Smart City Factory GmbH is a Berlin-based technology company founded in 2021, operating as a brand of GSS Smart Solutions GmbH. Headquartered in the Adlershof Technology Park — one of Germany's largest science and technology hubs — the company develops secure, scalable smart city solutions built on its proprietary Cyber-Hedgehog edge computing platform.
The company's core product portfolio spans four areas: Smart Parking, E-Mobility, Smart Metering, and IoT Sensors. Its Smart Parking solution uses IoT sensors to monitor parking space availability in real time, reducing search traffic and emissions. The E-Mobility offering provides intelligent EV charging infrastructure with load management, billing, and charge point administration. Smart Metering enables automated, real-time capture and analysis of utility consumption data for electricity, gas, and water, supporting transparent billing and resource optimization. The IoT Sensor portfolio covers environmental monitoring including temperature, air quality, noise levels, humidity, and motion detection.
All solutions are underpinned by the Cyber-Hedgehog platform, a secure edge computing architecture that processes sensor data locally rather than in centralized cloud data centers. This approach reduces latency, minimizes data traffic, and enhances data privacy and sovereignty. The platform supports integration with AI tools and open-source systems through an API-first design.
Smart City Factory has implemented projects in Frankfurt (E-Mobility and IoT), Hannover (parking), Kaiserslautern (Smart Metering and IoT), and Prague (Smart Metering and IoT). The company employs 2–10 people and emphasizes data protection, energy efficiency, and modular, future-proof system design. It actively seeks distribution partners to expand its smart city solutions across European municipalities.