Acurast is a permissionless, decentralized blockchain orchestrating and scheduling the participants’ intentions and executes these in a confidential computing context.
Location: Switzerland
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $11M
Founded date: 2022
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| 16.07.2023 | Scytale Di... | scytale.di... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 18.11.2025 | - | $11M | HV Capital |
Mentions in press and media 13
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| 05.06.2026 | Swiss Papers AG Launches Obsidio for Realistic DDoS Resilience Testing | Alessandro De Carli, CEO Papers AG, Switzerland Innovative Swiss security technology against global cyber threats. Papers AG launches “Obsidio” for highly realistic DDoS resilience testing Obsidio transforms cyber resilience management from... |
| 20.11.2025 | Acurast: Smartphones Power Decentralized Computing | Acurast secured $11M to transform smartphones into a global compute network. It leverages existing hardware for secure, confidential workloads. This bypasses traditional data centers. The incentivized testnet saw significant adoption. Mainn... |
| 18.11.2025 | Acurast secures $11 million to turn phones into a global compute network | Acurast is launching “the real decentralized compute network,” by transforming ordinary smartphones into verifiable compute nodes. This approach leverages the world’s largest installed hardware base, enabling users to securely and confiden... |
| 18.11.2025 | Acuratis secures $11 million to turn phones into a global compute network | Acurast is launching “the real decentralized compute network,” by transforming ordinary smartphones into verifiable compute nodes. This approach leverages the world’s largest installed hardware base, enabling users to securely and confiden... |
| 13.11.2025 | Acurast raises $11M to turn smartphones into confidential compute nodes | - |
| 13.11.2025 | Acurast raises $11M to launch the world’s first smartphone-powered compute network | Acurast, the first decentralised physical infrastructure network (DePIN) that turns smartphones into a global mesh of verifiable, confidential compute, today announced that it has raised a total of $11 million to date. Acurast is redefining... |
| 13.11.2025 | Acurast Secures $11M to Launch the World’s First Smartphone-Powered Compute Network | Acurast Secures $11 Million for Decentralised Confidential Computing Acurast, a decentralised confidential computing network powered by smartphones, has secured $11 million to support the launch of its mainnet. The network will officially g... |
| 19.12.2024 | Acurast Unveils Processor Lite for iOS: Empowering iPhone Users to Join the DePIN Cloud Rebellion Secured by Polkadot | Zug, Switzerland, December 19th, 2024, Chainwire Acurast, a leader in decentralized confidential cloud computing, announces the launch of Acurast Processor Lite for iOS, now available on the Apple App Store. This application allows iPhone u... |
| 19.12.2024 | Acurast Unveils Processor Lite for iOS: Empowering iPhone Users to Join the DePIN Cloud Rebellion Secured by Polkadot | Zug, Switzerland, December 19th, 2024, Chainwire Acurast, a leader in decentralized confidential cloud computing, announces the launch of Acurast Processor Lite for iOS, now available on the Apple App Store. This application allows iPhone u... |
| 24.04.2024 | Research Reveals Mobile Devices as Catalysts for Efficient Decentralized Infrastructure Networks (DePINs) | Zug, Switzerland, April 24th, 2024, Chainwire Researchers from the University of Zürich’s Communication Systems Group, in collaboration with the Acurast Association building on Polkadot and other ecosystems, have unveiled groundbreaking res... |
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