Synadia Communications, Inc.

Synadia Communications, Inc. is a software company founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, specializing in messaging technology for distributed systems. The company is best known for developing and supporting NATS.io, an open-source messaging system designed to meet the scalability and reliability requirements of cloud-native and edge-native environments. Synadia's mission is to simplify, secure, and optimize application communication across diverse infrastructures, including multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge computing topologies.

Synadia offers enterprise-grade products such as Synadia Platform and Synadia Cloud, which extend the capabilities of NATS with additional operational tools, security features, and expert support. These offerings cater to organizations requiring high availability and low latency communication, primarily serving markets like IoT, automotive, finance, and industrial manufacturing. The company's business model centers on subscription-based SaaS and enterprise contracts, supporting both multi-tenant cloud services and self-hosted deployments. As a leader in the real-time distributed systems space, Synadia is also actively involved in stewarding the open-source NATS project, which is widely adopted by digital-native companies worldwide.

Synadia Communications operates independently and has secured significant investment, including $51 million raised as of early 2024, led by Forgepoint Capital and supported by strategic investors such as Singtel Innov8 and Accenture Ventures. With an estimated workforce of 30-50 employees, the company continues to focus on innovation in edge computing, AI/ML workloads, and real-time enterprise applications, maintaining strong ties to major cloud-native foundations to ensure the open governance and sustainability of NATS.