About Kilo

We are building the operating system for IoT and physical AI.

Kilo connects devices, machines, cameras and AI across manufacturers and protocols, so they share context and act together, while people keep approval over consequential actions.

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Our name

Kilo, as in kilogram

Kilo is pronounced KEE-loh. The name comes from the kilogram, the base unit of mass, and it reflects how we approach IoT: every reading, rule and action should be measurable, so that people and AI can rely on what the system reports.

Pronunciation

KEE-loh

Two syllables, with the stress on the first.

Slogan

Measurable IoT

Connected operations that can be quantified, verified and improved.

Release notes

Scale Log

Every Kilo release is documented in the Scale Log, our changelog, named in the same spirit as Kilo itself.

The challenge

Why the physical world needs one operating system

Connected devices are still built as islands. Sensors, machines, cameras and controllers come from many manufacturers, speak different protocols and report to separate systems, so each one knows only what it can sense itself. That fragmentation limits what automation, and increasingly AI, can achieve in the real world.

TODAY

Fragmented devices and systems

Every manufacturer and protocol keeps its own closed system, so the data each device collects stays isolated.

KILO

One operating layer

Kilo unites devices across manufacturers and protocols in one platform, with shared context, permissions and tested logic.

THE RESULT

Operations that run on shared data

Rules, AI agents and people work from the data of every connected device rather than the view of a single sensor.

Our vision

Three convictions behind everything we build

Our white paper, What Is an Operating System for Physical AI?, sets out the view that guides the company and the product.

01

Physical AI is a system, not a single device

The value comes from sensors, machines, cameras, AI agents and people sharing context, not from any one machine working alone.

02

IoT should not stay fragmented

Devices from any manufacturer, on any protocol, should be managed through one operating layer.

03

Reliability is designed in

A system that acts on the physical world must be tested before it runs and must report outcomes accurately.

Built from real operations

An enterprise IoT platform built for production

Kilo supplies hardware, connectivity and the IoT Server, which can be used independently or together, so we design for the full path from a physical signal to an operational result.

Each pillar works on its own or together with the others. Already have your own hardware? Use our server and connectivity. Need only SIM cards? That works too. There is no bundle requirement and no vendor lock-in — pick what you need.

How we build

The principles that guide our platform

01

Connect everything, whoever made it

No device should be limited by the brand on its case or the protocol it speaks.

02

Share context, enforce permissions

Every device, person and AI agent can know what it needs to know, and do only what it is allowed to do.

03

Test before it touches the world

Automation is rehearsed against emulated devices and mocked responses, and validated before it runs.

04

Report what actually happened

Sent, delivered and confirmed are different states, and people and AI always see which one is true.

05

Keep people in charge

Consequential decisions stay with people, who are brought in quickly and with full context.

06

Build AI into every part

AI is built into the platform rather than added on, so teams can configure and operate the system in plain language.

Where we are heading

From connected sensors to coordinated machines

Kilo connects sensors, cameras and AI agents today. Our roadmap extends the same shared context and controls to every kind of connected asset.

AVAILABLE NOW

Connected operations

LoRaWAN, mioty, MQTT and vehicle-tracker devices with rules, alarms, dashboards, a 3D building twin and ready-made solutions.

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Video with Kilo Lens

Cameras from different manufacturers join sensors in the same rules, alarms and dashboards.

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AI that builds and operates

The built-in assistant and external AI clients connected through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) work within each user’s permissions, from setup to running configured device commands.

NEXT

Robots and coordinated machines

More kinds of machines, robots above all, joining the shared context to receive tasks and contribute what they observe, with coordinated behavior as easy to design, test and trust as a single rule.

The company

About the company

Kilo is headquartered in the United States and operates globally. Our hardware and electronics division, Kilo Electronics, is based in Germany with warehouse and fulfillment operations across the EU — enabling fast shipping to customers worldwide. From device onboarding to fleet-scale operations, we work with companies of all sizes to simplify IoT deployment.

Partner with Kilo

Use Kilo for a live deployment today, or make Kilo the physical-world operating layer for your AI platform.