Inspeere

Inspeere is a French deeptech startup founded in 2017 in Poitiers, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The company is the developer of DATIS, a distributed backup solution that it co-developed with the CNRS (I3S laboratory, Université Côte d'Azur). Inspeere positions itself around a single conviction: organizations that do not control their critical data do not control their continuity. Centralized cloud architectures, however performant in normal times, become single points of failure in the event of a cyberattack, outage or contractual rupture. DATIS is designed to answer this structural problem by distributing encrypted and fragmented data across a peer-to-peer network of appliances hosted at the clients' own premises, so that no centralized target remains to be compromised. DATIS is presented as the only distributed backup solution combining four properties simultaneously: immutability (ZFS storage with non-modifiable snapshots), encrypted fragmentation (a CNRS-patented Reed-Solomon algorithm), a P2P architecture without a centralized datacenter, and a carbon footprint measurably lower than equivalent cloud solutions. The environmental claim was validated by a life-cycle analysis (ACV) conducted with ADEME through the PERFECTO program: DATIS is said to generate 20% less CO2, consume 32% less primary energy and mobilize 40% less natural resources than an equivalent cloud backup solution. The architecture has also undergone an independent security audit commissioned by the Métropole du Grand Paris, and DATIS carries the France Cybersécurité and RésiMark labels. The product is built around three steps: install (plug in, power on, operational without technical expertise), back up (automatic, continuous and invisible), and restore (from encrypted, unalterable fragments, to the minute, with zero data loss and zero negotiation). Inspeere emphasizes digital sovereignty: data is fragmented and encrypted, distributed over the peer-to-peer network of DATIS appliances, and the keys remain the client's own — no fragment is readable without them, neither by Inspeere nor by anyone else. Pricing is described as predictable and without egress fees. The company targets organizations that need resilient, sovereign backup of critical data, and presents itself as the only eco-responsible distributed backup solution, with figures validated by ADEME.

Inspeere was founded in 2017 in Poitiers, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France, as a deeptech startup. Its founding conviction was that organizations which do not master their critical data do not master their continuity, and that centralized cloud architectures — however performant in normal conditions — become single points of failure in the event of a cyberattack, outage or contractual rupture. To address this, Inspeere co-developed DATIS with the CNRS, specifically the I3S laboratory at Université Côte d'Azur. DATIS is a distributed backup infrastructure that is immutable and sovereign, protected by patent. Its architecture distributes encrypted and fragmented data across a peer-to-peer network of appliances hosted at the clients' own premises, so that no centralized target exists to be compromised. The company describes this as resilience by construction rather than by configuration. DATIS combines four properties simultaneously: immutability through ZFS storage with non-modifiable snapshots; encrypted fragmentation using a CNRS-patented Reed-Solomon algorithm; a P2P architecture without a centralized datacenter; and a carbon footprint measurably lower than equivalent cloud solutions. The environmental performance was validated by a life-cycle analysis (ACV) conducted with ADEME through the PERFECTO program, which found that DATIS generates 20% less CO2, consumes 32% less primary energy and mobilizes 40% less natural resources than an equivalent cloud backup solution. The architecture also underwent an independent security audit commissioned by the Métropole du Grand Paris. DATIS carries the France Cybersécurité and RésiMark labels. The product is designed around three steps: install (plug in, power on, operational without technical expertise), back up (automatic, continuous and invisible), and restore (from encrypted, unalterable fragments, to the minute, with zero data loss and zero negotiation). Inspeere emphasizes digital independence and sovereignty: data is fragmented and encrypted, distributed over the peer-to-peer network of DATIS appliances, and the keys remain the client's own — no fragment is readable without them, neither by Inspeere nor by anyone else. Pricing is described as predictable and without egress fees.

• 2017

  Inspeere founded in Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

• DATIS co-developed with the CNRS (I3S laboratory, Université Côte d'Azur).

• DATIS architecture audited independently on behalf of the Métropole du Grand Paris.

• Life-cycle analysis with ADEME via the PERFECTO program validates lower environmental footprint.

• DATIS awarded France Cybersécurité and RésiMark labels.

Sovereign, immutable and distributed backup infrastructure resilient to ransomware, with a lower carbon footprint than equivalent cloud solutions.

• DATIS

  Distributed, immutable and sovereign backup infrastructure using encrypted fragmentation (CNRS-patented Reed-Solomon algorithm), ZFS immutability, and a peer-to-peer network of appliances hosted at client premises.

1. 1Sauvegarde distribuée, immuable et souveraine : DATIS par INSPEEREinspeere.com
2. 2À propos d'INSPEERE : la startup deeptech derrière DATIS, solution de sauvegarde souveraineinspeere.com
3. 3Wikidata Q135451381wikidata.org