EdgeNectar is the Communications layer for AI-driven businesses.
We build autonomous private 5G solutions — dedicated cellular networks that operate independently with AI-driven automation and local control.
Our founders’ backgrounds in mobile communications infrastructure and distributed cloud platforms led us to form EdgeNectar with the intention of bringing private mobile networks with 5G capabilities to the enterprise, in order to improve operations and increase ROI. EdgeNectar designs and deploys cost-effective, secure 4G/5G private mobile networks — core and radio — with fully automated network operations. This is what we call autonomous private 5G: a network that runs itself, so enterprises don’t need a dedicated telecom team.
We are a team of industrial experts
Ken Zhang
Co-founder and CEO
Former Ericsson CTO, APAC. Former President of Edgenext. CEO of Global Elmeast. MSc and PhD from KTH, Stockholm.
Michael Ricks
Co-founder, CFO and Strategy
Past startup founder. Senior management roles at Ericsson. Venture investor and board member. BA from UC San Diego, MBA from University of Chicago.
Mats Vilander
Head of Global Sales
Senior roles at Ericsson, ZTE, and PwC Finance. Founding involvement with Altobridge/Intel. MSc from Stockholm, MBA from UCLA.
Babak Jafarian
Head of Operations
Senior roles at Ericsson and Mavenir. MSc from Stockholm, MBA from UCLA.
James Armstrong
VP of Channel Development
Senior leadership roles at Sierra Wireless, Spirent Communications, Symmetricom. BSc from Princeton University, PhD from Purdue University.
Dr. Jan Uddenfeldt
Board Advisor
Former Chief Technology Officer of Ericsson. Former Chief Technology Officer of Sony Mobile. Board and advisory roles at multiple technology companies.
Fengmin Gong
Board Advisor
CEO and Co-founder of Metafoodx. Former VP of Information Security at Didi. Co-founder of Palo Alto Networks.
Gunter Reiss
Board Advisor
Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer at DZS. Business development leadership at A10. Senior roles and board positions at Ericsson. BA from Vienna, UCLA and Berkeley.
Why EdgeNectar?
An experienced management team with broad competence across telecom and cloud, including Ericsson, Sony, VMware, HPE, and Palo Alto Networks.
A software-as-a-service company: simple to deploy, easy to manage, supporting both cloud and on-premises deployment options.
A scalable architecture that grows from 100 to 100,000 connected devices without a change of platform.
A go-to-market built on partnership — reaching customers through channel partners and system integrators.
A recurring-revenue model built around a three-year license, with online demo, ordering, and technical support.
/ What changes
Four ways EdgeNectar changes how your site runs
The same four outcomes we build every deployment around.
Productivity
Increased Productivity
Robots and AI systems that never stall. Low-latency, always-on 5G keeps AGVs and production lines moving around the clock.
Cost
Reduced Network OPEX
One-touch deployment and self-optimizing AI mean no dedicated network team to install, monitor, or maintain anything.
Reliability
Minimized Downtime
Patented AI predicts issues before operations are affected.
Security
Strengthened Security
Private, on-premises control of critical data and devices.
/ Proof
Built on patented technology
EdgeNectar holds five issued U.S. patents covering the neural query processing, self-learning knowledge systems, and feedback-driven learning that our autonomous network runs on.
US 11,734,611 B2
Artificial Intelligence Delivery Edge Network
US 11,386,339 B2
Artificial Intelligence Delivery Edge Network
US 10,311,058 B1
Techniques for Processing Neural Queries
US 10,395,169 B1
Self-Learning Neural Knowledge Artifactory for Autonomous Decision Making
US 11,610,107 B2
Feedback-Driven Self-Learning in Neural Learning Artifactories
Want to talk to our team?
We’d love to hear about your deployment and show you what EdgeNectar can do.