Each source you plug into Valo instantly becomes a provider for every other system — and a consumer of all of them. One shared layer, not a tangle of point-to-point integrations.
Proven now: 16 Helsinki open-data sources across 9 protocols, fused into one real-time situation layer.
Every system that wants to share data with every other normally needs a custom connection for each pair. Valo replaces that with a single shared layer in the middle.
Every new source means re-integrating with everything already connected. The cost grows with the product of both sides.
Each source connects to Valo once. From that moment it can serve, and draw from, everything else on the layer.
However the data arrives — a REST poll, a real-time stream, a webhook push — it lands in the same shared model. Consumers never know or care which source produced it.
Point Valo at any API, stream, or device — or have the source push to its own ingest endpoint. 9 protocols supported out of the box.
Raw payloads become a small set of shared types — Observation, Event — each carrying source, timestamp, and provenance.
Everything flows through one event backbone. Pulled or pushed, the data looks identical to whoever reads it.
A map, an alert, a report, an AI agent — every consumer reads the same fused layer. No new integration per use.
There's no separate "publisher" and "subscriber" tier. The moment a system joins the layer, it can offer its data to everyone and combine everyone else's — and that's where new value appears.
None of these combinations needed a new integration. They are reads against data that was already on the layer.
Our public demo connects 16 Helsinki open-data sources across 9 protocols into one live situation layer — with 2,500+ national datasets discoverable behind it. This is the substrate working, not a mock-up.
The same primitives — connect once, normalize, reuse — apply anywhere independent systems need to share an operational picture. Civic is what's proven today; the architecture is built to extend.
Agencies and municipalities publish APIs that rarely talk to each other. Valo turns them into reusable data — already live across 16 Helsinki-area sources.
Power, water, transit, ports — each runs its own systems. Valo brings them onto a shared operational layer without forcing anyone onto one platform.
Drones, radar, RF, EO/IR, comms — independently built, rarely interoperable. The same shared-model approach connects them into one picture, with trust-aware fusion on the roadmap.
The civic demo proves the substrate moves data reliably. The next tracks move the picture from how much data flows to how much can be trusted.
Adapters stay flexible. The shared model stays strict.
Data is normalized into a common structure before it is exchanged.
Each source integrates once and becomes reusable across systems.
Protected systems are reached through controlled connectors and delegated authority.
Systems act as both providers and consumers in a shared layer.
Access, classification, and provenance remain attached to data.
When a source goes down, the last known-good data is served and clearly marked.
It's the interoperability layer that lets independent systems work together in real time — each one a provider and a consumer at once.
The fastest way to understand Valo is to watch sixteen unrelated city feeds become one live picture.