The tiny company behind the ‘Harlem Shake’ money trail survived an acquisition, an eight-year corporate chapter and a spinout. Fifteen years later, Symphonic bought the rights-management machine - and the lesson is more useful than the meme.
Intertrust is a Berkeley-based trusted computing pioneer that builds the cryptographic plumbing for connected devices, media, and energy systems. Founded in 1990 as the inventor of DRM, it now sells PKI, identity, and data-governance tools to clients like Sony, Philips, LG, and a growing roster of utilities and virtual power plant operators.