Sixfab
"Never Disconnect"
Turkish IoT edge company, official Raspberry Pi Design Partner; ALPON edge AI computers with LTE/5G connectivity and cloud management for industrial automation.
Sixfab is a Turkish IoT edge computing hardware and platform company founded in 2016 via a $57,000 crowdfunding campaign by co-founders Sait Borlak (CEO) and Ismet Ergin (COO). The company is an official Raspberry Pi Design Partner and operates as a remote-first organization with global offices in 3 countries serving 100+ sales countries. As of 2023, Sixfab had shipped over 100,000 hardware units and had 1,000+ subscriber companies and 110,000+ deployed devices.
The company's product portfolio spans two main categories. The first is its ALPON industrial Edge AI computer line — the ALPON X4 is a CES Award-winning edge computing device built on Raspberry Pi hardware, providing integrated 4G LTE/5G cellular connectivity, TPM 2.0 security, eSIM support, hardware watchdog for self-healing, OTA (over-the-air) firmware and software updates, and container management for deploying edge AI models. ALPON supports physical AI inference directly on the device (no GPU required for lightweight models) and connects to the ALPON Cloud Portal for centralized fleet monitoring, remote terminal access, and lifecycle management. The second category is development boards and tools, including Raspberry Pi cellular expansion hats, IoT SIM cards, and the Pico LTE module for rapid IoT prototyping. Sixfab also offers OEM/ODM and custom hardware design services.
The platform has been adopted by customers in manufacturing and industrial automation (machine monitoring, defect detection, predictive maintenance), transportation and logistics (fleet tracking, edge data collection), energy and utilities (remote asset monitoring), smart cities, retail, and agriculture. In a manufacturing automation context, ALPON X4 is used to connect PLCs and production machines for real-time data ingestion and local AI inference, enabling faster decisions and reduced downtime. The company launched ALPON in 2024 and characterizes its deployment time at under 10 minutes from scratch, compared to 9 months for typical IIoT projects. Social media: LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/sixfab/, Facebook at facebook.com/sixfab, YouTube at youtube.com/channel/UCYpxSWgBH66-SavEBFUV6gQ, X/Twitter at twitter.com/sixfabiot.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
ALPON X4 Industrial Edge AI Computer
- Model: ALPON X4
- Launch Year: 2024
CES Award-winning Raspberry Pi-based industrial edge AI computer with built-in LTE/5G, eSIM, TPM 2.0, and cloud management for IIoT automation.
Company Facts
Founded
2016
Primary Role
Manufacturer
Company Size
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Primary Region
Middle East
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
Early-Stage VC
Funding Total
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DEEPX and Sixfab Launch 'DEEPX AI HAT' to Drive Edge Physical AI on Raspberry Pi
A new partnership has emerged to enhance the Raspberry Pi ecosystem by providing high-performance, low-power AI acceleration. This initiative aims to eliminate the reliance on cloud services for real-time inference, particularly benefiting applications in robotics and smart automation. The collaboration has introduced a production-ready Starter Kit and software development kits (SDKs) designed to lower entry barriers for developers worldwide. By making these tools accessible, the partnership seeks to empower a broader range of innovators to integrate advanced AI capabilities into their projects, fostering growth and development within the global tech community.
