Solitude Labs Relocates Headquarters to West Palm Beach, Expands Energy Cybersecurity Presence
Cybersecurity startup Solitude Labs has relocated its headquarters from Chicago to West Palm Beach, further strengthening South Florida’s growing position as a hub for energy, infrastructure and deep-tech innovation.
CEO James Wolf announced the move during the February 2026 Florida Venture Capital Conference, highlighting the company’s expansion amid its participation in the 35 Mules Innovation Hub. The conference is organized by the Florida Venture Form.
Solitude Labs shared on social media, “Being in a room full of forward-thinking founders and the prominent VC figures driving Florida's innovation economy was exactly the kind of energy we needed. Which is why we couldn't think of a better moment to make it official - Solitude Labs is now headquartered in Florida!”
“We’ve now officially relocated to South Florida and are excited to be building in a rapidly growing tech and innovation ecosystem,” wrote Wolf.
The relocation places Solitude Labs closer to major energy companies, infrastructure partners and investors as it scales its cybersecurity platform designed to protect modern electric grids.
Protecting the Modern Electric Grid
Solitude Labs develops cybersecurity technology focused on distributed energy infrastructure and industrial control systems.
As electric grids evolve from centralized power plants to decentralized networks of connected devices, including solar systems, battery storage, EV chargers and smart grid equipment, the number of endpoints interacting with utilities has grown dramatically. While this shift improves efficiency and resilience, it also introduces new vulnerabilities.
Solitude Labs addresses this challenge through a decentralized, zero-trust security architecture designed to protect communications between distributed energy devices and utility networks.
Its platform incorporates encrypted device-to-device communications, secure hardware gateways and protocol translation designed to standardize communication across industrial systems and energy technologies. The goal is to allow utilities and grid operators to manage distributed assets securely while preventing unauthorized device interactions.
Accelerator Experience Helped Establish Florida Presence
The company’s relocation to West Palm Beach comes after its acceptance into the 35 Mules Innovation Hub, an accelerator program run by NextEra Energy, the parent company of Florida Power & Light.
The program connects early-stage companies with energy industry leaders, engineers and researchers to help develop pilot projects and commercial partnerships.
Through the accelerator, Solitude Labs worked with energy experts and utility stakeholders while refining its cybersecurity platform for distributed energy systems. The experience also helped the company establish relationships within Florida’s energy ecosystem.
"35 Mules has given Solitude Labs direct access to NextEra / FPL’s subject matter expertise and deep connections across the energy and critical infrastructure ecosystem, accelerating our path to market in ways that would have taken years to build on our own, “ shared CEO James Wolf.
He continued, “Danielle Mousseau is a huge reason why. The culture she’s built at 35 Mules is what sets the program apart because she genuinely invests in every founder, opens the right doors, and makes sure you have what you need to succeed."
Strategic Partnership with Siemens
As the company expands, Solitude Labs has also formed partnerships with major industrial technology providers to accelerate deployment of its cybersecurity platform.
The startup is now an authorized partner of Siemens for Industrial Automation and Communication. This designation enables Solitude Labs to integrate its cybersecurity architecture directly with Siemens technologies that are widely used across utilities, manufacturing facilities and large-scale energy infrastructure.
By working within existing industrial systems, the partnership allows Solitude Labs to embed its “security on the edge” capabilities into environments that rely on connected operational technology, including power plants, refineries and pipeline systems. This level of integration is particularly valuable for organizations seeking to modernize legacy infrastructure while maintaining strong cybersecurity protections.
As cyber threats increasingly target operational technology systems rather than traditional IT networks, these integrations position Solitude Labs to deploy its platform across a broad range of industrial environments where resilience and uptime are critical to national and economic security.
Growth and Momentum in a Rising Infrastructure Hub
Solitude Labs is continuing to scale its technical team as demand grows for cybersecurity solutions designed to protect critical infrastructure.
The company recently welcomed Steve Granada as Director of Engineering, bringing over a decade of experience in understanding how critical infrastructure can fail under attack and building solutions to harden it. Few professionals can navigate both hardware and software as fluently as Granada, from reverse-engineering embedded devices to developing deployable security tools from the ground up. His “battle-tested” expertise positions Solitude Labs to secure industrial and energy systems where downtime is not an option.
Joining him is Joshua Primero, Solitude Labs’ Founding Engineer, whose background spans blockchain architecture, distributed ledger systems, custom virtual machines, and peer-reviewed consensus protocol research. A founder himself and deeply R&D-minded, Primero thrives on tackling problems without existing solutions, exactly the type of frontier-level engineering required to secure complex, distributed energy and industrial systems.
This expansion comes as South Florida emerges as an increasingly attractive destination for energy, defense, and deep-tech companies. With major industry players such as NextEra Energy headquartered in the region and innovation programs like the 35 Mules Innovation Hub drawing startups from across the country, Florida is becoming a focal point for advancements in energy technology, grid modernization, and infrastructure security.
For Solitude Labs, establishing its headquarters in South Florida places the company at the center of a rapidly growing ecosystem focused on the future of energy and critical infrastructure, while supporting its continued hiring and product development efforts.
