Istari Digital, founded in 2022, is building what it describes as the world's first open and scalable industrial metaverse. The company's core work centres on digital twins - enabling engineering teams to integrate models across disciplines, organisations, and security classifications to create digital counterparts of physical systems. Its Digital Twin Platform eliminates vendor lock-in and version-control problems, supporting real-time collaboration with a zero-trust, decentralised security framework that keeps data control with its owners.
The company's ambitions are demonstrated through its programme leadership. Istari Digital leads the Flyer One programme in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, with the goal of demonstrating the world's first digitally certified aircraft. The firm's technology serves industries spanning aerospace to agriculture.
Istari Digital was founded by Dr. Will Roper, former U.S. Air Force acquisition chief, and is backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. The company's focus on zero-trust security and rigorous engineering integration reflects a technical culture rooted in defence-grade standards and large-scale systems engineering.