What Alkalee does

Alkalee, founded in July 2020 in Palaiseau, France, develops software and hardware tools for integrating complex, heterogeneous software functions onto centralized real-time embedded computing platforms used in vehicles, defense systems, and industrial machines. The company's technology originates from the CEA-Renault FACE research project (2016-2019) and is anchored in a multi-patented, formally-proven computational and communication model for embedded systems. Alkalee commercializes this technology through three core products: Euphilia, a SaaS-based model-driven design and deployment tool that enables formal specification of software services and automated deployment onto heterogeneous high-performance computing platforms; Receef, embedded runtime orchestration software that continuously monitors multi-OS, mixed-criticality applications and executes automatic corrective actions; and Koreel, a modular multi-processor prototyping platform based on Renesas R-Car and Kalray manycore processors.

Alkalee generates revenue through a mix of SaaS subscriptions for Euphilia, software licensing for Receef tied to platform deployments, and project-based professional services including prototyping, benchmarking, and managed services. Pricing is quote-based with no public tiers disclosed. The company sells exclusively through direct enterprise engagement, participating in major industry events such as CES, Paris Air Show, Embedded World, and VivaTech to generate leads. Its customer base includes Renault Group, Stellantis, Faurecia (now part of Forvia), Plastic Omnium, and CEA Tech, with strategic partnerships spanning CEA List (joint laboratory signed June 2022), Elektrobit, MathWorks, Kalray, and the Bpifrance-funded NeVeOS/CORAM2021 consortium. The company is backed by Supernova Invest and supported by the WILCO and IncubAlliance Paris-Saclay startup accelerators. Recognized among Challenges magazine's 100 startups to invest in (2022), Alkalee operates as a privately held independent French company with 11-50 employees.

Name

Alkalee

Legal name

Alkalee

Website

https://alkalee.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alkalee provides model-driven design tools (Euphilia), embedded orchestration software (Receef), and a multi-processor prototyping platform (Koreel) that help automotive OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, and industrial machinery builders safely integrate heterogeneous software onto centralized real-time embedded platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Embedded Systems Software for Automotive Electronics

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

System-Level, Multi-Physics & Package/PCB Co-Design (EDA) (HDAHAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Embedded Software & Firmware Tools (Compilers, Debug, RTOS tooling) (HDAHAFAE)

Keywords

• Embedded systems engineering
• Automotive software integration
• Model-based system design
• Real-time embedded software
• Software defined vehicles

Headquarters

HQ city

Palaiseau

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Euphilia SaaS Subscriptions: Euphilia is delivered as a SaaS web application (accessible from any computer via secure login). Revenue is generated through software subscriptions for the modeling and verification tool. Customers (integrators, OEMs) pay to access the platform for system design, deployment automation, and validation.
2. Receef Embedded Software Licensing: Receef is licensed as embedded orchestration software deployed on the customer's hardware platform. The software is non-intrusive and layered on top of existing OS/hypervisor infrastructure, generating licensing fees tied to platform deployment volumes.
3. Prototyping Services: Alkalee provides custom prototyping services where it models systems, develops software infrastructure, and optionally provides hardware infrastructure (Koreel platform) to create demonstrator systems. Services are tailored per customer engagement and sold as project-based professional services.
4. Benchmarking Services: Technology evaluation and benchmarking services using the Koreel modular platform. Alkalee provides objective, supplier-agnostic assessment of hardware and software technologies, measuring performance metrics (compute, power consumption, latency) and delivering detailed comparative reports. Billed as consulting engagements.
5. Managed Services and Support: Managed services helping companies transition to software-oriented approaches, including process integration, DevOps adoption, and ongoing technical support for deployed platforms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Alkalee sells an integrated software-and-hardware toolkit for designing, deploying, and orchestrating real-time embedded systems on centralized automotive and industrial computing platforms. The suite comprises Euphilia (a SaaS-based model-driven system design, verification, and deployment automation tool), Receef (embedded orchestration software that monitors and orchestrates heterogeneous applications across multiple operating systems and processors), and Koreel (a modular multi-processor, multi-OS prototyping platform). These products are complemented by benchmarking and prototyping professional services aimed at automotive OEMs, Tier-1 integrators, technology suppliers, defense contractors, industrial machinery makers, and shuttle manufacturers.

Product overview

Alkalee offers an integrated software platform portfolio for embedded systems engineering, consisting of three core products: Euphilia (model-based system design and deployment tool), Receef (embedded application orchestration software), and Koreel (modular prototyping hardware platform). These products are complemented by Benchmarking and Prototyping services. The architecture follows a platform-plus-tools model where Euphilia handles system specification and verification, Receef provides runtime monitoring and orchestration on the deployed platform, and Koreel delivers the hardware foundation for prototyping and validation—all working together to enable safe, automated software integration on centralized electronic architectures for the Software Defined Vehicle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Euphilia: Model-based system design tool for software integrators to formally specify vehicle services, analyze system performance, and automate deployment on heterogeneous computing platforms.
• Receef
• Koreel

Products and services

• Euphilia SaaS-based model-driven system design and deployment tool that enables formal specification of vehicle services and their interactions, analyzes system performance on available compute resources, verifies software component conformity, and automates deployment on heterogeneous high-performance computing platforms; targeted at automotive OEMs, Tier-1 integrators, and technology suppliers.
• Receef Embedded software deployed on centralized computing platforms that orchestrates heterogeneous applications integrating multiple operating systems (Linux, Autosar) and hypervisors (Sysgo, Xen); continuously verifies in-situ conformance to specification, reacts to deviations, enables automatic failover, and provides safety and cybersecurity monitoring for mixed-criticality systems.
• Koreel Modular multi-processor, multi-OS rapid prototyping platform based on Renesas R-Car H3 and RH850 processors with four PCIe Gen3/ETH TSN extension slots; supports add-on cards (Kalray manycore, Renesas SoC, Xilinx FPGA, Renesas MPSoC) and provides CAN FD and 177 I/Os for representative embedded development and validation environments.
• Benchmarking Technology evaluation and benchmarking service enabling objective, supplier-agnostic assessment of hardware and software technologies on the Koreel modular platform, measuring performance metrics (compute, power consumption, latency) and delivering detailed comparative reports to enterprise engineering teams.
• Prototyping Rapid prototyping service delivering demonstrators on centralized electronic platforms, with custom system modeling, software infrastructure development, and optional hardware infrastructure (Koreel) deployed on tables, mockups, vehicles, or autonomous shuttles for enterprise customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Deploy new software services in under 3 months
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered major, significant, core and supporting.

• ElektrobitmajorTechnology or Integration · 12 September 2023Alkalee announced a partnership with Elektrobit in September 2023. Elektrobit is a leading automotive software supplier providing embedded and connected software solutions. The partnership involves joint integration of Alkalee's software with Elektrobit's automotive software platforms, specifically referenced in the NeVeOS (CORAM2021) project where both companies collaborate with Renault, Continental, ACTIA, and CEA List.
• MathWorkssignificantTechnology or Integration · 9 May 2023Alkalee co-hosted a webinar with MathWorks in May 2023 titled 'Coupling of MathWorks and Alkalee Suites for New Software Defined Vehicle Architectures.' The collaboration enables joint customers to use MathWorks simulation tools alongside Alkalee's Euphilia for system-level modeling and deployment. An archived recording is available on Vimeo.
• Plastic OmniummajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 January 2023Alkalee partnered with Plastic Omnium for CES 2023, showcasing Alkalee's technology alongside Plastic Omnium's lighting systems, radars, hydrogen technologies, and batteries at Plastic Omnium's booth (West Hall #3857). The partnership aimed to support development of Plastic Omnium's cutting-edge technologies and promote the creation of OP'n (Plastic Omnium's software entity).
• ALADIN (Innovation Cluster)significantStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 June 2022ALADIN is an innovation cluster/partnership involving Alkalee, NextMove, Sherpa Engineering, YoGoKo, Intempora, epicnpoc, Sector Group, and CAR&D. The consortium collaborates on autonomous driving technologies and new mobility solutions. Strategic committee meetings are held regularly to coordinate joint projects and technology roadmaps.
• CEA ListcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 June 2022CEA List is the founding technology partner and primary research engine behind Alkalee's core technology. A joint laboratory was signed in June 2022 to accelerate industrialization of Alkalee's innovative technologies. CEA List scientists provide ongoing scientific expertise, and Alkalee has exclusivity over unique know-how developed through the FACE project (2016-2019). The relationship covers joint development of the computational model, co-authored patents, and access to CEA's research infrastructure.
• Renault Group, Continental, ACTIA Engineering Services, LAAS-CNRS (NeVeOS / CORAM2021)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Alkalee participates in the CORAM2021 NeVeOS project alongside Renault Group, Continental, Elektrobit, ACTIA Engineering Services, CEA List, and LAAS-CNRS. This French government-funded (Bpifrance) project aims to develop next-generation electronic architecture for software-defined vehicles. The consortium reached an important milestone in June 2022 with a prototype demonstration.
• KalraysignificantTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2021Kalray provides manycore processor technology featured on Alkalee's Koreel prototyping platform. Kalray's MPPA (Massively Parallel Processor Array) processors are offered as one of the configurable processor options on Koreel's extension slots. The partnership enables Alkalee to offer best-in-class high-performance computing options to customers.
• Renault GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Renault Group co-developed the FACE project with CEA (2016-2019), which gave birth to Alkalee. Renault provided industrial requirements and validation context. Laurent Le Garff (now COO) was responsible for innovation programs at Renault during this period. Alkalee was spun out to commercialize the technology. The relationship is ongoing as a customer and reference partner.
• WILCO / IncubAlliance Paris-SaclaysupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerWILCO and IncubAlliance are startup accelerators and incubators based at the Paris-Saclay innovation cluster. They have supported Alkalee since its founding and continue to provide ecosystem access and visibility. Referenced in the Challenges magazine ranking recognition.
• Embedded World Exhibition & ConferencesupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerAlkalee exhibited at the Embedded World Exhibition & Conference in Nuremberg (March 2023) to showcase products and engage with the global embedded systems engineering community.
• GIFAS (Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerAlkalee pitched at the GIFAS StartAir club (December 2022), presenting to the French aerospace and defense industry association. Also exhibited at the International Paris Air Show (June/July 2023) at GIFAS booth SU-11, showcasing solutions for aerospace and defense embedded systems.
• Établissement public d'aménagement Paris-SaclaysupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerÉPA Paris-Saclay is the public development authority for the Paris-Saclay urban area. It has provided strong investment in the ecosystem, supporting Alkalee's presence at the Playground Paris-Saclay inauguration attended by Valérie Pécresse.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• MathWorks: MathWorks (MATLAB/Simulink) is the dominant provider of model-based design and simulation tools used across automotive embedded development. Alkalee co-markets with MathWorks on SDV architectures, but they also overlap in the system-level modeling and verification space that Euphilia addresses.
• dSPACE: dSPACE provides development, simulation and validation tools for embedded automotive systems, including model-based design and hardware-in-the-loop testing — directly comparable to Alkalee's Euphilia modeling tool and Koreel prototyping platform. Both serve Tier-1s and OEMs integrating multi-OS, multi-processor architectures for SDVs.
• Elektrobit: Elektrobit (Continental subsidiary) provides automotive embedded software including EB tresos (AUTOSAR), EB corbos and integration services — directly competing with Alkalee's Receef orchestration and Euphilia integration automation. The two are also partners in the CORAM2021/NeVeOS project.
• Vector Informatik: Vector Informatik offers AUTOSAR basic software, CANoe, and a broad embedded automotive development toolchain. Vector and Alkalee both target centralized E/E architecture workflows with model-based tooling and embedded middleware, serving the same Tier-1/OEM engineering teams.
• Real-Time Innovations (RTI): RTI provides Connext DDS, a real-time middleware for distributed embedded systems used heavily in automotive, aerospace and defense. RTI directly competes with Alkalee's Receef for OS-agnostic inter-application communication and orchestration on heterogeneous processors.

Broad incumbents

• ETAS: ETAS (Robert Bosch subsidiary) provides a broad portfolio of automotive embedded software tools (ASCET, RTA-OS, ESCRYPT security) used across OEM and Tier-1 development programs. Its scale and Bosch affiliation make it a broad incumbent competing with Alkalee's orchestration and design-time tooling.
• Wind River Systems: Wind River (VxWorks, Wind River Linux) provides embedded RTOS and edge compute platforms used in automotive, aerospace and industrial IoT. As a broad incumbent in safety-critical embedded software, Wind River competes with Receef for runtime orchestration and with Koreel for prototyping workloads.
• Renesas Electronics: Renesas is the supplier of R-Car and RH850 processors at the heart of Alkalee's Koreel platform. As a broad incumbent in automotive semiconductors and increasingly in software reference platforms, Renesas both enables Alkalee's hardware and competes for the broader SDV design-tooling wallet.

Emerging players

• Apex.AI: Apex.AI builds a safety-certified automotive middleware/RTOS (Apex.OS) and SDK for SDV development — competing with Receef at the runtime orchestration layer and with Euphilia at the deployment layer. Both target mixed-criticality integration on centralized vehicle compute platforms.
• Kalray: Kalray develops manycore processors (MPPA) that appear as a configurable option on Alkalee's Koreel prototyping platform. While technically a partner (processor supplier), Kalray is also an emerging competitor in high-performance automotive compute, pursuing adjacent SDV tooling plays.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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