What MYRTUS EU does

MYRTUS EU is a Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action (RIA) project, not a commercial company. Operating under EU grant No. 101135183 with a 36-month duration from January 2024 to December 2026, it is coordinated by Abinsula srl (Italy) with scientific leadership from Università degli Studi di Cagliari (UNICA). The consortium comprises 14 partner organizations across 8 European countries spanning universities (UNICA, UNISS, USI, UPM), research institutes (TNO, TU Dresden, Lakeside Labs), and companies (Abinsula, HIRO Micro Data Centers, SOFTEAM/Docaposte, ARK/ArubaKube).

The project delivers a reference architecture and tooling stack for the edge-fog-cloud computing continuum, organized into three pillars: MYRTUS Infrastructure (heterogeneous hardware including HMPSoCs FPGA accelerators, RISC-V processors with CGRA extensions, FMDC micro data centers, and SenseIQ gateways federated via Liqo on Kubernetes); the MIRTO AI-powered cognitive engine for 360° dynamic runtime orchestration (using swarm intelligence and federated learning); and the MYRTUS Design and Programming Environment (DPE) integrating Modelio with TOSCA, FREVO evolutionary framework, COSMOS swarm simulator, DynAA discrete-event simulator, MDC hardware accelerator generator, CGRA Compiler, MLIR interoperability layer, Mocasin DSE tool, and a Countermeasure Synthesizer.

MYRTUS has no commercial revenue model. All outputs are released as open-source software and hardware (Apache 2.0, BSD, GPL-3.0, ISC). The project's value proposition targets startups, SMEs, and the research community by reducing development time and cost for continuum-computing solutions, mitigating vendor lock-in, and demonstrating validation in two use cases: smart mobility and virtual telerehabilitation. The entity is structurally pre-revenue by design — its sole income is the EU grant, and its commercial significance lies in ecosystem positioning and open-source IP generation rather than direct monetization.

Name

MYRTUS EU

Legal name

MYRTUS - Multi-layer 360° dYnamic orchestration and interopeRable design environmenT for compute-continUum Systems

Website

https://myrtus-project.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MYRTUS EU is a Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action (grant No. 101135183) developing open-source tools and reference architecture for edge-fog-cloud compute continuum orchestration via the MIRTO AI cognitive engine, coordinated by Abinsula with a 14-partner consortium across 8 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Edge-Cloud Computing Continuum Orchestration

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Hybrid Cloud Platforms & Orchestration (HDABAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hybrid Cloud Compute & Virtualization Stack (HCI/VMs/Kubernetes) (HDABAMAF), AI/Neural Processing Units (NPUs) & ML Accelerators (HDAHAJAF), AI Accelerators (GPUs/TPUs/NPUs/ASICs) (HDAAAAAA), AI/ML Solution Integration & MLOps Enablement (BPAEAAAJ), AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Edge fog cloud orchestration
• Computing continuum platforms
• Open source research tools
• AI cognitive orchestration
• Hardware software co-design

Headquarters

HQ city

Sassari

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. EU Research Grant Funding: MYRTUS is a Research and Innovation Action (RIA) funded under Horizon Europe with EU grant No. 101135183. The project does not generate commercial revenue but creates open-source outputs for the research community and industry adoption.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MYRTUS develops an open-source multi-layer 360° dynamic orchestration and interoperable design environment for compute-continuum systems integrating edge, fog, and cloud. The offering combines the MIRTO AI-powered cognitive engine (using swarm intelligence and federated learning) with a reference heterogeneous infrastructure and a design/programming environment comprising modeling, simulation, hardware accelerator generation, and security tools, all released as open-source for the research community and for adoption by startups and SMEs.

Product overview

MYRTUS is a Horizon Europe research project providing a multi-layer 360° dynamic orchestration and interoperable design environment for compute-continuum Systems. The offering consists of three interconnected pillars: (1) MYRTUS Infrastructure - heterogeneous computing resources spanning edge devices (HMPSoCs accelerators, RISC-V processors), fog layer (FMDC, SenseIQ gateway), and cloud integration via Liqo; (2) MIRTO Cognitive Engine - AI-powered orchestration using swarm intelligence and federated learning for dynamic workload management; (3) MYRTUS DPE - design and programming environment comprising Modelio (UML/TOSCA modelling), FREVO (evolutionary algorithms), COSMOS (swarm simulation), DynAA (discrete event simulation), MDC (hardware accelerator generation), CGRA Compiler, MLIR interoperability layer, Mocasin (DSE), and Countermeasure Synthesizer (security). The architecture integrates Kubernetes federation, supports multiple communication protocols, and enables hardware-software co-design from modelling to FPGA/edge deployment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MIRTO: AI-powered cognitive engine that serves as the core of the MYRTUS project, enabling 360° dynamic runtime orchestration for high performance and energy efficiency in the computing continuum.
• MYRTUS DPE
• MYRTUS Infrastructure
• MYRTUS Developments

Products and services

• MIRTO Cognitive Engine AI-powered cognitive engine providing 360° dynamic runtime orchestration to guarantee high performance and energy efficiency across the edge-fog-cloud computing continuum. Targets the research community, startups, and SMEs building continuum computing solutions.
• MYRTUS Design and Programming Environment (DPE) Reference design and programming environment for continuum computing systems featuring interoperable support for cross-layer modelling, threat analysis, design space exploration, application modelling, components synthesis, and code generation. Used by researchers and engineers building continuum computing applications.
• Liqo Open-source Kubernetes multi-cluster federation platform enabling seamless resource sharing and workload orchestration across cloud, fog, and edge environments. Requires Kubernetes >= 1.20 and integrates with Calico and Cilium networking plugins.
• FREVO Framework for evolutionary design that creates local rules for MIRTO edge/fog agents or pods using evolutionary algorithms and neural networks.
• COSMOS Continuum Optimization for Swarm-based Multi-tier Orchestration System - Python-based simulation framework for evaluating swarm intelligence and evolutionary algorithms in edge-fog-cloud environments.
• DynAA Discrete event simulation engine for system-wide simulation of the continuum deployment, enabling analysis, estimation, and optimization with TOSCA integration.
• Modelio with TOSCA Designer UML modelling environment extended with TOSCA Designer for cloud application design and Attack Tree Designer for security threat modelling and countermeasures.
• Multi-Dataflow Composer (MDC) Open-source design tool for generation and management of Coarse-Grain Reconfigurable (CGR) hardware accelerators with support for CNN acceleration via QONNX.
• CGRA Compiler MLIR-based compilation framework for generating CGRA configuration bitstreams, enabling automatic hardware accelerator generation without requiring custom logic design.
• MLIR-based Interoperability Layer MLIR-based interoperability layer connecting tools in MYRTUS DPE for Node-level Optimization and Deployment, enabling automatic optimization on execution dataflow graphs; requires AMD Vivado Design Suite for FPGA compilation.
• Mocasin High-level trace-driven simulation and optimization framework for parallel applications on heterogeneous systems with automatic Design Space Exploration.
• Countermeasure Synthesizer Security tool that selects appropriate countermeasures from a library based on application security requirements and constraints from Attack Defense Trees.
• HMPSoCs FPGA-based Accelerators FPGA-based heterogeneous multiprocessor system-on-chip accelerators leveraging coarse-grained reconfigurable approaches for edge computation with AI acceleration and multi-tasking execution support.
• RISC-V-based Processor with CGRA Extensions Multi-grain CGRA tightly coupled with RISC-V processor through custom ISA extensions for automatic SW-to-HW code offloading and edge AI capabilities.
• SenseIQ (Abinsula Smart Multi-Sensor Gateway) Abinsula smart multi-sensor gateway providing unified management for secure integration of cooperative embedded systems with support for MQTT, REST, gRPC, NATS, and TCP/UDP.
• FMDC (Fog Micro Data Center) HIRO Fog Micro Data Center ensuring low-to-no processing latency with modular, scalable enclosures featuring integrated power, cooling, and autonomous intelligence; integrates with Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring.

Quantifiable outcome

• Expected 10x latency reduction with HW-based edge acceleration approaches compared to embedded ARM cores
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

AI capability5 records

Feature18 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Zenodo EU Open Research RepositorycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2024EU Open Research Repository dedicated to fostering open science and enhancing visibility of research outputs. MYRTUS Zenodo community, created in April 2024, is part of the EU Open Research Repository. Any research output uploaded is automatically indexed into the EU repository.
• DISCOVER-UScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024European-funded initiative building active research collaborations between EU and US in computing continuum, distributed computing, and swarm intelligence. Involves 42 members from 15 countries (29 EU, 13 North America). Francesca Palumbo joined the DISCOVER-US team in March 2024 and participated in EU-US Dagstuhl-type vision workshop producing white paper on distributed computing and swarm intelligence.
• Gaia-X Hub FrancemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024MYRTUS ensures compatibility with Gaia-X Trust Framework for its nodes in the Compute Continuum. Focus on sustainable business models of federated Pan-European dataspace ecosystems. SOFTEAM participates in Gaia-X Hub France activities representing MYRTUS at plenary sessions.
• EU-CloudEdgeIoT Initiative (EU-CEI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024European Cloud Edge IoT Initiative promoting cooperation between research projects, developers, suppliers, and business users for the new technological paradigm. MYRTUS joined in January 2024 and is an active member of the community spanning over 50 member projects. MYRTUS aims to contribute to standardization and provide concrete implementation examples for EU-CEI reference architecture building blocks.
• INSIDE Industry AssociationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMYRTUS participates in INSIDE activities and won the 2024 RIAs Challenge organized by INSIDE in context of EU-CloudEdgeIoT. Active in ECS brokerage events and networking activities for Electronic Components and Systems.
• HiPEACmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean association for computing and technology. MYRTUS presented at CONCERTO Workshop during HiPEAC 2026 and participates in various HiPEAC events for academic and industry collaboration.
• Cognitive Computing Continuum Cluster ProjectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMYRTUS collaborates with seven other Cognitive Computing Continuum Cluster projects (COGNETS, EMPYREAN, ENACT, HYPER-AI, INTEND, SWARMCHESTRATE) on standardization activities, webinars, and joint initiatives for distributed AI and intelligent orchestration.
• ADRA-eminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMYRTUS presented at Launch Event showcasing future innovation in AI, Data, and Robotics organized by ADRA-e, AIonDemand, and European Commission.
• ENACT ProjectmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMYRTUS sponsored and participated in EMEC Workshop at DATE 2026 on Energy and Material Efficiency in Cloud-edge continuum, organized jointly by MYRTUS and EECONE partners.
• EDGELESS ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMYRTUS presented at EDGELESS 2nd Info Day on cognitive edge-to-cloud computing and serverless systems, showcasing technical mid-term results and cross-layer deployment vision.
• Consortium PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner14 partners across 8 countries including: Abinsula (coordinator), UNICA, UNISS, USI, UPM, SOFTEAM/Docaposte, HIRO Micro Data Centers, Lakeside Labs, TNO, ARK/ArubaKube, and others. Each partner contributes specific expertise to the project.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• KubeEdge: Open-source Kubernetes-based edge computing platform extending containerized orchestration to edge nodes. Directly comparable to MYRTUS's Liqo-based Kubernetes federation and edge-fog-cloud continuum focus, with overlapping orchestration and resource-sharing goals.
• OpenYurt: Open-source edge computing platform built on Kubernetes for managing edge workloads across geo-distributed nodes. Comparable to MYRTUS in targeting seamless orchestration across cloud-edge continuum with open-source tooling.
• K3s (Rancher / SUSE): Lightweight Kubernetes distribution designed for edge and resource-constrained environments. Comparable to MYRTUS's resource-efficient orchestration across edge-fog-cloud layers, with similar focus on reducing deployment complexity.
• Eclipse Kura: Open-source IoT edge gateway framework for managing distributed IoT gateways and their applications. Comparable to MYRTUS's SenseIQ-style gateway management and edge-fog-cloud integration.
• Akraino Edge Stack (LF Edge): Linux Foundation project for edge computing stacks supporting a wide range of edge platforms across telecom, IoT, and enterprise. Comparable to MYRTUS's integrated edge-fog-cloud reference architecture and open-source approach.

Emerging players

• EMQX: Open-source MQTT broker for IoT messaging and edge-to-cloud connectivity. Comparable to MYRTUS's MQTT/REST/gRPC communication protocol layer (supported by SenseIQ) for connecting distributed edge components.
• Apache OpenWhisk: Open-source serverless platform supporting event-driven compute across cloud and edge. Comparable to MYRTUS components addressing serverless and distributed orchestration for the computing continuum.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Industrial Edge: Industrial edge computing platform for managing edge devices and applications in industrial environments. Comparable to MYRTUS's CPS (cyber-physical systems) and edge-fog integration focus, with broader commercial scale.
• AWS IoT Greengrass: AWS managed service for building, deploying, and managing IoT applications at the edge with cloud connectivity. Comparable to MYRTUS's edge-fog-cloud continuum orchestration, with hyperscaler commercial backing.

Regional players

• Baidu OpenEdge: Open-source edge computing framework from Baidu enabling AI application deployment across cloud-edge continuum. Comparable to MYRTUS's edge AI acceleration and orchestration, but primarily serving the Chinese market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MYRTUS_EU
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MYRTUS-EU
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/myrtus-eu

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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