Name

4.0 Solutions

Legal name

4.0 Solutions

Website

https://iiot.university

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Training and Education

NAICS

Computer Training (611420), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

IT Architecture & Solutions Design (Enterprise/Cloud Architecture, Integration) (EDABAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

DevOps, SRE & Platform Engineering (CI/CD, IaC, Containers) (EDABAFAC), DevOps, SRE & Platform Engineering Consulting (BPAHAEAK)

Keywords

• Industrial IoT training
• Industry 4.0 education
• Manufacturing digital transformation
• Unified Namespace training
• Manufacturing execution systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Addison

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, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Memberships: Recurring monthly and annual subscription memberships (Mentorship, IIoT Pro, Digital Factory Mastermind) providing all-access or tiered access to the training library, live sessions, and community features. Auto-renews unless canceled.
2. Individual Workshop & Course Sales: One-time purchases for standalone workshops (e.g., Agentic DevOps, MCP+UNS, REST APIs for MCP, UNS Workshop, MES Bootcamp, Edge Integration) and bootcamps. Lifetime access to recordings is granted upon purchase.
3. Consulting & Advisory Services: One-on-one strategy consulting sessions with Industry 4.0 architects at $1,000-$1,250/hour. Sessions cover architecture reviews, MES design, UNS setup, vendor selection, and digital transformation roadmaps.
4. Free Entry-Point Content: Free IIoT Mini Course (7 video lessons) and free community Discord serve as top-of-funnel lead generation, converting prospects into paid memberships and workshop purchases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

4.0 Solutions operates IIoT University, a practitioner-led training and education platform delivering courses, workshops, bootcamps, mentorship programs, and certifications on Industry 4.0, IIoT, Unified Namespace (UNS), MES, MCP, edge/cloud integration, and digital transformation strategy for manufacturers, system integrators, and technologists. The company also offers one-on-one consulting services with Industry 4.0 architects at $1,000-$1,250 per hour, and runs a free Industry 4.0 Community Discord with 8,000+ members.

Product overview

4.0 Solutions operates IIoT University, a comprehensive training and education platform for digital transformation in manufacturing. The portfolio centers on tiered membership programs (Digital Factory Mastermind at $3,000/year and Industry 4.0 Mentorship Program at $997/year) that provide access to a library of workshops and courses. Key workshop products include the Agentic DevOps for Industry 4.0 Workshop, Building RESTful APIs for MCP, Advanced MCP and Agent to Agent Workshop, MCP + UNS Workshop, MES Bootcamp, and various foundational workshops on UNS, Edge Integration, and Digital Transformation. The company also offers personalized coaching services, maintains a free Industry 4.0 Community Discord, produces the 4.0 Solutions Podcast, and provides a free weekly newsletter. The products range from free introductory content (IIoT Mini Course) to premium certification programs and intensive bootcamps, all focused on Industrial IoT, Unified Namespace architecture, MES, and Industry 4.0 implementation skills.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IIoT Mini Course A free, self-paced introductory course covering IIoT fundamentals, digital transformation concepts, Unified Namespace architecture, and OEE calculations through 7 video lessons; designed as a top-of-funnel entry point for manufacturers, engineers, and technologists.
• Industry 4.0 Mentorship Program A certification-driven subscription membership offering a structured curriculum, the 99-Step Practical Exam, monthly mentorship calls, mentorship-only Discord channels, Codecademy Pro licensing, and preparation for the Industry 4.0 Engineer Certificate; priced at $97/month or $997/year.
• Digital Factory Mastermind Program A flagship all-access annual membership for transformation leaders, architects, and executives providing unlimited access to every training program, live seats in every new workshop, monthly Mastermind coaching calls, VIP Discord access, and exclusive templates and playbooks; priced at $297/month (12-month minimum) or $3,000/year.
• Agentic DevOps for Industry 4.0 Workshop A 2-day live virtual workshop teaching engineers and developers how to build industrial software using AI agents with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and Cursor Peer Review Agent, resulting in a working Industry 4.0 tool published to GitHub.
• Building RESTful APIs for MCP Workshop A hands-on workshop teaching REST API design and FastAPI implementation for Model Context Protocol integration, mapping REST resources to the CESMII Machine Profile and validating OpenAPI contracts; $449 for lifetime access to recordings; led by Anibal Velarde of Protolabs.
• Advanced MCP and Agent to Agent Workshop An advanced 2-day live workshop (December 16-17, 2025) covering multi-server MCP architectures, server registration, authentication, and Agent2Agent protocol implementation for collaborative AI systems in manufacturing environments; priced at $375 early bird / $750 regular.
• MCP + UNS Workshop A hands-on workshop teaching real-time industrial data integration using Model Context Protocol, HighByte Intelligence Hub, MQTT, and the Unified Namespace architecture; $449 on-demand; led by Aron Semle, CTO at HighByte.
• Where to Start in Digital Transformation Workshop A step-by-step 2-day workshop (May 12-13, 2026) guiding manufacturers through identifying operational challenges, designing architecture, and beginning digital transformation using the Connect, Collect & Store, Analyze, Visualize framework; co-hosted with Dylan DuFresne of Abelara; $347 early bird / $497 regular.
• MES Bootcamp An 8-week intensive program teaching manufacturing execution system design and deployment, including event-driven workflows, PLC/SCADA data integration into Unified Namespace, and OEE dashboard deployment inside Ignition.
• 3-Day UNS Workshop A foundational 3-day workshop teaching Unified Namespace architecture through hands-on labs with step-by-step instruction, resulting in a working UNS implementation.
• Edge Integration Workshop On-demand training on connecting edge devices into Unified Namespace using PLCnext, MQTT, and FrameworX, covering legacy equipment integration, industrial data modeling, and cloud connectivity.
• Employee of the Future Workshop A 2-day on-demand workshop covering strategies for attracting, hiring, and retaining talent in the digital age, including organizational restructuring and recruiting systems for Industry 4.0.
• ChatGPT for IIoT Workshop An on-demand workshop teaching how to use ChatGPT for generating Python code, creating Sparkplug B connectors, publishing data to MQTT brokers, and visualizing data in Ignition Perspective.
• Personalized Coaching & Consulting One-on-one 60-minute Zoom consulting sessions with Industry 4.0 architects covering UNS architecture, MES design, OT/IT integration, digital transformation strategy, cloud/edge deployment, and leadership guidance; priced at $1,000-$1,250 per hour.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8,000+ community members across Discord, podcast listeners, and newsletter subscribers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• CESMII (Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute)coreTechnology or Integration4.0 Solutions partners with CESMII to implement CESMII Machine Profiles in the Building RESTful APIs for MCP Workshop. Participants map REST resources to the CESMII Machine Profile, expose profile-aligned endpoints, validate OpenAPI contracts, and test interoperability with Smart Manufacturing standards.
• HighBytecoreTechnology or IntegrationHighByte is a featured technology partner in the MCP + UNS Workshop, with CTO Aron Semle serving as the lead instructor. The workshop features hands-on demos using HighByte Intelligence Hub for contextualized industrial data modeling. HighByte sponsors the 4.0 Solutions Podcast.
• MaintainXflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerMaintainX is the monthly sponsor of all 4.0 Solutions content (podcast, newsletters, and community channels). 4.0 Solutions features MaintainX as a technology partner in its ecosystem and connects end users with MaintainX for CMMS and maintenance management solutions.
• AbelaracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAbelara (led by Dylan DuFresne) co-hosts the 'Where to Start in Digital Transformation for Manufacturers' workshop with Walker Reynolds. Dylan brings additional industry perspective on practical digital transformation frameworks and the Connect → Collect & Store → Analyze → Visualize methodology.
• Intellic IntegrationcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIntellic Integration played a key role in organizing and producing the ProveIt conference alongside 4.0 Solutions. The partnership involves co-presenting, content collaboration, and joint event production for the digital transformation community.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Coursera: Coursera is a broad MOOC platform hosting industry content (including IIoT and Industry 4.0 courses from universities and vendors) on a similar self-serve subscription + individual course purchase model, but with a far broader catalog and university-grade credentials.
• ARC Advisory Group: ARC Advisory Group is an established industrial research and consulting firm covering MES, IIoT, and digital transformation — comparable in the consulting and research adjacency, with ARC also running industry training, conferences, and advisory services for manufacturers and SIs.
• Pluralsight: Pluralsight is a broad tech-skills training platform with subscription access to courses across cloud, DevOps, data, and IT architecture — comparable to 4.0 Solutions' subscription model, though it covers a much wider catalog and does not specialize in industrial IIoT.
• LinkedIn Learning: LinkedIn Learning is a broad incumbent in professional development video training, with subscription access across tech, leadership, and manufacturing-adjacent topics — comparable GTM (self-serve subscription + B2B enterprise licenses) but without 4.0 Solutions' depth in IIoT/UNS/MES.
• O'Reilly (O'Reilly Learning): O'Reilly combines a deep technical book catalog with a subscription learning platform covering cloud, data, AI, and software architecture — comparable subscription-based delivery model aimed at technical professionals, though with a much broader, non-industrial focus.

Direct peers

• RealPars: RealPars is a direct peer — an industrial automation and IIoT training platform offering video courses, tutorials, and a practitioner-led community for controls engineers, automation professionals, and manufacturing technicians, with a similar instructor-led, niche-vertical training model.
• Inductive Automation: Inductive Automation offers Ignition by Inductive Automation with a certification program and training academy for SCADA/MES developers — directly comparable because 4.0 Solutions teaches Ignition extensively and targets the same OT developer persona.

Emerging players

• HighByte: HighByte is an IIoT vendor with an Intelligence Hub product and an emerging educational offering (academy, partner workshops) — overlapping with 4.0 Solutions on UNS/data modeling curriculum and partnering on the MCP+UNS workshop.

Others

• HiveMQ: HiveMQ is an MQTT broker vendor with educational resources, webinars, and training on industrial MQTT/Sparkplug B — an enabling technology peer that overlaps with 4.0 Solutions' UNS curriculum and is featured at ProveIt.
• CESMII: CESMII (Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute) is a smart-manufacturing institute that publishes the Smart Manufacturing Curriculum and runs training programs and certifications — a curriculum and ecosystem peer that also co-develops content with 4.0 Solutions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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