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Yeomans: Atombeam runs 400x faster than compression on sub-10-byte files

Charles Yeomans · How this SaaS Raised $2.4m Crowdfunding at $10m Valuation · Nov 20, 2021 · at 2:01

Charles Yeomans, CEO of Atombeam, explains how his company's IoT data compaction technology compares to traditional data compression.

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“We make a piece of software that is small, light, ultra fast, 400 times faster than compression. And it will work on the tiniest little files that you could imagine, like under 10 bytes.”

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The claim, plainly

Atombeam's software operates 400 times faster than standard data compression and works on IoT files smaller than 10 bytes.

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Assessment

On November 20, 2021, then-CEO Charles Yeomans asserted that Atombeam software runs 400 times faster than standard data compression and operates on files smaller than 10 bytes. While Atombeam repeatedly stated these specifications across internal white papers, promotional releases, and grant applications from 2020 through 2024, no independent technical benchmarks or published third-party evaluation reports have verified or refuted these specific performance claims as of September 2026. Because the horizon is a pipeline default rather than a speaker-stated deadline, and independent technical verification has not yet been conducted and published, the claim remains open and determinable only once third-party benchmarks become available.

Atombeam repeatedly claimed 400x speed and 4-to-100 byte compaction in promotional materials, white papers, and SBIR abstracts between 2020 and 2024.
No independent technical benchmarks, peer-reviewed computer science papers, or third-party validation studies measuring speed against standard compression libraries or sub-10-byte file compaction have been published as of September 2026.
A June 30, 2026 third-party evaluation by TrustFoundry evaluated application security and cryptographic oracle resistance rather than data compaction ratios or processing speed.

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[1] getlatka.com [2] getlatka.com [3] techascensionawards.com [4] prnewswire.com [5] atombeamtech.com [6] send2press.com [7] sbir.gov [8] medium.com

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