Particle

Particle is a full-stack IoT platform that gives companies building connected hardware products everything needed to go from a prototype to a fleet of deployed devices in the field, including certified hardware modules, cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity, device management software, and a cloud platform for collecting and acting on device data. Rather than a company having to separately source cellular connectivity, build custom device firmware and over-the-air update infrastructure, and stand up a cloud backend to receive data, Particle bundles those pieces together so a hardware startup can focus engineering effort on what makes their product actually differentiated rather than reinventing IoT plumbing that's common to nearly every connected device. Its device operating system and cloud platform support secure over-the-air firmware updates, which matters enormously once thousands of devices are physically deployed in the field and a bug fix or feature update needs to reach them all without a truck roll to each unit. Particle's device management dashboard gives operations teams visibility into fleet health, connectivity status, and data from every deployed device, which is critical for physical products where a device going offline unexpectedly can mean lost data or a broken customer experience. The platform is aimed at hardware startups and established manufacturers adding connectivity to physical products, letting a smaller team ship and manage an IoT product without deep in-house telecom and embedded systems expertise.