- Revenue
- $2.3M
- Year founded
- 2020
- Team size
- 15
Top 6 Operating Systems Companies (August 2026)
As of August 2026, Latka tracks 6 operating systems companies. They have combined revenues of $8.9M and employ 85 people. They have raised $12.7M and serve 400 customers combined.
Every company below sells operating systems to other businesses and is ranked by its most recent annual revenue. Revenue, funding, headcount and customer figures come from CEO interviews on the Latka podcast, public company filings, and Latka estimates where a company has not disclosed a number.
What Operating Systems Companies do
The operating systems industry encompasses software that serves as the backbone of computer hardware, managing resources and providing a platform for applications to run. Operating systems facilitate essential functions such as task scheduling, memory management, file system operations, and user interface management, making them crucial for both personal and enterprise computing environments. Key use cases for operating systems include powering personal computers, servers, mobile devices, and embedded systems. Typical features of operating systems include multitasking capabilities, security protocols, networking functionality, and support for various hardware components. Common buyer personas range from IT administrators and system architects to software developers who require a stable and efficient environment for their applications. Operating systems also play a critical role in ensuring compatibility and interoperability among different hardware and software products, which is essential for collaborative and integrated environments. By providing necessary APIs and system calls, they enable developers to create applications that function seamlessly on top of various hardware configurations.
- Companies
- 6
- Revenue
- $8.9M
- Funding
- $12.7M
- Employees
- 85
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Sidero Labs, Inc.
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Efficient, API-driven, and purpose-built for Kubernetes, Talos OS lets you treat the cluster as the machine, letting you focus on your applications instead of managing the OS. Sidero Metal automates bare metal Kubernetes cluster creations.
- Revenue
- $2M
- Year founded
- 2019
- Team size
- 18
3
SeaStreet
Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
Developer of an operating system designed for converged virtual infrastructure. The company's platform offers a next generation model-based operating system for cloud across all domains such as compute, network, storage, applications and service assurance, enabling businesses and enterprises to reduce operational expenses and automate operations.
- Revenue
- $1.9M
- Year founded
- 2012
- Funding
- $12.7M
- Team size
- 19
4
Tlon
San Francisco, California, United States
Provider of a network operating system designed to run own servers and digital identities. The company's open source system is a personal virtual computer which stores data, runs apps and manages connected devices on a personal server controlling own data, code and identity.
- Revenue
- $1.5M
- Customers
- 400
- Year founded
- 2013
- Team size
- 21
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Kynetics
Santa Clara, California, United States
Kynetics offers a suite of Android and Linux Operating Systems for embedded systems, supporting the most popular application processors. Kynetics provides a SaaS, Update Factory, to update and control embedded devices at scale.
- Revenue
- $1.1M
- Year founded
- 2012
- Team size
- 10
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Cangler
Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Once every generation, an idea emerges that has the potential to revolutionize the way people work. The current state of corporate technology is a mess making it too difficult, too slow and too costly for companies to benefit from the latest and greatest technologies required to develop an agile, responsive organization that can respond to everchanging market dynamics. What is needed today is a total re-think and re-design of IT architecture, so companies run on an organization-wide IT operating system. This is a radical concept that empowers techies to quickly integrate, test and deploy new technological capabilities into business applications and processes without the complexity and high cost of traditional deployment methods. Simultaneously, the Cangler Operating System enables business professionals to access, develop and share applications and tools in a governed environment that results in faster data-driven decisions and business outcomes. The Cangler Operating System (c
- Revenue
- $171.5K
- Year founded
- 2019
- Team size
- 2
Frequently asked questions about Operating Systems Companies
How many operating systems companies are there?
Latka tracks 6 operating systems companies with reported revenue. Together they generate $8.9M in annual revenue and employ 85 people.
Which operating systems company is the largest?
Lunatic is the largest, with $2.3M in annual revenue, founded in 2020.
How much revenue does a typical operating systems company make?
The average operating systems company in this list makes $1.5M a year, across 6 companies with reported revenue. They serve 400 customers combined.
Who are the leading Operating systems vendors?
Ranked by annual revenue, the leaders are Lunatic, Sidero Labs, Inc., SeaStreet, Tlon and Kynetics.
How much funding have operating systems companies raised?
The 6 operating systems companies tracked here have raised $12.7M in disclosed funding between them.
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Inclusion Criteria
- Must provide core functionalities such as process management, memory management, and file system support. - Should enable user interaction through graphical or command-line interfaces. - Must support networking and communication protocols for connectivity. - Should include security features like user authentication and access control. - Not just a platform for applications; must also manage hardware resources efficiently.