloud services (C3HPC). Supporting these core services, they have developed internal platforms including Panama (MLOps), alongside open-source projects like Impuls (static site container), Virtual HPC Cluster (vHPC), and the Fractal Analytics Platform for bioimaging. Training services round out the portfolio, providing customers with the skills to operate digital infrastructure independently.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• C3HPC: Cloud computing infrastructure providing on-demand HPC at any level, from pay-per-use approaches to full HPC stack support, peak management, and customized solutions.
• PANAMA
• Fractal Analytics Platform
• Impuls

Products and services

• Industry 5.0, ML and AI Services (Industria 5.0, ML e AI) AI and ML consulting services for industry including algorithm development, digital twins, predictive maintenance, and data management for IoT systems. Targets enterprises seeking human-centric sustainable digital transformation.
• Software Design and Optimization (Progettazione e ottimizzazione software) Software design and optimization services including code optimization, parallelization, scientific workflow development, and DevOps practices to maximize performance on HPC environments.
• HPC Installation and Management (Installazione e Gestione) HPC system installation and management including turnkey solutions, AI-focused HPC systems, environment audits, and high-performance storage design (Ceph, Lustre, BeeGFS).
• HPC on Demand (C3HPC) Cloud-based HPC services providing on-demand computing capacity with pay-per-use options (core/h, core/storage), full stack support, peak management, customization, scientific application optimization, remote visualization, and virtual server provisioning. Developed in collaboration with Carnia Industrial Park.
• Training Courses (Formazione e training) Customized training courses covering HPC systems, ML/AI algorithms, software optimization, BigData management, parallel filesystems, and IoT interfacing, delivered in-person and remotely.
• Panama Integrated MLOps platform that manages different professional profiles (ML engineers, Data Scientists, Data Engineers) involved in ML/AI projects across all phases: design, training and testing, deployment. Based on containerized MLOps logic, enabling rapid transition from PoC to production. Supports deployment on HPC, public cloud, on-premise, or hybrid environments.
• Virtual HPC Cluster (vHPC) Containerized Slurm-based High Performance Computing environment open-source project for deploying virtual HPC clusters.
• Impuls Open-source container image for serving statically generated sites with automatic webhook-based synchronization for documentation.
• Fractal Analytics Platform Framework to process bioimaging data at scale in OME-Zarr format and prepare images for interactive visualization, developed for BioVision Center at Universität Zürich.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500%+ real-time performance speed improvement for Danieli Automation's high-speed quality control software, processing thousands of frames per second from multiple cameras
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ruhr-Universität BochumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 December 2024eXact lab received €79,592.00 from Ruhr-Universität Bochum for the Daelii-X project (HORIZON EUROHPC-JU-2023-COE-03-01). Dealii-X aims to create an Exascale Framework for Digital Twins of the Human Body.
• CNR – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (National Research Council of Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 November 2024eXact lab received €51,919.20 from CNR for the NFFA-Europe PILOT-NEP project funded by the European Union under Horizon 2020 (INFRAIA 03-2020). eXact lab provides data management expertise and infrastructure support for the project.
• CNR – as Implementing Entity for Janas Project (PNRR/ICSC Spoke 7)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 November 2024eXact lab participates in JANAS-QMLMS (Quantum machine learning for material science), part of the National Centre for HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing (ICSC) – Spoke 7 'Materials & Molecular Sciences'. Funding: €186,406.72.
• CNR – as Implementing Entity for Fairy Magic Project (PNRR/ICSC Spoke 7)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 October 2024FAIRY-MAGIC project: FAIR data management for computational material science applications, integrated with NOMAD Oasis. Part of ICSC – Spoke 7 'Materials & Molecular Sciences'. Funding: €166,112.44.
• INAF – Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (National Institute for Astrophysics) for BOG Project (PNRR/ICSC Spoke 3)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024BOG (Boost OpenGadget) project: re-engineering and optimization of OpenGadget computational kernels. Part of ICSC – Spoke 3 'Astrophysics and Cosmos Observation'. Funding: €146,832.00.
• Università degli Studi di Trieste – as Implementing Entity for Adr.IA Project (PNRR/iNEST Spoke 8)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024Adr.IA project: Digital Twin of the Nord Adriatico. eXact lab leads the project. Focus on web portal, datalake, geoportal, and DevOps. Part of iNEST Spoke 8 'Maritime, Marine, and Inland Water Technologies'. Funding: €216,715.90.
• SISSA – Scuola Superiore di Studi Avanzati (as Implementing Entity for Pinksand Project, PNRR/iNEST Spoke 9)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2024Pinksand project: Digital Twin of Trieste's water network. eXact lab develops cost optimization algorithms integrated in cloud architecture. Part of iNEST Spoke 9. Funding: €141,665.48.
• BioHighTech NetminorOtherseXact lab is a network member of the BioHighTech Net enterprise network (biohightech.net), a consortium of companies in the biohightech sector.
• HPC5 – High Performance and Cloud Computing Cross-Border Competence ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnereXact lab is a founder of the HPC5 consortium, a cross-border competence consortium for high performance and cloud computing (hpc5.eu).
• ETP4HPC (European Technology Platform for High-Performance Computing)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnereXact lab is a Partner of the European ETP4HPC network (etp4hpc.eu), connecting with Europe's HPC ecosystem.
• Carnia Industrial ParkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerC3HPC was born as a research project in collaboration with Carnia Industrial Park and evolved into eXact lab's proprietary cloud computing service for on-demand HPC.
• CNR-Iom (Materials Laboratory Institute of the National Research Council) – NFFA-Europe PILOT CoordinatorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNFFA-Europe PILOT project aims to increase European competitiveness in nanoscience and nanotechnology. eXact lab provides data management at technical and policy levels, infrastructure support, and develops AI/ML platform for automatic image classification.
• Atos – RED-SEA Project CoordinatorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRED-SEA project: designing next-generation high-performance interconnection networks for EU Exascale systems. Coordinated by Atos, 12 partners from 6 countries. eXact lab provides LAMMPS (molecular dynamics) and SOM (clustering) benchmark applications.
• OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner with eXact lab in ISPRA's MER project Actions B32-B35, focusing on re-engineering marine biogeochemical operational chains. eXact lab redesigned data processing pipeline integrating data science with HPC clusters.
• CINECAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner with eXact lab in ISPRA's MER project, providing HPC infrastructure for marine biogeochemical simulations at unprecedented detail.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• HLRS (High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart): German national HPC center operated by the University of Stuttgart and a major EuroHPC-JU partner alongside eXact lab. Provides the same high-end HPC services, scientific computing consulting, and training to academic and industrial customers eXact lab targets.
• CINECA: Italian inter-university HPC consortium headquartered in Bologna. Direct peer — eXact lab has been an implementation partner (MER project) and CINECA provides the same HPC-as-a-service and research collaboration services to the same Italian institutional market.

Broad incumbents

• Atos (Bull/Eviden HPC): Global IT services incumbent that coordinates the RED-SEA project alongside eXact lab. Sells HPC supercomputers, ML platforms, and IT services to large enterprises and governments — directly comparable end customers (industrial AI, scientific computing) with a much larger portfolio.
• PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe): Pan-European HPC partnership coordinating supercomputer access and training across national centers. Comparable as a large incumbent in the same HPC-ecosystem space eXact lab operates in (HPC consulting, training, scientific computing services across Europe).
• Salesforce Tableau / Dataiku: AI/MlOps platforms with broad enterprise reach. Comparable only at the MLOps layer where Panama competes; both serve the same PoC-to-production ML operationalization use case but at vastly greater scale and with dedicated sales infrastructure.
• Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC): Spanish supercomputing center and major EuroHPC-JU host. Comparable as a large incumbent offering HPC infrastructure, scientific software optimization, and AI/ML compute services that overlap significantly with eXact lab's stack of services.

Emerging players

• Modulos: Swiss MLOps/AI platform company with complementary DACH-region positioning. Comparable as a Switzerland-rooted MLOps specialist that competes for the same kind of European research/industrial ML customer eXact lab serves.
• Determined AI (now part of HPE): Open-source MLOps platform for training deep learning models on HPC clusters. Closest comparable to Panama for MLOps-on-HPC positioning, targeting the same ML-engineer persona with containerized, cluster-aware ML lifecycle tooling.
• Paperspace (DigitalOcean): Cloud GPU/HPC platform for AI/ML workloads with on-demand pricing that competes with eXact lab's C3HPC. Comparable as a usage-based HPC/ML infrastructure provider serving ML engineers and research teams.

Regional players

• IT4Innovations (National Supercomputing Center Czech Republic): Czech national HPC center providing HPC consulting, training, and Big Data services. Comparable to eXact lab in scope of professional services and research-project orientation, though operating in Central rather than Southern Europe.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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