# Hologram Inc.

> Hologram is a Chicago-based cellular IoT company that combines programmable SIMs, access to more than 550 carrier networks, a fleet-management dashboard, APIs and outage-protection tools. It sells to businesses putting unattended devices - from smart fridges and security hardware to farm machinery and solar systems - in the field, translating a thicket of carrier contracts and SIM operations into one software-managed service.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Chicago, United States
- **Founders:** Benjamin Forgan (CEO and Cofounder), Patrick Wilbur (CTO and Cofounder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 71 employees in the supplied company dataset; the company said it had 70+ employees when announcing its Series B in 2021.
- **Products:** Global IoT SIM, Hologram Dashboard, Hologram Hyper, Test Mode, Outage Protection
- **Notable:** Reports more than 5,000 customers, millions of connected devices and 99% customer retention., Expanded advertised coverage to 550+ networks across 190+ countries and territories., Raised a $65 million Series B led by Tiger Global in 2021.

## Products & services

- **Global IoT SIM** — Device-agnostic physical and embedded SIM options that connect across 550+ networks in 190+ countries and territories.
- **Hologram Dashboard** — A web control plane for activation, fleet status, usage, billing, reporting, troubleshooting, bulk actions and profile changes.
- **Hologram Hyper** — An eUICC SIM and platform that supports remote carrier-profile updates and network fallback without replacing deployed hardware.
- **Test Mode** — A manufacturing and QA workflow with free test data and automatic activation when devices are ready to deploy.
- **Outage Protection** — Dual-core connectivity with automatic fallback and a company-advertised, contractually guaranteed 99.95% uptime SLA.
- **Conductor** — Policy-based SIM orchestration for fleet provisioning, carrier switching, failover and auditable profile management; announced in alpha with broader availability planned for 2026.

## Achievements

- Reports more than 5,000 customers, millions of connected devices and 99% customer retention.
- Expanded advertised coverage to 550+ networks across 190+ countries and territories.
- Raised a $65 million Series B led by Tiger Global in 2021.
- Hologram Hyper won a 2020 Chicago Innovation Award.
- Built internal tooling that the company says has completed tens of millions of eSIM operations in production.
- Farmer's Fridge reported cutting its IoT bills in half after moving to Hologram.
- Fieldin connected telematics devices on more than 5,000 farm vehicles using Hologram connectivity.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Released Dashboard updates focused on alerts, billing and fleet visibility.
- **2026-04** — Announced Conductor in alpha, offering policy-based provisioning, profile switching and failover for Hyper SIM fleets.
- **2026-02** — Published an implementation guide for the GSMA SGP.32 IoT eSIM standard and began offering limited quantities of SGP.32 Hyper SIMs.
- **2025-03** — Added network coverage and rates views to the Hologram Dashboard.
- **2024** — Marketed Outage Protection with dual mobile cores and a contractually guaranteed 99.95% uptime SLA.

## Links

- Website: https://www.hologram.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3293837/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/hologram
- GitHub: https://github.com/hologram-io
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPPWgESttVE
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hologramio/

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Last updated: 2026-08-21