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Best Edge Computing Companies in United States
The 198 best Edge Computing companies in United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Netrality.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
198companies tracked
$7.6Bdisclosed funding
2unicorns
117have raised
The 198 Edge Computing companies tracked here are ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, giving you a clear map of where capital is actually flowing across the United States right now. Total disclosed funding across the directory sits at $7.6B, spread across a sector that's moving fast.
The numbers behind that figure are worth sitting with. The global edge computing market was valued at roughly $7.1B in 2020 and is forecast to reach $55.9B by 2028, a 31.1% CAGR that puts this sector well ahead of most enterprise infrastructure plays. Celestial AI leads our directory at $370M raised, followed by SiMa.ai at $330M and Blaize at $242M. Those aren't rounding errors. Data security concerns remain a real structural headwind, as edge deployment patterns show how processing closer to the source creates new governance questions alongside efficiency gains. So what's actually driving the money? Industrial demand, AI hardware buildout, and vertical-specific deployment are pulling capital in concentrated bursts, with Alumni Ventures and Tiger Global among the most active backers. I'd watch Celestial AI and SiMa.ai closely. Two unicorns have already cleared the threshold, and the funding curve isn't flattening yet.
Sources & further reading
- McKinsey
Ranked: Best Edge Computing companies in United States
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netrality Provider of Interconnected edge colocation datacenters 50Funding top 24%Talent top 41%Growth top 45%Product top 46% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 24% Talenttop 41% Growthtop 45% Producttop 46% Markettop 48% Techbottom 39% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 27% Funding: Raised $780M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 9 yrs (0.3/yr) Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 1 named leader on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $780M | 30 mo ago | 124 | 2015 | Gerald Marshall President & CEO | — | — | — |
| 2 | Confluent Provider of a platform for data streaming and event processing | $456M | 73 mo ago | 25 | 2014 | Jay Kreps Co-Founder & CEO | 31 signals ▲55% Leadership · M&A · Earnings | 38 patents Real-time data streaming platforms with AI-driven query, schema management, and low‑latency event processing | — |
| 3 | StackPath Provider of an edge computing platform to build and deploy serverless applications | $396M | 75 mo ago | 282 | 2015 | — | — | 2 patents Secure cryptographic network protocol escalation mechanisms for data transmission | — |
| 4 | 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 | 14 signals ▲180% M&A · Contracts · Capital raise | 190 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 5 | 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 | 4 signals ▼43% Funding · Capital raise | — | 2 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 6 | 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. | — |
| 7 | vXchnge Provider of data center colocation solutions | $290M | 104 mo ago | 59 | 2013 | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | SimpliVity 🦄 Hyper Converged Infrastructure Storage provider | $277M | 135 mo ago | 557 | 2009 | — | — | 92 patents Optimized data indexing and hashing for non‑uniform memory storage systems | — |
| 9 | 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 | — |
| 10 | Couchbase AI powered dbaas for enterprises | $251M | 72 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 |
| 11 | 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 | 25 signals ▲108% Earnings · Contracts · New product | 69 patents Accelerated graph neural network processing and power‑efficient AI hardware solutions | 3 partnerships |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | Fastly Provider of edge cloud platform services for building and delivering applications | $224M | 63 mo ago | 779 779 → 1,415 (+82%) | 2011 | — | 21 signals ▼30% Earnings · Leadership · Funding | 336 patents Edge network security, traffic optimization, and bot detection for CDN services | 1 launch |
| 14 | Scale Computing Platform offering hyper converged infrastructure solutions | $215M | 47 mo ago | 120 | 2006 | Jeff Ready CEO | — | 16 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 15 | Mythic Developer of analog compute-in-memory solutions for artificial intelligence inference acceleration 67Funding top 17%AI top 25%Patents top 37%News top 37% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% AItop 25% Patentstop 37% Newstop 37% Innovationtop 43% Moattop 44% Markettop 47% Growthtop 47% Techtop 47% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 42% Funding: Raised $178M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 10 yrs (0.9/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $178M | 6 mo ago | 360 | 2012 | Dave Fick CTO & Co-Founder | 3 signals Funding | 104 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 16 | Cradlepoint Provider of wireless wide area network and private cellular solutions | $155M | 111 mo ago | 693 | 2004 | Åsa Tamsons Chief Executive Officer | — | 120 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 17 | 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 | — |
| 18 | Octo Open-source analytics platform for businesses | $133M | 55 mo ago | — | 2014 | Luis Ceze Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 19 | 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 | 6 signals ▲200% Announcements · Leadership | 3 patents Secure boot and remote attestation for air‑gapped edge computing devices | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | Materialize Cloud based streaming and data analytics platform | $108M | 56 mo ago | 21 | 2017 | Frank McSherry Co-Founder | — | — | 1 launch |
| 22 | Mavenir Developer of cloud native software for mobile network operator infrastructure | $105M | 24 mo ago | 363 | 2005 | Pardeep Kohli President & CEO | 16 signals ▲78% Leadership · Contracts · Funding | 10 patents AI/ML-driven optimization of O‑RAN transport, scheduling, and multi‑RAT spectrum management | 2 launchs · 1 award |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | Armada Provider of edge platform combining connectivity, compute, and real-world AI 53Funding top 23%Growth top 35%Tech top 39%Moat top 42% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 23% Growthtop 35% Techtop 39% Moattop 42% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 36% Funding: Raised $96.3M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 9 yrs (0.6/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $96M | 1 mo ago | — | 2016 | Dan Wright Co-Founder & Co-CEO | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 25 | Zenlayer Provider of distributed cloud infrastructure, networking, and connectivity solutions | $90M | 53 mo ago | 67 | 2014 | Joe Zhu Founder / CEO | — | — | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 26 | Flex Logix Provider of a reconfigurable computing company that provides embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, architecture, and… | $82M | 62 mo ago | 67 | 2014 | Dejan Markovic Co-Founder | — | 155 patents High‑throughput AI/ML hardware accelerators for MAC and FFT tensor processing | — |
| 27 | 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. | — |
| 28 | EdgeConneX Edge data center solutions | $62M | 26 mo ago | 187 | 2009 | Edmund Wilson Co-Founder & COO | 17 signals ▲240% Acquisition · Leadership · Contracts | 6 patents Data center infrastructure management and automated physical security access control solutions | 2 job openings · 1 award |
| 29 | Akamai Provider of cloud computing, security, and content delivery network services | $62M | 34 mo ago | 10,250 10,250 → 10,574 (+3%) | 1998 | Prasad Mandava Managing Director India & VP of Engineering | 36 signals Earnings · Leadership · New product | 2 patents CDN image delivery with timed expiration and configurable prefetch acceleration | — |
| 30 | Ditto Distributed database platform | $54M | 38 mo ago | 98 | 2018 | Adam Fish Co-Founder | 4 signals ▲300% Funding · Leadership | 34 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 2 launchs |
| 31 | Edge Impulse Platform offering AI-powered chat automation and intelligent business solutions | $53M | 54 mo ago | 102 | 2019 | Zach Shelby Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 32 | Analog Inference Analog Inference is a provider of AI inference accelerators | $50M | 36 mo ago | 45 | 2018 | Carey Kloss CEO | — | — | — |
| 33 | 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 |
| 34 | MemryX Provider of neural network inference chips | $44M | 13 mo ago | 46 | 2019 | Keith Kressin Chief Executive Officer | 7 signals ▲600% Announcements | 50 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 35 | 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 | — |
| 36 | Ambassador Developer of a cloud-based container development solution for edge computing | $42M | 45 mo ago | 52 52 → 94 (+81%) | 2014 | Richard Li Richard has a account Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 37 | Veea Edge AI platform provider enabling secure, intelligent, and connected solutions | $40M | 32 mo ago | 55 | 2014 | Michael Salmasi CEO & Founder | — | 75 patents AI-driven edge computing orchestration and federated learning network management solutions | — |
| 38 | 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. | 1 award |
| 39 | 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 | — |
| 40 | Infinite Uptime Provider of AI-powered predictive maintenance solutions for industrial equipment reliability 60Funding top 25%Moat top 29%Talent top 34%AI top 35% All 13 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% Moattop 29% Talenttop 34% AItop 35% Producttop 35% Growthtop 37% Techtop 38% Markettop 46% Globaltop 48% Fin. healthbottom 49% Patentsbottom 27% Innovationbottom 26% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $33.3M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 10 yrs (1.0/yr) Moat: Top 6% by revenue among 262 tracked Manufacturing Tech companies · Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $33M | 3 mo ago | 175 | 2015 | Raunak Bhinge Co-Founder & Managing Director | — | 2 patents Magnetically mounted vibration/acoustic sensors for real-time machining tool health monitoring | 1 launch |
| 41 | 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 |
| 42 | 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 | — | — | — |
| 43 | Tycho Developer of edge-based artificial intelligence for autonomous navigation and mission success | $12M | 14 mo ago | — | 2022 | Thom Kenney CEO | — | — | 2 job openings · 1 partnership |
| 44 | 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 | — | — | — | 3 job openings |
| 45 | 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 | — |
| 46 | Aethero Manufacturer of space-rated computers and software for data processing applications | $8M | 12 mo ago | — | 2021 | Edward G Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 47 | 375ai AI powered data collection platform | $5M | 8 mo ago | — | 2022 | Rob Atherton Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer | — | — | 1 launch |
| 48 | Acromove Provider of portable NAS system | $3M | 13 mo ago | 17 | 2001 | Artemios Achillopoulos Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 49 | 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 | — |
| 50 | 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 United States
#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
Series B · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2016$96.3Mraised▾
Series B · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2016
Provider of edge platform combining connectivity, compute, and real-world AI. The platform offers tools for monitoring and managing connected assets. It provides ruggedized mobile data centers and software for GPU cluster management. The company also offers a marketplace for hardware and software needed for edge operations.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 23%Growth
top 35%Tech
top 39%Moat
top 42%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 38%Funding: Raised $96.3M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 9 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series B (May 2026)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 26 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Audience (LinkedIn): 69k LinkedIn followers — 3.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. 2F Frontier) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series B$230M
- Jul 2025Series B$131M
- Jul 2024Series A$40M
- Dec 2023Seed$55M
Founders & team
Investors
Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Shield Capital, 8090 Industries, Felicis Ventures, Contrary Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare Rocket LoaderCloudinaryGsap
#3
Series D · Austin, Texas · founded 2012 · 360 employees$178Mraised▾
Series D · Austin, Texas · founded 2012 · 360 employees
Developer of analog compute-in-memory solutions for artificial intelligence inference acceleration. The company provides processors and cards designed for power-efficient AI at the edge. Its technology aims to eliminate memory bottlenecks, enabling new AI applications. The products target sectors including robotics, security, and consumer devices.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 17%AI
top 25%Patents
top 37%News
top 37%Innovation
top 43%Moat
top 44%Funding: Raised $178M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 10 yrs (0.9/yr) · Last round Series D (Dec 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: artificial intelligence
Patents: 104 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 44 filings since 2022 vs 60 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Audience (LinkedIn): 17k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Series D$125M
- Mar 2023Series C$13M
- May 2021Series C$70M
- May 2019Series B$3M
Founders & team
Investors
BlackRock, Hewlett Packard Pathfinder, Alumni Ventures, UDC Ventures, DFJ, Lux Capital
Tech stack
AddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsAmazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApple Icloud MailBeaver Builder
#4
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
#5
Series C · Alpharetta, Georgia · founded 2015 · 175 employees$33.3Mraised▾
Series C · Alpharetta, Georgia · founded 2015 · 175 employees
Provider of AI-powered predictive maintenance solutions for industrial equipment reliability. The company offers a suite of applications designed to optimize equipment performance and overall plant efficiency. It utilizes artificial intelligence to identify equipment faults and process variance. The platform empowers teams with actionable insights to maximize availability and optimize efficiency.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 25%Moat
top 29%Talent
top 34%AI
top 35%Product
top 35%Growth
top 37%Funding: Raised $33.3M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 10 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series C (Feb 2026)
Moat: Top 6% by revenue among 262 tracked Manufacturing Tech companies · Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 2 patents
Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 15k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series C$121K
- Mar 2025Series C$35M
- Feb 2024Series B$353.5K
- Jul 2023Series B—
Founders & team
Investors
Ventureast, TDK Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Mayfield, GSR Ventures, THK
Tech stack
AddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsAnimate.CssApache Http ServerBootstrapCdnjs
#6
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
#7
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
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
#8
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 — 2.9% 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
#9
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
#10
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
#11
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
#12
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
Funding & investor landscape
$7.6Btotal disclosed funding
113companies funded
366disclosed rounds
3rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Sequoia Capital5 rounds
Notable founders
Krishna Rangasayee
Founder and CEO · SiMa.ai
Niki Sami
Managing Director · SiMa.ai
Dan Wright
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Armada
Dave Fick
CTO & Co-Founder · Mythic
Satyaki Koneru
Co-Founder · Blaize
Ke Yin
Co-Founder · Blaize
Raunak Bhinge
Co-Founder & Managing Director · Infinite Uptime
Karthikeyan Natarajan
CEO · Infinite Uptime
Preet Virk
Co-Founder · Celestial AI
David Lazovsky
Co-Founder & CEO · Celestial AI
John Younes
Co-Founder & COO · Litmus
Sacha Sawaya
Co-Founder & CFO · Litmus
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Edge Computing is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Edge Computing — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 6,481 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200920192026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 39% → 56% across 2009–2026.
top research entities
- Northeastern University250
- University of Houston175
- Purdue University West Lafayette129
- Carnegie Mellon University114
- New Jersey Institute of Technology111
leading researchers
Zhu Han · Rose Qingyang Hu · Weisong Shi · Jie Wu · Yuanyuan Yang · Yu Chen · Nirwan Ansari · Keqin Li
▲
Breakthroughs3,323 · 51%
▲ 46%→54% share
▲1.2× share momentum4 median citations68% since 2021mostly methods-led
Edge device research is surging — papers grew 21x (21->436), now a brand-new Inference cluster at 173 papers signals deployment-readiness focus.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution73→1084
- Cloud computing152→639
- Distributed computing98→534
- Edge device21→436
- Scalability32→265
Newly emergingInference 0→173 · Key (lock) 0→69 · Intrusion detection system 0→53
Landmark The Emergence of Edge Computing · 2,394 cites
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Advancements2,288 · 35%
▼ 35%→33% share
▼0.9× share momentum6 median citations60% since 2021mostly methods-led
Reinforcement learning newly emerged in advancements at 113 papers, reflecting intensifying autonomous edge optimization research.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution63→716
- Cloud computing119→457
- Distributed computing63→383
- Edge device19→244
- Server38→195
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→113 · Inference 0→93 · Benchmark (surveying) 0→36
Landmark Fog computing and its role in the internet of things · 5,906 cites
▼
Concerns627 · 10%
▼ 14%→9% share
▼0.6× share momentum3 median citations60% since 2021mostly position pieces
Software deployment concern papers grew 12x (5->63), indicating rising unresolved challenges in pushing code to edge infrastructure.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution33→201
- Cloud computing55→160
- Edge device12→103
- Software deployment5→63
- Internet of Things14→53
Newly emergingInference 0→29 · Task (project management) 0→16 · Transformative learning 0→14
Landmark Edge Computing: Vision and Challenges · 7,597 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where edge computing is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Boston301 · +0.71
Pittsburgh142 · +0.59
Los Angeles125 · +0.65
Philadelphia124 · +0.70
Atlanta110 · +0.58
New York100 · +0.62
SF Bay Area79 · +0.63
Chicago73 · +0.63
San Diego66 · +0.67
Seattle54 · +0.69
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing edge computing patents in the United States
United States edge computing patent filing is accelerating — 1,399 filings from 274 assignees (2016–2025), led by Intel, Verizon Patent & Licensing, IBM; annual filings 3→198.
1,399 filings274 assigneespeak 264/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Intel198
- Verizon Patent & Licensing131
- IBM108
- Apple74
- Cisco64
- Microsoft50
- AT & T IP I49
- DELL Products43
Common questions
How many Edge Computing companies are there in United States?
Radar tracks 198 indexable Edge Computing companies headquartered in United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Edge Computing companies in United States?
The Edge Computing companies in United States on this list have raised a combined $7.6B in disclosed equity funding across 113 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Edge Computing company in United States?
Netrality is the highest-funded Edge Computing company in United States, with $780M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Edge Computing companies in United States are funded?
113 of the 198 Edge Computing companies in United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Edge Computing unicorns are there in United States?
2 Edge Computing companies in United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in United States Edge Computing companies?
The most active investors in United States Edge Computing companies on this list include Alumni Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, Tiger Global Management, 5G Open Innovation Lab, Benchmark.
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