A comprehensive list of top 10 IoT companies to watch in 2020.

The world is witnessing a historic transformation, swiftly transitioning from isolated systems to internet-enabled things capable of merging digital and physical worlds. IoT is one of such enabling technologies that is leading us this disruptive change and presenting things that were hitherto impossible to achieve. Thanks to IoT and its potential innovations global leaders are able to bring Smart Cities, Smart Home, Smart Factory, and Connected Devices. It also helps enterprises to streamline their processes, enhance productivity, and improve efficiency and operations across multiple industries. At present, IoT is a multi-trillion-industry in coming years.

It is important to choose an IoT partner that considers solving unique problems just as crucial as selecting quality sensors or building a scalable network. Picking a perfect partner for IoT project collaborations is characteristically challenging to fathom. So, we present a shortlisted leading Internet of Things application development companies that excelling for their provision of innovative enterprise & consumer-based IoT solutions

ARM

HQ Location:  Cambridge, England

Year Founded: 1990

ARM is popular for IoT security services. It firmly believes that a layered approach is crucial to securing IoT devices. A good IoT device network needs a secure foundation with defense-in-depth built into its core, which extends throughout the system. Therefore, the Arm Architecture enables its partners to make their IoT products in an efficient, affordable, and secure way.

Unified-Inbox

HQ Location: Centennial Tower, Singapore

Year Founded: 2014

UIB aims to make human to machine (H2M) communications simple. The company achieves this by innovating and building Unified Communications (UC), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT) platform technologies. Being the creators of UnificationEngine Conversational IoT, they solved the problem of how to talk to cloud-connected software, services, chatbots, and devices. The purpose of their invention is to remotely control and get alerts from connected devices via any modern communications channel. The company also offers developer APIs for various tiers: smart homes, smart enterprises and smart cities.

R-Style Lab

HQ Location:  San Francisco

Year Founded:  2006

R-Style Lab is one of the companies that integrate IoT solutions in the healthcare sector, like cardiac monitoring, body imaging, etc. It emphasizes IoT services on a different platform, including an embedded system, web front-end reporting & analytics, Middleware & Low-level, and backend infrastructure with API integration. For IoT platforms, it uses Google Cloud, Azure IoT, and its sensors depend on Analog ADC, Wi-Fi.

Very LLC

HQ Location: Bozeman, Montana

Year Founded: 2011

Very is a fully-distributed IoT engineering firm, partnering with our clients to build systems for smart manufacturing, smart energy & utilities, consumer electronics, and connected wellness. It is has expertise in blockchain, IoT and machine learning. The firm is capable of handling every aspect of blockchain development — from writing smart contracts to front-end development to user experience optimization. With its ability and experience, the company claims to be able to navigate every challenges and can deliver secure,scalable resilient software, firmware and hardware.

Oxagile

HQ Location: Greater New York

Year Founded: 2005

It is a professional IoT company that offers a full range of services, including IoT consulting, Software development, Hardware prototyping, Integration, and Continuous enhancement. Oxagile leverages its deep tech expertise in Artificial intelligence, Computer vision, Big data, and Cybersecurity to deliver state-of-the-art connected solutions and perfectly-architectured IoT ecosystems. It further builds enterprise-grade IoT solutions for sophisticated industrial equipment, smart gadgets, and next-gen intelligent devices.

SensLynx

HQ Location:   Encinitas, California

Year Founded: 2016

This company provides IoT fleet and asset tracking for a variety of industries and services that range from HVAC and construction to waste management and agriculture. It's all done on one platform that includes software, hardware and connectivity for IoT devices and functions like ATMs, Kiosks, digital signs and wireless backup.

Blues Wireless

HQ Location:  Seattle, Washington.

Year Founded:  2018

It is an IoT startup that aims to put people and businesses better in touch with their world by unlocking the potential of cellular IoT. It is currently working on Notecard™, an embeddable cellular IoT solution. The Notecard is presently in beta and is a simple, cost-effective embeddable, mobile IoT solution for cloud-based monitoring and connected operations. In 2019, Blues Wireless announced they are collaborating with AT&T on a series of services based on low-power cellular connections.

Helium

HQ Location: San Francisco, California

Year Founded: 2013

It is an Internet-of-Things developer platform for building the network and transferring IoT device data. The platform is built on a peer-to-peer wireless network that simplifies internet connectivity for IoT sensors and devices. What differentiates this company is its ability to provide wireless coverage for low power Internet of Things (IoT) devices. It is also offering a cryptocurrency, Helium, in exchange for buying and using the device, which helps to create "LongFi" wireless networks that have 200X the range of Wi-Fi at 1/1,000th of the cost of a cellular modem.

Samsara

HQ Location:  San Francisco, California

Year Founded:  2015.

Samsara is an international provider of IoT tools like machine-learning vision Systems, power monitors, environmental sensors, industrial controllers. They offer their IoT services for almost all industries like oil & gas, transportation, and logistics, retail, etc. intending to ensure safety, efficiency, and sustainability of procedures to increase the economy. Their IoT product AI Dash Cam is used to minimizing the frequency of road accidents by analyzing the road and driver behavior in real-time. The company's connected sensors allow businesses to more easily manage, track and monitor operations within vehicles and fleets.

SWIM.AI

HQ Location:  San Jose, California

Year Founded:  2015

This startup company delivers edge-based software featuring real-time analytics and machine learning for enterprises, equipment manufacturers, smart-cities, and IOT businesses. Its software locally processes and analyzes massive volumes of streaming data from devices/sensors/equipment where it is created, reducing network volumes, and generating real-time machine-learning business insights.  Swim deploys its software at the edge to transform data into insights in real-time and delivers them to businesses, staff, operators, and customers. Its software is a "plug and play" solution for existing equipment and brownfield environments.