Element

Element is a Matrix-based team messaging app from the London company that maintains the Matrix open standard. It ships channels, direct messages, voice and video calls, threads, and bridges to Slack, Microsoft Teams, IRC, and XMPP — all on top of decentralised, federated infrastructure with end-to-end encryption on by default. Deployment options span Element’s hosted SaaS, on-premise self-hosting, and a hardened high-security variant. Real-world reference deployments include the German armed forces (Bundeswehr Messenger), the French Gendarmerie (Tchap successor), and the German statutory healthcare TI Messenger network — buyers tend to choose Element when sovereignty, federation, or end-to-end encryption are mandatory.

Element Creations Ltd (Companies House #10873661, formerly New Vector Ltd) is a London-headquartered open-source collaboration company, with engineering offices in Germany (Element Software GmbH) and France (Element SARL). Founded in 2017 by Matthew Hodgson and Amandine Le Pape, the company commercialises the Matrix open standard for federated real-time communication, which they originally invented at Amdocs and spun out into the independent Matrix.org Foundation. Element ships a hosted SaaS, on-premise deployment, and high-security variants used by government and defence buyers including the Bundeswehr, French Gendarmerie, and the German healthcare TI Messenger network.