Openfin
“Can a financial desktop operating system become the universal enterprise workspace platform for regulated industries?”
Founded in 2010 as an HTML5 runtime provider for financial desktops, OpenFin established itself as the operating system of choice for capital markets firms, enabling interoperability between financial applications. Backed heavily by major banks (JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Barclays, HSBC), the company evolved from a browser-based runtime into a broader enterprise workspace platform. In 2024, the company rebranded as HERE, consolidating its OpenFin Workspace and Container products under a unified enterprise productivity suite — marking a shift from financial-industry-specific infrastructure toward broader enterprise workspace positioning.