What CHREC does

SHREC (NSF Center for Space, High-Performance & Resilient Computing) is an academic research consortium founded in 2006 at the University of Pittsburgh. It operates as a non-commercial research entity under NSF funding, bringing together over 30 university, government, industry, and research institute partners to conduct collaborative research in mission-critical computing systems spanning spacecraft to supercomputers. The center's core research areas are reconfigurable, parallel, intelligent, dependable, and distributed computing systems, supported by world-class experimental facilities. Its primary outputs are research publications, trained graduate students, and collaborative projects with partners — not commercial products or services.

The center's business model is grant-funded rather than revenue-generating. Funding flows from NSF grants (as an NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center) and partner contributions, with no commercial pricing, product sales, or licensing revenue. The headcount is 51-100 employees per firmographic data, comprising faculty, researchers, and graduate students. The primary customer segments are graduate students (who fulfill M.S. and Ph.D. thesis requirements through SHREC projects) and partner organizations (who gain access to research output, experimental facilities, and workforce development). The GTM approach is partner-driven collaboration, not market-driven sales, with marketing channels limited to academic conferences, news publications, and workshop events.

The firmographics input references "CHREC" in Gainesville, FL, but all substantive data describes SHREC in Pittsburgh, PA. This appears to be a data quality issue; the analysis is based on SHREC's verified website, organizational structure, and research profile. SHREC does not pursue M&A, IPO, or venture funding pathways; it is a stable, long-duration academic research consortium embedded within the University of Pittsburgh's research infrastructure.

Name

CHREC

Legal name

SHREC: NSF Center for Space, High-Performance & Resilient Computing

Website

http://www.chrec.org/

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CHREC consists of more than 30 industry, government, and academic partners working collaboratively in solving research challenges.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Gainesville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CHREC is an academic research consortium of over 30 university, agency, industry, and institute partners that conducts collaborative research and workforce development in mission-critical computing systems. Its work spans applications from spacecraft to supercomputers, focusing on reconfigurable, parallel, intelligent, dependable, and distributed computing. The center's outputs include research findings, publications, trained graduate student workforce, and shared experimental facilities, rather than commercial products.

Product overview

SHREC is not a product company; it is the NSF Center for Space, High-Performance & Resilient Computing, an academic research consortium founded in 2006. The center does not offer commercial products or services. Instead, it conducts collaborative research in mission-critical computing and systems for partners in government, industry, and academia, focusing on areas such as spacecraft computing and supercomputers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Collaborative Research in Mission-Critical Computing
• Workshop and Conference Events

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• University PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSHREC is a consortium of over 30 university, agency, industry, and institute partners. Universities collaborate on research projects and provide graduate student workforce development.
• Agency PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment agencies partner with SHREC for research in mission-critical computing systems for space and high-performance applications.
• Industry PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry partners collaborate on research and provide funding that directly supports graduate students. Projects feature advanced concepts and technologies in intelligent, parallel, reconfigurable, dependable, and distributed computing.
• Institute PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch institutes partner with SHREC to collaborate on advanced computing research and workforce development initiatives.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center: PSC is a joint Carnegie Mellon/University of Pittsburgh HPC center focused on advanced computing research and workforce development. It is a direct peer to SHREC by mission (HPC and high-end computing), geography (co-located on the same Pitt campus), and operating model (consortium with government and industry partners).
• San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC): SDSC at UC San Diego is a leading academic HPC center conducting research in high-performance computing, data-intensive science, and AI at scale. It is comparable to SHREC in its academic research consortium structure, NSF/DOE funding profile, and focus on advanced computing systems.
• Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC): TACC at UT Austin operates one of the nation's leading academic HPC centers, supporting research in parallel, distributed, and high-performance computing. Like SHREC, it serves a national user base, partners with federal agencies, and contributes to workforce development.
• National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA): NCSA at the University of Illinois is a flagship NSF-affiliated HPC center with a long history of parallel computing, distributed systems, and software systems research. It mirrors SHREC's academic research-center structure and its emphasis on training graduate students in advanced computing.
• Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering: Georgia Tech's aerospace and computing research groups conduct federally funded research in spacecraft computing, autonomous systems, and high-performance embedded processing. It is a direct peer to SHREC in combining academic aerospace/HPC research with graduate-student workforce development.

Broad incumbents

• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: JPL designs and operates spacecraft computing systems for NASA missions, including the onboard processing for deep-space and planetary missions. It is comparable to SHREC in mission-critical space computing but is a much larger government-funded organization with hardware/software product responsibilities.
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory: ORNL operates the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (home to the Frontier exascale system) and runs significant research programs in resilient, parallel, and high-performance computing. It is comparable to SHREC in HPC research mission but operates at vastly greater scale under DOE stewardship.
• MIT Lincoln Laboratory: MIT Lincoln Laboratory conducts federally funded research in advanced aerospace systems, including dependable and high-performance computing for defense and space applications. It is comparable to SHREC in the intersection of space/aerospace and resilient computing research, though at a much larger scale and with hardware prototyping capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/352inc
• Facebookfacebook.com/352inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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 CHREC