Wire Swiss
| Formerly | Zeta Project Swiss GmbH |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Communication software |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founders | Jonathan Christensen, Priidu Zilmer, Alan Duric |
| Headquarters | Zug, Switzerland |
Key people | Benjamin Schilz, CEO Juan Perea Rodríguez, General Manager, CCO |
| Products | Wire |
Number of employees | 50 |
| Website | wire |
Wire Swiss GmbH is a software company with headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. Its development center is in Berlin, Germany. The company is best known for its messaging application called Wire.
The Wire app allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted instant messages, as well as make voice and video calls. The software is available for the iOS, Android, macOS, Linux and Windows operating systems and WebRTC-compatible web browsers. It uses the Internet to make voice and video calls; send text messages, files, images, videos, audio files and user drawings depending on the clients used. It can be used on any of the available clients, requiring a phone number or email for registration. It is hosted inside the European Union and protected by European Union laws.
Many employees working on Wire have previously worked with Skype, and Skype's co-founder Janus Friis is backing the project. Audio quality is one of Wire's key selling points.
Since January 2024 the company is headed by Benjamin Schilz as CEO. Before joining Wire, Schilz founded Acorus Networks and later worked for the security company F5. In April 2024, the company announced a strategic partnership with the Schwarz Group, where the companies of the Schwarz Group would invest in Wire.