Particle was acquired by Digi International on January 27, 2026. The company is used by customers throughout the globe including companies like Keurig, Grainger and Briggs Healthcare. Particle is the leading application infrastructure for intelligent devices, helping thousands of companies bring intelligence to the edge, providing everything needed to deploy software and models to an Edge AI, edge computing, or IoT product in one tightly-integrated platform.
Cyborg Score Rationale
Particle demonstrates strong market positioning as a leading IoT platform-as-a-service provider with enterprise customers and significant funding ($135M raised). The January 2026 acquisition by Digi International validates the platform's strategic value, though post-acquisition integration and performance metrics remain to be demonstrated under new ownership.
Top Insights
(January 2026) Acquired by Digi International to accelerate ARR growth and strengthen embedded-as-a-service offerings
Launched OTA Asset, a product that manages over-the-air updates for Particle boards and secondary devices
Launched Tachyon, a 5G and AI-enabled single-board computer powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon, which raised nearly $520,000 via Kickstarter crowdfunding at $149 per unit
Partnership with Edge Impulse, a machine learning development platform, to integrate ML capabilities into the IoT ecosystem
Named Competitors
ThingWorx — Industrial IoT platform for enterprise connectivity and management
Azure IoT Hub — Cloud IoT platform for device connectivity and management