Company · Prague, CZ

A small lab with a large mandate.

i46 is a Czech deep-tech company building tomorrow's trust infrastructure: quantum-resistant cryptography, self-sovereign identity, and private 5G. We operate in Prague, partner across Europe, and work for agencies that take reliability seriously.

Founded
Prague · Czech Republic
Legal
i46 s.r.o.
Practice
Security · networks · identity
Operating model
Lab-first · commercial-funded
Our mandate

We build the primitives that outlast a regulatory cycle.

The devices connected to the next decade's internet will not be the phones and laptops of today. They will be sensors, industrial controllers, medical equipment, vehicles, satellites. Products with lifetimes of fifteen years that need to stay secure when quantum computers arrive and regulators rewrite the rules.

i46 builds for that horizon. Quantum-resistant cryptography that you can retrofit, not replace. Self-sovereign identity that stores no personal data. Private 5G that keeps working in the harshest conditions.

Our commercial practice and our research lab are the same team. The engineers who draft CRA certification documentation also run our R&D projects. That's by design.

How we work 04 principles

The rules we don't break.

01

Zero PII where possible.

If a system doesn't need personal data to function, it won't carry any. Data you never collect cannot leak.

02

Retrofit over replace.

Our primitives slot into existing firmware and SDKs. Real-world adoption means meeting devices where they are.

03

Open where we can.

Research outputs ship open-source when the grant allows. Broader adoption is worth more than proprietary moats.

Team A FEW OF US

Founding team

Erel R.
Erel R.
Co-CEO

30+ years of experience leading embedded systems, AI-based mobility intelligence, cybersecurity solutions, and large-scale IoT deployments across Europe and Asia.

Gabriela K.
Gabriela K.
Co-CEO

30+ years of experience leading financial operations, EU regulatory affairs, and cross-border partnerships for industrial businesses across the Czech Republic and Europe.

Clea R.
Clea R.
VP Innovation

10+ years of experience as an innovation strategist with expertise in 5G IoT authentication, agile product lifecycle delivery, and regulatory compliance for EU-funded tech projects.

Tomas T.
Tomas T.
R&D Manager

10+ years of experience as an innovation strategist with expertise in 5G IoT authentication, agile product lifecycle delivery, and regulatory compliance for EU-funded tech projects.

Milestones

Where the practice has travelled.

Recent

Selected: SpaceBox · Quantum-Secure Space-Based Data Vault

Supported by ESA Spark Funding via ESA Technology Broker Czech Republic. Off-planet QRNG/OTP key management targeting TRL 4 breadboard validation.

Prior

Selected: DARK-5G with Rinicom · underground emergency 5G

Funded under FIDAL; validated at Patras5G/PNET. Portable network-in-a-box plus leaky-cable system.

Prior

Selected: SHIELD & CATT-46

CyberSecDome open calls. AI-driven IPS datasets and AI penetration testing of the i46.io platform.

Prior

5G-SAIIoT with Witte Automotive · TRL 7

Three-layer authentication framework under TARGET-X. Validated at Witte's Prague factory and Aachen testbed. Evaluation score 12/15.

Prior

DISK46 reaches commercial readiness

LUKS-based Linux image for IoT devices. Direct compliance with CRA Annex I (e)(f).

Origins

First selections: ESA, Eurostars, Innowwide

The founding work. Space-grade identity primitives, collaborative SME innovation, international market validation.

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