Radar · Edge Computing in California
Best Edge Computing Companies in California, United States
The 99 best Edge Computing companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Confluent.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
99companies tracked
$4.2Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
60have raised
Ranked: Best Edge Computing companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confluent Provider of a platform for data streaming and event processing | $456M | 74 mo ago | 25 | 2014 | Jay Kreps Co-Founder & CEO | 38 patents Real-time data streaming platforms with AI-driven query, schema management, and low‑latency event processing | — |
| 2 | Celestial AI Developer of optical interconnect technology for artificial intelligence infrastructure systems 83Funding top 21%Innovation top 25%Growth top 25%Patents top 25% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Innovationtop 25% Growthtop 25% Patentstop 25% Moattop 26% Newstop 27% AItop 30% Talenttop 38% Partnerstop 40% Techtop 44% Markettop 48% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $370M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 5 yrs (1.2/yr) Innovation: 190 patents (top 25% of patent-holders) · 190 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $370M | 15 mo ago | 100 | 2020 | Preet Virk Co-Founder | 190 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 3 | SiMa.ai Developer of hardware and software platform for physical artificial intelligence 69Funding top 15%AI top 22%Moat top 31%Partners top 32% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 15% AItop 22% Moattop 31% Partnerstop 32% Talenttop 38% Techtop 41% Markettop 45% Producttop 45% Growthtop 47% Newstop 49% Innovationbottom 48% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $330M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $330M | 2 mo ago | 161 | 2018 | Krishna Rangasayee Founder and CEO | — | 2 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 4 | Versa Networks Provider of secure access service edge (SASE) and SD-WAN solutions | $316M | 43 mo ago | — | 2012 | Apurva Mehta Co-Founder & CTO | 85 patents Secure networking: SASE connectivity, tunnel‑less SD‑WAN flow handling, cloud security, and remote browser isolation. | — |
| 5 | Silver Peak Cloud-based SD-WAN solutions provider | $251M | 85 mo ago | 26 | 2004 | — | 120 patents SD-WAN overlay, policy‑based packet processing, traffic steering, and network optimization | — |
| 6 | Couchbase AI powered dbaas for enterprises | $251M | 73 mo ago | 359 359 → 864 (+141%) | 2009 | Bj Schaknowski Chief Executive Officer | 47 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 7 | Blaize Developer of hardware and software solutions optimizing artificial intelligence applications 90Funding top 14%Product top 18%Innovation top 22%News top 23% All 13 signals ▾Fundingtop 14% Producttop 18% Innovationtop 22% Newstop 23% Growthtop 25% AItop 25% Patentstop 27% Moattop 28% Partnerstop 29% Talenttop 35% Markettop 38% Techtop 39% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $242M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 10 yrs (0.4/yr) Product: 2 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · Company stage: Public rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 90/100 | $242M | 7 mo ago | 350 | 2010 | Satyaki Koneru Co-Founder | 69 patents Accelerated graph neural network processing and power‑efficient AI hardware solutions | 3 partnerships |
| 8 | Kneron 🦄 Developer of edge artificial intelligence solutions including SoCs and AI models | $226M | 32 mo ago | 38 38 → 92 (+142%) | 2015 | Frank Chang Co-Founder | 77 patents Edge AI inference accelerators using compute-in-memory and residue number systems | 1 partnership |
| 9 | Fastly Provider of edge cloud platform services for building and delivering applications | $224M | 63 mo ago | 779 779 → 1,415 (+82%) | 2011 | — | 336 patents Edge network security, traffic optimization, and bot detection for CDN services | 1 launch |
| 10 | Qwilt Developer of an open caching and video delivery platform at the mobile edge | $135M | 56 mo ago | 11 | 2010 | Alon Maor Co-Founder & CEO | 27 patents Edge caching and multicast delivery for high‑availability video streaming | — |
| 11 | ZEDEDA Provider of cloud-based edge virtualization software 72Funding top 22%Growth top 25%News top 30%Talent top 30% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Growthtop 25% Newstop 30% Talenttop 30% Producttop 36% Techtop 40% Moattop 41% Markettop 47% Innovationtop 49% Patentsbottom 49% Globalbottom 47% Funding: Raised $130M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $130M | 17 mo ago | 99 | 2016 | Christine Sheets Senior Executive Assistant | 3 patents Secure boot and remote attestation for air‑gapped edge computing devices | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 12 | Syntiant Provider of neural processing units for edge computing applications | $121M | 33 mo ago | 95 | 2017 | Kurt Busch CEO | 109 patents Ultra‑low‑power neuromorphic AI chips for edge audio and sensor inference. | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 13 | Platform9 Provider of container development and management platform | $100M | 48 mo ago | 64 | 2013 | Sirish Raghuram Co-Founder | 4 patents Cloud workload orchestration and private cloud-as-a-service provisioning platforms | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 14 | Zenlayer Provider of distributed cloud infrastructure, networking, and connectivity solutions | $90M | 53 mo ago | 67 | 2014 | Joe Zhu Founder / CEO | — | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 15 | Flex Logix Provider of a reconfigurable computing company that provides embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, architecture, and… | $82M | 63 mo ago | 67 | 2014 | Dejan Markovic Co-Founder | 155 patents High‑throughput AI/ML hardware accelerators for MAC and FFT tensor processing | — |
| 16 | FogHorn Provider of an edge AI platform offering analytics solutions | $70M | 75 mo ago | 50 | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Macrometa Cloud based data mesh and edge-integrated platforms for application development | $68M | 43 mo ago | 90 | 2017 | Chetan Venkatesh Co-Founder & CEO | 8 patents Optimizing document database garbage collection and ontology-driven backend code generation. | — |
| 18 | Ditto Distributed database platform | $54M | 38 mo ago | 98 | 2018 | Adam Fish Co-Founder | 34 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 2 launchs |
| 19 | Kinara AI Providers of AI-based edge processor | $54M | 57 mo ago | 55 | 2014 | Wajahat Qadeer Co-Founder | 7 patents AI model serving infrastructure with multiprocessing proxy and application prototyping tools | — |
| 20 | Edge Impulse Platform offering AI-powered chat automation and intelligent business solutions | $53M | 54 mo ago | 102 | 2019 | Zach Shelby Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 21 | Analog Inference Analog Inference is a provider of AI inference accelerators | $50M | 36 mo ago | 45 | 2018 | Carey Kloss CEO | — | — |
| 22 | EnCharge Developer of hardware and software for edge-to-cloud artificial intelligence compute | $45M | 16 mo ago | 35 | 2022 | Echere Iroaga Co-Founder | 14 patents Configurable analog-to-digital converters and high‑throughput in‑memory computing arrays | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 23 | NGD Systems Developer of SSD storage systems | $45M | 76 mo ago | 34 | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 24 | Litmus Provider of an edge data platform for industrial artificial intelligence 62Tech top 21%Funding top 26%Talent top 28%Growth top 35% All 11 signals ▾Techtop 21% Fundingtop 26% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% AItop 35% Moattop 41% Globalbottom 39% Innovationbottom 37% Marketbottom 33% Patentsbottom 25% Newsbottom 22% Tech: 48 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Azure, Cloudflare Funding: Raised $42.6M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 11 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $43M | 7 mo ago | 24 | 2013 | John Younes Co-Founder & COO | 2 patents Rapid immunoassay-based detection of pathogens and hazardous chemicals | — |
| 25 | Expedera Provider of AI accelerators | $38M | 27 mo ago | 13 | 2018 | Sharad Chole Co-Founder | 48 patents Hardware-accelerated neural network and matrix processing for image warping and scalable ML. | — |
| 26 | DeGirum Developer of an AI platform, software, and hardware acceleration solutions 57AI top 30%Funding top 35%Growth top 35%Talent top 38% All 10 signals ▾AItop 30% Fundingtop 35% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techtop 39% Patentstop 41% Innovationtop 43% Moattop 47% Globalbottom 35% Marketbottom 28% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence Funding: Raised $37.2M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 6 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $37M | 11 mo ago | — | 2017 | Shashi Chilappagari Co-Founder | 63 patents High‑performance matrix multiplication hardware and ring‑network interconnects for AI accelerators | — |
| 27 | Eta Compute Manufacturer of the SoCs for edge computing and embedded systems | $32M | 66 mo ago | 16 16 → 8 (-50%) | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 28 | Volterra Edge Services Provider of a cloud-based edge computing platform | $25M | 97 mo ago | 35 | 2017 | Harshad Nakil Co-Founder | — | — |
| 29 | Latent AI Provider of an ML optimisation platform for edge applications 57AI top 25%Funding top 33%Growth top 35%Moat top 37% All 12 signals ▾AItop 25% Fundingtop 33% Growthtop 35% Moattop 37% Talenttop 38% Newstop 41% Techtop 45% Producttop 46% Patentstop 48% Innovationtop 49% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 29% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Funding: Raised $22.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 7 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $22M | 10 mo ago | 13 | 2018 | Jags Kandasamy Co-Founder & CEO | 7 patents Runtime-optimized, secure, and dynamically adaptable neural network inference engines | 1 internship |
| 30 | Volta Networks Provider of SDN based network management solutions provider | $22M | 74 mo ago | 57 | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 31 | Iotium Edge-to-cloud platform simplifying operational technology for secure, smart, and sustainable spaces | $22M | 93 mo ago | 34 | 2015 | — | 4 patents Secure data‑diode TCP/UDP proxy and edge web‑service management for industrial IoT networks | — |
| 32 | alwaysAI Platform to build and deploy computer vision (CV) applications for embedded devices | $16M | 49 mo ago | 29 29 → 47 (+62%) | 2018 | Steven Griset Co-Founder & CTO | 8 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 33 | Gridware Real-time grid intelligence platform for safer, more resilient power grids 50Funding top 28%Growth top 28%Talent top 28%Moat top 39% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Growthtop 28% Talenttop 28% Moattop 39% Newstop 43% Techbottom 43% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 32% Funding: Raised $15.9M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 6 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $16M | 7 mo ago | 18 | 2020 | Hall Chen Co-Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 34 | Ambarella Manufacturer of AI-enabled image processors | $15M | 47 mo ago | 244 | 2004 | Fermi Wang CEO | 193 patents Advanced video/image processing and sensor‑fusion for automotive ADAS and security cameras | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 35 | NovuMind Develops hardware for training and running AI models | $15M | 114 mo ago | 21 | 2015 | — | 3 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 36 | Infiot Provider of cloud-based intelligent thin wireless edge access platform | $15M | 68 mo ago | 11 | 2018 | Anupam Rai Co-Founder | — | — |
| 37 | AlphaICs Provider of processors for datacenters and multiple AI based applications | $10M | 76 mo ago | 19 | 2016 | Basoor Basavaraju ex-Co-Founder | 14 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 38 | Lemurian Labs Developer of software stack designed to run AI workloads on hardware 48AI top 20%Growth top 35%Funding top 40%Tech bottom 45% All 8 signals ▾AItop 20% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 40% Techbottom 45% Globalbottom 39% Moatbottom 38% Marketbottom 28% Newsbottom 19% AI: Classified as an AI company Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $9M | 6 mo ago | 24 | 2018 | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 39 | Ditto Provider of a resilient edge device connectivity platform | $9M | 15 mo ago | 43 | 2011 | Adam Fish Co-Founder & CEO | 34 patents AI-powered image recognition for eyewear fitting and automated financial portfolio synchronization | — |
| 40 | Adapdix Provider of asset monitoring software | $8M | 64 mo ago | 34 | 2014 | Anthony Hill Co-Founder & CEO | 4 patents ML-driven mobile edge device clustering, network health aggregation, and real-time adaptive control | — |
| 41 | Roviero Provider of AI-based robots for e-vehicle charging | $7M | 63 mo ago | 6 | 2017 | — | 6 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 42 | Xaptum Secure data exchange for IoT via software-defined, multi-tenant IPv6 network | $6M | 86 mo ago | 8 | 2013 | — | 19 patents Secure, virtualized message brokering and proprietary data transmission for networked systems | — |
| 43 | Tsecond Tsecond develops technologies that activate big data to drive insights and innovation | $5M | 41 mo ago | 7 | 2014 | Sahil Chawla Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 44 | 375ai AI powered data collection platform | $5M | 8 mo ago | — | 2022 | Rob Atherton Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer | — | 1 launch |
| 45 | Acromove Provider of portable NAS system | $3M | 13 mo ago | 17 | 2001 | Artemios Achillopoulos Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 46 | NimbleEdge On-device machine learning platform for real-time personalization in mobile apps | $3M | 54 mo ago | — | 2020 | Varun Khare CEO | — | — |
| 47 | ANAFLASH Provider of nonvolatile reflex computing enabler | $3M | 19 mo ago | 11 | 2021 | Seung-Hwan Song Co-Founder & CEO | 88 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 48 | EdgeX Provider of AI and cloud-based edge and IoT development middleware | $2M | 43 mo ago | — | 2018 | Timothy Gibbons CEO | — | — |
| 49 | CyberSwarm Provider of solutions for cyberattack 37AI top 25%Moat top 25%Patents top 28%Innovation top 32% All 10 signals ▾AItop 25% Moattop 25% Patentstop 28% Innovationtop 32% Producttop 36% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 45% Techbottom 45% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 16% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 29 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $1M | 1 mo ago | 6 | 2017 | Raneti Mihai Founder & CEO | 29 patents Neuromorphic hardware and training methods for AI pattern recognition systems | — |
Top 12 Edge Computing companies in California
#1
Series C · San Jose, California · founded 2018 · 161 employees$330Mraised▾
Series C · San Jose, California · founded 2018 · 161 employees
Developer of hardware and software platform for physical artificial intelligence. The company offers a machine learning system-on-chip, boards, and development kits. The hardware and software are designed for robotics, automotive, industrial, government, retail, and healthcare sectors. The company's platform supports computer vision, large language models, and multimodal models.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 15%AI
top 22%Moat
top 31%Partners
top 32%Talent
top 38%Tech
top 41%Funding: Raised $330M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Series C (Apr 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 25k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Mistral Solutions (a subsidiary of AXISCADES)) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series C—
- Aug 2025Series C$85M
- Apr 2024Series B$70M
- Jun 2023Series B$13M
Founders & team
Investors
Dell Technologies Capital, Amplify Partners, Wing Venture Capital, ND Capital, Fidelity Investments, Alter Venture Partners
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAmerican ExpressApple Icloud MailAuth0Cart FunctionalityCdnjs
#2
Public · El Dorado Hills, California · founded 2010 · 350 employees$242Mraised▾
Public · El Dorado Hills, California · founded 2010 · 350 employees
Developer of hardware and software solutions optimizing artificial intelligence applications. The company provides platforms designed for efficient, flexible, accurate, and cost-effective deployment of AI at the edge. It offers a graph streaming processor architecture and an AI software suite. The company’s products address AI use cases across various markets.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 90how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 14%Product
top 18%Innovation
top 22%News
top 23%Growth
top 25%AI
top 25%Funding: Raised $242M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 10 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Nov 2025)
Product: 2 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · Company stage: Public
Innovation: 69 patents (top 25% of patent-holders) · 55 filings since 2022 vs 14 in 2017-21 · 3 new-product events in 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 17k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 partnerships (incl. Winmate Inc.) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Post IPO$30M
- Apr 2024Post IPO$106M
- Jul 2021Series D$71M
- Sep 2018Series C$65M
Founders & team
Investors
Magna, DENSO, Temasek, GGV Capital, Wavemaker Partners, SGInnovate
Tech stack
Acquia Cloud PlatformAcquia Cloud Site FactoryAkamaiAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapCdnjs
#3
Acquired · Santa Clara, California · founded 2020 · 100 employees$370Mraised▾
Acquired · Santa Clara, California · founded 2020 · 100 employees
Developer of optical interconnect technology for artificial intelligence infrastructure systems. The company’s technology aims to improve artificial intelligence system performance through optical interconnectivity. It focuses on enabling efficient scaling of artificial intelligence to advance progress in various fields. The company’s platform is designed for integration into next-generation artificial intelligence systems.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 83how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 21%Innovation
top 25%Growth
top 25%Patents
top 25%Moat
top 26%News
top 27%Funding: Raised $370M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 5 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Series C (Feb 2025)
Innovation: 190 patents (top 25% of patent-holders) · 190 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence, Tech Hardware
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 20k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2025Series C$250M
- Mar 2024Series C$175M
- Jun 2023Series B$100M
- Dec 2021Series A$56M
Founders & team
Investors
Koch Disruptive Technologies, Xora Innovation, Engine, Tyche Partners, M Ventures, Fitz Gate Ventures
Tech stack
AngularApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#4
Series C · Santa Clara, California · founded 2013 · 24 employees$42.6Mraised▾
Series C · Santa Clara, California · founded 2013 · 24 employees
Provider of an edge data platform for industrial artificial intelligence. The platform facilitates connectivity to operational technology assets and systems. It transforms raw data into normalized formats, enabling integration with cloud and enterprise systems. The platform offers edge analytics for monitoring trends and key performance indicators. It also supports running artificial intelligence and machine learning models at the edge.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 21%Funding
top 26%Talent
top 28%Growth
top 35%AI
top 35%Moat
top 41%Tech: 48 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Azure, Cloudflare · Devops: Nginx
Funding: Raised $42.6M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 11 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series C (Nov 2025)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 30k LinkedIn followers — 2.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series C—
- Sep 2022Series B$30M
- May 2019Series A$7M
- Feb 2017Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Belden, Mitsubishi Corporation, Momenta, Alchemist Accelerator, Insight Partners, Munich Re
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAzureAzure MonitorCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#5
Series B · Sacramento, California · founded 2020 · 18 employees$15.9Mraised▾
Series B · Sacramento, California · founded 2020 · 18 employees
Real-time grid intelligence platform for safer, more resilient power grids. They provide solutions for electric utilities to maintain uptime and address hazards like fallen limbs or damaged power lines. Their Active Grid Response (AGR) platform offers constant visibility into real-time electrical, physical, and environmental conditions by capturing information directly at the pole. This technology enables immediate detection, precise localization, detailed identification, and monitoring during outages. They partner with power companies to improve grid safety and reliability, helping crews get to the right location with the right information. Their platform prevents hazards, restores power quickly and safely, and extends the life of assets in the field. They are committed to providing line workers with the tools they need to fix the grid efficiently, respond strategically, and keep communities safe. This is a SaaS platform that offers a subscription service for utilities, providing real-time hazard intelligence and field-tested insights.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%Growth
top 28%Talent
top 28%Moat
top 39%News
top 43%Tech
bottom 43%Funding: Raised $15.9M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 6 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Nov 2025)
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 68k LinkedIn followers — 5.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series B$55M
- Jan 2025Series A$26.4M
- Jun 2023Seed$10.5M
- 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
TRAC, Y Combinator, True Ventures, Fifty Years, Liquid 2 Ventures, Wireframe Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-JsGoogle Font Api
#6
Series A · Santa Clara, California · founded 2017$37.2Mraised▾
Series A · Santa Clara, California · founded 2017
Developer of an AI platform, software, and hardware acceleration solutions. The company provides tools for building, deploying, and scaling edge artificial intelligence applications. It offers a Python software development kit for running inference across supported hardware. The platform includes cloud model management, deployment workflows, and a cloud compiler for model optimization. Application packages deliver ready-to-run solutions.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 30%Funding
top 35%Growth
top 35%Talent
top 38%Tech
top 39%Patents
top 41%AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence
Funding: Raised $37.2M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 6 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Jul 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Series A$5M
- Apr 2024Series A$6M
- Jul 2023Series A$7M
- Apr 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Tech stack
CloudflareGitbookGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsHstsHttp/3
#7
Series C · Santa Clara, California · founded 2016 · 99 employees$129.6Mraised▾
Series C · Santa Clara, California · founded 2016 · 99 employees
Provider of cloud-based edge virtualization software. It provides a solution to control, visibility, and security of edge applications. It consists a cloud-based controller to gain visibility and control across all devices and applications and an application catalog to deploy and manage applications.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 22%Growth
top 25%News
top 30%Talent
top 30%Product
top 36%Tech
top 40%Funding: Raised $130M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series C (Jan 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 31 tracked, 7 types) · +200% YoY · Top themes: Announcements, Leadership
Audience (LinkedIn): 9k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Vipia Crosswave OEM Partner Program) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2025Series C—
- Dec 2023Series C$72M
- Dec 2022Series B—
- Jul 2022Series B$26M
Founders & team
Investors
Coast Range Capital, Lux Capital, Energize Capital, Almaz Capital, Porsche Ventures, Chevron
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDocusignElementor
#8
Series A · Santa Clara, California · founded 2018 · 24 employees$9Mraised▾
Series A · Santa Clara, California · founded 2018 · 24 employees
Developer of software stack designed to run AI workloads on hardware. The software stack allows AI workloads to run on any hardware, at any scale. It matches or exceeds the performance of hand-tuned kernels. The software stack enables users to focus on models and algorithms. It allows evaluation of new xPUs and movement between clouds.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Growth
top 35%Funding
top 40%Tech
bottom 45%Global
bottom 39%Moat
bottom 38%AI: Classified as an AI company
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $9.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series A (Dec 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +3 · hiring: Senior ML Performance Engineer, Compiler Code Gen Engineer
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Series A$28M
- Oct 2023Seed$9M
Investors
Oval Park Capital, Good Growth Capital, Raptor Group, Alumni Ventures, Untapped Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle WorkspaceGsap
#9
Series A · Menlo Park, California · founded 2018 · 13 employees$22.5Mraised▾
Series A · Menlo Park, California · founded 2018 · 13 employees
Provider of an AI platform for deployment of binarised neural networks. It develops an AI platform to train, quantize and deploy edge AI neural networks. Enables AI, embedded and software application developers to manage AI for the edge. Claims to also enable optimization for computing, energy and memory without requiring changes to existing AI/ML infrastructure and frameworks. Offers tools known as LEIP Compress and LEIP Compile for compressing and compiling AI products.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 25%Funding
top 33%Growth
top 35%Moat
top 37%Talent
top 38%News
top 41%AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: neural network
Funding: Raised $22.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 7 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series A (Aug 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Aug 2025Series A—
- 2025Series A—
- Aug 2021Series A$19M
- Jul 2021Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Booz Allen Hamilton, Future Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures, Lockheed Martin, Standard Industries, Autotech Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7
#10
Series A · San Mateo, California · founded 2017 · 6 employees$1Mraised▾
Series A · San Mateo, California · founded 2017 · 6 employees
Provider of solutions for cyberattack. It is a CPU for cybersecurity which allows devices to defend itself in case of a cyber attack. It ensures that devices communicate and cooperate to learn how to counter various threats with the help of machine learning algorithms. It helps to secure the framework on which the OS and the rest of the applications are running.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 25%Moat
top 25%Patents
top 28%Innovation
top 32%Product
top 36%Talent
bottom 49%AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: machine learning
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 29 patents
Patents: 29 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 20 filings since 2022 vs 9 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series A$50M
- Jan 2018Seed$1M
Founders & team
Investors
Draper, Startup Hub Poland, Giza Polish Ventures, MVP Academy, Hubraum, StarFinder
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpGoogle MapsWpmu Dev SmushWp Google Map Plugin
#11
Series B · Santa Clara, California · founded 2022 · 35 employees$45Mraised▾
Series B · Santa Clara, California · founded 2022 · 35 employees
Developer of hardware and software for edge-to-cloud artificial intelligence compute. The company provides hardware and software designed for orchestration between on-device and cloud deployments. It offers chiplets, ASICs, and standard form-factor PCIe cards. The company's technology integrates into diverse form factors, enabling artificial intelligence capabilities in partner and customer solutions.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 26k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Software & Compilers, Principal Compiler Engineer
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2025Series B$100M
- Dec 2023Series B$22.6M
- Dec 2022Series A$21.7M
Founders & team
Investors
VentureTech Alliance, RTX, ACVC Partners, Anzu Partners, AlleyCorp, Scout Ventures
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesHsts
#12
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2022$5Mraised▾
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2022
AI powered data collection platform. It is an edge data intelligence network that assist users in real time data collection and analysis. It leverages AI and blockchain to enable data processing. It uses edge AI node to collect, process, and transmit multimodal data. It provides a decentralized network to validate data and earn rewards in real time.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 704 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Seed$5M
- Aug 2024Seed$5M
Founders & team
Investors
6MV, Factor.com, Arca, Escape Velocity, Primal Capital, Auros
Tech stack
BunnyCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare Turnstile
Funding & investor landscape
$4.2Btotal disclosed funding
60companies funded
190disclosed rounds
2rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Sequoia Capital5 rounds
Notable founders
Krishna Rangasayee
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Niki Sami
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Satyaki Koneru
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Ke Yin
Co-Founder · Blaize
Preet Virk
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David Lazovsky
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John Younes
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Sacha Sawaya
Co-Founder & CFO · Litmus
Hall Chen
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Abdulrahman Omar
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Shashi Chilappagari
Co-Founder · DeGirum
Winston Lee
CEO · DeGirum
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 11,475,151 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Edge Computing coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH IN CALIFORNIA · Networking & Security
How research on Edge Computing in California is moving
A read on the academic research around Edge Computing in California — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 434 papers.
UC Irvine, USC, and UC Davis lead California's edge-computing research, optimistically focused on IoT/fog computing and neural networks, with breakthroughs dominating recent output.
434 papers · stance +0.66 · 59% breakthrough · 11% concern
top institutions
- University of California, Irvine82
- University of Southern California82
- University of California, Davis41
- University of California, Los Angeles37
- University of California, Berkeley32
leading researchers
Marco Levorato · A. Salman Avestimehr · Kun Wang · Sabur Baidya · Tajana Rosing · Davide Callegaro
prism intelligence · tone & topics
97% positive · 1% critical tone
Artificial IntelligenceComputer ScienceCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentMachine LearningTelecommunications
▲
Breakthroughs251 · 58%
▲ 51%→62% share
▲1.2× share momentum4 median citations62% since 2021mostly methods-led
Edge-device research surged from 1 to 29 papers, signaling rapidly intensifying focus on endpoint intelligence breakthroughs.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution8→68
- Cloud computing8→42
- Distributed computing7→40
- Edge device1→29
- Scalability3→21
Newly emergingInference 0→19 · Artificial neural network 0→13 · Software deployment 0→11
Landmark Federated Learning via Over-the-Air Computation · 1,017 cites
◆
Advancements130 · 30%
▼ 30%→27% share
▼0.9× share momentum7 median citations52% since 2021mostly methods-led
EDGE latency research rose from 1 to 9 papers, reflecting steady advancement in audio-latency optimization for distributed edge systems.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution1→33
- Cloud computing4→31
- Distributed computing6→18
- Latency (audio)1→9
- Computation4→9
Newly emergingEdge device 0→18 · Inference 0→10 · Internet of Things 0→6
Landmark Vehicular Fog Computing: A Viewpoint of Vehicles as the Infrastructures · 920 cites
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Concerns46 · 11%
▼ 19%→10% share
▼0.5× share momentum3 median citations54% since 2021mostly position pieces
Computer security concern papers rose from 1 to 7, indicating growing unease around edge-computing vulnerabilities in California research.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution1→13
- Computer security1→7
- Edge device1→5
- Software deployment1→3
- Cloud computing6→7
Newly emergingServer 0→4 · Cellular network 0→4 · Internet of Things 0→4
Landmark Authentication and Authorization for the Internet of Things · 129 cites
Common questions
How many Edge Computing companies are there in California, United States?
Radar tracks 99 indexable Edge Computing companies headquartered in California, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Edge Computing companies in California, United States?
The Edge Computing companies in California, United States on this list have raised a combined $4.2B in disclosed equity funding across 60 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Edge Computing company in California, United States?
Confluent is the highest-funded Edge Computing company in California, United States, with $456M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Edge Computing companies in California, United States are funded?
60 of the 99 Edge Computing companies in California, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Edge Computing unicorns are there in California, United States?
1 Edge Computing company in California, United States on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in California, United States Edge Computing companies?
The most active investors in California, United States Edge Computing companies on this list include Plug and Play Tech Center, Alumni Ventures, Sequoia Capital, A&E Investments, Benchmark.
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