Tropic Square
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Erica Vanunlockedknows Pavol Rusnak · together at Stealth Startup (overlapped)
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Tropic Square is a European fabless semiconductor company that designs open-architecture secure elements providing a verifiable Hardware Root of Trust for security-critical embedded systems. Its flagship RISC-V-based IC, TROPIC01, targets edge AI, robotics, automotive ECUs, critical infrastructure, and industrial IoT applications.
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Ladislav VeselýinLadislav Veselý held executive roles at Slevomat and SatoshiLabs (COO), where he gained product and operational experience. He is currently Interim CEO of Tropic Square, a European fabless semiconductor company designing secure elements for embedded systems.
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Pavol RusnakinPavol Rusnak is co-founder of SatoshiLabs and now leads Tropic Square, a fabless semiconductor company designing secure elements for embedded systems. He has contributed to open-source hardware and software projects focused on individual autonomy and independence.
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Marek PalatinusinCo-founder at SatoshiLab
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2 people who came through Tropic Square went on to found or lead other companies.
Competitors · 3
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Teleport7 shared keywordsTeleport is an infrastructure identity platform that modernizes identity, access, and policy for computing environments. The company helps engineering teams reduce complexity and attack surface by simplifying trusted computing for critical infrastructure.
Intel,7 shared keywordsIntel designs and manufactures semiconductor processors for data center, consumer, and embedded applications, including Xeon server processors, Arc graphics processors, and mobile processors. The company serves enterprises, device manufacturers, and consumers globally.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Tropic Square do?
- Tropic Square is a European fabless semiconductor company that designs open-architecture secure elements providing a verifiable Hardware Root of Trust for security-critical embedded systems. Its flagship RISC-V-based IC, TROPIC01, targets edge AI, robotics, automotive ECUs, critical infrastructure, and industrial IoT applications.
- Who founded Tropic Square?
- Tropic Square was founded by Ladislav Veselý, Pavol Rusnak.
- Who are Tropic Square's investors?
- Tropic Square's investors include SatoshiLab.


