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 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 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 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 raises $11M to turn smartphones into confidential compute nodes | - |
| 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... |
| 15.09.2023 | Sie haben den Dreh raus: Anerkennung für Startups | |
| - | Acurast | “Acurast is the real Decentralized Compute Network—Scalable, Secure, and Powered by Smartphones. No reliance on centralized servers.” |