Our Story

Many manufacturers build intelligent products whose full potential is limited by the infrastructure required to connect them. Installation costs, physical wiring, system complexity, and difficult operating environments can restrict where products are deployed, how easily systems expand, and what capabilities manufacturers can offer their customers.

78Dragons was created to change that equation.

We believe the right communications architecture should make a product easier to install, operate, expand, and improve. It should preserve what already works while opening the door to capabilities that may not have been practical before.

The goal is not to replace existing infrastructure simply because another option exists. The goal is to help manufacturers choose the approach that produces the best operational and economic result.

The value of better connectivity extends well beyond installation.

When a system requires less supporting infrastructure, manufacturers and their customers can reduce deployment time, simplify expansion, reach difficult locations, improve device visibility, and introduce new services more efficiently.

Those gains compound throughout the product lifecycle:

• Less infrastructure to design and install
• Greater flexibility in product and system design
• Faster and less disruptive deployments
• Easier system expansion and reconfiguration
• Improved device supervision and operational visibility
• New recurring service and data opportunities
• Longer useful life for existing equipment

That is the opportunity 78Dragons is pursuing: helping companies accomplish more with the products, resources, and infrastructure they already have.

Solve Real Problems

We focus on practical challenges affecting how systems are designed, installed, operated, and maintained. Technology must create a meaningful improvement, not simply add another feature.

Prove What We Say

We test under real-world conditions and communicate capabilities, limitations, risks, and readiness honestly. We do not claim performance that has not been demonstrated.

Protect What Already Works

Innovation should strengthen existing products and operations without forcing unnecessary replacement or disruption.

Create Shared Value

Strong partnerships should produce measurable and equitable value for everyone involved. We believe expectations, responsibilities, risks, and opportunities should be clear from the beginning.

Take Responsibility

We accept ownership of our decisions and results. When evidence challenges an assumption or a problem arises, we address it directly and adjust accordingly.

We begin with the product, the operating environment, and the business objective.

Our role is to understand how a system is currently built, where infrastructure creates limitations, and what measurable gains could be achieved through a different communications architecture. That may include reducing installation requirements, expanding system reach, improving resilience, connecting previously isolated devices, or enabling capabilities that create new value for the OEM and its customers.

We work collaboratively with manufacturers and technology partners to determine where HOTMesh™ fits, where it does not, and what must be proven before moving forward.

HOTMesh™ is a patented industrial wireless mesh networking protocol designed specifically for OEM integration.

Rather than functioning as a consumer accessory or stand-alone communications product, HOTMesh™ becomes part of the manufacturer’s solution. It provides a resilient communications backbone capable of supporting up to 1,000 nodes through a single gateway, with larger deployments supported through multiple gateways.

HOTMesh™ is designed for secure communications, predictable performance, remote updating, and real-world deployment across industries such as physical security, building systems, energy, critical infrastructure, environmental monitoring, smart cities, agriculture, aerospace, defense, and industrial operations.