ZaiNar Raises $100M for Physical AI Platform
ZaiNar has raised $100 million to launch its protocol-agnostic "physical AI platform." The system is designed to provide location, communication, and control services across 5G, Wi-Fi, and private networks for distributed, interoperable robotic systems.
- The company’s core technology achieves sub-nanosecond time synchronization across wireless networks, which translates to sub-meter location accuracy by using the travel time of existing radio waves from 5G and Wi-Fi signals. This allows the system to work indoors and in dense urban environments where GPS fails, without requiring new hardware, cameras, or draining device batteries. - ZaiNar's founding team includes CEO and Co-Founder Daniel Jacker, CTO Philip Kratz, and Eric Roselli, who serves as Co-Founder and Head of Defense/Government. The company originated with a group of PhD engineers and MBA business leaders who met at Stanford University. - The funding round and advisory board include prominent figures from the tech industry, such as Steve Jurvetson (SpaceX board member), Jerry Yang (co-founder of Yahoo), Tom Gruber (co-founder of Siri), and Jaan Tallinn (founding engineer of Skype). - Prior to this funding, ZaiNar operated in stealth mode for nine years and has secured over $450 million in contracts and memoranda of understanding. The company has also filed for more than 100 patents, with 90 already issued, related to its time synchronization and network-computed positioning technology. - Co-founder Daniel Jacker stated the goal is to create a foundational dataset for "Physical AI" by providing a continuous, live feed of the location of everything, a capability he says did not previously exist. - The company is targeting industrial applications and has active deployments in healthcare to locate medical equipment and in construction to track workers on job sites. Former Amazon Chief Scientist Andreas Weigend is an advisor to the company.
